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The Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG)

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Budgeting for equity

ANNUAL REPORT 2012

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CONTENTS

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ACRONYMS 4

FOREWORD 5

WHO WE ARE 6

OUR YEAR IN NUMBERS 7

CSBAG 2012 MILESTONES 10

Alternative Budget Proposals 10

CSBAGParliamentary committee meetings 11

Budget Speech Analysis 11

Budget Dialogues 12

Media Budget Analysis 13

Capacity Development 17

Partnerships and Alliances 19

Generating Evidence for Advocacy 21

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION 23

MONITORING AND EVALUATION 25

FINANCIAL INFORMATION 27

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ACODE Advocates Coalition for DevelopmentCSBAG Civil Society Budget Advocacy GroupCSO Civil Society OrganizationDRT Development Research and TrainingFOWODE Forum for Women in DemocracyFY Financial YearHUMC Health Unit Management CommitteeLC Local CouncilPELUM Participatory and Ecological Land Use ManagementPWDs Persons with DisabilitiesSMC School Management CommitteeTOT Training of TrainersUDN Uganda Debt NetworkUNNGOF Uganda National NGO ForumURSSI Uganda Roads Sector support InitiativeUWONET Uganda Womenrsquos Net workVBC Village Budget ClubWEGCDA Women and Girl Child Development Association

ACRONYMSFOREWORD

The year 2012 was very active for CSBAG not only did we register growth in membership but also our governance structure was streamlined To date 33 individuals and 21 organizations are fully registered as CSBAG members and being a growing coalition this process will continue in the coming years Furthermore CSBAG has a Constitution Membership Guidelines and an Interim Planning Committee which plays an oversight function

We registered key milestones including amplifying our voices for improved financing of the key sectors that directly impact on the lives of poor women and men CSBAG developed and presented the civil society alternative budget proposals to policy makers which influenced budget decisions of the FY 201213 National Budget engaged on the Public Finance Bill 2012 to ensure that it promotes budgetary efficiency accountability and value for money in public expenditure management provided training to civil society organizations who are now more able to engage interrogate and scrutinize budgets at local and national levels I am also happy to report that CSBAG now has a fully-fledged website The website can be accessed on wwwcsbagorg it is equipped with up-to-date budget related information research and analysis

As we move into 2013 CSBAG has outlined key strategic areas of intervention that will help us realise our vision We shall focus more on connecting grassroots to national level budget advocacy continue capacity development in areas of budget analysis and macro economics finalize the strategic plan provide alternative budget proposals as well as knowledge generation on budget matters

I would like to thank our partners for all the financial and technical support which has enabled us to continue our budget advocacy work Specifically I thank Trocaire Action Aid Uganda and Water Aid I would also take this opportunity to thank all CSBAG members for their vigilance and pro-activeness which has enable us scale up I urge all members to continue working towards consolidating these achievements in order to make CSBAG more effective and impactful

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Julius Mukunda CSBAG Coordinator

I am delighted to share with you the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) annual report for 2012 CSBAG in 2012 maintained its cutting edge budget advocacy through its coalition building approach to ensure that the budget making process is participatory and citizenrsquos concerns are prioritized in the national budget

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The goal of the CSBAG is to equip citizens with the tools to demand for accountability from stakeholders through advocacy effective campaigns and training at both local and national levels This in turn would achieve our desired goal of government generating budgets that respond to the needs of poor people while taking into consideration the acute needs of other marginalized groups at national and local platforms

Our mission is to strengthen civil society to demand for improved accountability in democratic governance 1n 2012 Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) as the current chair for the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group focused its resources on the principal remit of managing the lsquoBudget Advocacyrsquo to achieve budgets that respond to the needs of poor people and focus on other marginalized groups such as People with Disability (PWDs) at a national and local level in Uganda

CSBAG core values derive from a single central premise ensuring the budgetary process is participatory and citizen concerns are prioritized to eliminate extreme poverty The quality of our overall endeavor must ultimately be measured by its contribution to this process through advocacy training and raising awareness through civil action

The Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) since its launch in 2004 has made major leaps towards ensuring that the Ugandan budget making process is more participatory transparent and citizen concerns are prioritized in government budget allocations and implementation The partnership comprises both individuals and organisations including FOWODE UDN ACODE DRT Action Aid Jenga Africa WEGCDA AGHA ACTADE Water Aid UNNGOF CEDOVIP PELUM Environment Alert VEDCO DENIVA ACTV CEEWA U DSW UWONET and ACCU

WHO WE ARE

OUR VISION

OUR MISSION

OUR VALUES

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150 stakeholders attended the CSBAG pre-budget dialogue under the theme lsquoMakingthe National budget Pro-poor gender

sensitve and equitablersquo This culminated into a position paper which was presented to the Ministrty of finance ndashrepresented by Mr Keneth

Mugamber (Commissioner of budgets) It was a unique opportunity to share Civil Society

opinions on the key government budget priorites for FY 201213

OUR YEAR IN NUMBERS

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80 grassroots community monitors in Buliisa and Bundibugyo equipped with knowledge and skills to analyse local government and advocate for pro-poor budgets

20 CSBAG Members were trained to form a cadre of Trainers of Trainers in budget analysis

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Capacity of 103 CSO membersrsquo from TAC PACONET TIP NGO Forum and CSBAG members enhanced in gender budgeting and resource tracking in the agriculture sector

CSBAG presented its concerns on the government commitment towards financing gender equality in Uganda at a session entitled lsquofinancing gender equality from

rhetoric to Actionrsquo Presented to 500 civil society members in Kampala as an important platform to showcase the key the role played within the broader network of civil society

200 participants from civil society government attended a post budget dialogue in June 2012 under the theme lsquoGovernment renewed commitment to a people centred budgetrsquo The interchange provided a forum for CSOs to engage directly with policy makers to impart alternative budget proposals for effective deployment of national resources

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1 Public financing for Agriculture project Supported by Action Aid Uganda2 Budget Advocacy Project Supported by Trocaire3 Strengthening the capacity of CSOrsquos to effectively demand for accountability Supported by Action Aid Uganda4 Advocacy on public Finance Bill 2012 supported by Action Aid Uganda

2012 ACTION AREAS

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CSBAG generated alternative budget proposals to the national budget FY 201213 The analysis was collated from Budget Indicative Figures FY 201112 the Budget Speech FY 201213 and the Ministerial Policy Statements for respective sectors FY 201213 6 position papers were developed and five parliamentary committees met Development Research and Training (DRT) and Forum for education NGOrsquos in Uganda (FENU) developed positional papers for Health and Education Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) developed for Agriculture The Uganda Roads Sector Support Initiative (URSSI) developed a position paper on physical infrastructure SEATINI developed a position paper on Trade Water Aid and Environmental Alert developed position paper for Water amp Environment Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) developed for Public Service and Legal and Parliamentary Affairs gender budget issues were incorporated in each of these position papers The proposals were consolidated into a booklet and 1000 copies have been disseminated

Some of the FY 201213 Sector recommendations by CSBAG include1 Agriculture CSBAG proposed increased financial and technical support to farmers a separate credit

line for small scale farmers and also government to establish an Agricultural Bank that will explicitly focus on farmersrsquo credit needs A 10 allocation of the agriculture budget to women farmers for increased food production

3 Education CSBAG recommended a 20 budgetary increase to boost the quality of the Universal Primary Education(UPE) in Uganda A review of both the UPE and Universal Secondary Education (USE) policies and increased involvement of parents in the management monitoring of schools for improved quality education Finalisation of Special Needs Education policyand financing its implementation

4 Health CSBAG proposed a significant increase to the health budget as a proportion to meet the Abuja target of 15 Establishment of a maternal health fund to improve maternal health and increase renumeration for health workers

5 Gender to enforcement of the Budget call Circular directive on Gender budgeting Gender budgeting Talking Points were developed and circulated to the different parliamentary committees

