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🚨 It's here.

The #OBS2025 findings for Sub-Saharan Africa are live — 33 countries assessed on budget transparency, participation, and oversight.
The headline: progress is real, but accountability is still at a crossroads.

Read the report: https://t.co/tGiC5vcsBW

Produced by @OpenBudgets with support from @UNICEFAfrica, @EU_Commission and @FCDOGovUK.

#OBS2025 #SSALaunch #OpenBudgets

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

Live @ #AccountabilityAtACrossroads
Two quotes from the #OBS2025 Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Launch that cut to the chase:
"When public debt is poorly managed, children pay a price in their future development." — Dr. Sudhanshu Handa, Chief Economist, @UNICEF

"When debt servicing costs are swallowing domestic revenue, it leaves minimal fiscal space for healthcare, education and social protections." — Dr. Patrick Ndzana Olomo, Head of Economic Policy & Sustainable Development, @_AfricanUnion Commission

Budget accountability isn't a technical exercise. It's a question of who bears the cost when governments mismanage public money. For Sub-Saharan Africa, that cost falls heaviest on the next generation.

#OBS2025 #SSALaunch #OpenBudgets

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

LIVE at #AccountabilityAtACrossroads

At the #OBS2025 Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Launch, which was moderated by @DBADIANE @OpenBudgets, Dr. Sudhanshu Handa from @UNICEF said something worth sitting with:

"One in every two people on the African continent is a child. Budget decisions have real implications for children. And we cannot hold governments to account for what they spend on children if we cannot interpret the budget."

That's the whole argument right there.

#SSALaunch #OpenBudgets

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

Starting soon at 8am EDT!

Join our webinar as we present the findings from the Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2025 for Sub-Saharan Africa, co-hosted by UNICEF Africa.

With remarks from:
✅ Sudhanshu Handa, Chief Economist and Director of the Center of Excellence for Child Poverty, @UNICEF

✅ @ndzana_olomo , Head Economic Policy and Sustainable Development, Department for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals, @_AfricanUnion

You can still register to join here: https://t.co/XRyvlMQMEX

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

On 3 June 2026, the @OpenBudgets and @UNICEFAfrica are hosting a free virtual webinar to present the Open Budget Survey 2025 findings for Sub-Saharan Africa — covering budget transparency, public participation, and oversight across 33 countries. Government officials, civil society leaders, and researchers will reflect on regional trends, share country experiences, and identify concrete reforms.

Speakers include:
Charlie Martial NGOUNOU, @AfroLeadership_
Diana Mbabazi, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) Rwanda
Henry Machemba MBA @NGOCCR_Mw
Massamba Dieng, Ministry of Finance and Budget, Senegal
Sally Torbert, @OpenBudgets
Moderated by Djibril BADIANE (DSTB), Program Manager, @OpenBudgets Senegal.

📅 3 June 2026 | 8:00am EDT | Online
Register: https://t.co/FWuP9GtjjK

#OBS2025 #SSALaunch #OpenBudgets
Supported by @EU_Commission and @FCDOGovUK

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

Indonesia's local governments will receive just 17% of the national budget by 2026 — down from 28% in 2023.

After decades of decentralization, Indonesia’s fiscal system is shifting back toward the center. The checks meant to protect ordinary citizens are eroding. And what follows when decisions drift away from communities is predictable: less scrutiny, fewer safeguards, and higher stakes for ordinary people.

That's not a rounding error. It's recentralization hiding in plain sight.
@OpenBudgets Donny Setiawan breaks down what's driving it — and what citizens are doing about it.

Read about it here: https://t.co/nUIUyTOabh

[UNICEF Economic & Social Policy @UNICEFSocPolicy]

33 African countries assessed. One finding: budget accountability is at a crossroads.

Join @OpenBudgets and @UNICEF on 3 June for the OBS 2025 regional webinar on Sub-Saharan Africa.

🗓️8:00am EDT | Online
🔗https://t.co/Ogisg2k8LQ

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

On 3 June 2026, the @OpenBudgets and @UNICEFAfrica are hosting a free virtual webinar to present the Open Budget Survey 2025 findings for Sub-Saharan Africa — covering budget transparency, public participation, and oversight across 33 countries. Government officials, civil society leaders, and researchers will reflect on regional trends, share country experiences, and identify concrete reforms.

Speakers include:
Charlie Martial NGOUNOU, @AfroLeadership_
Diana Mbabazi, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) Rwanda
Henry Machemba MBA @NGOCCR_Mw
Massamba Dieng, Ministry of Finance and Budget, Senegal
Sally Torbert, @OpenBudgets
Moderated by Djibril BADIANE (DSTB), Program Manager, @OpenBudgets Senegal.

📅 3 June 2026 | 8:00am EDT | Online
Register: https://t.co/FWuP9GtjjK

#OBS2025 #SSALaunch #OpenBudgets
Supported by @EU_Commission and @FCDOGovUK

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

In Senegal, low-income communities flood every rainy season — not because the money is missing, but because it is not reaching them.

@OpenBudgets with partners UrbaSEN, FSH, and CRAJHEA combined budget tracking with community surveys and flood-zone mapping to trace where sanitation funds stalled. That evidence opened dialogue with the Sanitation Directorate and drove real reforms.

