CSBAG

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Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group
AbbreviationCSBAG
Formation2004 (11 years)
Type Nonprofit organization
Location
Region served
Uganda (Sheema, Kibaale, Agago, Abim and Kibaale districts)
Membership
75 CSOs
Official language
English
Coordinator
Julius Mukunda [1] [2] [3]
Website Homepage
Official blog

The Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) is a Ugandan nonprofit organization that was founded in 2004 to bring together Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) at national and district levels with the view of influencing government decisions on resource mobilization and utilization for equitable and sustainable development.

Contents

Since its inception, CSBAG has influenced the budgetary process in Uganda by ensuring that both local and national budgets incorporate views of the poor and that they are gender sensitive. [4]

History

CSBAG was formed in 2004 by a group of Non Governmental Organisations led by Uganda Debt Network (UDN), Uganda National NGO Forum (UNNGOF), Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) and Oxfam GB in Uganda.

The coalition was created out of the desire to collectively influence government policies and effectively participate in the setting of national budget priorities in close collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED). [5] [6]

In 2013, the CSO group was nominated to the steering committee on budget transparency by the MoFPED. [7]

In 2014, CSBAG was admitted to two government sector working groups: the Accountability Sector Working Group and the Works and Transport Sector Working Group. [8]

Function

Vision

The CSBAG vision is: A Uganda with a people centered budget that dignifies humanity.

Mission

The CSBAG mission is: Working towards ensuring that resource mobilization, allocation and utilization is inclusive for a transformed Uganda. [4]

Objectives

The main objectives of CSBAG are to:

Activities

The core activities of CSBAG are to:

Focus Districts

CSBAG's focus district areas of operation are; Sheema, Kibaale, Agago, Abim and Kibaale.

Membership

As of June 2015, the coalition had nearly 78 member Civil Society Organizations that include among others the following:

  1. Action Aid International Uganda (AA - IU)
  2. Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE)
  3. Uganda Debt Network (UDN) [14] [15]
  4. Uganda Women's Network (UWONET)
  5. Advance Africa
  6. African Center for Trade and Development (ACTADE) [16]
  7. Ashah Razyn Foundation (ARF)
  8. Abim Women Together In Development (AWOTID)
  9. Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE)
  10. Uganda National NGO Forum (UNNGOF) [17]
  11. Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Uganda [4]
  12. African Center for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV)
  13. Anti Corruption Coalition Uganda (ACCU)
  14. Uganda Road Sector Support Initiative (URRSI)
  15. Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns (VEDCO)
  16. Center for Women in Governance (CEWIGO)
  17. Women and Girl Child Development Association (WEDGA)
  18. Human Rights Network Uganda (HURINET-U)
  19. Uganda Network of AIDS Service Organisation (UNASO)
  20. Southern and Eastern African Trade Information & Negotiations Institute Uganda (SEATINI-U)
  21. Environmental Alert (EA)
  22. National Union of Women with Disabilities of Uganda (NUWODU)
  23. Development Research Training (DRT)
  24. WaterAid (WA)
  25. African Youth Development Link (AYDL)
  26. Regional Associates for Community Initiatives (RACI)
  27. African Women's Economic Policy Network (AWEPON)
  28. Action Group for Health, HR and HIV & AIDS (AGHA)
  29. Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP)
  30. Hope After Rape (HAR)
  31. Platform for Citizen Participation and Accountability (PLACA)
  32. Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF)
  33. Jenga Afrika
  34. Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung Uganda (DSW-U)
  35. Caritas Kampala (CK)
  36. Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations (DENIVA)
  37. Hunger Fighters Uganda
  38. Food Rights Alliance (FRA)
  39. FOWODE Young Leaders Alumni Association (FYLAA)
  40. Forum for Kalongo Parish Women Association (FOKAPAWA)
  41. Initiative for Social and Economic Rights Uganda (ISER)
  42. Isis-Women International Cross Cultural Exchange (WICCE)
  43. Institute of Social Transformation (IST)
  44. Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (UWEAL)
  45. Uganda Youth Network (UYONET)
  46. National Union of Disabled Persons Uganda (NUDIPU)
  47. National Association of Women Organisations in Uganda (NAWOU)
  48. Uganda National Health Consumers' Organisation (UNHCO)
  49. Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC)
  50. Toro Development Network (ToroDev) [18]

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