THE GPSA IN REVIEWJune 2012 – May 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 3

A UNIQUE, PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH 5

On the Ground 6

GRANT- MAKING PROCESS 7

Calls For Proposals 7

Participating Countries 7

GRANTEE PROJECTS 8

KNOWLEDGE 9

Knowledge Platform 9

Technical Assistance and Capacity Building 10

Knowledge Sharing 10

Learning From Experience 11

GLOBAL PARTNERS NETWORK 12

RESULTS FRAMEWORK AND EVALUATION 13

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS AND RESOURCE MOBILIZATION 14

Resource Mobilization 14

GOVERNANCE 15

COMMUNICATIONS 16

WHAT LIES AHEAD 17

ANNEX 18

Grantees 19

Global Partners 26

Opted-In Countries 27

Gpsa Steering Committee Members 27

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From the launch of the program in June 2012, the Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) has gotten off to a very strong start. Focused on supporting governments and citizens to work together to solve governance challenges, the GPSA provides direct long-term assistance to civil society organizations (CSOs) for projects that apply the mechanisms of social accountability. In doing so, the program brings to the table the power of the World Bank’s continued relationships with public sector actors, which are so essential to creating a lasting partnership and constructive engagement between policy makers and citizens.

The GPSA works to “close the loop” by supporting citizens to have a more articulated voice, helping governments to listen, and assisting government agencies to act upon the feedback they receive. By focusing on government responsiveness to tackle development challenges, ultimately this helps the countries to improve development results and to reach the goals of ending extreme poverty and fostering shared prosperity.

The GPSA provides support in two components: Funding and Knowledge. The Funding component makes grants available to CSOs for specific social accountability programs and initiatives, as well as the institutional development of CSOs working on social accountability. Through a competitive process, CSOs can apply for grants ranging from $500,000 to $1 million for periods of three to five years. The GPSA’s second component focuses on Knowledge. It supports a global platform for learning and knowledge exchange, particularly in measuring and documenting the impact of social accountability interventions. The Knowledge component is strongly oriented towards developing and nurturing practitioner networks for South-South exchange of knowledge and experiences.

It is clear that the topic of social accountability is at the forefront of the development arena these days. There is a growing emphasis on beneficiary engagement in monitoring and assessing government performance, particularly focused on voicing demand for improved service delivery and contributing to greater development effectiveness. Social accountability mechanisms are widely recognized as a powerful lever for solving socio-economic issues. Looking at this context by itself, the GPSA operates in a very encouraging environment.

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GPSA

The very existence of the program can be considered an important achievement in itself. By establishing the GPSA, the World Bank expressed a clear strategy and vision of the importance of cultivating strong civil societies to tackle today’s governance challenges, both globally and locally. The GPSA has a distinct ability to add value to the promotion of social accountability, with a unique contribution to the development landscape. Most ambitiously, the GPSA was created as a prototype for a “Third Arm” of the World Bank Group, focused on civil society, in addition to its public (IBRD, IDA) and private (IFC, MIGA) sector arms.

INTRODUCTION

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FAST-PACED GROWTH

During the 22 months since its launch, the GPSA has exceeded expectations in the pace of its activities and outcomes. Under the guidance of a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee, the team, strategy, operations, resources and partnerships have come in place and are fully functioning. Two calls for proposals have been successfully executed, with the first cohort of grantees initiating their projects. The GPSA Secretariat has assembled a vibrant and diverse team that has developed and is in the course of implementing a Knowledge and Learning Strategy, a Resource Mobilization Strategy, an (updated) Operations Manual, and a Results Framework. A GPSA website, a Knowledge Portal, a Global Partners Forum and many other activities are delivered.

WIDESPREAD SUPPORT

Does the world need the GPSA? Now 38 countries have opted into the program, more development organizations have joined as partners (165 and counting), and hundreds of civil society organizations are applying for the program’s support. Global Partner organizations from a diverse range of backgrounds, including both recognized worldwide field leaders and grassroots groups, have joined the program. In another important show of support, three international foundations have committed additional funding to the GPSA.

STORIES AND IMPACT

GPSA grants now fund projects in Bangladesh, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, Malawi, Mexico, Moldova, Mozambique, the Philippines, Tajikistan, and Tunisia. The selection process for each Call for Proposals is very competitive and rigorous. While the support for the grantees is in initial stages, the first cohort of projects funded by the GPSA speaks for the quality and commitment of these initiatives, as an indication of what is to come.

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The GPSA’s grant-making is informed by a focus on solving specific governance problems in World Bank client countries. Prior to issuing a Call for Proposals in opted-in countries, together with the World Bank’s Country Offices the GPSA organizes a consultative process at the country level with stakeholders including government, civil society and other donor agencies. The goal of the consultations is to define the key governance issue or issues that GPSA projects should address, while ensuring the engagement of both government and civil society. Eventually, this country-tailored problem-solving approach maximizes the alignment of GPSA activities with the development strategies of countries and increases the potential for projects to achieve their stated goals.

THE CALLS FOR PROPOSALS INCLUDE SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS TO MONITOR TOPICS, SUCH AS:

• DELIVERY OF SERVICES IN SOCIAL SECTORS, INCLUDING EDUCATION, HEALTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

• STATE AND LOCAL BUDGETS.

• PUBLIC PROCUREMENT.

• LAND USE AND GOVERNANCE.

• CONGRESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

A UNIQUE, PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH

GOVERNANCE CHALLENGE

SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITYMECHANISMS

CAPACITY

INFORMATION INCENTIVESPUBLIC SECTOR INTERVENTIONS

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ON THE GROUND | MALAWI

Classrooms in the Kasungu district of Malawi bustle with the sounds of energetic students, but something is missing. There are no notebooks for the children’s exercise work! The district education manager had awarded a contract to a local company to deliver educational supplies to the schools, but the books never arrived.

In 2012 Civil Society Education Coalition, a GPSA Grantee, tracked the expenditures in the district’s education budget and organized parents to report where the materials were missing. The Ministry of Education was able to take action because of the information received from the parents.

By engaging with civil society actors around social accountability mechanisms, governments are able to find solutions to difficult development challenges. Citizen feedback mechanisms can help improve the provision of basic services like education, health and water. It can also strengthen the quality of public expenditures and increase levels of transparency in government programs, which ensures that people have access to the necessary resources.

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”By encouraging increased transparency and accountability, these governments can provide better services to the most vulnerable people.” - Sanjay Pradhan, Vice President, Change, Leadership and Innovation, World Bank

GRANT- MAKING PROCESS

CALLS FOR PROPOSALS

To date the GPSA has held two Calls for Proposals. The first Call for Proposals was open from February to March, 2013. Twelve countries were opted-in at this time, and 216 organizations from these countries submitted proposals. Quickly afterwards, the GPSA launched the second Call for Proposals, between November 18, 2013 and January 6, 2014 in 33 opted-in countries. More than 1,000 participants attended the orientation sessions organized by the World Bank’s country offices. Some offices held two sessions because of overwhelming interest. 42 organizations submitted a proposal during this call.

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

Since June 2012, 38 governments have agreed to join the program. Together, they account for more than 25% of World Bank client countries from all five six World Regions. The participating countries range from middle income countries to fragile states, low income countries and post-conflict states.

The opting-in procedure calls for the World Bank’s counterpart official in government to give a broad consent for the GPSA’s financial support the CSOs in the country. Once a country has opted-in, these CSOs are eligible to apply for the GPSA’s funds at the time of a Call for Proposals.

Mozambique

Timor Leste

Morocco

St. Kitts and Nevis

Paraguay

Dominican Republic

Jamaica

Antigua and Barbuda

ColombiaGrenada

St. Vincent andthe Grenadines

St. Lucia

Dem. Rep. ofthe Congo

Ghana

Benin

Niger

Togo

Senegal

Mali

Malawi

RwandaRwanda

Uganda

Tunisia

Namibia

Indonesia

Bangladesh

Honduras

Moldova

Belarus

Jordan

GeorgiaTajikistan

Kyrgyz Republic

The Philippines

OPTED IN

Mongolia

Yemen

Sierra Leone

Burkina Faso

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GRANTEES

Dominican Republic

Fundación Intermón OxfamGood Governance Practices for theDominican Republic

Bangladesh

CARE BangladeshJourney for Advancement inTransparency, Representationand Accountability (JATRA)

Manusher Jonno FoundationSocial Engagement for BudgetaryAccountability (SEBA)

Tajikistan

Oxfam TajikistanImproving Social Accountabilityin the Water Sector throughthe Development of QualityStandards and Citizen Participationin Monitoring

The Philippines

Concerned Citizens ofAbra for Good Government(CCAGG)Guarding the Integrity of the Conditional Cash Transfer Program

Affiliated Network forSocial Accountability—East Asia and PacificCheckMySchool.org

Kyrgyz Republic

Development PolicyInstituteVoice of Village Health Committeesand Social Accountability of LocalSelf-Government Bodies on HealthDeterminants of Rural Communitiesof Kyrgyz Republic

Indonesia

Yayasan WahanaVisi IndonesiaCitizen Voice and Action forGovernment Accountability andImproved Services

Moldova

EXPERT GRUPEmpowered Citizens EnhancingAccountability of the EducationReform and Quality of Educationin Moldova

Center for Health Policiesand Studies (PAS Center)Implement participatory social accountability for better healthin Moldova

Malawi

CARE MalawiStrengthening Social Accountabilityin the Education

Malawi Economic JusticeNetworkMalawi Social AccountabilityStrengthening Project

Mozambique

Concern Universal MozambiqueSocial Accountability Knowledge, Skills,Action and Networking (SAKSAN)

Uganda

Africa Freedom of InformationCentre (AFIC)Enhancing Accountability andPerformance of Social Service Contractsin Uganda

Paraguay

Fundación ComunitariaCentro de Información yRecursos para el DesarrolloTEXOPORÃ BeneficiariesEmpowered to Ensure SocialAccountability

Mongolia

Globe International CenterTransparency and Accountabilityin Mongolian Education (TAME)

Tunisia

Al BawsalaBuilding Citizens’ Capacities andState Responsiveness for anOpen and Transparent Democracy

Tunisian General Labour UnionThe National Network of SocialAccountability

Morocco

CARE International MarocLEAD Project Linking Education andAccountability for Development

Dem. Rep. of Congo

CORDAID (The CatholicOrganization for Reliefand Development Aid)Reinforcing social accountability ofhealth services by supporting healthcommittees and the communitydiagnosis in Bas Congo andSouth Kivu

Ghana

SEND-GHANAMaking the Budget Work for Ghana

Mexico

FUNDARKnowledge Platform of the GPSA

For almost three years, CheckMySchool has proved its effectiveness not only in raising and resolving school issues, but also in strengthening citizens' stakes in these issues…. With the GPSA grant, we can now establish CMS as a long-term program. We hope to benefit from the knowledge and learning exchanges and capacity building opportunities that GPSA offers to achieve self-sustainability for Checkmyschool. -- Dondon Parafina, Executive Director of ANSA-EAP

GPSA GRANTEE PROJECTS

The first Call for Proposals resulted in the selection of 12 CSO projects to receive GPSA grants, located in Bangladesh, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, Malawi, Moldova, Mozambique, the Philippines, Tajikistan, and Tunisia. Through parallel funds provided by the Open Society Foundations, the GPSA is also giving support to the Affiliated Network for Social Accountability (ANSA) for its project CheckMySchool (CMS) in the Philippines.

