This programme area focuses on promoting value for money and value for many in public contracts and services with a major focus on the use of public information to foster transparency and accountability. Our initiatives include promotion of disclosure by public agencies and business, building capacities of data users, monitoring of public contracts and services, whistle-blower protection, promotion of fair business practices and better delivery of public services.
In 2014, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced that by 2018 citizen engagement will be at the center of all World Bank-supported projects. This was followed by the World Bank’s elaborate strategic framework for citizen engagement to mainstream citizen engagement in World Bank Group
Funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, this project learns from the recognition that without transparency, accountability and service delivery are challenged yet transparency on its own is not sufficient. Thus, the project aims to promote performance of public contracts in targeted sectors with
Project Period: 4 years (December 2014 – December 2015) Project Goal: To enhance transparency and accountability of public contracting in the agriculture, education and health sectors in up to five districts of Uganda, in order to improve service delivery in those sectors. Project objectives: Increase disclosure
Reviewing the current architecture of the open contracting agenda across Africa.
