Budget Monitoring and Tracking Tool

Budget monitoring and tracking is the process through which governments, citizens and civil society organistions (CSOs) can track whether public resources are allocated and disbursed in line with their intended purpose and reach their intended beneficiaries.

Options’ Budget Monitoring and Tracking Tool allows users to generate evidence that can be used to inform advocacy and decision-making during priority setting in the next budget cycle, including on allocation disbursement and expenditure.

The results of a budget monitoring and tracking analysis can also be used for other purposes, including:

• CSOs that act as accountability mechanisms can use the analysis that emerges from the tool to hold governments accountable by highlighting where the level of FP commodity budget allocation, disbursement, and expenditure do not meet commitments or expectations.
• Sexual and reproductive health stakeholders can use the information on budget allocation, timeliness of release of funds and expenditure rates to strengthen their advocacy messages to the planning departments of the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance
• International development partners (IDPs) can use the information to inform discussions with government on how to improve family planning (FP) investments as well as the efficiency and effectiveness of FP commodity spending in order to meet the government’s national and global commitments.