From the second Call for Proposals the Steering Committee selected 8 CSO projects from DRC, Ghana, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uganda.

The projects focus on solving challenges such as teachers’ absenteeism in Malawi, lack of transparency in subnational government transfers in Bangladesh, and enforcing adequate service standards in the water and sanitation sector in Tajikistan. Each of the projects is explained in the Annex to this Review.

One of the GPSA’s main goals is to amplify the knowledge and evidence base on social accountability. A wide variety of activities are underway as part of the GPSA's Knowledge component. The activities are guided by a new Knowledge Strategy developed in consultation with our Global Partners as well as several World Bank units. The Strategy addresses the linkages between the knowledge harnessed by the GPSA’s activities under the grants window, the Global Partners network and the Knowledge component. It also outlines priority areas for knowledge support, as well as contributions and results in monitoring and evaluation (M&E).

KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM

The GPSA’s Knowledge Platform, launched in April 2014, was developed by FUNDAR, a CSO based in Mexico. The Portal offers a host of resources to practitioners and supporters of social accountability and related topics. In order to scope out the existing resources and potential contributions to the Portal, an online survey was circulated among the GPSA’s Global Partners network.

The Knowledge Platform includes a Knowledge Repository that focuses on the most recently available resources that could help practitioners. Furthermore, it offers ‘e-learning’ courses (four to six weeks long, with a new course starting every three months); knowledge exchanges (including monthly webinars and E-Forums, held every two months) and spaces for networking (blogs, social media, a calendar of events, news, and a roster of practitioners). For the GPSA grantees there IS a dedicated closed-environment space (“MyGPSA space”) meant for in-depth exchanges.

KNOWLEDGE

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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING

The Knowledge component of the program kicked-off with the Grantees Workshop for the 12 finalist CSOs pre-selected by the GPSA for the first grants, in June 2013. In the workshop, the finalists had the chance to meet one another and also with several experts on governance and social accountability from civil society, the World Bank and academia. The discus-sions on each topic helped to bring forward the commonalities and differences across projects and countries. Importantly, it helped the CSOs to think about the political economy that they would face, and the importance of engaging politicians in a constructive way.

A second Grantees Workshop takes place on May 12-13, 2014 in Washington, DC.

KNOWLEDGE SHARING The GPSA has launched a series of Brown Bag Lunch sessions, which explore a variety of topics relevant to the social accountability field. With more than 12 of these public discussions held to date, they have drawn interest from over 1,500 participants who are following the GPSA’s events in person or via live web-stream. Global Partners such as Helvetas and Accountability Lab have presented their approaches to knowledge sharing and social entrepreneurship to create more transparent and accountable societies. The Brown Bag Lunches are always web-streamed live and recorded for later viewing. Several more BBLs are scheduled for the months ahead.

At the occasion of the first meeting of the GPSA Steering Committee in December 2012 a Round Table was organized, which brought together the World Bank’s President Dr. Jim Yong Kim and the members of the Committee. The panel explored how and to what extent social accountability, including citizen feedback mechanisms, can make development interventions more effective and improve service delivery. A second Round Table organized on March 11, 2014 brought together the World Bank Group’s Managing Director Ms. Sri Mulyani Indrawati and the Members of the GPSA Steering Committee for an in-depth discussion on “Knowledge, Solutions and Social Accountability” in the context of the GPSA.

LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE

The GPSA is providing support to a Collaborative Research project, focusing on designing research that is grantee-driven. GPSA-funded projects offer a unique opportunity for applied research of the implementation of social accountability interventions: tools, conditions for success, and impact measurement. The GPSA and the Governance Lab (GovLab) at MIT will collaborate on research that is useful to the GPSA’s grantees by helping them evaluate their impact and/or theories of change, while concurrently generating generalizable knowledge that is useful to a broader community of practice on social accountability. Currently, GovLab has identified 4 potential collaborations, with CARE Bangladesh, Fundación Intermón Oxfam (Dominican Republic), CARE Malawi, and Concerned Citizens of Abra for Good Government (Philippines).

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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim at the Round Table on Social Accountability and the Science of Delivery, December 17, 2012

World Bank Managing Director Sri Mulyani Indrawati at the Round Table on Knowledge, Solutions and Social Accountability, March 11, 2014

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Being a Global Partner of the GPSA means an institutional endorsement of the objectives and strategy of the GPSA. The dual objectives are to broaden support for the GPSA itself and, more importantly, to strengthen a global community of practice on Social Accountability. Each one of these Global Partners helps move the agenda forward in different ways, based on their interest and background. While some partners share practitioners' expertise, others share academic and technical knowledge, and others share a network of contacts.

More than 165 Global Partners have joined forces with GPSA to date. The Global Partners help the GPSA to identify issues to be included in the Calls for Proposals, and they contribute to the Roster of Experts. They include CSOs, CSO network organizations, foundations, private businesses, academic institutions, and international development agencies. The Global Partners network now stretches across more than 50 countries. A list of the Global Partners is included on the last page of this report.

