Disentangling government responses How do we know when?

Advocacy for public accountability aims to produce reactions from government officials or service providers. But it is not always clear to advocates how to interpret diverse government reactions and decide on next steps. This panel will share and reflect on a framework to help achieve this, which arose from the International Budget Partnership (IBP)’s Strengthening Public Accountability with Results and Knowledge (SPARK) programme. SPARK seeks to bolster the collective agency of marginalised communities and coalitions to advance democratic and equitable fiscal governance systems that channel public resources to services that address their priority needs.