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UN CS0 CONSULTATION ON GOOD PRACTICES IN WATER AND SANITATION: A Case of Public Expenditure Tracking in Tanzania

UN CS0 CONSULTATION ON GOOD PRACTICES IN WATER AND SANITATION: A Case of Public Expenditure Tracking in Tanzania . Presentation by Moses Kulaba, Norwegian Church Aid-Tanzania P.O Box Tel: +255 22 2771650/2771884 Mobile: +255 787 844411 Email: moses.kulaba@nca.no. Outline of presentation.

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UN CS0 CONSULTATION ON GOOD PRACTICES IN WATER AND SANITATION: A Case of Public Expenditure Tracking in Tanzania

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  1. UN CS0 CONSULTATION ON GOOD PRACTICES IN WATER AND SANITATION: A Case of Public Expenditure Tracking in Tanzania Presentation by Moses Kulaba, Norwegian Church Aid-Tanzania P.O Box Tel: +255 22 2771650/2771884 Mobile: +255 787 844411 Email: moses.kulaba@nca.no

  2. Outline of presentation • About Norwegian Church Aid-NCA-Tanzania • Why advocacy in Water is important • Public Expenditure Tracking Systems-PETS in Water sector • A DVD on alocal community conducting PETS and demanding water as a right • Conclusion

  3. About NCA • Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) is a Faith Based I • The NCA has its foundation based in a congregation of Churches in Norway, whose efforts are dedicated towards eradication of poverty and its causes and social deprivation • NCA is a member of the World Council of Churches (WCC ) and ACT Alliance • In Tanzania NCA works in 41 districts, focusing on FOUR Thematic Areas one of which is Climatic Adaptation and Access to clean water

  4. NCA is premised on FBOs with a Shared Purpose, Working Together for a Just World

  5. Mobilisation of the Religious Leaders for advocacy on Governance and Human Rights issues

  6. Why Advocacy in the Water Sector • Water is increasingly becoming a dwindling resource in Tanzania • Water is politicaly contestable • Only 32 % of the population has access to clean water

  7. Competition between Human Beings and Animals for scarce water resources

  8. Why advocacy in water • Water is politically contestable; state to state conflicts, community to community conflicts

  9. Media Advocacy on Water • Getting the media to tell the story

  10. Access to clean water brings joy and happiness amongst communities

  11. Public Expenditure Tracking-PETs • It is an advocacy tool for good governance • It enables comunities to track public resources from their source and how they are spent • It empowers Right Holders (Citizens or communities) to put pressure on duty bearers (Govts or local leaders) to deliver social services

  12. How it is done • PETs is conducted by local communities • The communities are trained by local PETs facilitators and organised through PETs Committees • The committees pick a sector or an issue to follow up • They ask for all documents related to the issue, ask questions and seek clarification • They present their report to the villagers at a village assembly • The villagers take action!

  13. Empowering Communities

  14. Transferring Knowledge, nurturing Local Animators

  15. Challenging Irresponsible Governance

  16. Ranking water as a national and local priority-Analysis of Mwanza City Budget and Expenditure plan

  17. Key documents for PETs • Communities are trained to ask for and read key at documents

  18. What they do with the information • Report Back to communities and share through community media

  19. How has it succeeded-PETS in Kilolo water story • It is a story of a local community raising up and demanding for their right to water • It is a story of a local community raising up against all odds and under threats to their lives and property to challenge the formal and informal structures of the state and corrupt systems to demand accountability.

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