6 Public Service The pensionrsquos funds was also one of the key issues for CSBAG Budget advocacy

CSBAG 2012 MILESTONES

1 ALTERNATIVE BUDGET PROPOSALS CSBAG held strategic meetings with the parliamentary committees of Trade Health Education Gender Trade Public Service and Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to effectively engage the budget process This is a space that CSBAG continues to use to engage policy makers to adopt key recommendation of the Civil society Alternative Budget proposals for incorporation in the issue paper of parliament that entails pertinent issues that Parliament raises to government ministries before they debate the sector budgets

The reading of the FY 201213 National Budget Speech by the Minister for Finance Planning and Economic Development prompted a press conference which provided a platform for CSBAG to analyse and publicise critical gaps in the budget speech to the different media houses including UBC NBS Daily Monitor TOP TV TOP radio Radio Simba KFM etc Lead agencies and organizations under CSBAG scrutinized the budget and made recommendation to ensure that the national budget is pro poor and gender sensitive

Main issues in 201213 National Budget Speech

The additional Ug Shs 325 billion that was earmarked on top of 25 billion for the Capital Venture Fund

Introduction of the Graduate Capital Venture Fund ndashUgShs166 billion

PAYE threshold increased UgShs 130000 to Ug Shs 235000 which is a plus to the poor men and women of Uganda

Ug Ushs 16 Trillion earmarked for Education with great emphasis on Business Technical and Vocational skills

Ug Shs 5853 billion earmarked for the agricultural sectorndash where 80 of poor women and men are an active force- with great focus on nuclear (small scale) farmers by zoning areas in terms of crops and assistance

The Minister also highlighted that close to 3000 youths had received Ug Shs 18 billion out of Ug Shs 25 billion earmarked in the last budget and promised to give a progress report when parliament resumed the session

2 CSBAG PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON KEY BUDGET ISSUES

3 BUDGET SPEECH ANALYSIS

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4 CSBAG PREPOST BUDGET PUBLIC DIALOGUES

The pre and post budget dialogues increased visibility and publicized the key budget issues and CSO proposals for the FY 20122013 National Budget The dialogues attracted CSO representatives government officials academia students parliamentarians and the general public Through the dialogues the public got feedback from the Ministry of finance on government positions and justifications for its priority areas in the Budget Speech and the Ministerial Policy Statements FY 20122013 The CSBAGrsquos position papers presented during these dialogues highlighted issues and recommendations of Macroeconomic Management Service Delivery sectors Infrastructure Environmental issues as well as budget governance issues to be incorporated into the national budget priorities for the financial year 201213 Key issues in these dialogues included the following

The high inflation rates the loss of Uganda shilling value and abnormal interest rates while the government continues to deny that there is an economic crisis

The importance of addressing the issue of wages across the public sector with special attention to teachers and doctors

The credibility of the budget continuing to be eroded by increasing supplementary budget appropriations which reached a record high of 38 in FY 201011

The high costs of running government

The fact that although improving service delivery has featured in the previous five budget themes majority of funds are concentrated at the central government ministries and agencies rather than at the front line service delivery points

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5 MEDIA BUDGET ADVOCACY A media advocacy campaign for the pre and post budget analysis was organized to publicise and increase discussion on the critical areas in the budget that needed redress by government CSBAG members including Action Aid FOWODE Environmental Alert and policy makers participated in this campaign 8 Radio Talk shows (4 radio one) (2 KFM) (1 Simba FM) (1 Impact FM) held for the pre and post budget analysis 5 TV Talk shows (1 NTV) (I UBC) (1 NBS) held for the pre budget analysis This campaign amplified CSBAG voice and raised the issues of concern by the civil society

Civil society wants more investment budget funds Government has heard this message for a long time although it has turned out difficult to execute because of an old simple eco-nomic belief ndash public consumption drives growth The Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) in a report says the current 65 allocation of budget funds towards consumption is untenable The group argues that more money towards investment-related pro-jects has a wider trickledown effect and therefore spurs growthhttpwwwobserverugindexphpoption=com_contentampview=articleampid=18396civil-society-wants-more-investment-budget-fundsampcatid=38businessampItemid=68

