Azerbaijan National Platform (ANP) - the local structure of the Eastern Partnership - Civil Society Forum started the project "System of effective control of public funds."
ANP reported that the project aims to strengthen the legal and institutional capacity of the structures controlling the spending of public funds (Milli Majlis and the Accounting Chamber), increasing the awareness of the public and the civil society on the transparent system of control over the management of public expenditure.
ANP's Internet portal will have a special section to control public funds. On social networks there will be a forum on the effective and transparent use of budget funds and the appropriate checks. Also as part of this project competitions will be held for journalistic articles, as well as meetings and discussions with members of the Parliament and the leadership of the Chamber.
The project will be implemented over a period of 20 months. ANP includes several NGOs of economic sense. - 08D-
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