1st global training under the Capacity for Research and Advocacy for Fair Taxation (CRAFT),30th October to 2nd November 2012, Nairobi, Kenya.
The CRAFT project seeks to enhance the technical and
advocacy capacity of targeted civil society organizations in order to enable
them to bring about an agenda for change and mobilize public pressure for tax
justice.
The
specific objectives of the 1st training
ü To
provide basic insights on how taxation works;
ü To
enable participants to analyze the tax system of a selected country, propose
change and stage action.
The training will be based on CRAFT training modules 1 and 2 and will cover the following topics:
From module 1:
ü A definition of the concept of taxation and how it relates to State
development;
ü An analysis of the role of
taxation in developing economies;
ü An explanation of the different types of taxes;
ü Definition of key terms used in taxation.
From module 2:
ü
A thorough discussion of key concepts in the tax
justice campaign such as tax avoidance, tax evasion, illicit financial flows,
secrecy jurisdictions/tax havens, corruption tax competition and tax
expenditure;
ü
A discussion on the national tax architecture
(using a specific country as example e.g. Uganda) and an analysis of the former
with regard to the global financial architecture;
ü
An introduction to power analysis tools and
institutional change methods with regard to the specific national context;
ü
Concrete case studies of the issues mentioned above
will be shared and discussed.
Trainers will
be drawn from various institutions working on taxation and specifically
involved in the tax justice campaign such as: TJN-A, other regional or national
chapters of TJN, the Tax Justice International secretariat, Action Aid and Afrodad.
Trainees will
be representatives of the country lead partners for the CRAFT project and any
other relevant civil society organization involved in the tax justice campaign.
Note: The
film ‘We are not broke’ will be screened during one of the evenings to the
training (e.g. day 2) for participants to the training. WE’RE NOT BROKE tells the story of U.S.
corporations dodging billions in income tax and how seven fed-up Americans take
their frustration to the streets … and vow to make the corporations pay their
fair share.
Capacity for Research and Advocacy for Fair Taxation (CRAFT) is a project of Oxfam Novib and TJN-A. In this project, Oxfam Novib (ON), Tax Justice Network-Africa (TJN-A) and its partners mobilize civil society forces in several countries in Africa, Middle East and Asia (Uganda, Mali, Senegal, Nigeria, Egypt and Bangladesh) on tax justice, with a view to achieve accountable, fair and pro-poor tax systems. This is supported by Third World Network Africa (TWN-A), which gives expertise in the area of mining and taxation. The International Budget Partnership (IBP) and Tax Justice Network-International Secretariat (TJN-IS) are also associated with CRAFT.