CSOs ask govt to refocus budget prioritiesPosted Saturday April 21 2012 | By Ismail Musa Ladu amp Nicho-las Kalungi

The Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group has asked the govern-ment to reconsider its priorities in order to come up with a pro-poor gender responsive and equitable budget that will assist Uganda achieve faster sustainable and all-inclusive growth

Government urged to focus on a pro-poor and gender sensitive budget By Rukiya Mukama The Independent April 19th 2012During the public dialogue at Hotel African in Kampala Julius Mukunda the Senior Programme Director for Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) says government should carry out a cost analysis study on its organisations and see which are viable and which are not

Civil society demands more funding for health educationPosted Sunday May 6 2012 | By Mercy NalugoA consortium of civil society organisations are pushing for govern-ment reforms in the health and education sectors to among others have the percentage of government allocation to the health sector increased to meet the Abuja Declaration target of 15 per centhttpwwwmonitorcougNewsNationalCivil+society+demands+more+funding+for+health++education-6883341399958-l0ddssz-indexhtml

Civil society tells govt to set up farmersrsquo bankPosted Monday April 23 2012 | By Mike SsegawaCivil society organisations have asked government to open an agricultural bank to facilitate farmers who are in need of financial services but cannot get them easily and at affordable terms The CSOs made the demand at the pre-budget meeting in Kampala last weekhttpwwwmonitorcougNewsNational-6883341391916-avjye-oz-indexhtml

Uganda NGOs Push for Bigger Agriculture BudgetBy Eriosi Nantaba 22 April 2012 African Business WeekIn a position paper themed Making the national budget pro-poor gender sensitive and equitable presented by Mr Julius Mukunda Senior Program Director FOWODE emphasized that agriculture is the engine of Ugandarsquos growth and poverty eradication which employs the majority of Ugandans with the greatest percentage being small scale farmershttpallafricacomstories201204240009html

MPs support Kadaga in bid to reject BillBy Mercy Nalugo| Posted Wednesday December 5 2012 She was supported by members and the Civil Society Budget Ad-vocacy Group chairperson Mr Julius Mukunda who all noted that some clauses would weaken the oversight role of Parliament on public finance by scrapping the Budget OfficehellipldquoThe Budget Office and the Budget Committee not only enhance the MPsrsquo participa-tion in the budget process but also their oversight function has been strengthened With the two institutions civil societyrsquos partici-pation in the budget has been strengthenedrdquo Mr Mukunda saidhttpwwwmonitorcougNewsNationalMPs-support-Kadaga-in-bid-to-reject-Bill-6883341636610-abs0ifz-indexhtml

Some of the news generated on CSBAG work

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CSBAG members in a meeting with Parliament to present CSO position on the Public Finance Bill 2012

IEC materials to support CSBAG advocacy for increased resource allocation to the agriculture sector was implemented ie stickerspostersbanners which have been used successfully to disseminate CSBAG key messages such as lsquo70 of small holder farmers in Uganda are womenrsquo ldquoAsk your leader to lobby for 10 allocation of the agriculture budget to women farmers for increased food productionrsquo

CSBAG advocacy at parliament contributed to prioritisation of the CSBAG budget proposals in different sectors as some of the proposals presented were responded to

With CSBAG continuous engagement with Ministry of Finance over an increase in the Agriculture budget we appreciate that Government came up with new approach to agriculture to ensure food security provide raw materials and enhance export revenue Therefore the sector holds the key to Ugandarsquos economic transformation job and wealth creation To complement Government Agricultural Zoning Strategy Government will adopt a commodity based approach which will focus on 11 selected commodities for increased exports to regional and international markets Apart from traditional commodities of coffee and tea other crops were selected for both their versatility as food security and export earning potential

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CSBAG advocacy contributed to

A 6 increase in the health sector budget

PAYE threshold increased from Ug Shs 130000 to Ug Shs 235000

Increase from UgShs 4476bn to UgShs 585 bn allocation to the agricultural sector

An increment in the salaries of teachers with Ug Shs 166 bn allocation

a higher demand for accountability by the government and public to pensionersrsquo money The pensionrsquos fund another key issue for advocacy during the parliamentary committee meetings

a boost in the Agricultural budget from the Ministry of Finance to ensure food security provide raw materials and enhance export revenue