What role does community evidence play at the government table where you work? Does it actually shift decisions?

Read the Learning Note and tag someone doing this work 👇
🔗 https://t.co/pb4QR4jdx5

#OpenBudgets #BudgetCredibility #Senegal #Sanitation #PFMReform #CivilSociety

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

[WATCH] At the @OECD Forum on Restoring Public Finances yesterday, IBP Executive Director @apmunozg shared why civil society must be part of the conversation as governments navigate growing fiscal pressures and difficult policy choices.

She highlighted 3 ways civil society can help restore public finances ✨ ✨ ✨:

✅ Trust: helping rebuild the social contract and keeping people’s needs at the center of public decisions
✅ Stability: providing consistent, non-partisan accountability beyond political cycles
✅ Evidence: generating data and analysis that help governments understand bottlenecks, underspending, and how public resources can work better for all

As countries confront fiscal constraints, restoring public finances is not only about balancing budgets, it’s about strengthening accountability, legitimacy, and public trust.

🎥 Watch Ana Patricia’s reflections from the OECD Forum. 👇 👇 👇

Tags: @the_imf @wbg_gov @opengovpart @ibp_sa @IbpIndonesia

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

You cannot fix what you cannot trace.

In Oyo, Ogun, and Niger states, @OpenBudgets with partners @BudgITng, Justice Development and Peace Commission, and Federation of Muslim Women Organization of Nigeria tracked exactly where health funds stalled — from approval to release to actual expenditure at facility level — and used that evidence to drive real reform.

The result? A Learning Note that shows how civil society can move from budget analysis to government action on primary health care delivery.

If you work in health financing or budget advocacy, what is the hardest bottleneck to break in your context: political will, procurement delays, or something else entirely?

Read it and tag someone doing this work on the ground 👇
🔗 https://t.co/XoLjZFy2KF

#OpenBudgets #BudgetCredibility #Nigeria #HealthForAll #PFMReform

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

Budget accountability in Sub-Saharan Africa: progress is real, but so are the gaps.

✅ Participation scores rising since 2019
✅ 82% of countries now produce a Citizens Budget
❌ Only 15% publish in their draft budgets' information on tax exemptions
❌ Not one of 33 countries publishes in their draft budget full debt composition data
❌ 22 countries don't publish parliamentary budget findings before approval

On 3 June, @OpenBudgets and @UNICEFAfrica present the full #OBS2025 findings for the region.

Register: https://t.co/FWuP9GsLuc

Supported by @EU_Commission and @FCDOGovUK.

#OBS2025 #SSALaunch #OpenBudgets

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

Two decades of tracking budget accountability worldwide — and the Open Budget Survey still has hard-won lessons to share.

Formal gains in budget transparency haven't always translated into equity. Tax systems create unequal burdens. Debt decisions stay behind closed doors. Social spending doesn't reach those who need it most.

Yet reform is possible — and we've seen it happen.

Join us June 23 in Washington, DC to take stock of two decades of the Open Budget Survey and ask what it will truly take to make public money work for all.
Register → https://t.co/hzXYK9i61S

Organized with @KeoughGlobalND and supported by @UNICEF @FCDOGovUK and @EU_Commission

Join us for the conversation 👇

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

33 African countries assessed. One finding: budget accountability is at a crossroads.

Join @OpenBudgets and @UNICEF on 3 June for the OBS 2025 regional webinar on Sub-Saharan Africa.

📅 8:00am EDT | Online 🔗 https://t.co/s4QJJtq9a4
What's the biggest barrier to budget transparency in your country?

Supported by @EU_Commission and @FCDOGovUK

#OBS2025 #OpenBudgets #SubSaharanAfrica

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

Budget accountability in MENA is moving — unevenly, incrementally, but forward.

We launched #OBS2025 findings for the region last week. Here's what the data and the people behind it told us. 🧵👇

Read the full report: https://t.co/bEMb5OYlh2

Supported by @EU_Commission @FCDOGovUK and @UNICEF

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

Budget accountability in MENA is moving — unevenly, incrementally, but forward.

We launched #OBS2025 findings for the region last week. Here's what the data and the people behind it told us. 🧵👇

Read the full report: https://t.co/bEMb5OYlh2

Supported by @EU_Commission @FCDOGovUK and @UNICEF

[Business at OECD @BusinessatOECD]

👥 Next week, the @OECD is holding a Forum on Restoring Public Finances.

Speakers include @Amiel_David_, @TurnbullWhitby, @ThanosPetralias, @JMirandSarmento, @jackfchambers, @LucyRigby & more.

🔎 Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/Dl5An8LIYY

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

The #OBS2025 MENA Regional Report is now live. 📊

Progress on budget transparency and oversight across 8 countries. Participation still the weakest pillar. And civil society driving gains even in the most constrained environments.

Read the full findings 👇 🔗 https://t.co/pukn2BNtXo

Available in English, Arabic & French.

#OpenBudgetSurvey #BudgetAccountability #MENA #OpenBudgets #OpenGovWeek #OGP15