The first Global Partners Forum is held on May 14-15, 2014 at World Bank headquarters in Washington DC. The Forum will be an opportunity for all Global Partners to come together to share, connect and exchange experiences. World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim has confirmed his participation in the Forum.

GLOBAL PARTNERS NETWORK

Ivory Coast

South Africa

Guatemala

Cape Verde

GLOBALPARTNERS

Mozambique

Morocco

Paraguay

Dominican Republic

Colombia

Dem. Rep. ofthe Congo

Ghana

Niger

Senegal

Malawi

Uganda

Tunisia

United Kingdom

Ethiopia

Indonesia

Bangladesh

Honduras

Mexico

India

Moldova

Jordan

Tajikistan

Pakistan

Kyrgyz Republic

Palestine/West Bank

The Philippines

Mongolia

The Netherlands

Germany

Peru Brazil

Uruguay

Argentina

Spain

Switzerland

Belgium

Italy

Tanzania

Zambia

Guinea

Cameroon

United StatesEgypt

Nepal

Kenya

Qatar

South Sudan

Czech Republic

The GPSA’s Results Framework, which has been thoroughly revised in early 2014 with the help of Lily Tsai, Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT, is a tool that will be used to monitor and manage progress and report on delivery of outputs through the program. The first output is the integration of a political economy approach into the operational strategies of the GPSA’s grantees. The second is the application of strategic political economy analyses by the World Bank’s Task Team Leaders (TTLs) and the Country Management Units (CMUs) working with the GPSA grantees. The third output in the Results Framework is the knowledge and learning that the GPSA will produce through comparative analysis and sharing of grantee activities and experiences. The analysis and sharing will not only be encouraged among grantees, but also with Global Partners and other key players from the Social Accountability field. The channel for the third activity will be the Knowledge Portal’s webinars, e-forums, as well as BBLs, GPSA grantees workshop.

These three outputs will then work jointly and in interaction with one another to effect change in the theory’s two main outcomes. In addition, the GPSA’s theory of change also expects these three outputs to provide feedback to the GPSA during the course of the GPSA’s lifetime to inform improvements in the design of both the grant making and knowledge and learning activities. An external evaluation is being commissioned, as mandated by the GPSA Board Paper, at the end of the second year of operation.

RESULTS FRAMEWORK AND EVALUATION

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Since its inception in 2012, the GPSA donor base has grown, with contributions coming from the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, and the Aga Khan Foundation for a total of US$23,250,000. The GPSA has also received a significant parallel contribution (that is, primarily for direct support to grantees) from the Open Society Foundations, in the amount of US$3 million. In addition, the Aga Khan Foundation USA has provided $250,000 in parallel funds for knowledge.

Grants for CSOs account for the bulk of the total operational allocation at US$16.2 million. Another US$3.8 million is directed at knowledge activities. Core functions include administration, monitoring and evaluation, technical assistance, communications, and learning.

RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

In addition to the initial contribution from the World Bank, the GPSA has been successful in raising significant commitments from prestigious international foundations, demonstrating the potential for a successfully co-financed initiative. The GPSA Secretariat has developed a Resource Mobilization Strategy, presented to the Steering Committee in March 2014, to prioritize and coordinate its efforts in this field. The Strategy states the goal of securing sufficient funds on an ongoing basis, to ensure the future of the program, its growth, and its contribution to the field of social accountability.

The Strategy highlights the need to build a diversified donor base, both to ensure sustainability as well as to build the legitimacy of the program. Different types of supporters, their needs and interests, are examined, as well as a number of funding opportunities and “products” within the GPSA. With a considerable proportion of the GPSA’s current funds already committed to grants and knowledge activities, resource mobilization – including non-financial resources – is expected to take an increasingly important role in the next cycle of the GPSA.

One example of an innovative contribution comes from the GPSA’s Global Partner PHINEO. Through the World Bank’s Global Secondment Program, PHINEO’s CEO Andreas Rickert is seconded for six months to the GPSA. Thanks to his background in the private sector as well as in the foundations world, he helps expand the network of partners and provides input to the capacity-building component.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS AND RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

CORE FUNCTIONS 15%

KNOWLEDGE 14%

GRANTS

61%

UNALLOCATED

PARALLEL FUNDING

10%

GPSA ALLOCATIONS BY CATEGORIES, FY13-14

TOTAL = US$26.5 MILLION

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As mandated by the World Bank Board Paper on the GPSA, the governing body of the GPSA, the Steering Committee, consists of ten members representing civil society, opted-in governments, the donor community and the World Bank. The GPSA is honored to have in the committee the following members: from civil society, Mrs. Lindsay Coates (InterAction), Dr. Said Issa (Lebanese Transparency Association/ANSA-Arab World), and Mr. Akwasi Aidoo (TrustAfrica); from government, Mr. Newby Kumwembe, (government of Malawi), Dr. Magdalena Lizardo (Government of Dominican Republic) and Mr. Monzur Hossain (Government of Bangladesh); and from the donor community, Ms. Riina-Riika Heikka (Finland), Mr. Martin Abregu (Ford Foundation) and Mrs. Annabel Gerry (DfID). Mr. Sanjay Pradhan, World Bank Vice President for Change, Leadership and Innovation, is the Bank’s representative and Chair of the Committee.

The Committee has met three times to date. The first meeting was held on December 17, 2012 and the second on May 8 and 9, 2013. A third meeting took place on March 10 and 11, 2014. In its meetings, the Steering Committee discusses the overarching strategy for the GPSA, and the allocation of grants for each Call for Proposals.