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6 CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

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CSBAG member during a training on a gender responsive budgeting and resource tracking in Agriculture

CSBAG recognises the need for sustainable budget advocacy and to the effect a range of customized trainings and technical assistance drawn from experienced practitioners in the field were organised

CAPACITY BUILDING IN BUDGET ANALYSIS AND ADVOCACY

In partnership with Rwenzori Anti-corruption Coalition (RAC) two workshops were held in Bundibugyo and Buliisa districts The 80 participants acquired key skills in budgeting and resource tracking Their capacity to monitor government programs was enhanced and this deepened their understanding of public finance practices and processes used in delivering transparent local government budgets

A TOT (Trainer of Trainer) on Budget analysis for 20 CSBAG members was conducted to enhance diagnostic skills knowledge and ability of members to independently train other groups in budget analysis This in turn provided them with a set of skills and knowledge to replicate in their organisations The ensuing effect was key for the Uganda Roads Sector Support Initiative (URSSI) who used this know-how to generate a position paper on physical infrastructure with particular focus on roads It was presented to the Physical Infrastructure committee in parliament

Other key attributes to the training was empowering the CSOs to effectively engage in the budget process For instance

bull The National NGO forum was able to produce a position paper and participated in the National Budget Conference

bull Environmental Alert produced a position paper for Water and Environment

bull DENIVA and ACTION AID developed position paper on the creation of new districts in Uganda and its effects

bull CSBAG was able to directly analyse the upcoming new Finance Bill and developed a position paper that was used to campaign on its merits

PELUM Uganda a CSBAG member organisation produced a position paper using skills acquired at TOT workshop They analysed the budget speech and the Agricultural ministerial Policy statement FY 201213 This provided a very useful tool in lobbying government bodies on key issues related to the Agricultural sector

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CSBAG members during a session on budget analysis

CAPACITY BUILDING IN GENDER RESPONSIVE BUDGETING AND RESOURCE TRACKING IN AGRICULTURE

CSBAG conducted 3 two-day capacity building trainings for CSBAG members to build their capacity in gender responsive budgeting and budget tracking in the agriculture sector The participants were selected from national level CSBAG members at national level PACONET in Pallisa and Teso Anti Corruption Coalition (TAC) in Soroti In Pallisa the training targeted lsquoreflect grouprsquo members and in Soroti it was representatives from CBOs that collaborate with TAC The trainings focused on gender budgeting and agriculture service delivery tracking the Local Government budget cycle analyzing gender issues in agriculture sector rights based approach to public service delivery in relation to agriculture sector budget concepts as well as the public expenditure tracking [PETS] tools for agriculture In all trainings the gender budgeting aspect was appreciated since to most it was a new area of study

CSBAG also supported two of her partners to attend the Gender Budget training in Rwanda which enhanced the skills of the staff and also provided an opportunity for sharing the lessons learned from the training for incorporation in the implementation of CSBAG budget advocacy activities

The capacity building activities contributed to the enhanced ability of CSBAG members to participate effectively in budgeting processes This formed a cadre of budget advocates in budget analysis that provided technical assistance in their respect organizations and to CSBAG when analyzing government budget information during the national budget review process We now have a team of experts that independently do budget analysis and generate Position papers to the national budget

7 PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIANCES

CSBAG has built strong and effective relationships this year that have positively impacted on the collaborations the Ministry of Finance Parliament the private sector and the wider civil society

CSBAGrsquos expertise is held in high esteem as the voice of Budget Advocacy in Uganda We are also striving towards strengthening these alliances at the local level The Development Partners are keen to enhance the CSBAG because of its prominent support programs on the budget

CSBAG had the opportunity to meet with the Joint Budget Support Unit The meet up with the Ministry of Finance led to an agreement to appraise with them on a quarterly basis This is an important platform to offer direct input and achieve improved budget processes and outcomes

