Tom Zanol

Tom Zanol

by | Jan 13, 2011

Tom Zanol has primary responsibility for coordinating IBP’s compliance with the contractual terms of donor grants received, and for managing the administrative processes for IBP’s grant-making to international partners, as well as for IBP’s contracting with external consultants and researchers.  He joined IBP in 2004, first as Program Coordinator for the Civil Society Budget Initiative (CSBI), and subsequently for the Partnership Initiative (PI); two successive IBP initiatives that provided financial and technical assistance to build the capacity of civil society organizations to engage in applied budget work in low-income countries around the world. Previously, he spent several years in the Legislative Affairs Department of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), supporting policy and advocacy initiatives to benefit low-income populations in the United States.

Albert van Zyl

Albert van Zyl

by | Jan 13, 2011

Albert van Zyl is the International Budget Partnership’s (IBP) South Africa Country Manager. van Zyl joined IBP in 2005 from South Africa where he established and managed the macroeconomic analysis and budget offices in the Western Cape Treasury. Before that he worked at the Budget Information Service (BIS) at the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (Idasa) and directed it from 2000-2002. Most recently he worked as IBP’s Director of Strategy and Learning. Van Zyl holds MA degrees in Politics, Philosophy, and Economy from the Universities of Stellenbosch and Bordeaux, France. He has been published on a range of public finance issues including CSO oversight of budgets, fiscal policy, social service finance, budget transparency, and subnational finance.