ACCOUNTABILITY

SUPPORT TO DOWNWARD ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH NGOS

This call for proposals launched in 2008 supports actions aimed at promoting an inclusive and empowered society in Uganda and its specific objectives are:

  1. Strengthening the capacities of local communities and civil society organisations for social accountability and participatory poverty resource monitoring
  2. Strengthening downward accountability performance of local governments

These are the projects selected:

Name of Project & Objective

Partner

Total Funding

Engendering decentralised poverty resource management: Local governments in West Nile districts of Nebbi and Yumbe provide gender sensitive and equitable services to the community.
The main activities include: Building up capacity of women and local government leaders as representatives of their constituencies and ensuring effective communication of plan/ budgets to their electorates.

AFARD

€335,185

Enhancing civic competence to influence local government planning and feedback processes in Rwenzori region: To realise the PEAP pillar six by making local government structures affordable, transparent and efficient in delivery of services to the poor women and men in the Rwenzori region.
Main activities of this project are: Equip community activists with skills in collection analysis & documentation of reliable information; build capacity of stakeholders in local governments; train CSO staff ad conduct community audits in public expenditure and disseminate findings on radio.

HIVOS

€397,195

Improving delivery of local government services to vulnerable older people: To contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable development in the two districts of Kasese and Bundibugyo of the Rwenzori region of Uganda through efficient and effective service provision to the population including marginalised older people. The project's activities mainly include: Establish civic education meetings, recruit paralegal advisors and hold forums to include district coordination committees.

HELPAGE INTERNATIONAL

€260,687.68

Local government empowerment: Empowered local communities and local government structures to effectively respond to development needs within the health and education sectors in 23 sub- counties in 4 districts in the Rwenzori region. The main activities of this project include: Develop training manuals on poverty resource monitoring & tracking; train health management committee from health units and organise & facilitate village & parish review meetings.

KABAROLE RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTRE

€320,684

Strengthening pastoralists' voice in decentralised local government processes for sustainable poverty reduction: Reduce poverty, marginalisation and Human Rights violations of the pastoralists in the Rwenzori region. Main activities here include: Build capacity of 8 CBOs to promote rights of pastoralists; develop pastoral community action plan; develop skills of local government, and mainstream gender, environmental conservation, HIV/AIDS & conflict sensitive cases.

PAMOJA AFRICA REFLECT NETWORK

€357,990.38