Between 2016 and 2018, Isandla Institute partnered with Afesis-corplan, BESG, the Heinrich Böhl Foundation Southern Africa Office and Planact to implement the project ‘‘Accounting for basic services: Tackling the inadequate use of resources by municipalities and building a rights-based approach to service delivery’. The project focused on using budget analysis and budget expenditure monitoring as critical tools for community empowerment, advocacy and accountability, aimed at improving municipal service delivery. Isandla Institute provided overall research and learning support to the project and was responsible for distilling lessons for policy uptake, amongst others. The two-year project was funded by the European Union.