HESPI 2022-2024 Enhancing the Role of Civil Society HESPI 2022-2024 Enhancing the Role of Civil Society Bidraget faller inom det tematiska området mänskliga rättigheter, demokrati, rättsstatsprincipen och jämställdhet med strategimålet att stärka demokratin och öka respekten för mänskliga rättigheter och rättsstatsprincipen, inklusive minskad korruption.
Syftet med bidraget är att bidra till att lösa långvariga utmaningar inom ekonomisk och finansiell styrning i Etiopien, Somalia och Sydsudan, som är de tre utvalda medlemsländerna i IGAD, genom att bygga upp CSO:s förmåga att förespråka och bidra till att stärka ljud PFM och FTA.
Bidragets huvudsakliga aktiviteter är att genomföra omfattande utvärderingsstudier av civilsamhällesorganisationernas nuvarande roll när det gäller deras deltagande i budgetförvaltning och genomförande, såväl som deras effektiva förespråkande för transparens och ansvarsskyldighet, och meningsfullt engagemang i övervakning, utvärdering och extern granskning av finanspolitiken. resultat med att genomföra kunskapsspridning och valideringspolicyseminarium samt regionalpolitiskt forum som kommer att användas för att skapa medvetenhet och utbyta erfarenheter till CSOs i de tre målländerna. The contribution falls into the thematic area of human rights, democracy, the rule of law and gender equality with the strategy objective of strengthen democracy and increase respect for human rights and the rule of law, including reduced corruption.
The objective of the contribution is to contribute to resolving long standing economic and financial governance challenges of Ethiopia, Somalia, and South Sudan which are the three selected member countries of IGAD, through building the capabilities of the CSOs in advocating for and contributing to strengthening of sound PFM and FTA.
The main activities of the contribution are undertaking comprehensive assessment studies of the current role of the CSOs on their participation in budget management and execution, as well as their effective advocacy for transparency and accountability, and meaningful engagement in monitoring, evaluation and external scrutiny of fiscal outcomes with conducting knowledge dissemination and validation policy seminar as well as regional policy forum which will be used for creating awareness and sharing experience to CSOs in the three targeted countries. The principal objective of the proposed project is to contribute to resolving long standing economic and financial governance challenges in Ethiopia, Somalia, and South Sudan in the IGAD region, through building the capabilities of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in advocating for and contributing to strengthening of sound Public Finance Management (PFM) and Financial Transparency and Accountability (FTA). In this context, the planned enhancement of financial governance will focus on:


(i) strengthening the role of CSOs in budget formulation and execution through improving participatory budgeting, and providing fiscal space to engagements and advocacy of the civil society organizations and associations,


(ii) enhancing the role of CSOs in supporting the demand improved fiscal management through transparency and accountability, and


(iii) enhancing external scrutiny of fiscal operations through effective involvement of CSOs with the knowledge and capacity to pressure public officials to deliver their responsibilities with integrity.


The key activities of the project are conducting comprehensive assessment studies, validation policy seminar and regional policy forum to build the capacity of CSOs on sound PFM and FTA in the three selected IGAD member countries.


HESPIs interventions will be oriented to holistic system transformation and behavioral change, instead of just technical improvements in financial accounts.