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District Dialogue Forum is a key to respond to community-raised issues
Partners met in Burera District to respond to issues that citizens had raised through the Community Score Card (CSC) at district level.
What citizens reported after TA's advocacy
- A bus now runs from the Burera main road to the district office
- Villages in Kivuye Sector have clean water
- Service delivery at the sector office has improved
- A road was built from Kagogo Sector to the main road
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The District Dialogue Forum took place on 11 September 2019 in Burera District. It brought partners together to respond to issues that communities had raised through the Community Score Card (CSC) at district level.
The Director of Good Governance opened the event. The District Advisor, Executive Secretaries of Sectors, cell councillors, TA staff and an NPA staff member attended.
Mr. Maurice Ndayambaje, PPIMA Project District Field Officer at TA, explained the role of the CSC: a participatory process in which citizens assess the quality and effectiveness of the public services they receive. The CSC lets citizens take part in decision-making, call for transparency and accountability, and improve service delivery. It brings communities, service providers and local authorities together to solve problems such as access to clean water, electricity, fertilizers, roads, health centres and other infrastructure.
Mr. Vincent Habumugisha, a citizen of Kivuye Sector, described issues solved through TA's advocacy: a bus now runs from the Burera main road to the district office, villages in Kivuye Sector have clean water, service delivery at the sector office has improved, and a road has been built from Kagogo Sector to the main road.
The forum then turned to ending domestic violence. TA's Executive Secretary, Mr. P. Celestin Kabano, presented TA's contribution, in partnership with Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), to the project being implemented in Karongi and Burera districts, where its impact is beginning to show.