The GPSA’s Roster of Experts has grown to include more than 80 experts. The experts review the CSOs’ submitted proposals during the Call for Proposals and give feedback on their technical quality. These experts from countries around the world contribute to the GPSA with their invaluable expertise on different country contexts, the use of the tools of social accountability and on the use of information and communications technologies.

The team at the GPSA Secretariat, led by the GPSA’s Program Manager and housed in the World Bank Institute (WBI), brings a variety of expertise to the management of the program, including on social accountability, operations, partnerships, communications, and monitoring and evaluation. After being incubated in WBI, the GPSA is now moving to the Governance Global Practice under the new World Bank structure.

The GPSA Secretariat collaborates closely with the World Bank's Country Teams (Country Management Units), to ensure that the GPSA activities are aligned with country priorities and to identify World Bank operations that can serve as an entry point within the respective sector.

GOVERNANCE

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The GPSA Secretariat continues to actively work on outreach and communications, focusing on dissemination of the program's activities including the Calls for Proposals, project updates, knowledge sharing, and events. Communications are also dedicated to sharing and distributing the wealth of knowledge and expertise derived from the GPSA’s grants, the Social Accountability experts involved and the knowledge platform. Communications activities and tools include the GPSA website, events, newsletters, publications, digital media and speaking opportunities.

GPSA’s new website (www.thegpsa.org) has been launched in May. The new portal features the GPSA’s approach to social accountability, its projects and Global Partners prominently. It is complemented by a strong social media outreach, used for making announcements about the program as well as to engage with and stimulate discussion among its stakeholders about relevant topics in the field of social accountability.

COMMUNICATIONS

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WHAT LIES AHEAD

The first phase of the GPSA has been one of fast growth, broad outreach, and the development and piloting of the framework of the program. As the GPSA approaches the end of its second year of operations, the outlook for the future holds exciting challenges.

With a portfolio of 22 funded projects, the GPSA faces the challenge of delivering critical support to grantees. This involves, in particular, developing a full toolkit for capacity building and planning critical interventions using the leverage of the World Bank to ensure success, including strengthening the constructive engagement between CSOs and governments. The program will also work on the increased demand to support governments in their learning and knowledge sharing.

While the growth of the Global Partners network has exceeded expectations, the challenge that lies ahead is to broaden the landscape of partners and refine the focus, in particular embracing private sector actors. With a network now well above 165 organizations, the challenge is to build a growing sense of shared understanding and a constructive engagement agenda.

In sum, the future presents challenges in the implementation of a knowledge strategy that will not only enhance the success of GPSA grantees and their projects, but also will capture and scale the lessons and insights of our community, within and beyond the countries involved in the GPSA, effectively mainstreaming Social Accountability as a real tool for responsive and effective governance.

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ANNEX

GRANTEES

GLOBAL PARTNERS

OPTED IN COUNTRIES

STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

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BANGLADESH

Making budgets work for the poor

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) Project: Social Engagement for Budgetary Accountability (SEBA)GPSA Contribution: $ 848,968

The GPSA is supporting MJF to make use of formal and informal participatory mechanisms, like open budget sessions and neighborhood meetings, to prioritize public investments and assess service delivery in municipalities.

Citizen feedback will be used by Union Parishad (municipal) and Upazilla (district) public officials to improve budgetary processes.

At the national level, MJF will systematize the lessons from these experiences and share them with a wide constituency of government, CSOs and donors, working to achieve transparent, effective and accountable local governance in Bangladesh’s 4,480 Union Parishads.

CARE BANGLADESH

Project: Journey for Advancement in Transparency, Representation and Accountability (JATRA) GPSA contribution: $644,138

The GPSA is supporting CARE Bangladesh to develop a social accountability model in Bangladesh’s Northwest region, taking into consideration CARE Bangladesh’s and its partners’ past experiences.

This social accountability model aims at institutionalizing a participatory budget process mandated by law, by combining the use of formal and informal participatory mechanisms with community radio information campaigns and training of journalists.

Union Parishad and Upazilla (district) public officials and citizen representatives will use the information generated to inform resource allocations and to improve service delivery.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Improving transparency and budget accountability in education, agriculture, water and sanitation, and public housing sectors

Fundación Intermón Oxfam Project: Good Governance Practices for the Dominican RepublicGPSA contribution: $727,984

The GPSA is supporting Fundación Intermón Oxfan to establish a national consortium of thematic observatories to strengthen and expand social accountability processes, aimed at improving sector budget accountability and service delivery through a local-national network of CSOs and community-based organizations.

Using social audits, community scorecards and budget analyses, feedback will be systematized and shared with national and local decision-makers to introduce corrective measures and reforms as needed.

GRANTEES

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INDONESIA

Improving maternal health service delivery

Yayasan Wahana Visi Indonesia (YWV – Indonesia) Project: Citizen Voice and Action for Government Accountability and Improved ServicesGPSA contribution: $950,000

The GPSA is supporting YWV – Indonesia to monitor the national Maternal Health Program (Jampersal) by using SMS-based feedback mechanisms and systematizing data through an open, web-based, database to identify service delivery bottlenecks.

The project will benefit 52,011 Indonesians, across 36 villages in the 3 Districts of Timor Tengah Utara, Sikka, and Alor.

The information generated will help the Ministry of Health to improve the Jampersal Program, and institutionalize social accountability mechanisms for more effective services.

