The Asia Foundation

Published purpose

The project aims to improve the capacity of civil society to work with local governments in the island of Sulawesi to plan, budget, and implement programs in a way that integrates the needs of women and the poor, thereby enhancing sustainable economic growth. The project: 1) increases participation of organizations that represent women and the poor to effectively engage in local budget formulation and to monitor budget expenditures; 2) facilitates the meaningful participation of women and the poor in village planning meetings and in tracking budget expenditures; 3) helps reform local budgetary processes so that government spending better addresses the needs of women and the poor; and 4) assists the institutionalisation of gender-responsive and pro-poor changes to budgeting policies and processes at the provincial and national levels in Indonesia.