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 → internationalbudget.org/even… Organized with @KeoughGlobalND and supported by @UNICEF @FCDOGovUK and @EU_Commission Join us for the conversation 👇

What happens when an audit institution opens its books to the people it serves? On June 9 in Tunis, the Tunisian Association of Local Governance and the Court of Auditors sat down with civil society and the Ministry of Finance to design a participatory budget audit for Tunisia. Supported by @OpenBudgets and t he@EU_Commission. Where have you seen citizen participation change how an audit body works? #OpenBudgets #Tunisia #BudgetTransparency #ParticipatoryAudit

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 → internationalbudget.org/even… Organized with @KeoughGlobalND and supported by @UNICEF @FCDOGovUK and @EU_Commission Join us for the conversation 👇

The average transparency score for Sub-Saharan Africa looks flat. But averages hide the real story. Several countries made significant reform gains in this #OBS2025 round. Others protected progress under real pressure. The common thread? Collaboration between governments, civil society, and development partners. Read the full report: internationalbudget.org/open… Produced by @OpenBudgets with support from @UNICEFAfrica, @EU_Commission and @FCDOGovUK. #OBS2025 #SSALaunch #OpenBudgets

What would it take for governments to earn the trust of their people? In Sub-Saharan Africa, our OBS 2025 results show the direction of travel matters more than the averages. Transparency held steady, oversight improved, and participation rose for a second round, even under fiscal pressure. The task now: publish more, and let the public and oversight actors truly monitor and shape spending. 📄 Read the recap: internationalbudget.org/open… ▶️ Watch the launch recording: internationalbudget.org/even… Produced by the @OpenBudgets with @UNICEFAfrica, and supported by the @EU_Commission and @FCDOGovUK #OpenBudgets #OBS2025 #SubSaharanAfrica

🚨 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: internationalbudget.org/open… Produced by @OpenBudgets with support from @UNICEFAfrica, @EU_Commission and @FCDOGovUK. #OBS2025 #SSALaunch #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

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

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: internationalbudget.org/even…

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: internationalbudget.org/the-…

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 🔗internationalbudget.org/even…

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: internationalbudget.org/even… #OBS2025 #SSALaunch #OpenBudgets Supported by @EU_Commission and @FCDOGovUK

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 👇 🔗 internationalbudget.org/publ… #OpenBudgets #BudgetCredibility #Senegal #Sanitation #PFMReform #CivilSociety

[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