Our Principles and Terms of Participation:

Public Expenditures Monitoring Platform aims to monitor the process through which the Parliament decides on the distribution of the public expenditures, to ensure transparency during this process, and to advocate increasing the share and attaining efficiency of social protection expenditures.

Public Expenditures Monitoring Platform is a joint organization that;

* is on the side of a transparent and accountable pluralistic democracy; * is independent of political parties, governments and/or the state; * embraces universal values such as the rule of law, fundamental rights and freedoms, peace, respect to differences, freedom of expression; * is committed to the culture of participation, dialogue and consensus; * respects the environment; * is against all types of discrimination; * abstains involving in the propaganda of any religious, political, ethnic view.

As for its projects on monitoring public expenditures, the Platform follows the principle of self financing through the contributions made by member organizations.

Terms of Operation

The members of the Platform gathers at least once in every year during the Public Expenditures Monitoring Camp. The results of the studies conducted during this camp, the data and information produced by the Platform, and the related suggestions are shared with the public, NGOs, parliamentarians, and the bureaucrats. Dissemination of information is realized via the media and other means of communication and/or by publishing electronic or printed material. Istanbul Bilgi University NGO Center coordinates the organization of the camp and the editing of the results obtained.

Morover, the Platform also regularly and continuously shares all the information, data and suggestions it gathers from its members during similar joint studies and activities. It can also organize activities in line with that purpose or take part in similar activities via its members.

The method of sharing the information gathered during these studies or the representation of the Platform in such activities is determined according to the procedures decided by the members in accordance with the principle of voluntarism.

The Platform essentially adopts a decentralized structure. It can organize sub-working groups within itself on subjects suitable for member NGOs, such as children, youth, disabled people, social protection, military, and the environment. In addition to the monitoring activities like Public Expenditures Monitoring Camp, these sub-working groups can also organize meetings and conduct research for monitoring public expenditures in a particular area and share their results with the public via their elected representatives.

Terms of Participation:

There are two requirements for the Platform’s membership:

* To be an NGO/organization/initiative that conducts advocacy activities in at least one of the subjects that the Platform aims monitoring public expenditures. * To have knowledge and experience about the monitoring of public spending.

For those that fulfill only the first requirement, it is obligatory to attend one of the trainings organized by Istanbul Bilgi University NGO Center twice a year –one in Istanbul and one in another city- and actively participate to the Public Expenditures Monitoring Camp that is held in every January.

Istanbul Bilgi University NGO Center provides these trainings and organizes the Public Expenditures Monitoring Camp once in every year free of charge. In case there is excess demand for these trainings, the evaluation of the applicants is made by the members of the Platform.