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

Improving health determinants at the village level

Development Policy Institute (DPI) Project: Voice of Village Health Committees and Social Accountability of Local Self-Government Bodies in Kyrgyz RepublicGPSA contribution: $598,833

The GPSA is supporting DPI to strengthen Village Health Committees (VHC) by providing training and information to better engage with local government officials and budget processes.

By enabling citizen’s feedback through the VHCs, the project aims to generate information on rural health priorities that will be used by the Ministry of Health and other key decision-makers to effectively allocate and monitor health determinants in the public budget.

Emphasis is placed on health determinants such as: clean water, safe housing, sanitation, hygiene, epidemiological situation and protection from infections.

MALAWI

Reducing teacher absenteeism and increasing transparency in the delivery of educational materials

CARE Malawi Project: Strengthening Social Accountability in the Education Sector in MalawiGPSA contribution: $950,000

The GPSA is supporting CARE Malawi to improve education services by developing feedback tools for students and parents to monitor teachers’ absenteeism in 125 schools, and to monitor procurement of teaching and learning materials (TLMs).

Information generated from this project will be used by the Ministry of Education and by the Office of National Procurement to inform decision-making regarding teachers’ absenteeism and ways to reduce it, and to procure TLMs in a more transparent and effective manner.

GRANTEES

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Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN)

Project: Social Accountability Strengthens Education GPSA contribution: $705,000

The GPSA is supporting MEJN to make more transparent and efficient the procurement and delivery of teaching and learning materials (TLMs), by monitoring TLMs contracts and their execution, and by strengthening accountability in the sector.

Project implementation is coordinated with CARE Malawi to ensure coverage in the country’s six education districts.

Information generated from this project will be used by the Ministry of Education and by the Office of National Procurement to inform decision-making in the sector and to improve procurement of TLMs.

MOLDOVA

Improving the quality of education from primary to upper secondary schools

EXPERT GRUPProject: Empowered citizens enhancing accountability of reform and quality in education GPSA contribution: $ 696,955

The GPSA is supporting the EXPERT GRUP to monitor education services in 100 Moldovan schools by facilitating the engagement of students and parents with school authorities to address budget allocation of primary, secondary, general and upper secondary schools.

The service quality data will be shared with local and national authorities, including the Ministry of Education, to monitor the impact of recent reforms and to inform policy-making in the sector.

MOZAMBIQUE

Improving access to and quality of health service provision for vulnerable groups

Concern Mozambique Project: Social Accountability Knowledge, Skills, Action and Networking (SAKSAN)GPSA contribution: $700,000

The GPSA is supporting Concern Mozambique to build the capacity of local community-based organizations to monitor the quality of health services in extreme poor and poor communities in Niassa and Zambezia provinces.

In partnership with two large CSO networks, the Ministry of Health and other relevant ministers, the project will engage with local, provincial and national-level decision-makers to address locally identified performance issues regarding the delivery of critical health services.

The project pays special attention to vulnerable groups such as women, persons with disabilities, and HIV infected persons.

GRANTEES

THE PHILIPPINES

Improving the transparency and performance of the Conditional Cash Transfer program

Concerned Citizens of Abra for Good Government (CCAGG)Project: Guarding the integrity of the Conditional Cash Transfer Program GPSA contribution: $800,000

The GPSA is supporting CCAGG to improve existing feedback mechanisms of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program to improve its targeting and assess the experience of the beneficiaries for health and education services in the Northern Luzon region.

The project engages the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), national government departments for health and education, and local governments at the municipal and barangay levels, in order to trigger government response.

TAJIKISTAN

Improving Water Quality and Sanitation Services in Tajikistan

Oxfam Tajikistan Project: Improving social accountability in the water sectorGPSA contribution: $850,000

The GPSA is supporting Oxfam Tajikistan to strengthen the capacity of water associations to monitor the quality of water and sanitation,

The information resulting from this mechanism will be made public and shared with the Water Regulator to ensure the adequate provision of water services.

It is expected that by 2017, more than 84,000 people will have access to and will participate in the monitoring systems.

TUNISIA

Improving access to public information and strengthening citizens’ capacity to engage in public deliberation

Al BawsalaProject: Marsad.tn: The Observatory of Tunisian National Constituent AssemblyGPSA contribution: $600,000

The GPSA is supporting Al Bawsala to build citizens’ capacities for informed participation while promoting state responsiveness by increasing the access to public information. In particular, emphasis will be placed on the work of the National Constituent Assembly (NCA), the new Parliament and the Executive during the transition phase.

The project builds on Al Bawsala’s website ‘Marsad.tn’ (meaning ‘observatory’), which has been transformational in making citizens understand the government processes by opening up public data about the NCA’s policy proposals and voting records, among other things.

This project will also include budget analysis, the adaption of budget information for easy understanding of the citizens, and the implementation of municipal social accountability mechanisms.

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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Improving health service delivery in Bas Congo and South Kivu

CORDAID (The Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid) Project: Reinforcing social accountability of health services by supporting health committees and the community diagnosis in Bas Congo and South Kivu GPSA contribution: $800,000

The GPSA is supporting CORDAID to strengthen the social accountability mechanisms of health centers in the provinces of South Kivu and Bas Congo, by combining service assessment tools with formal agreements between health service providers and users to monitor the quality of health services.

The information produced will be used by the District and Province health authorities to improve the quality of the services and to strengthen the role of the Health Committees.

