Strengthened Accountability Program II: Diakonia Zambia - Diakonia Zambia Diakonia Zambia Diakonia is an international development organization made of two Swedish churches. The head office is located in Sweden. In Zambia, Diakonia works to increase Rights Holders (RHs) understanding of their role in political, social and economic development processes, the importance of achieving gender equality and increasing women’s participation. 

Over the past years, Diakonia has been implementing their SAP-I programme (supported by the Embassy of Sweden) aimed to ensure that Right Holders (RHs) have increased access to resources through engagement with corporate and public sectors. Diakonia now proposes to implement  the SAP-Phase II (SAP-II) based on the achievements, lessons learned, best practices from the SAP-I and the current context in Zambia. Hence, Diakonia has applied to Sida for funding of SEK 41,400,000 for the period 2018-2021 to implement the SAP-II. The Embassy has also allocated a SEK1,000,000.00 for an independent end of program evaluation to be undertaken in 2021.

The SAP-II will see the expansion of the programme to new geographical areas while also scaling up coverage in additional sites in the previous targeted districts. The programme will continue to address challenges of vulnerable communities in predominantly rural areas by strengthening RHs participation in enhancing equality, transparency and accountability in national resource allocation. Diakonia´s overall goal and expected long-term change with the SAP-II is to improve quality of life of communities (especially, women, youth, the poor and most vulnerable groups) in natural resource rich, rural and peri-urban areas of Zambia. The overall programme objective is to empower RHs to hold duty bearers accountable for equitable access and distribution of national resources. Diakonia arbetar i Zambia med att stärka medborgares förståelse för deras roll i, och hur de kan bidra till, den politiska, ekonomiska och sociala utvecklingen i landet. Diakonia arbetar också för att öka förståelsen för vikten av jämställdhet och jämlikhet, samt att öka kvinnors deltagande i beslutsfattande.   

Under de senaste åren har Diakonia implementerat SAP-I programmet (finansierat av Sida), vars syfte har varit att se till att medborgare får ökad tillgång till resurser. Diakonia föreslår nu att implementera en andra fas av projektet; SAP-II. Det nya programmet kommer att bygga på lärdomar av vad som fungerade/fungerade mindre bra under SAP-I, och en uppdaterad kontextanalys av Zambia. Diakonia ansöker om finansiering från Sida till ett värde av SEK 41 400 000 för perioden 2018–2021, för att implementera SAP-II. Ambassaden har allokerat SEK 1 000 000 för att genomföra en oberoende utvärdering vid programmets slut (2021). 

SAP-II kommer att täcka ett större geografiskt område än SAP-I. Programmet kommer också att dubbla antalet samarbetspartner (från fem tio). Syftet är fortsatt att bidra till att medborgare för ökade möjligheter att påverka beslutsfattande, kräva transparens och ansvarsutkrävande, och bidra till en mer rättvis naturresursallokering. Diakonias långsiktiga mål med programmet är att förbättra livskvalitén för samhällen (framförallt för kvinnor, ungdomar, fattiga och mest utsatta) i naturresursrika områden i Zambia. Diakonia's overall goal and expected long-term change/impact with the SAP-II is to improve quality of life of communities (specifically women, youth, the poor and most vulnerable groups) in natural resource rich, rural and peri-urban areas of Zambia. This will be achieved through the empowerment of Rights Holders (men, women, youth) to hold duty bearers accountable for equitable access to and distribution of national resources. This will be implemented through ten (10) civil society organisations.
The SAP-II is also expected to lead to the following outcomes;
Program Outcome 1: Right holders (RHs), in targeted districts of Zambia are empowered to hold duty bearers accountable for equitable access and distribution of national resources (including natural resources);
Program Outcome 2: Targeted duty bearers (state institutions and corporates) are transparent and are accountable to right holders in the administration and governance of national/natural resources;
Program Outcome 3: Partner organisations have increased capacity to implement their mandates and effectively deliver rights based social, political and economic programmes.