Integrity Watch Liberia officially launched its 2-years fiscal transparency project titled "Promoting Citizens' Participation in the Budget Process" funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), today June 2, 2022, at iCampus' Wologisi Hall in Monrovia.

The project was launched by Hon. Tanneh G. Brunson - Deputy Minister for Budget and Development Planning at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning. Other notable guests at the launch include Hon. Williametta E. Saydee-Tarr - Minister of Gender, Children & Social Protection, Mr. Moses Kowo - LACC Executive Director, Mr. Groba Williams - Financial Intelligence Unit, scores of Civil Society Organizations, and members of the CSO Budget Platform as well as members of the press.

The project seeks to strengthen the capacity of Civil Society Organizations to participate in the National Budget formulation process and to increase citizens' awareness and voice in the national government budget priorities with key focus on Health, Education, Gender, and Agriculture. The underlying value of this intervention is that it reinforces the drivers of accountability and improved decision-making and citizens' participation in the budget process.

The project launch ceremony was followed by a 2-day intensive training for CSOs on the PFM legal framework, the budget cycle, and budget analysis.