GHANA

Improving budget accountability in health and education sectors in the 50 poorest districts

SEND-GHANA Project: Making the Budget Work for Ghana GPSA contribution: $850,000

The GPSA is supporting SEND-GHANA to expand the use of SEND’s participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) methodology to combine the monitoring of health and education services with sector budget monitoring, at local, district, regional and national levels.

Feedback generated from this three-level monitoring system will be systematized and channeled to the planning, monitoring and evaluation units of the Ministries of Finance, Education and Health to inform budget planning and execution.

MOLDOVA

Improving healthcare quality in hospitals and primary healthcare centers in Moldova

Center for Health Policies and Studies (PAS Center)Project: Implement participatory social accountability for better healthGPSA contribution: $730,000

The GPSA is supporting PAS Center to monitor hospital and healthcare centers’ performance by implementing a set of social accountability tools that combine both service providers’ and users’ feedback on healthcare quality, to ensure that the planned health reforms, specifically in the hospital sector, and performance-based financing will become more transparent and patient-centered.

The obtained results will be shared with the Ministry of Health, Parliamentary Committee on Social Protection and National Council for Evaluation and Accreditation in Health and other key stakeholders.

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MONGOLIA

Improving access to education and performance

Globe International Center (GIC) Project: Transparency and Accountability in Mongolian Education (TAME) GPSA contribution: $650,000

The GPSA is supporting GIC to develop a social accountability process combining the use of community scorecards and the “Good School Assessment” tools, to assess education quality at school level and assess education expenditures though budget analysis.

Building on the prior analysis of feedback gaps undertaken jointly with the Ministry of Education, GIC, in partnership with Education For All (EFA) and the Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF) is working in 8 provinces to compile information from parent-teacher associations, school and administrative staff.

The feedback generated will be shared with the Ministries of Education and Finances to inform implementation of the goals set out in the Education Master Plan 2006-2015.

MOROCCO

Improving access and quality of primary school education in Grand Casablanca and Marrakech

CARE International Maroc Project: LEAD Project Linking Education and Accountability for Development GPSA contribution: $720,000

The GPSA is supporting CARE International Maroc to identify areas for improvement in primary education, while strengthening collaboration between Parents Associations and education authorities in 80 primary schools located in vulnerable communities of the regions of Grand Casablanca and Marrakech.

The information generated will be used by the Ministry of Education and by regional education delegations charged with defining and allocating education budgets at the district and school levels.

PARAGUAY

Improving transparency and performance of the conditional cash transfer program, TEKOPORÃ

Fundación Comunitaria Centro de Información y Recursos para el Desarrollo (CIRD) Project: TEKOPORÃ Beneficiaries Empowered to Ensure Social Accountability GPSA contribution: $600,000

The GPSA is supporting CIRD to strengthen the social accountability mechanisms of the Cash Conditional Transfer Program (TEKOPORÃ) to improve its targeting and the quality of health and education services linked to the program.

This project is working with citizen-led municipal roundtables and with beneficiary families to gather and systematize feedback on the CCT’s performance, including supply gaps in health and education.

The information produced will be shared with the Secretaría de Acción Social (the Social Action Secretariat) and with the Ministries of Education, Health and Finance, to strengthen the targeting, transparency and performance of TEKOPORÃ.

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TUNISIA

Improving access to information and service delivery in health and education sectors

Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail (UGTT) Project: The National Network of Social Accountability GPSA contribution: $800,000

The GPSA is supporting UGTT to monitor health and education services, and infrastructure investments in a sample of hospitals, health clinics, and schools by developing a short message service (SMS) system to gather information and by developing other social accountability mechanism to assess service quality at the facility level.

In addition, UGTT is setting up a web-based platform to systematize, share and channel the feedback generated to decision-makers and will create a national network for social accountability to strengthen citizen engagement around critical reforms and to promote government responsiveness.

UGANDA

Improving procurement practices in education, health and agriculture in Uganda

Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) Project: Enhancing Accountability and Performance of Social Service Contracts in Uganda GPSA contribution: $650,000

The GPSA is supporting AFIC to strengthen accountability and performance of social services by combining contracts monitoring tool, political economy analyses of procurement, and the institutional strengthening of Uganda Contracts Monitoring Coalition (UCMC).

With support of the Ministry of Finance and Office of the Prime Minister, the information generated will be used by the Ministries of Education, Agriculture, Health, Finance, National Procurement Office, Office of the Prime Minister and Local Governments of Lira, Oyam, Arua, Kabale and Ntungamo to increase procurement transparency and to improve the quality and effectiveness of services and infrastructure delivered through third-party contracting.

THE PHILIPPINES

Improving education service delivery in The Philippines

ANSA-EAPProject: CheckMySchoolOpen Society Foundations Contribution: US$700,000Open Society is supporting ANSA-EAP to establish local partnerships between government, parents and students at 46,000 schools in The Philippines to help students and parents access accurate information and give feedback about educational services to the Ministry of Education through a web-based platform.

