Fighting corruption for Universal Health Care in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda
Corruption within healthcare systems is a formidable barrier to achieving universal healthcoverage. Recent studies have highlighted the detrimental impact of medicine theft on healthfacilities in Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda, contributing to stock outs and compromised patientcare. Recognizing the urgent need for action, the Africa Freedom of Information Centre(AFIC) is partnering with Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) […]
Read MoreIMPLEMENTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPARENCY INDEX IN CoST UGANDA
CoST Uganda Chapter, over time, has conducted various studies including the first Infrastructure Transparency Index and based on such studies/research, validation and reviews, CoST – The Infrastructure Transparency Initiative has worked on creating a Manual for the Infrastructure Transparency Index (ITI), which presents a methodology for understanding and applying the evaluation instruments to measure transparency […]
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LIFT PROJECT: Promoting economic and social inclusion in Uganda’s Public Procurement
LIFT PROJECT: Promoting economic and social inclusion in Uganda’s Public Procurement Open Contracting Lift is Open Contracting Partnership’s impact accelerator that helps teams of bold procurement reformers propel their ambitious plans toward systemic change. Through Lift, OCP has supported teams around the world to use public contracting to improve effective governance and support more equitable and green […]
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Strengthening disclosure and citizen participation to improve value for money in public contracting in Africa
Strengthening disclosure and citizen participation to improve value for money in public contracting in Africa Transparency cand public participation in public contracting in Africa is challenged, compounding corruption and collusion and denying citizens much needed services. With a US$300,0000 grant from the William and Flora Foundation, AFIC and its members implemented a 2-year ‘strengthening disclosure […]
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Enhancing Performance and Transparency of Social Service Contracts in Uganda
Enhancing performance and transparency of social service contracts in Uganda With funding from the Global Partnership on Social Accountability (GPSA), AFIC in collaboration with Uganda Contracts Monitoring Coalition (UCMC) implemented a 4-year US$650,000 project with an aim to enhance performance and transparency of service contracts in public sectors of health, education and agriculture. The […]
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An efficient public finance system in Uganda: Promoting fiscal measures that will enhance inclusive growth and active participation of the citizenry’
Promoting fiscal measures that will enhance inclusive growth and active participation of the citizenry’ Government and donor funded projects have come and gone, but material conditions of intended beneficiaries have not improved significantly. AFIC with support of Oxfam in Uganda and Oxfam NOVIB implemented a five-year EUR 250,000 project, ‘An Efficient Public Finance System in […]
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The extent to which countries implement world bank’s civic engagement framework in practice
Accountability Research Centre (ARC) One of the challenges affecting sustainability of project development outcomes is lack of beneficiary participation and ownership. Through its Citizens Engage-ment Framework, the World Bank commits to en-sure citizens access to infor-mation and participation in its funded projects. In 2019, AFIC with funding from the Accountability Research Centre of the American […]
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Improving social service delivery to citizens through open contracting in Uganda
Improving social service delivery to citizens through open contracting in Uganda (DGF 1 & 2) The Democratic Governance Facility supported AFIC to improve government responsiveness to citizens’ demand for public procurement information, increase citizens and CSOs demand for public procurement information and enhance government responsiveness towards citizens’ feedback on public procurement accountability issues for 21 […]
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Deepening open government through women’s participation in public contracting in Kenya, Nigeria and Malawi
Deepening open government through women’s participation in public contracting in Kenya, Nigeria and Malawi Women’s economic empowerment is very important as it contributes to national economic growth and enhances achievement of internationally agreed upon goals and development commitments according to UN Women. Economically empowered women contribute highly to an improved quality of life to men, […]
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