The first 10 indicators I chose come from my experiences of being unable to get this information about the grants and programs funded to promote tobacco control in SubSaharan Africa.
1. Names, bios of the staff and contact email (program, project managers, all staff involved)
2. Detailed annual report explaining the activities
3. Detailed annual operational budget (easy to find and providing key info, see below)
4. Budget for staff and consultants (staff administrative costs)
5. Budget for travel and hospitality (including monthly update and yearly detailed list)
6. Transparency blog providing regular detailed information about the progress of each program/project/grant
7. Open selection process for grant applications (all applications available)
8. Transparency requirement for grantees and sub-grantees (including the 7 first items of this scorecard)
9. Establishment of a benchmark scorecard (baseline) for the project, updated yearly to allow evaluation
10. Willingness to answer questions and provide information (for big institutions. Access to Information person and procedure)
On this scale of 10 indicators, giving a scale of 10 to each for a total of 100, all the participants in the tobacco control programs for SubSahara Africa score zero.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
An appropriate cartoon from the New Yorker magazine
"Let us never forget that the public's desire for transparency is to be balanced by our need for concealment"
caption of a cartoon by Robert Mankoff published on February 1, 2010.
caption of a cartoon by Robert Mankoff published on February 1, 2010.
Monday, March 7, 2011
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