Demand for Transparency and Accountability.

We are delighted to be part of the big World movement that demands for Transparency and Accountability by engaging the Communities and Schools through Forums, Debates and Sketches to awakening the Citizens and understand their Rights. Above all Demand for Transparency and Accountability from the Public Service Providers, Decision Makers and Political Leaders. Social Accountability or SAc is a process of constructive engagement between citizens and government to check the conduct and performance of public officials, politicians, and service providers as they use public resources to deliver services, improve community welfare, and protect people’s rights. Through SAc action, citizens are connected to government. The action sustains their meaningful participation in decision-making that affects their most immediate needs, especially in health, education and community infrastructure. Social accountability contributes to advancing people’s welfare—that is, the improvement of more than just the lives of individuals and families but that of the entire community, and ultimately, the nation. In the same way, SAc reinforces basic human rights: the right to be heard (voice); the right to expression (information); the right to association (organization); and, the right to negotiate for change (participation). Two forces drive social accountability: citizen groups, who are direct beneficiaries of public services, and government, which provides the space for citizen participation in governance such as the monitoring public programs.

Thank you Alliance for Community Action, Caritas Zambia and European Union for the support.

# ASK Project.

Demand for Answers.