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Module 9: Introduction to social accountability

Why

Social accountability is a response to governance challenges, unacceptable levels of poverty and inequality, and:

  • Helps to strengthen public service delivery
  • Plays an important role to address corruption
  • Contributes to trust in public servants and government
  • Supports citizens to influence public agenda-setting and policy formulation and implementation
  • Empowers citizens to hold their government accountable
  • Helps to close the gap between what citizens want and what governments do.

What you get

Know how:

  • The what and why of social accountability
  • Public policy making and engaging citizens – how does it work?
  • Understanding the actors & factors of social accountability

Tools:

  • Participatory planning
  • Inclusive budgeting
  • Budget tracking
  • Social auditing

Certification:

  • After finishing this module and passing a brief exam, you can download an accredited NCOI University of Applied Science (Netherlands) certificate for free.

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