Communicating the Foundation’s Budget Analysis A series of 30 texts

Key messages from the Foundation’s analysis of public budgets were communicated through a series of 30 texts developed in Urdu and English. They were sent to more than 3,000 recipients including CSO partners, government officials, public representatives, journalists, academics, activists, donors, etc., in KP and across Pakistan. The Foundation’s texts were widely appreciated. They were referred as an effective source of public information in an online training on citizen engagement organized by the Sub-National Governance Programme, which in its second phase continues to assist the governments of KP and Punjab to improve public finance management and the delivery of services. A senior official of the Election Commission of Pakistan also praised the texts, and has requested the Foundation’s assistance in using texts to encourage voters’ registration. A CSO partner in Mansehra displayed the texts on its digital platform which has about 200,000 followers.