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5th Pillar

Acción Ciudadana

Accountability Initiative

Accountability Lab

ACOSOF

Advocacy and Policy Institute

Affiliated Network for Social Accountability in East Asia and Pacific

Africa Freedom of Information Centre

African Humanitarian Council

Aga Khan Foundation

Agora Partnerships

Al Bawsala

Alianza ONG

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Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ)

Asociación por los Derechos Civiles

Association of African Women for Research and Development (AAWORD)

Bandung Institute for Governance Studies

Bank Information Center

Bertelsmann Stiftung

BMW Foundation

Bond UK

Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen (Association of German Foundations)

Bureau Oecuménique d'Appui au Développement (BOAD)

CARE Bangladesh

CARE International

CARE Malawi

CARE Maroc

CEBRAP Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento

Center for Democracy Initiative Sudan (CDIS)

Center for Health Policies and Studies (PAS Center)

Center for Innovations for Successful Societies at Princeton University

Center for Women in Governance (CEWIGO)

Centre d'Appui pour le Développement Economique et Social (CADES)

Centre for Peace and Democracy (CEPAD)

Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI)

Centro de Contraloría Social y Estudios de la Construcción Democrática (CCS CIESAS)

Centro Latinoamericano de Administración para el Desarrollo (CLAD)

Cidade Democrática

Citizen’s Campaign for Right to Information

Ciudadanos Al Dia

CIVICUS

Civil Society for Poverty Reduction

Collectif Marocain du Volontariat (Moroccan Network of Volunteering Work)

Concern Universal Mozambique

Concerned Citizens of Abra for Good Governance (CCAGG)

Consejo de la Prensa Peruana

Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Association (CCRDA)

Convention de la Societé Civile (CSCI)

Cordaid

CUTS International

Department forInternational Development (UK)

Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany Stock Exchange)

Development Policy Institute

Elimu Yetu Coalition

ETHOS Institute

Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia – Tajikistan

European Commission

EXPERT GRUP

FOMICRES

FOPRIDEH

Ford Foundation

Foundation For the Future

FrontlineSMS

Fundación Avina

Fundación CIDEAL

Fundacion Comunitaria Centro de Informacion y Recursos para el Desarrollo (CIRD)

Fundación Intermón Oxfam

FUNDAR

Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development and Evaluation (GUI2DE)

German Marshall Fund

Globe International NGO

GoGo Foundation

Google Web Academy

GovFaces

GovLab

Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement

GuideStar

HelpAge International

Helvetas

HIVOS

ICJ -The Kenya Section of the International Commission of Jurists

IDAY International

IED Afrique

IFEHS - Initiative for Food, Environment and Health Society

Institute for International Urban Development

Instituto Ágora em Defesa do Eleitor e da Democracia

Instituto de Desarrollo y Comunicación

INTEC/CEGES

Integrity Action

InterAction

Inter-American Dialogue

Inter-American Foundation

International Centre for Sport Security

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

International Institute of Rural Reconstruction

IO Sustainability

Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies

Keystone Accountability

Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND)

Laboratorio de Politicas Publicas

L'Association Pour le Soutien à la Démocratie des Communautés Africaines (ASDECA)

Linking the Youth of Nigeria through Exchange (LYNX)

Malawi Economic Justice Network

Management Sciences for Health

Manusher Jonno Foundation

Nature Kenya

New York University/Wagner's Research Center for Leadership in Action

NGO Platform of Cape Verde

Open Society Foundations

Organization of African Instituted Churches

Organization of American States

Overseas Development Institute

Oxfam International

Oxfam Tajikistan

Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO)

Palestinian Consultative Staff for NGOs

Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)

Partners Jordan

Partnership for Transparency Fund

People In Need

Persone Come Noi (PCN)

Philips

Phineo

Plan International

Policy Forum

Public Affairs Centre

Public and Private Development Center

Red Argentina para la Cooperación Internacional (RACI)

Rehoboth Foundation Inc.

Results for Development

Revenue Watch Institute

SANPRODEV

SEND-Ghana

Social Impact Analysts Association

SROI Network

STARS Foundation

Sunlight Foundation

Takamol Foundation for Sustainable Development

The Engine Room

The Hunger Project

The World Bank

Transparencia por Colombia

Transparency International

Transparency International Kenya

Transparency International Zambia

Transparency Maroc

TrustAfrica

Twaweza

Uganda National Health Users'/Consumers' Organisation (UNHCO)

Uganda National NGO Forum

UNICEF

Union Générale Tunisienne de Travail (UGTT)

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Public Administration and Development Management

Vital Voices

VNG International

VSO International

Wahana Visi Indonesia

World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO)

World Learning

World Vision International

YADE - Youth Association for Development & Environment

Young Americas Business Trust

Youth for Social Development

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Mr. Sanjay Pradhan, Vice President, Change, Leadership and Innovation, World Bank

Delegate Chair: Ms. Randi Ryterman, Director, Collaborative Governance, World Bank Institute

Government Members

Mr. Monzur Hossain, Secretary, Ministry of Local Government, Bangladesh

Ms. Magdalena Lizardo, Director, Economic and Social Analysis Unit, Ministry of Economy, Dominican Republic

Mr. Newby Kumwembe, Secretary to the Treasury, Ministry of Finance, Malawi

CSO Members

Ms. Lindsay Coates – Executive Vice President, InterAction

Mr. Said Issa – Board Chairman, ANSA-Arab World and Grass Roots Manager, Lebanese Transparency Association

Mr. Akwasi Aidoo – Executive Director, TrustAfrica

Two Alternate Members will serve as CSO representative in SC meetings when the respective CSO member is unable to

attend. SC Members and their Alternates will coordinate closely.

Mr. Marc Purcell – Executive Director, Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)

Ms. Emele Duituturaga – Executive Director, Pacific Islands Association of Non Governmental Organisations (PIANGO)

Donor members

Mr. Martin Abregú, Director of Human Rights and Governance, Ford Foundation

Ms. Annabel Gerry, Head of Governance, Open Societies and Anti-Corruption, Department for International

Development, United Kingdom

Mrs. Riina-Riikka Heikka, Counselor, Political Affairs, Embassy of Finland

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