NG-CAC-54522-XM-DAC-7-PPR-4000001767
Centre for Legal Research and Development
P-BUT
The P-BUT project is aimed at promoting transparency and accountability in public budgeting process in five states and the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. It will build the capacity of 300 civil society leaders including women and community leaders across the six project locations of Anambra, Benue, Cross River, Kano and Ogun States as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to engage with public budget making process with a view to entrench a culture of open budget process and make their public officers account for public resources committed to their care.
1. To build capacity of 300 selected civil society leaders including women groups and community leaders across five selected states and FCT, through 12 training sessions on budget process, monitoring and evaluation of sectoral allocations in state and FCT budgets within the first 18 months of the project.
2. To Promote accountability in budget implementation through 18 monitoring visits to project locations and 18 evaluation meetings to evaluate selected capital projects across the five states and FCT by the end of the project duration.
3. To promote transparency in the budget process through two annual stakeholders sub-national budget dialogue on budget performance with a focus on the budgets of the five project states and FCT by the end of the project duration.
Civil society leaders including women, youth, community leaders, opinion leaders, and policy makers and implemeters.
The State of the Netherlands
Centre for Legal Research and Development
50494606
50494600
First Installment contribution
Centre for Legal Research and Development
8269089.75
Project direct and indirect costs.
36132468
Project direct and Indirect Costs
The State of the Netherlands
1. Generated baselines on budget allocations to critical sectors of the economy with potential high positive impact on the well-being of the citizens in the five states and FCT. 2. Secure stakeholders buy-in to the project objectives and scope
NG-CAC-54522-P-BUT-Q.3-REPORT
Centre for Legal Research and Development
Q.3 PROGRESS REPORT
CLERD continued implementation of activities under the P-BUT project during this quarter. We developed the capacity of 235 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)/leaders and state actors including women and community leaders on the budget process, tracking implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and advocacy. The first round of trainings, which held in each of five of the six project locations, were part of the process leading to a transparent and accountable public budgeting system in the project locations. The participating CSOs/representatives improved their knowledge base and skills on budget process, tracking, monitoring and evaluation, and advocacy and thus became more confident to engage with policy makers on budget issues. Many of the participants testified that the training they received was deeper and has broaden their horizons on budget advocacy work in their respective states.
State of Netherlands
The activities during this period were implemented between March 1, 2019 and May 31, 2019.
A grant to implement P-BUT was given to Centre for Legal Research and Development, an NGO registered in Nigeria.
50494606
12195801.76
The value represents total expenditure as at the value date, that is as at the end of the Q.3 reporting period.
The State of Netherlands gave a grant to Centre for Legal Research and Development to implement a project, that is P-BUT.
Centre for Legal Research and Development received a grant from State of Netherlands to implement a project, that is P-BUT.
NG-CAC-54522-P-BUT-Q.2-REPORT
Centre for Legal Research and Development
P-BUT Quarter 2 Report
The P-BUT project is aimed at promoting transparency and accountability in public budgeting process in five states and the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. It is intended to build the capacity of 300 civil society leaders including women and community leaders across the six project locations of Anambra, Benue, Cross River, Kano and Ogun States as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to engage with public budget making process with a view to entrench a culture of open budget process and make their public officers account for public resources committed to their care. During the period under review, CLERD implemented two major activities that is second pre-visits to project locations and second planning meeting. We held 94 introductory meetings with various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) across the 6 project locations.
State of Netherlands
The activities here started on 1st December 2018 and end on 28th February 2019.
The State of Netherlands gave a grant to Centre for Legal Research and Development, a national NGO registered in Nigeria. The grant is to implement the P-BUT project which is aimed at promoting budget transparency in Nigeria.
P-BUT aims to promote transparency in the management of public funds.
50494606
7603867.06
The total amount spent on implementing activities reported in Quarter 2 narrative report.
The State of Netherlands gave a grant to Centre for Legal Research and Development to implement a project, that is P-BUT.
Centre for Legal Research and Development received a grant from State of Netherlands to implement a project, that is P-BUT.
