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Press
Release 05 April 2006 |
Lesotho Council of NGOs (LCN)
has organised a three day workshop for NGO Directors to be held at
Oxbow Lodge in Butha - Buthe starting 10/04/06 to 12/04/06.
The objective of the workshop is to equip Directors of NGOs with
information that would assist then in their lobbying and advocacy in
issues related to pro-poor public expenditure management. The other
objective is to build civil society organizations effectiveness and
efficacy in influencing pro poor policy arena in the context of
Poverty Reduction Strategies Paper (PRSP) and finally to build civil
society organizations director’s capacity in influencing PRSP
implementation. The workshop also intends to deepen, through shared
analysis, participant’s appreciation and understanding of budget
tracking concepts as a site for strategic influencing in the
interest of poor and marginalized people.
The expected output is to have a group of committed and
knowledgeable development and advocacy workers that can be able to
analyze and track the public expenditure in relation to the
implementation of the PRS priorities. On the other hand the
directors would appreciate challenges in relations to access to
information in regard to budget tracking.
Meanwhile, the Public Accounts Committee one day meeting will be on
Friday (07/0406) at the same venue (Oxbow Lodge) to share our
findings and initiate dialogue that will facilitate partnership
between government and civil society on national development issues.
Specifically, the meeting aims to form the basis for joint
discussions around implementation of the poverty reduction strategy
and how to ensure that budget allocation and public expenditure are
in line with the national development priorities identified in the
PRSP.
The two initiatives are part of the Civil Society Support Programme
(CSSP), a programme that is being spearheaded by the LCN, whose key
objective is to strengthen the capacity of NGO’s so that civil
society is a viable partner in development initiatives undertaken by
the government.
Thandiwe Solwandle (Ms.)
Lesotho Council of NGOs
Tel: +266 22317205/22325798
thandiwes@lecongo.org.ls
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