SAM Intervention in Manyara Region
Civic social protection foundation (CSP) in partnership with Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) has been implementing a Social Accountability Monitoring (SAM) intervention in Manyara region specifically in two district councils of Babati and Mbulu. The intervention is aiming at empowering citizen to participating actively in demanding justification and explanation from duty bearers on allocation, use and management of public resources in as well as how their performance for realization of peoples most pressing needs. After training of Babati and Mbulu DC SAM team on basics of Social accountability Monitoring (SAM), only Babati team proceeded to the next stage of the process which is document collection, analysis and feedback.
Social Accountability Monitoring (SAM)
Social accountability monitoring (SAM) is an approach widely employed by many civil society organizations to promote active participation of people in public resources governance processes, especially in the context where government traditionally is dominant in the planning, budgeting, expenditure management, performance, and integrity management processes. . Civic Social Protection Foundation (CSP) with support from Norwegian Church Aid is implementing a SAM intervention in two councils of Manyara region namely Babati DC and Mbulu DC. The intervention was necessary as the existing PETS teams are lacking basic skills in some areas related to approach, methodology, linkages, collaboration, the information needed, and engagement of communities in the public resource management process. Therefore, CSP being an organization with vast experience in supporting public resources governance interventions at the community level, with financial support from NCA has engaged in supporting the already established village PETS committees in two councils of Babati DC and Mbulu DC in Manyara region through the establishment, training, mentorship and upgrading PETS committees to SAM teams.