NG-CAC-54522-P-BUT-Q.4-REPORT
Centre for Legal Research and Development
Q.4 PROGRESS REPORT
CLERD continued the implementation of activities under the P-BUT project during this quarter. Two major activities were carried out: The monitoring visit and the evaluation workshop. The monitoring visit had a total 188 budget monitors while the Evaluation workshop had 116 participants who were drawn from the CSOs and MDAs that participated in the first training workshop on budget process, monitoring, tracking implementation, evaluation and advocacy. The first Monitoring visit, which took place in five of the six project locations, was part of the processes leading to accountability in budget implementation and results of the projects identified in various states, and the state of completion vis-a vis funds released for each project. The evaluation workshop carried out in three of the six project states, was to evaluate the findings from the monitoring visits, draw conclusion on the budget implementation and undertake advocacy visit to the policy makers on the outcome of the monitoring visits to project locations in the targeted sectors. We monitored a total of 70 projects across the project locations of different sectors of the economy like: Agriculture, Health, Education, Road and Housing, Women Affairs, Poverty and Rural Development etc. with potentials for positive impact in the lives of the people. Across the three states, advocacy visits were carried out to 17 policy makers of the aforementioned sectors on the outcome of the monitoring visits. The participating CSOs/representatives earlier trained on the budget process had their capacities built on the use of the monitoring tool for the exercise and understanding of indicators for evaluating budget performance. Many of the participants acknowledged that the monitoring exercise and evaluation workshop was a welcome development because it afforded them the opportunity to have a good understanding on the essence of having projects monitored and the need for citizens to engage the government more on the implementation of projects in their respective states.
State of Netherlands
The implementation of P-BUT continued this quarter starting from June 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019.
The State of Netherlands gave a grant to Centre for Legal Research and Development, an NGO registered in Nigeria.
50494606
8048967.29
The value amount was what was spent on project activities during quarter four.
The State of Netherlands gave a grant to Centre for Legal Research and Development to implement the P-BUT project.
Centre for Legal Research and Development received a grant from State of Netherlands to implement the P-BUT project.
The attached documents are Annual Narrative Progress Report for YR.1 and its Appendix.
Appendix to the Annual Narrative Report -YR.1
NG-CAC-54522-P-BUT-Q.5-REPORT
Centre for Legal Research and Development
Q.5 PROGRESS REPORT
CLERD continued the implementation of activities under the P-BUT project during this quarter. Two major activities were carried out: the first evaluation workshop continued and the second Training Workshop on budget process started. The first evaluation workshop which was carried out in two other states evaluated the findings from the monitoring visits in Kano and Ogun States, draw conclusion on the budget implementation and undertake advocacy visit to the policy makers on the outcome of the monitoring visits to project locations in the targeted sectors in these states – 84 budget monitors were trained, and 28 CSO undertook a total of 7 advocacy visits to policy makers across the two states. The second Training workshop on budget process which was carried out in the three of the six project states, improved the capacity 150 CSOs across the three states, thereby plugging the capacity gaps noted after the first training on budget process and the subsequent monitoring exercise. Following the evaluation and analysis of the 2018 budget in Kano and Ogun States, advocacy visits were carried out to 7 policy makers spreading across the focal sectors of the economy including Education, Health, Women Affairs, Works, Housing, Agriculture and Rural Development, Science and Technology. Many of the trained participants acknowledged that the evaluation workshop and second training Improved their lobbying and advocacy skills as it enabled them to use evidence generated from the monitoring and evaluation of capital projects location to inform advocacy messages to policy makers/elected representatives.
State of Netherlands
The fifth quarter project activities commenced on this date.
The fifth quarter project activities ended on this date.
The project activities implemented during this quarter were carried out across the project states of Anambra, Benue, Cross River, Kano and Ogun States.
50494606
10012308
Expenditures incurred during the reporting period.
The funds were provided in furtherance of a grant from the State of Netherlands to Centre for Legal Research and Development (CLERD).
The fund was received by CLERD in furtherance of a grant from the State of Netherlands.