A guide to Best Practice in Transparency, Accountability and Civic Engagement Across the Public Sect

Endorse and invest in the emerging best practice standard for the transparency of aid and ensure that the needs of recipient country systems and processes are captured during the refinement phase. [...] Without access to the information in these documents, the public cannot understand the government plans to collect and allocate budget resources; they cannot track whether the government actually spent public funds in accordance with these plans and are therefore unable to hold the government accountable for the use of public funds. [...] In addition to information on how the government is spending money through the budget and through other fiscal activities, the public is also interested in information on the recipients of public funds, including beneficiaires of welfare programs and subsidies, contractors hired to provide public goods and services, and officials who receive government salaries and benefits. [...] The executive, led by the Ministry of Finance, should open the budget process to public engagement by holding consultations with the public as part of its process of determining the budget priorities that will drive the allocation of public resources. [...] The key components of an effective approach to managing and monitoring the use of climate funds are complete transparency about the amount of funds coming into the country and the details of how those funds will be spent, public access to all of this information, strong oversight mechanisms, and opportunities for citizens and civil society organizations to participate in decision making, monitorin.