IRMG Project Uganda - anticorruption IRMG Projekt Uganda - antikorruption “Internal Risk Management Group” (IRMG) i Uganda, som för närvarande består av 51 internationella icke-statliga organisationer (Non Government Organisations), har genom ”Mercy Corps Europe” som avtalspartner, ansökt om finansiering om 5 miljoner SEK för att implementera programmet "Internal Risk Management Group (IRMG), Uganda" under en period om 14 månader med preliminärt startdatum 1 juni 2020.

Insatsen syftar till att påverka och förbättra ansvarsutkrävande och effektivitet i INGO medlemmars program genom att:

1)Stärka organisationskultur med syfte att förebygga och motverka bedrägeri och korruption.

2)Stärka skyddsmekanismer och processer hos INGO medlemmar och hantera risker för sexuella trakasserier, utnyttjande och  missbruk.

3)Dra på lärdomar och kunskap från IRMG medlemmar till fördel för civilsamhällssektorn i Uganda för att förbättra hantering av oegentligheter, inklusive alla former av kränkningar samt för att motverka bedrägeri och korruption.

Mercy Corps och IRMG kommer att implementera insatsen tillsammans med lokala civilsamhällsorganisationer i Uganda.

Insatsens totala budget är 5 miljoner SEK varav merparten kommer att användas av Mercy Corps i Uganda där insatsen implementeras. Avtalspart är Mercy Corps Europe. The Internal Risk Management Group (IRMG) in Uganda, currently consisting of 51 International Non-Government Ogranisations (INGO), has, through Mercy Corps Europe as agreement partner, applied to Sida for funding of 5 million SEK to carry out the "Internal Risk Management Group (IRMG), Uganda" in Uganda during a period of 14 months with a preliminary start date of 1 June 2020.

The intervention aims at increasing the safety of INGO program participants and improve the overall impact, accountability and effectiveness of INGO programs in Uganda by 

1) Improve organizational culture concerning dealing with fraud and corruption 

2) Improve the safeguarding practices of INGOs and reduce the risks of SHEA and child abuse in NGO programs and 

3) Leverage lessons learned and knowledge of the IRMG to benefit the wider civil society sector in Uganda to improve on managing wrongful conduct, including safeguarding practices and the prevention of fraud and corruption.

Mercy Corps and the IRMG will implement the intervention together with the local Civil Society Organisations in Uganda.

The intervention’s total budget is 5 million SEK of which the majority of the funds will be transferred to Mercy Corps Uganda, where the contribution will be implemented. The agreement holder will however be Mercy Corps Europe. The objective of the intervention was to mitigate the risks of fraud, corruption and sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse or breaches of organisational codes of conduct by INGO and NGO staff and partners in Uganda, including local partner organisations, vendors, contractors and volunteers.

The IRMG project had three expected outcomes: 
(i) Improve organizational culture concerning dealing with fraud and corruption, through implementing the recommendations from year one assessment of best practices and gaps on fraud and corruption prevention, detection, and management; 
(ii) Improve the safeguarding practices and reduce the risks of Sexual Harassment Exploitation and Abuse (SEAH) and child abuse in NGO programs; and 
(iii) Leverage lessons learned and knowledge of the IRMG to benefit the wider civil society sector in Uganda to improve on managing wrongful conduct, including
safeguarding practices and the prevention of fraud and corruption.