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Tanzania: Promoting Governance and Accountability in Development Management

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Categories: Tanzania, Poverty, Digital Photography, Microblogs, Mobile Phones

To promote local governance and accountability in development management and advocacy rationale use of government budgets to achieve poverty reduction targets in Kibaha district, Tanzania. The community people (80) from rural and urban areas will be trained on pro-poor development, citizen journalism, data collection and analysis and advocacy journalism. District council leaders (10) will be trained on accountability.

Topical focus:

Poverty [1]

Country:

Tanzania [2]

What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?

Kibaha town, Kibaha district, Tanzania

Describe the specific community with whom you will be working.

 District council officials and politicians (10)
 Community people – adults, children, youth, women and disabled people (80) from rural and urban areas
 District councils will be represented by 20 department spokespersons, councilors and politicians
 Community people will be represented by 80 persons – adults, children, youth, women and disabled people

What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?

 Community development and challenges, features, investigative articles, breaking news, case studies, photos and video
 To have critical analysis of news and information from reliable sources and statistics
 To use emails, blogs, face book, twitter, mobile sms and digital camera photos

What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?

Digital Photography [3], Microblogs [4], Mobile Phones [5]

Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established that will contribute to the success of the project.

 ICT expert
 Community journalism expert
 Photojournalism expert
 Blogg and social media expert
 Citizen media expert

How many participants do you think will be involved in your project?

 District council officials and politicians (10)
 Community people – adults, children, youth, women and disabled people (80) from rural and urban areas
 100 people – 20 from district council and 80 community people from urban and rural areas in Kibaha district, Tanzania
 They must be officials, leaders, councilors and politicians from the district council and community people must be permanent residents in rural and urban areas

Besides the microgrant funding, what other resources and support are you seeking for your project to ensure its success?

Technical support and backstopping during training and monitoring implementation process by trainees and our organization in project implementation of interventions

Contact name

Rajab Kondo (Mr)

Organization

Tanzania Environment Management Catalyst (TEMACA)