This project was implemented by Anti Corruption Coalition Uganda (ACCU) in partnership with Uganda Law Society (ULS) with the support of Northern Uganda Anti Corruption Coalition (NUACC). The purpose was to reduce leakage of free malaria medicines by monitoring of the supply chain from the National Medical Stores (NMS) to…...
Government Watch
Budget for basic education is at an all time high of P207.27 billion this year, growing by 18.46% (P32 billion) from the 2010 basic education budget of P175 billion, with the Department of Education (DepEd) once again receiving the highest budget appropriation among all government agencies. In order to ensure…...
Improving the Integrity of School Exams in Moldova
The Moldovan Community Association ‘Soarta’ (SOARTA) implemented a citizen-led anticorruption project in the Soroca District in NorthEast Moldova, aimed at curbing corruption in 12 secondary schools, promoting ethical conduct and institutional reforms during examinations. The project focused on High school graduation exams that serve for students’ registration in university and…...
Community Monitoring and Participatory Budgeting to Promote Accountable Governance in 10 Schools in Ghana
To tackle Ghana’s backlog in guaranteeing universal primary education, the Government, in 2005, decided to abolish the system of school fees previously in place to finance basic schools. Instead, it established a system of capitation grants, a yearly allocation per student per school, geared toward transparently funding all classroom activities,…...
Bantay Red Plate
The main issue that this project addressed was the obvious weak levels of LGU accountability in the procurement, use and maintenance of government vehicles nationwide. One of the underlying factors to this problem was the meek policy framework covering the issue of LGU accountability in vehicle management. The DILG does…...
Citizen Action for Accountability in Education Procurement
Government Watch has long been in a partnership with the Department of Education. The six rounds of Textbook Count have resulted in a well-established collaboration of the government and civil society. Improvements were also significantly observed in the areas of textbook price, the amount of time spent in the procurement…...
A Decade of Helping Civil Society Fight Corruption in the Philippines: Results and Lessons
This report details the results and lessons of a decade long (2003-2013) Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF) support to Filipino civil society organizations (CSOs) to fight corruption. It celebrates the successes and reflects on challenges faced as PTF enters a new phase in the Philippines – a regional affiliate called…...
Controlling Corruption in Public Works Safety Nets
Many governments support publically-funded rural works programs to provide safety nets for the rural poor and to deploy the underused labor productively. It is estimated that developing countries spend over 10 billion dollars a year on such programs aiming to benefit over 100 million poor. Because of their decentralized nature…...
