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Groups
Ethiopia
Poverty Action
Network of Civil Society in Ethiopia (PANE)
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| Contact |
Eshetu Bekele, Executive Director |
| Email |
ebdir@pane.org.et; pane@ethionet.et
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Phone |
(+251-011)
5154080/90/93 |
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Fax |
(+251 11) 5154355 |
| Address |
P.O. Box 2433 code 1250
Addis Adaba, Ethiopia |
| Areas of Expertise |
In 2001, a
group of NGOs in Ethiopia came together around opportunities for
participation provided by the first PRSP in Ethiopia. In an effort to
ensure wider and more sustained commitment, this taskforce transformed
into a network in 2004. PANE currently has over 70 members working in a
range of sectors such as water, education, HIV/AIDS and gender issues.
The mission of PANE is to empower citizens to enable their active
participation in policy design, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation in order to bring the voices of the poor to decision makers
and to make civil society, government and donors more accountable to the
poor. |
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Major Current Activities |
PANE is a
CSBI grantee
and
proposed a training workshop for network members to enable them to
design and conduct budget tracking studies in their sectors of
interest. Additional goals of the training are to increase both public
participation in the budget process and social accountability of
government at different levels, as well as to enhance budget literacy in
Ethiopia.
PANE is also building participation in government with the Citizen's
Report Card Survey. They intend to continue the survey on a regular
basis to assess the citizens own views about the delivery of basic
services in various parts of the country.
As a network
of organizations, PANE hopes to eventually provide coordination of the
budget work and build the capacity of its members, with the aims of
ensuring a coordinated voice and maximum impact for budget work in
Ethiopia. |
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