CO-F4D Program Facilitation & Cap Bldg. - Theory of Change:
This project falls under the thematic area  Finance for Development . Through our work Oxfam Novib and SOMO aimto achieve that more women, youth and other citizens benefit from higher quality and quantity of finance for development,an enhanced fiscal system and a sustainable and inclusive financial and corporate sector, tackling extreme inequality.
- The long-term outcomes the project aims to achieve:
Within this Theory of Change, this project in NIGER has set the following objective: ##More public resources are available for development through an increased participation of vulnerable groups in a more efficient and transparent management and fairer mobilisation of public resources at the local and national level##
- General terms the intervention strategies that will be applied:
In general terms a description of the strategies that we apply to achieve our long term outcome.
The main approach / strategy is based on Women and youth (W<(>&<)>Y) up 15 years old. Oxfam and her partners want to work particularly in favour of these two groups, equipping them with the necessary skills and tools and providing the practical and moral support, including helping them organize themselves. This partnership expect to contribute to a situation where W<(>&<)>Y can make their voices heard and responded to in the management of public financial resources at local and national levels
- List of counterparts that we work with inthe project:
   ANLC is contributing to our joint effort through :
Establishment and animation of an #Observatory of public finances#, including an information exchange system between local and national CSOs/CBOs to monitor financial flows between national and provincial and communal level
Creation and animation of dialogue spaces between local/national elected representatives and gvt officials and CPCs (every three month) including social audit sessions, citizen budgets, etc.
Organisation of « women#s tribunes » and « youth tribunes » at the communal level
Production and broadcasting of radio programmes (information and debates) on tax and budget andinequalities  issues at the national and local level
Engaging traditional and religious leaders to support the increased implication of women and youth in public decision making
Organisation of regular « tax markets » in the villages to debate tax issues and rasie awareness around taxes
Organisation of annual trips of local eleced representatives to several villages in their communes to discuss the communal budget, the taxes and public investments.
Training of local and national public officials and elected representatives on PFM issues
ROTAB is contributing to our joint effort through :
Training and support programme for CSOs and media to improve their research and advocacy (incl. campaign) skills on PFM (CRAFT), including a strong focus on gender sensitive research and advocacy
Training for CSOs, media, private sector actors and government officials on the international/regional regulatory framework related to Extractives Industries and other PFM issues.
Elaboration and implementation of a research based, gender sensitive advocacy campaign on fiscal exemptions of the Extractive Industries
Elaboration and implementation of a research based, gender sensitive advocacy campaign on better use of the revenues from the EI sector
Elab. and implementation of a research based, gender sensitive advocacy campaign on the central budget (annually), including annual citizen budget sessions
Elaboration and implementation of a research based,gender sensitive advocacy campaign on the review of the current fiscal system at the central as well as the local level