JeCCDO - (2018-2024) Engaging Community Structures towards local development - JeCCDO - 2918-2022 Engaging Community Structures Towards Local Development JeCCDO - (2018-2024) Engaging Community Structures towards local development Målet med insatsen är att bidra till god samhällsstyrning genom att
stärka öppenhet, ansvarstagande och deltagande på lokal nivå.

Insatsen syftar till att stärka både statliga aktörer och medborgare och dess representanter.

Båda parter ska erhålla ökad kunskap och kapacitet om metoder och former för närmare och effektivare samarbete. Insatsen syftar vidare till att skapa förutsättningar för ökad deltagande och möjlihget att påverka lokala beslut om service till medborgarna. The goal of the programme is to improve transparency, accountability and participation in order to promote good governance at local level. The programme will strengthen both duty bearers and right holders to collaborate more closely and effectively. Capacity and awareness about the value of inviting and listening to the citizens will be a priority and so will capacity building for citizens to raise their voice and participate in local planning, budgeting and decision making be. Sustained platforms for dialogue, collaboration and negotiations will also be strengthen through the programme. The objective of the intervention is to enhance participation, accountability and transparency in local development process. It's based on the premise that both government officials and citizens need to play a role in moving the development process forward. In the Ethiopian context, development is conceived to be the task/sphere of the government where citizens have no role or little role to play. Hence, the intervention seeks to bring about change in this flawed conception by building the capacity of both the demand and the supply sides; it aims at developing the skills of citizens (through their grassroots institutions) to engage in matters that affect their lives and to actively participate in all local development agenda.
At the same time, the intervention seeks at enhancing government officials' ability to listen to citizens' demands and at developing a culture of dialogue whereby openness, transparency and accountability in local governance is upheld. Furthermore, in accomplishing the above mentioned objective, the intervention aims at focusing on disadvantaged groups, particularly women and girls.
At end of the intervention, the intervention seeks to achieve the following:
-Enhanced capacity of target community structures and local governments to engage towards pro-poor and gender sensitive local development process and sustainable solution in poverty reduction.
- Inclusion, voice and capacity of disadvantaged groups (mainly women) to effectively engage in their local development agendas is promoted.
- Enhanced awareness, knowledge and commitment of the public towards the protection and improvement  of socio-cultural, and economic status of women.
-Girls' participation in leadership, civic values and school based social entrepreneurship is nurtured.
- Target community structures and local governments are enabled to jointly assess project performance and share lessons both to maximize project benefits; learning for improvements in future programming is ensured.