Education financing
Civil society engagement in education budgets: a report documenting Commonwealth Education Fund experience
Documenting Commonwealth Education Fund experience in engaging civil society in education budgeting
Authors:
V. Perry
Publisher:
Commonwealth Education Fund, 2008
This report documents Commonwealth Education Fund experience, illustrating how civil society can engage in the budget process through budget analysis; tracking disbursement flows through the education system; monitoring expenditure; and lobbying to influence budget allocations to the education sector.
This report is primarily intended for groups or individuals that have a new or relatively new interest in education budget work, but may also be of interest to those that have engaged in this work for some time and are interested in Commonwealth Education Fund experience and access to useful resources.
The report describes why education budget work is important. It records the range of work supported by the Commonwealth Education Fund and sets this within the international context of budget work. It documents the major achievements and common challenges faced by organisations implementing programmes of budget work and makes recommendations based on the experience of partners supported by the Commonwealth Education Fund.
It also provides country profiles, which offer an insight into the experiences of budget work programmes at country level. They document the achievements, activities, challenges and lessons learnt for each of the countries supported by the Commonwealth Education Fund.
The final section of the report provides a list of resources – budget expenditure tracking manuals, tools and examples of research on education financing – that were produced with support from the Commonwealth Education Fund. These serve as a useful guide for the reader to investigate budget work and budget issues in more depth. There are also links to organisational websites where further information on budget work may be found
