• HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • Strategic Direction
    • Our Team
    • Partners
    • History
    • Policies & Procedures
      • Monitoring & Evaluation Framework
      • Gender Model Families
      • Training Manuals
      • Quadruplet Initiative
      • Annual Reports
    • Careers
  • WHAT WE DO
    • Agriculture
    • Sustainability Development Goals
      • CSO Platform On SDGs
    • Governance, Public Financial Management & Tracking
      • Addressing Inequality through Pro-poor Budget Advocacy
      • Northern Ghana Governance Activity
      • Open Budget Survey
      • Ghana Audit Accountability Initiative
      • Maximizing The Participation Of Non-State Actors In Local Governance For Increased Accountability, Transparency And Responsiveness (Governance)
      • Promoting Development Effectiveness Through Transparent And Accountable Management Of The DDF (Governance)
    • Education
      • Making the Budget Work for Ghana
      • Transforming Basic Education Through Improved Budget Transparency And Efficient Management Of Resources (Ibis Education Project)
    • Gender Equality & Women Empowerment
    • Health
      • Improving Maternal Health Delivery Through Participatory Governance
      • Making the Budget Work for Ghana
      • People For Health
      • Star Ghana Maternal Health (Health)
  • NEWS
    • SEND In The News
    • Press Releases
    • Newsletters
    • Blog
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • Contact
  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • Strategic Direction
    • Our Team
    • Partners
    • History
    • Policies & Procedures
      • Monitoring & Evaluation Framework
      • Gender Model Families
      • Training Manuals
      • Quadruplet Initiative
      • Annual Reports
    • Careers
  • WHAT WE DO
    • Agriculture
    • Sustainability Development Goals
      • CSO Platform On SDGs
    • Governance, Public Financial Management & Tracking
      • Addressing Inequality through Pro-poor Budget Advocacy
      • Northern Ghana Governance Activity
      • Open Budget Survey
      • Ghana Audit Accountability Initiative
      • Maximizing The Participation Of Non-State Actors In Local Governance For Increased Accountability, Transparency And Responsiveness (Governance)
      • Promoting Development Effectiveness Through Transparent And Accountable Management Of The DDF (Governance)
    • Education
      • Making the Budget Work for Ghana
      • Transforming Basic Education Through Improved Budget Transparency And Efficient Management Of Resources (Ibis Education Project)
    • Gender Equality & Women Empowerment
    • Health
      • Improving Maternal Health Delivery Through Participatory Governance
      • Making the Budget Work for Ghana
      • People For Health
      • Star Ghana Maternal Health (Health)
  • NEWS
    • SEND In The News
    • Press Releases
    • Newsletters
    • Blog
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • Contact
Research Terms of Reference: “Does Citizen Monitoring Save Public Money?” in Northern Ghana

Research Terms of Reference: “Does Citizen Monitoring Save Public Money?” in Northern Ghana

  • On December 18, 2020

Introduction

Integrity Action and SEND GHANA are starting a new, two-year programme in March 2021 in which groups of citizens in Northern Ghana will be enabled to monitor the delivery of important infrastructure projects and essential services within their communities. As part of this programme, we wish to generate evidence on whether, and under what conditions, public money is saved through this citizen monitoring approach. We are now searching for a research team or research organisation to work with us in gathering this evidence.

Integrity Action’s and SEND’s long experience of citizen monitoring approaches tells us that such approaches have the potential to improve services like education, health or infrastructure. We have seen teacher absenteeism improve, facilities upgraded, and stalled construction projects completed, to name a few. However, we lack evidence for what these improvements mean in financial terms. How much public money is saved when a particular service or project is improved through monitoring? By what kind of mechanisms or pathways might that money be saved? Under what conditions is the money saved greater than the money spent on monitoring? Evidence like this could help build a compelling argument for the value of these approaches, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on government spending makes this kind of evidence particularly important.

This terms of reference sets out the full details of this work. The deadline for responses is 25th January 2021 (end of day). We would like the selected research provider to work with the programme team throughout the
programme – this includes working with us at the beginning to devise an appropriate research methodology that complements, and blends well with, the citizen monitoring methodology.

The total available budget is 80,000 USD over the 2-year period. We appreciate that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic poses a challenge to data collection, but believe that there is still much that can be done if we are adaptive in our plans. However, proposals that require international travel will not be considered.

 

IA-SEND_Research_terms_of_reference_-_financial_savings

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook

Related Posts

Recent Posts
  • Annual Report 2023
  • SEND GHANA Celebrates a Historic Milestone: Ghana Elects Its First Female Vice President
  • SEND Ghana urges govt to intensify support for quality education for all Ghanaian children
  • SEND Ghana calls for sustained media advocacy to compel govt to establish public health emergency fund
  • Ghana: Pay Taxes to Accelerate Development – Dr Kombat

CATEGORIES

  • Annual Report
  • Articles
  • Blog
  • Media
  • News
  • Newsletter
  • Press Releases
  • Reports
  • SEND in the News
  • Uncategorized
  • Vacancies
Scroll
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT

[ Placeholder content for popup link ] WordPress Download Manager - Best Download Management Plugin