SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY STOCKTAKING EXERCISE
FOR EAST AFRICA
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FIGHTING
AGAINST CORRUPTION, THE LEADERSHIP FORUM, TANZANIA
Methodology Type
Specify whether (i) PB, (ii) IBA, (iii) BPET, or (iv) PPM (can select more than one
option as some SA initiatives do not fit neatly into these categories)
Capacity building for CSOs fighting against
corruption in Tanzania
A consortium of 8 NGOs led by The Leadership
Forum, is funded by UNDP. Other members are:2.Tanzania Gender Networking Programme
(TGNP)
3.Tanzania Association of Non-Organizations
(TANGO)
4.Campaign for Good Governance (CGG)
5.East African Youth Council (EAYCO)
6.Youth Partnership Countrywide (YPC)
7.African Youth Development Foundation (African
Youth)
8.Tanzania Women and Youth Development
Society (TWYDS)
Dar Es Salaam, Tanga and Morogoro regions
Delivery of social services at district level i.e.
education, health and in the justice system
It began in July 2004 in three regions thereafter it
will be replicated in other regions and spread
throughout the whole country
Name of Intervention
Primary Agency Running
Intervention
Basic Information
Location
Sector or Level of Focus
Type of Engagement
Corruption in Tanzania has made the social
services not easily and freely accessible to poor
people especially in rural areas.
What is the driving force behind
the SA initiative?
Context and Scope
What are the main objectives and
what a key accountability problem
does it seek to address?
Who is the target audience or
demographic focus?
What is the political culture or
environment?
Recognizing the magnitude and intensity of
corruption CSOs as actors in the process has
decided to complement government effort towards
implementation of National Anti-Corruption
Strategy and Action Plans (NACSAP)
The main objectives are:-To enhance CSOs capacity at district level for
them to be able to question and demand quality
social services delivery by the Local Government
Authorities (LGAs).
-To demand transparency and openness during
service delivery (Rules and Regulations)
CSO leaders at district level (Religious, youth,
Women, Media, Human rights etc)
Democratic, but weakened by corruption and
historical background of being in a socialistic and
one party state for more than 20 years
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Tools and
Methodologies
Used
What specific SA tools and
methodologies are being used?
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Capacity building and enhancement
training workshop
Research
Media reporting and newspaper cutting
Lobbying and advocacy for legal reform
on corruption in electoral process
Capacity building on investigative
reporting for the journalists
Development of training manual
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Briefly describe the methodology
(/ies) or tools used.
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What advocacy and media
activities support the initiative?
How inclusive was the
intervention?
Other Important Information or
Comments
What (if any) has been the impact
of the initiative? What have been
the incentives?
Results and Impact
Is the methodology or initiative
institutionalized? Are there any
institutional linkages and
partnerships been established with
the government, parliaments,
media, NGOs, communities etc.?
Describe.
(If applicable) Has the initiative
been scaled up? Repeated?
Further References
The
consortium
conducted
a
methodological workshop for researchers
who visited the districts and agreed on
the questionnaire used to collect data
during capacity needs assessment
exercise.
The researchers conducted capacity
needs assessment in 14 districts of the 3
regions of Dar Es Salaam, Tanga and
Morogoro.
Compilation of the report is ongoing
which will inform the training manual
development leading to 3 regional
training workshop sessions into the three
regions bringing CSOs leaders from
respective districts. One investigative
reporting training workshop session.
Compilation and analyze what the media
say on corruption on monthly basis from
July 2004 onwards.
Monitor and evaluate the performance of
CSO leaders and journalists trained
under this programme
Provide position paper and policy briefs
for
policy
and
law
reform
recommendations
Since the launching of the consortium and the
programme the media has been part and parcel of
the whole process, during the launch of the
capacity needs assessment report the media will be
invited and during the training some journalists
will be trained as well to bring the whole
programme to their notice.
Since then different journalists have been writing
stories and features on this initiative
The intervention is selective in nature picking up
some CSOs, which are believed and perceived to
fighting against corruption due to the work they
are doing on day-to-day basis.
There are a lot of other activities going on in
fighting against corruption in Tanzania but this
one is unique because it has pulled 8 organizations
together both strong and weak, big and small on
the same course.
Because the initiative is ongoing, at this point we
can not say whether there is much impact
however, we can say that there has been reports in
the media on corruption and showing that CSOs
have decided to some serious steps to address the
same.
The National Anti-Corruption Strategy and Action
Plans (NACSAP) recognize the role of CSOs in
fighting against corruption and the role that the
media can play. The government is intending to
review some laws and enacting new laws on
protection of witnesses and whistle blowers. The
members of parliament have the organization,
which fights against corruption.
We are finishing the training workshops sessions
and evaluation by December 2004, we are hoping
to scale up the initiative in January 2005 in other
four regions of Iringa, Mbeya, Ruvuma and Rukwa
http://theleadership.tripod.com/
Web sources
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Presentation by HON.BENITHO L. MANDELE,
an advocate During methodological workshop, a
draft report on the capacity needs assessment
conducted and a questionnaire used to collect
information. They’re a lot of reference materials
available from different sources in the country.
Hebron Mwakagenda,Executive Director
Documents and Reports
Resource Persons/Contacts
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