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Monitoring the implementation of the PRSP: the Uganda experience
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| 3. Civil Society Participation in Monitoring PAF (PEAP) |
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Uganda Debt Network (UDN) took the lead in monitoring the implementation of the PEAP in Uganda. Uganda Debt Network is an advocacy and lobbying coalition of NGOs (both local and international), academic, research and religious institutions, Civil Society Organizations, and individuals. It was established in 1996 as a result of civil society concerns on the level of Uganda's debt burden and its implication on the long-term economic and social development of the country. UDN now has over 90 members (organizations and individuals).
UDN was formed to primarily to campaign for debt relief for Uganda under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCS) initiative of the World Bank and IMF to reduce debts of poor countries. It was also to ensure that the savings from debt relief are spent in the social sector so as to reduce poverty. During the jubilee 2000 global debt cancellation campaign UDN was the lead agency for Uganda. Upon the establishment of the PAF UDN then undertook to spearhead Civil Society monitoring the implementation and utilization of Poverty Action Fund (PAF) to ensure that resources from debt relief are spent on poverty focused programmes and also that services reach the intended beneficiaries.
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