Since 2009 till 2024 DPI successfully implemented about 60 projects in the area of municipal and state administration, including municipal and state resource management and citizen participation in local developmemt planning and management (funding from SDC, FCDO, USAID, UNDP, UNICEF, the World Bank, the European Commission, and other international organizations. The main principle of development or choice of a project is its full accordance to DPI’s Mission and possibilities for quality and timely implementation of the project.
DPI was the first local organization in Kyrgyzstan to directly implement SDC and USAID-funded projects aimed at developing LSG, local services, interbudgetary reations, and citizen participation in the budget process.
Civic Budget (SFK, 2011)
Implementation: Development Policy Institute
Donation: Soros Foundation - Kyrgyzstan
Duration: December 2010 - July 2011
Coverage: all oblasts of the Kyrgyz Republic
Purpose of the project:
- To achieve transparency and efficiency of the national budget through active participation of civil society in the budget process.
Tasks:
- Citizen participation training design and delivery;
- Design and conduct of information campaign for 2011 draft budget;
- Design of Citizen budget;
- Design of a new Citizen participation tool for Kyrgyzstan on citizen participation in budgetary process through formation of Sector (Education, Health, etc) Committees represented by CSOs to participate in midterm budget forecast design and discussions;
- Facilitation of 27 Kyrgyz NGOs/CSOs’ participation in 2011 budgetary process;
- Facilitation of a series of meetings, workshops for representatives of CSOs, Parliament members, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education, international development donor organizations.
Achievements:
- 28 representatives of civil society organizations had trained skills of increase in budget transparency and accountability.
- Publication "Civic Budget 2011" was published. The publication has been discussed with the Ministry of Finance and aligned with the SFK Program "Budget transparency and accountability."
- Established the Committee for the "Education" sector for consolidation of civil society representatives, which will generate a coherent position in the education sector.
- Held thematic "round tables" on distinct expenditure and revenue budget issues involving the participating civil society organizations, representatives of the Ministry of Finance, the state departments relevant of the subject under discussion.
- Analytical document "New mechanisms of citizen participation in the budget process of the Kyrgyz Republic" was developed.
