The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) in Southern Province in partnership with the Joint Country Program of the Norwegian Church Aid and the Danish Church Aid (JCP) conducted capacity training for saving groups in Financial Management, Gender and CDF guidelines. The capacity support was held in Choma District and attended by 30 women from…
Read more
The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) with technical support from the Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF) has commenced a 3 day refresher course for selected staff and District Local Facilitators in Social Accountability at Grand Palace Hotel in Lusaka. The Voice and Accountability project which seeks to improve education service delivery through an empowered…
Read more
The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) with support from Joint Country Program (JCP), on 8th April 2024 conducted a capacity building training for community savings groups in Nchelenge district of Luapula Province. The training aimed at familiarizing the community savings groups with the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) guidelines and application processes and financial management…
Read more
On the third edition of the ATI Coalition Radio Program on Millenium Radio, we featured Gilbert Chisenga- National Coordinator for Peoples Initiative Charter- Zambia and John Tshinseki President of the Zambian Cyber Initiative Foundation discussing the Significance of the ATI law. The panelists discussed centered on how Access to information laws are crucial for promoting…
Read more
The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has oriented local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on the contents of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the National Assembly of Zambia and CSOs/Think Tanks/Academia. The main objective of the MoU is to enhance cooperation between the parties in the areas of Public Financial Management (PFM), Fiscal…
Read more
As this year’s National Decentralization Conference comes to an end, the Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) is honored to have delivered remarks on unlocking sustainable local economic development through devolution. The Executive Director of CSPR Faides TembaTemba noted that, the 2024 National Decentralization Conference has provided all stakeholders with the opportunity to leverage on…
Read more
The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has concluded a Four-day training on the MicroZAMOD for the to Economic Simulation Model. The overall objective of the training was to capacitate members of the Social Protection Advocacy Coalition (SPAC) for improved and strengthened advocacy in the social protection sector. Guest trainers include the Zambia Institute for…
Read more
On invitation by the Cabinet Office of the Republic of Zambia, and as part of the Local Government Decentralization Association, the Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) is attending the ongoing 2024 National Decentralization Conference in Lusaka. The conference is hosted under the theme, “Unlocking Sustainable Local Economic Development through Devolution.” The conference comes at…
Read more
CSPR Southern Province in partnership with the Joint Country Program of the Norwegian Church Aid and the Danish Church Aid (JCP) conducted capacity training for savings groups in Monze district. The capacity support was attended by 30 women from 10 saving Groups of Nabukuyu Community.The training was facilitated by Mr. Gupira Munenga of Monze Town…
Read more
The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has continued to capacitate members of the Social Protection Advocacy Coalition (SPAC) on the MicroZAMOD Economic Simulation Model for strengthened advocacy in the sector. Day Two (2) and Three (3) focused on the development of a roadmap to address policy questions, New policies in MicroZAMOD, MicroZAMOD extensions among…
Read more
