As part of its commitment to promoting budget transparency, accountability, and youth engagement in public education financing, the Arab Network for Civic Education (ANHRE), under the project Youth Collaborating for Open and Accountable Budgets, implemented in partnership with the International Budget Partnership (IBP) and with the support of the European Union, conducted a specialized workshop on tracking and analyzing the General Budget with a focus on the education sector.
The workshop targeted young women and men representing local civil society organizations from several governorates across Jordan. It aimed to empower youth to analyze the education budget using a rights-based and social justice approach, strengthen their capacity to understand, analyze, and track the 2026 General Budget, and support data-driven advocacy on education issues.
The training introduced participants to a participatory budget analysis tool used to examine education allocations within Jordan’s General Budget. This approach combines rights-based and financial perspectives with practical advocacy practices, enabling youth to advocate for increased and improved budget allocations and more effective public spending to ensure quality, equitable, inclusive, and fair education for all in Jordan.
A total of 20 youth participants from different governorates took part in the training. They engaged in practical discussions on public expenditure priorities, education-sector financing, and how public resources are planned, allocated, and implemented. The workshop also highlighted the role of citizens—particularly youth—across the stages of the budget cycle, including monitoring education budgets. In addition, participants were introduced to the project’s planned activities for 2026, which include contributing to community dialogues at the governorate level to assess education budgets, with a focus on inclusion and equity.
Emad Imam, Regional Coordinator of the International Budget Partnership in the Middle East and North Africa, stated that “By analyzing and tracking sectoral budgets, CSOs can help restore the social contract—organizing citizens to assess public services against allocated resources and to press for meaningful budget reforms.”
This training represents an important step toward building a generation of informed and engaged youth capable of reading budget figures and transforming them into knowledge and  advocacy action. It strengthens the meaningful civic participation of youth and prepares them to engage effectively in education financing and public policy discussions. The initiative aligns with IBP’s vision of empowering citizens to use budget information to advance transparency, strengthen accountability, participation and improve the quality of public spending.

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