Community Based Monitoring of Infrastructure (CBM-I) program was established
in 2008 for
coordination among communities, Donors, Contractors and government officials
to increase
accountability and transparency in public construction projects. The aim of
this program is to
empower citizens in holding authorities and aid entities accountable in
other to create active
and responsible citizenship by decreasing the gap between the state, aid
actors and the public.
'CBM-I Promotes social accountability through community mobilization and
social audit.
Communities engaged in local monitoring become more autonomous in solving
their problems through
continued dialogue and reduce their reliance on external actors or parallel
structure. The
program facilitates a provincial advocacy team, the Sectorial Monitoring
Group (SMG), which is
comprised of the Economic Directorate, relevant sectorial directorates,
donor agencies,
contractors and local monitors in other to address issues that are not
resolved on local level