TGNP MTANDAO CORE SUPPORT 2016-2019 TGNP MTANDAO CORE SUPPORT 2016-2019 - TGNP MTANDAO EXTERNAL EVALUATION TGNP Mtandao formerly the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme was formed in 1993. TGNP Mtandao has been identified as a partner who will contribute significantly to the achievement of results in gender equality in the Results strategy for Sweden’s international development cooperation in Tanzania 2013–2019.Since its inception, the organisation has strived to become a major voice for womens rights, gender equality/equity  and social justice in Tanzania and beyond. The focus of the intervention during 2016 - 2019 will be on improving citizens participation  especially women in decision making systems at both local and national levels. This will be achieved through:
1) Pursuing strategic interventions aimed at strengthening citizens voice in demanding for accountability from the government in provision of social services.
2) Building skills and capacities of grassroots animators to sustain their livelihoods while undertaking advocacy campaigns on issues affecting women and marginalised people in their communities. 
3) Capacity strengthening programme for women elected in various leadership positions
4) Mainstreaming women issues into National Policies and Budgets

TGNP seeks to build a vibrant transformative feminist movement that would contribute towards social and gender equality and women empowerment in Tanzania. The organisation has strong focus both at grassroots, national level and beyond; at grassroots TGNP facilitates strengthening of the transformative feminist movement through collective organising and actions in demanding for government accountability in improving the provision of social services and livelihoods; while at national level and beyond TGNP works with likeminded coalitions, networks and organisations in policy engagement to influence for gender responsive policies, budgets and programmes. 

In 2015, a midterm review of current TGNP Strategic Plan highlighted the need to extend the Strategic Plan for an additional two years (2018- 2019) in order to build on the realities of the developments in the Global arena, with the advent of the Sustainable Development Goals which demand that development actors shape their priorities in line with the SDPs goals. The relevance of TGNP is particularly linked to goal 5 which focuses on achieving gender equality and empowement of women and Girls and goals 2, 3, 4 and 6 which prioritise agriculture, health, education, and water. These goals provide an opportunity for the development actors such as TGNP to be innovative and maximise delivery of results and impact. TGNP Mtandao, tidigare känd som the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme, grundandes 1993. TGNP Mtandao har identifierats som en partner med potential att aktivt bidra till att resultat som rör jämlikhet i resultatstrategin för svenskt utvecklingssamarbete i Tanzania 2013-2019. Organisationen har sedan grundandet strävat efter att bli en framträdande röst för kvinnors rättigheter, jämlikhet och social rättvisa i Tanzania. Insatsens fokus under 2016-2019 kommer vara att förbättra medborgerligt delatagandet, särskilt för kvinnor, inom beslutsfattande processer på både nationell och lokal nivå. Detta kommer att uppnås genom:
1)Strategiska insatser i syfte att stärka folkets röst så att ansvar kan utkrävas av regeringen för hur sociala tjänster tillhandahålls.
2)Kapacitetstärkande program för ledare i byadministrationer med syfte att de ska kunna ha en inkomst samtidigt som de arbetar i sina byar för kvinnors och utsatta gruppers rättigheter.
3)Kapacitetsstärkande program för kvinnor i ledarroller runt om i landet.
4)Påverkansarbete för att kvinnors perspektiv ska influera nationella policys och budgetar.
TGNP vill bygga en tranformativ feministisk rörelse som bidrar till jämlikhet, social rättvisa och kvinnligt självförverkligande i Tanzania. Organisationen arbetar på lokal såväl som på nationell nivå. På lokal nivå stärker TGNP den feministiska rörelsen genom att organisera och koordinera ansvarsutkrävande av regeringen när det handlar om sociala tjänster, och på nationell nivå samarbetar TGNP med liknande rörelser, nätverk och organisationer för att påverka politiskt i linje med sina mål.
I 2015 års halvtidsutvärdering av TGNP:s strategiska plan belystes vikten av att förlänga planen i två år för att kunna bygga på utvecklingen efter lanseringen av FNs hållbara utvecklingsmål som kräver att utvecklingsaktörers målsättningar är i linje med utvecklingsmålen. Särskilt relevant för TGNP är utvecklingsmål 5 som fokuserar på jämlikhet och kvinnligt självförverkligande. Även mål 2, 3, 4 och 6 berör TGNP då de fokuserar på jordbruk, hälsa, utbildning och sanitetsfrågor. Utvecklingsmålen innebär tillfälle för utvecklingsaktörer, såsom TGNP, att maximera resultat och påverkan genom innovativa lösningar. Since the signing of the core support in 2016, the TGNP Mtandao has drafted a new strategic plan for 2021-2025. Although the outcomes have to some extent been altered the overarching mission of TGNP remains the same:
“ To build a vibrant transformative feminist movement that contributes to the struggles against patriarchy and neo liberalism for social and gender equality and women empowerment in Tanzania and beyond.”
The current strategic plan for 2021-2025 focuses on the following four core outcomes:
Outcome areas 1: Increased generation and use of reliable transformative feminism knowledge among civil society actors and particularly women rights organizations for evidence-based advocacy, collective organizing for enhanced movement building and public policy influencing.
Outcome areas 2: Strengthened transformative feminism and gender analytical capacity, ideological clarity of women movement constituencies that effectively demand inclusiveness, agency in participation, voice, ownership, and promotion of accountability at the local and national levels.
Outcome areas 3: Expanded and strengthened spaces and platforms for advancing transformative feminism, gender equality and women’s rights and empowerment.
Outcome areas 4: Enhanced institutional and organizational capacity for further promotion of growth, sustainability and health organization for increased efficiency.
These outcomes are expected to contribute to the overall goal which is “to contribute towards deepening and enhancing ideological clarity on Transformative Feminist agenda for advancing social, gender equality, women empowerment, and movement building.”
The organisations main strategies include analysis and research; especially participatory action research; Communication and information; capacity building; engagement with policy and budget formulation, building and strengthening networks and coalitions with likeminded organisations for collective voices on women rights and social justice, implementation and monitoring process (with a focus on key sectoral policies as they link with macroeconomic policy frameworks).