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Announcements and News Updates
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About CBMS-
Tanzania
In 2004, the Government
of Tanzania developed the Opportunities and Obstacles to Development
(O&OD) methodology, which defines a process to be followed by the
municipalities to achieve participatory planning and monitoring in the
context of decentralization. The O&OD methodology is a holistic process
that recognizes the role of the local communities in the identification,
preparation and implementation of development projects. Since the
methodology focuses, however on community group, it cannot address the
socioeconomic concerns of the individual people and households. As such,
it becomes less applicable for poverty monitoring purposes. The
Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS), which concurs with the O&OD
methodology but goes further to the household level to monitor the
poverty status of the individuals, aims to address this problem. It aims
to provide a good information base for policymaking and project impact
monitoring.
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Project Activities
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Development of a
comprehensive municipal information system that captures municipal,
ward and village levels data, and produces reports that facilitates
good planning and decision making for poverty alleviation.
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Promotion of a
participatory planning and budgeting through the use of CBMS
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Improvement of the
capacity of data collectors at the municipal, ward and village units
better processing and analysis.
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Development of a
simple and easy-to-use tools to collect poverty indicators that will
show the impact of strategies and determine the trend of poverty.
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Testing of a locally
feasible data capture, processing and dissemination system, without
necessarily relying on central government resources.
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Provision of data to
policymakers for the prioritization of projects, effective planning
and monitoring of developmental programmes in various communities
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Preparation of
poverty profiles and development plans
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Dissemination of
poverty data and information among the stakeholders in all levels.
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Papers
and Reports (links forthcoming)
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Partner Institution
CBMS work in Tanzania
is being implemented by the Dodoma Municipal Council. According to its
vision, the Municipality has the following responsibilities:
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Provision of quality
social and economic services;
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Capacity building of
the community (citizens), council staff and councilors;
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Mobilization of revenue
collection capacity;
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Environmental
conservation; and
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Maintenance of peace
and security within the area of jurisdiction.
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Contact Information
Inquiries regarding CBMS-Tanzania may
be sent to:
Mr. Rangya Kyulu Muro
CBMS Tanzania Project Director
Address: Dodoma Municipal Council
P.O. Box 1913, Dodoma Tanzania
Tel#: +255 (745) 694257
Fax #: +255 (026) 2324750
Email:
rankya@yahoo.co.uk
Research Team Members
Ms. Domitila Bashemela- Institute of
Regional Development Planning
Dr. Flora Kyessy - Economic and Social Research Fund (ESRF)
Mr. Elinasi Pallangyo- Regional Administration and Local Government
Mr. Joel DeBlock- The City of St. Albert
Mr. Celestine Kimaro- Association of Local Authorities of Tanzania Top
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