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Presentation to ED Meeting 5 October 2006

AFFILIATED NETWORK FOR SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY. Introduction to ANSA-Africa, its objectives and expected outcomes and report on progress to date Craig Scwabe-HSRC. Presentation to ED Meeting 5 October 2006. Craig Schwabe and Ingrid du Toit Knowledge Systems. About ANSA-Africa.

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Presentation to ED Meeting 5 October 2006

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  1. AFFILIATED NETWORK FOR SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY Introduction to ANSA-Africa, its objectives and expected outcomes and report on progress to date Craig Scwabe-HSRC Presentation to ED Meeting 5 October 2006 Craig Schwabe and Ingrid du Toit Knowledge Systems

  2. About ANSA-Africa • ANSA-Africa – joint World Bank and HSRC initiative • Objectives of the Network: • develop cross-country collaboration on social accountability and demand-side governance initiatives; • provide technical assistance to different countries so the quality of social accountability initiatives is greatly enhanced; deliver training programs on specific tools and techniques; and • share country experiences and lessons from social accountability and demand-side governance initiatives regionally and globally.

  3. About ANSA-Africa • Activities generated via a demand-led and a more pro-active, supply led approach. • Technical support to focus on design and use of social accountability techniques with the greatest potential for improving the efficiency, transparency and quality of public services. • These include: • Consultative Report Cards, Score Cards, Participatory Budgeting, Participatory Expenditure Tracking, Lateral Budget Tracking, Citizen-Public Sector Communication techniques; Independent Budget Analysis; and Participatory Performance Monitoring, etc

  4. Conceptualisiation and approval phase Design and operalisation phase Implementation Pre August 2006 15 August 2006 to 28 February 2007 1 March 2007 onwards ANSA-AfricaEstablishment process

  5. ANSA-AfricaDesign and Operalisation • Establishment of administrative secretariat, systems and procedures; • Activation of regionally representative advisory body/governance mechanism; • Establishment of communication and networking functions; and • Development of an operational manual and project plan. • First interventions

  6. ANSA-AfricaOperating Model World Bank (Principal funder) Future partners/funders Executive Committee (Governance) ANSA Technical Advisory Group Regional Roleplayers HSRC (Secretariat) (Management and implementation) Implementation Partner

  7. ANSA-AfricaDesign and Operalisation • The HSRC role: • oversee the establishment and management of ANSA-Africa; • build on its strong existing network to drive the core agenda and objectives of ANSA-Africa; • provide technical assistance to countries on social accountability initiatives; • coordinate and monitor onward grant-making activities; • ensure the monitoring and assessment of funded activities; and • provide technical training opportunities as needed and facilitate country-to-country learning and technical assistance opportunities

  8. ANSA-AfricaDesign and Operalisation • The outreach of ANSA into the rest of Africa will happen in a number of interrelated ways namely: • through normal communication channels via e-mail and the web; • through the Executive Committee and Technical Advisory Group; • through the Strategic Networking Specialist; and • through the establishment of a number of Implementation Partners. • Each implementation partners will operate as an independent hub but linked to and with technical support from the ANSA Secretariat. • The partner organisation will draw on its own network of specialists as local partners to form a network around itself to perform the required tasks. • ANSA-Africa to assist in leveraging funds and provide a link between the partners in order to facilitate country-to-country learning.

  9. Partner Partner Partner Partner Implementation partner based in e.g. Mozambique Implementation partner based in e.g. Kenya Partner Partner Partner Partner ANSA Secretariat based at HSRC in Pretoria Partner Partner Partner Partner Implementation partner based in e.g. Ethiopia Implementation partner based in ? Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner Implementation partner based in ? Partner Partner

  10. HSRC (Knowledge Systems) World Bank And other funders HSRC Manager Executive Committee ANSA Secretariat Technical Advisory Group Project Manager Strategic Networking Specialist Project Administrator Implementation Partners HSRC Support Functions Finance HR IT Etc HSRC Technical Support Ad hocresearchers External support Web TechnicalAdvice

  11. Thank You

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