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CSBAG members addressing Policy makers during the Womenrsquos Conference at the Annual farmersrsquo Forum

Women Farmers set their manifestoUnder the Food Rights Alliance CSBAG participated in the farmersrsquo forum to amplify the voice of smallholder farmers CSBAG supported women farmers from Luwero Mityana and Wakiso districts to attend the womenrsquos forum members were picked from community groups that track resource allocation in their communities The forum offered a platform to women farmers to share and learn with the policy makers on what the opportunities and challenges the agricultural sector presents to them As a key outcome from this engagement a women farmersrsquo statement of action was produced and presented to policy makers There was renewed commitment from the participants to Sensitize other women farmers on their rights advocate for transparency in use of government and own resources attend village level meetings and mobilise other women to attend meetings ensure a fair selection criterion of NAADS beneficiaries at village level

8 GENERATING EVIDENCE FOR ADVOCACYIncreased availability and usage of knowledge and information for policy makers on service delivery and utilization of resources

AGRICULTURE PERFORMANCE STUDY

CSBAG commissioned a study on the performance of agriculture services in Uganda to be used for advocacy when engaging with the policy makers The study focuses on the performance of 4 government loans including Vegetable Oil Development Project Creation of tsetse and trypareas Agricultural Improved rice production (NERICA project) and Farm Income Enhancement Project ndash the Agricultural ComponenThe report is a useful resource to our budget advocacy for public financing for agriculture

Key conclusion of Agriculture Performance Study

1) The budget allocation to agriculture as a share of the national budget remains low at 32 in FY 20122013 Most funds are disbursed as small discrete projects whose contribution is not impactful and nor sustainable Sector attracts less than 10 of the donor assistance in Uganda that is channeled to the development budget A substantial part of external support to the sector is in form of Technical Assistance policy and institutional development yet the MAAIF continues to lack sufficient implementation capacity

2) Slow disbursements of donor funds in the sector in turn leading to slow implementation of donor funded interventions In FY 20112012 74 of the total loan portfolio equivalent to US$ 34155 remained undisbursed The four case study loans bring out many factors that singularly or in combination slow implementation of donor funded projects For example the poor design of the FIEFOC irrigation project slowed funds disbursement and project implementation ADB Funded projects generally have long bureaucratic procurement processes that delay disbursement of funds The Government of Japan and FAO took lead in the implementation of the Agriculture improved Rice Production project which led to distribution of poor quality inputs the bulk of funds being used in recurrent expenditures indicative of poor allocative efficiency and low project sustenance The FIEFOC case study illustrates that some projects are complete failures because of low implementationinstitutional capacity in the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries Although funds absorption was high it was for the wrong reasons with 87 of the resources being spent on general operating expenses without any tangible outcome

3) Gender mainstreaming is not prioritized in agricultural loans

4) Access to extension services remains low with 80 of the agricultural households having not been visited by an extension worker in the recent agricultural survey of 20082009

5) District and sub-county officials are not adequately involved in the project design planning and budgeting stages They are brought late into the implementation stage which lessens ownership supervision and sustainability of the donor funded projects

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Hopersquos story

ldquoThey teach local people how to budget for their needs Women have achieved a lot Women used to grow food or cook exclusively for their families Now theyrsquove learned how to plan and sell extra to pay for school feesrdquo

-Hope Kabale during the Womenrsquos Conference at the Farmers forum

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VIDEO DOCUMENTARY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR

CSBAG in 2012 produced a video documentary on the performance of agriculture which brings to the fore issues on Resource Allocation in the agriculture sector and how it impacts on advancing this sector Information for this documentary was generated from CSBAG members including Action aid FOWODE PELUM VEDCO and Local governments and farmers from Pallisa and Luwero government This will help CSBAG in her advocacy for improved resource allocation and management of public funds the agriculture sector The video can be accessed via you tube on this link ndash Financing and performance of Agriculture in Uganda youtubecom

