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Country Experiences in Participatory Budgeting: Tanzania
National Frameworks and Conditions | Case Studies | A Synthesis of experiences
Tanzanian National Framework Conditions
Groups
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| Contact |
Emmanuel Kallonga , Director |
| Email |
hakikazi@cybernet.co.tz |
| Website |
www.hakikazi.org |
| Phone/Fax |
255 27 250 9860 |
| Address |
P.O. Box 781 Arusha, Tanzania |
| Areas of Expertise |
Established in Arusha in 2000, Hakikazi is an economic and social justice advocacy organization committed to the development of practical knowledge and understanding of poverty issues and policies at local level. Hakikazi acts as a catalyst; empowering marginalized people with the knowledge and confidence to have an effective voice with which to influence decisions affecting their lives and to achieve their civil and political rights at local, national, and international levels. |
| Major Current Activities |
- Publication and use of plain language guides as a tool in a process of poverty policy down-streaming designed to create knowledge, understanding, feedback, participation, and pro-poor change.
- Poverty policy up-streaming of policy impacts and practice on poor and marginalized communities.
- Public education on development issues.
- Participatory monitoring of poverty reduction strategy implementation in terms of budgets, outputs, and outcomes.
- Promotion of accountability in natural resource management.
- Capacity building to achieve sustainable livelihoods.
- Participatory action planning to identify and exploit livelihood opportunities, taking into account the impact of HIV/AIDS.
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Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP)
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| Contact |
Mary Rusimbi , Executive Director |
| Email |
info@tgnp.org ; mary.rusimbi@tgnp.org |
| Web Site |
http://www.tgnp.org |
| Phone |
255 22 2443 205/450/286 |
| Fax |
255 22 2443 |
| Address |
Mabibo Road
PO Box 8921
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania |
| Areas of Expertise |
Established in 1993 TGNP works in the civil society sector, focusing on the practical promotion and application of gender equality and equity objectives through policy advocacy and mainstreaming. T GNP focuses on macro-economic policies and planning with particular focus on budget processes to address gender equality as well as women's empowerment through training, information, lobbying, and network building. In 1997 TGNP and its FemAct partners started the Gender Budget Initiative (GBI) to promote the design and adoption of tools for gender mainstreaming of budget policies. |
Action Aid
| Contact |
Rose Mushi , Country Director |
| Email |
admin@actionaid.org ; Rose.Mushi@actionaid.org |
| Website |
http://www.actionaid.org/tanzania/ |
| Phone |
255 22 2150711/2151340 |
| Fax |
255 22 2151003 |
| Address |
344 Urambo Street, Upanga
P.O. Box 21496 Dar es Salaam |
| Areas of Expertise |
F acilitates the process of Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) monitoring in all its program areas ( education, HIV/AIDS, gender, agriculture, and food security) through local partners. The PRS monitoring includes independent and multi-stakeholder monitoring of government performance, including tracking flow of funds, corruption, and service delivery. |
| Major Current Activities |
- Budget monitoring of PRS Ps.
- Capacity building of local NGOs to engage with policy formulation and implementation.
- Sector interventions in education, HIV/AIDS, gender, agriculture, and food security.
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HakiElimu
| Contact |
Rakesh Rajani |
| Email |
info@hakielimu.org |
| Website |
http://www.hakielimu.org/first.asp |
| Phone |
+255 22 2151852/3 |
| Fax |
+255 22 2152449 |
| Address |
Plot 739
Mathuradas Street
P.O Box 79401
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Areas of Expertise |
Founded in 2001 HakiElimu focuses on policy development and delivery in the education sector. Very recently the organization started to work on education budget and finance issues and with a local coalition towards establishing a national independent budget organization . |
Source http://www.internationalbudget.org
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