Conferences

Since 1997, the International Budget Project has organized four major international conferences bringing together groups and researchers from around the world with an interest in applied budget work.  All conferences have been funded by the Ford Foundation. The last conference also received financial support from the Open Society Institute.

The first was an opportunity to build up the network and share concerns and experiences and took place in Washington, DC in 1997 with 50 people attending from 15 countries.   At the second conference in Cape Town in 1999 the theme was the budget process and the outcome a commitment to developing methods for assessing transparency in the budget process.  The third conference attended by 90 delegates from 26 countries, focused on budget analysis techniques and objectives and was designed to clarify the role of budget and tax analysis in anti-poverty work and explore the relationship between budget analysis and grassroots work through examples from a variety of groups.  Furthermore, the conference explored the growing interest in combining budget and rights work. The fourth conference took place in Mexico, City in 2003 and it was attended by 140 participants from 40 countries to share the diverse experiences, accomplishments, and challenges of applied budget work by civil society around the world.

See below for more details:

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           Fourth International Conference

	Details:	Conference Agenda and Presentations
	Date:	March 5-9, 2003
	Location:	Mexico, City
	Co-hosts:	Ford Foundation (Mexico), the Open Society Institute (OSI), FUNDAR, Center for Analysis and Research, the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), and the International Budget Project.

Third International Conference Title: Budget Analysis, Anti-Poverty and Rights Work Details: CD-ROM Conference Summary Date: November 5-9, 2000 Location: Bombay, India Co-hosts: The Ford Foundation (New Delhi), The International Budget Project, the Center for Budget and Policy Studies (Bangalore), Developing Initiatives for Social and Human Action (Ahmedabad), National Centre for Advocay Studies (Pune), Vidhayak Sansad/Center for Budget Studies (Mumbai), and Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (Mumbai).             Second International Conference Title: Transparency and Participation in the Budget Process Details: Background, Papers and Agenda Date: February 21-25, 1999 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Co-hosts: The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) and the International Budget Project.             First International Conference Title: Introduction to Budget Work Featured Paper: Evolution of the Center's Work and the Lessons Learned Along the Way Date: December, 1997 Location: Washington, DC Host: International Budget Project.   Language Options:  Spanish | French | German | Italian | Portuguese | (Automated translations provided by AltaVista) Home | About the IBP | Groups | Resources | Themes | Conferences Search | FAQ | Sitemap Viewing this site as text-only