ANALYSING THE PUBLIC FINANCE BILL 2012

CSBAG engaged with Parliament Ministry of Finance in order to input into the Public Finance Bill 2012 Additionally national and regional dialogues were organised to provide a forum for citizens to engage in the process of reviewing the public finance bill and deliberate through a public domain the avenues for engendering the Bills thus contributing to greater gender equality and accelerated poverty reduction efforts in Uganda CSBAG met with parliament to present policy makers There a number of proposals CSBAG is making to the bill Specifically CSBAG proposed the Public Finance Bill 2012 to

Specify spaces for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) other stakeholdersrsquo participation within the budget preparation approval and management

Retain the Parliamentary Budget Office and its independence to carry its work needs to be guaranteed

Have a provision mandating EOC To issue a lsquoCertificate of Gender Equityrsquo as a certification of how an MDAs budget address gender equity issues

Recommendations were raised by both local leaders and the citizenry in the regional dialogues It was however very evident that the citizenry mostly in rural areas is still very ignorant about such legislation and the impact it has on their lives CSBAG proposal not to remove the parliamentary budget office was largely backed by parliament and this strengthened our voice on this issue

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GOVERNANCE

In order to streamline the operations of CSBAG and her membership 4 CSBAG strategic engagements were held to engage on issues including governance of CSBAG As a result an interim planning committee was nominated which developed the CSBAG constitution and reviewing the CSBAG strategic plan To date 33 individuals and 21 organizations are fully registered as CSBAG members and the exercise is still ongoing

CSBAG INTERIM PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Kapwepwe Julius Chairperson Imelda Namagga TreasurerElliot Onzaam MemberDaniel Lukwago MemberJulius Mukunda Co-ordinator

INFORMATION SHARING

CSBAG developed a website to increase its information sharing channels The website can be accessed on www csbagorg

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION

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CIVIL SOCIETY ALTERNATIVE BUDGET PROPOSALS

When government released the Indicative figures CSBAG developed an alternative budget proposal with key budget recommendations geared towards ensuring that the views and concerns of the poor people are incorporated in the National Budget priorities for the FY 20122013 The Alternative budget proposals were shared with the policy makers in various parliamentary sessional committee meetings and also shared with the different local government and CSOs

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

After the implementation of an activity an evaluation form is filled by the participants of the training From the trainings carried out participants indicated that the trainings in budget advocacy and the training of trainers were very useful and would assist participants as they carry out budget analysis in their organizations but also as the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group The graph below indicates the new knowledge and skill memberrsquos thought critical from the capacity building trainings This was collated from training evaluations

CSBAG analysed the Ministerial Policy Statements and the approved 201213 budget to identify which of its alternative proposals had been incorporated in the different sect oral plans and budgets This provided information on how effectiveness of CSBAG advocacy activities To further streamline this mechanism CSBAG through the Public Finance Bill is lobbying for a feedback mechanism where Parliament officially communicated to stakeholders on the action taken on the proposal it submits to Parliament

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New skills in gender sensitive budgeting

New Skills in tracking agricultural resources

New skills in analysing budget information

CSBAG National Agricultural training

CSBAG members attending a post budget dialogue 2012

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CHALLENGES At best CSBAG successfully delivered and accomplished most of the planned activities however some unforeseen challenges were experienced

At the national level the time provided by government to discuss the budget was limited to parliament which hindered CSBAG to participate effectively since some committees did not provide space to present CSO positions

Political interference also affected some of the CSBAG members especially when government accountability and transparency was in doubt on critical issues impacting on citizenrsquos quality of life Government threatened to close offices and deny re-newel of registration for these organisations This greatly hindered their participation in membership activities

Absence of local partners on CSBAG national activities this can be attributed to project design CBSAG plan to bridge this gap in future to enhance our national level advocacy with the local level advocacy for improved financing for agriculture

Limited resources hindered our effective use of media engagements to further raise awareness and amplify our voices through media on increased financing for agriculture

We have built capacity of CSOs in resource tracking and gender budgeting This resource will stay in the different organizations even when the project has ended In addition we constantly encourage CSBAG members to integrate the budget advocacy work in their organizations work a step many have enthusiastically taken on in their day today work

