Chad groups launch budget transparency watchdog
Oxfam and CIERGED organised a workshop in Koumra to revitalise citizen budget monitoring.
Oxfam and the Centre for Studies and Research on Governance, Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development (CIERGED) organised a workshop in Koumra on Wednesday, October 21. The event aimed to revitalise citizen observatories for budget control.
The initiative seeks to boost citizen participation in monitoring local public finances, focusing on transparency, accountability, and reducing inequality in Chad. The workshop gathered youth and women's organisations, people with disabilities, religious leaders, and media professionals.
CIERGED Director General Professor Maoundonodji Gilbert stated the effort should make the observatory more operational and strengthen its role in citizen oversight of communal resource management.
Why it mattersChadian citizens will have a stronger mechanism to monitor local public finances.