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Citizens Budget for Financial Year 2015/2016 issued by the Ministry of Finance in collaboration with Policy Forum

Submitted by Web Master on Mon, 2015-12-07 15:27

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Policy Forum Office Closed for Board and Staff Retreat

Submitted by Web Master on Mon, 2015-11-30 11:00

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Kindly be informed that Policy Forum offices will be closed for our Annual Retreat from Monday 30th to December 4th (the entire staff will be in Arusha).The office will be opened and resume regular activity and operations on Monday 7th December 2015.We apologize in advance for any inconvenience that this may cause.We encourage you all to send us any pressing/urgent matters to the PF Secretariat Office by email (info@policyforum.or.tz) or +255 782317434 . All other matters will be addressed when our offices re-open on 7th December.

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What can Civil Society Organizations Expect in the New Government?

Submitted by Web Master on Fri, 2015-11-20 10:37

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Policy Forum decided to dedicate October’s breakfast debate to the issue of CSO engagement with the newly-elected administration. Titled “What Civil Society Organizations Expect in the New Government?,” the debate on Friday 30th October, 2015 focused on the manifeso that CSOs produced as part of their citizen sensitization programmes.

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Policy Forum Members Meet with the National Audit Office of Tanzania

Submitted by Web Master on Mon, 2015-11-16 12:59

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A call has been made by Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to the National Audit Office of Tanzania (NAOT) to strengthen its Ad hoc working group that was formed with the intention of collaborating with CSOs to promote good governance and accountability.

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Advocacy to curb illicit financial flows has only just begun

Submitted by Web Master on Thu, 2015-10-29 16:11

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Advocacy work to curb illicit financial flows and increase financial transparency that can spur development is only getting started, the Financial Transparency Coalition said at the end of the 6th Financial Transparency Conference held in Jakarta, Indonesia last week.

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Will the Next Government Prioritize Budget Transparency?: where we stand in 2015

Submitted by Web Master on Fri, 2015-10-23 07:29

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A call has been made by civic actors to the new government to enhance budget transparency and public participation in the budget processes. This call was made by Boniventura Godfrey, Manager for Research and Policy Analysis Unit at HakiElimu ,a presenter of the Policy Forum Breakfast Debate held on 25^th September 2015 at the British Council Auditorium.

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Policy Forum TV Spot on the 2015 General Election

Submitted by Web Master on Fri, 2015-10-02 10:32

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Policy Forum has produced a TV spot that is currently being aired on ITV which aims at sensitizing citizens to exercise their right to vote during the 2015 general election. To view the TV spot please click on the following link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G79vBSFoyuU

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A documentary on the Tanzanian Value Added Tax (VAT) and the Tax Administration Laws

Submitted by Web Master on Wed, 2015-09-30 10:46

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Tanzania Tax Justice Coalition (TTJC) has produced a tax documentary based on the analysis of Value Added Tax (VAT) and Tax Administration (TA) bills presented during the CSOs engagement with Members of Parliament in 2014. The VAT and TA bills have already been passed and assented by the President. The documentary was aired on two TV stations which are ITV and Star TV.

Click on the following link to view the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK0sI35NRlY

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Social Accountability Monitoring (SAM) Trainers Learning Workshop

Submitted by Web Master on Wed, 2015-09-23 00:00

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Policy Forum in collaboration with PSAM conducted a three days workshop aiming to develop a collective learning agenda on SAM by drawing from trainers experiences in training and applying the PSAM approach. The workshop was held on 22^nd to 23^rd September at Royal Village Hotel, Dodoma Tanzania.

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Tanzania’s Gas Economy: Examining Local and National Perspectives

Submitted by Web Master on Fri, 2015-09-18 11:32

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Civic actors have called upon the government to enhance "local-local" content so that the gas economy benefits the host communities. This call was made by Prof. Honest Prosper Ngowi, a Mzumbe University lecturer during the Policy Forum breakfast debate held on the 28th of August 2015 at the British Council Auditorium entitled: “Tanzania’s Gas Economy: Examining Local and National Perspectives.”