As a result of the consistent advocacy work of the CSBAG linkages have been established with Ministry of Finance Parliament and the wider civil society CSBAG is increasingly being recognized as the voice of Budget Advocacy in Uganda CSBAG is also striving towards strengthening these linkages at the local level in order to enhance the linkages of national and local level CSBAG advocacy in the area of agriculture

SUSTAINABILITY

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FINANCIAL INFORMATION

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THANK YOUThe work of The Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group is reliant on the help support and goodwill of many thousands of individuals and the backing of a range of public and private bodies and organisations We are greatly appreciative of this support Our thanks to our most important asset ndash the partners -without your efforts the achievements we have accomplished would never be realised

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Training Publication Media advocacy Admnistration

CSBAG Financial Expenditure 2012

CSBAG Financial Income FY 2012 (Ugshs)

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CSBAG members meeting with Deputy to the treasurer Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development

OUR MEMBERS

The Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) since its launch in 2004 has made major leaps towards ensuring that the Ugandan budget making process is more participatory transparent and citizen concerns are prioritized in government budget allocations and implementation The partnership comprises of both individuals and organisations including

Profile of CSBAG membershipForum for Women in Democracy (wwwfowodeorg)

The Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI-U) wwwseatiniorgAfrican Centre for Trade and Development (ACTADE) wwwactadeorgThe Uganda Debt Network (UDN) wwwudnorugThe Uganda National NGO Forum donor community wwwngoforumorugParticipatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) wwwpelumugandaorgAdvocates Coalition for Development and Environment wwwacode-uorgThe Centre for Women in Governance (CEWIGO) wwwcewigoorgThe Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF- Uganda) wwwesafforgEnvironmental Alert (EA) wwwenvalertorgUganda Road Sector Support Initiative (URSSI)

The Human Rights Network Uganda (HURINET- U) wwwhurinetorug

National Union of Women with Disabilities of Uganda (NUWODU) Development Research and Training (DRT) wwwdrt-ugorgUganda Womenrsquos Network (UWONET ) wwwuwonetorug Water Aid Uganda wwwwateraidorgugandaPlatform For Citizenship Participation and Accountability (PLACA) wwwplacaugorgAfrican Youth Development Link (AWYDL) wwwaydlorg Action Group for Health Human Rights and HIVAIDS (AGHA)wwwaghaorug African Womenrsquos Economic Policy Network (AWEPON) wwwaweponnetHope after Rape wwwharinterconnectionorgWomen and Girl Child Development Association

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Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CS BAG] is a coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Individuals which was formed in 2004 to advocate for pro-poor budget policies in Uganda The major aim is to ensure that the views and concerns of the poor and marginalized people are incorporated into local and national budgets

CS BAG STRATEGIC OBJECTIVESbull Thenationalandlocalgovernmentbudgetprocessesaretransparent

inclusiveandaccountablebull Criticalinformationforeffectiveparticipationofallstakeholdersisavailedto

CSOsandotherstakeholdersandingoodtimebull CentralandLocalGovernmentbudgetsarepro-poorandadheretoresults

orientedbudgetmanagementprinciplesbull Pro-poorbudgetprinciplesandpracticesareinitiatedandintegratedinthe

overallbudgetprocess

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Email csbagcsbagorg bull wwwcsbagorg

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CONTENTS

2

ACRONYMS 4

FOREWORD 5

WHO WE ARE 6

OUR YEAR IN NUMBERS 7

CSBAG 2012 MILESTONES 10

Alternative Budget Proposals 10

CSBAGParliamentary committee meetings 11

Budget Speech Analysis 11

Budget Dialogues 12

Media Budget Analysis 13

Capacity Development 17

Partnerships and Alliances 19

Generating Evidence for Advocacy 21

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION 23

MONITORING AND EVALUATION 25

FINANCIAL INFORMATION 27

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ACRONYMSFOREWORD





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WHO WE ARE

OUR VISION

OUR MISSION

OUR VALUES

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OUR YEAR IN NUMBERS

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2012 ACTION AREAS

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