NDI 2020-2024 Citizen Engagement for Local Government Accountability NDI 2020-2024 Citizen Engagement for Local Government Accountability NDI har ansökt hos Sida om finansiering med 3 miljoner USD (26.2 miljoner SEK) för att genomföra programmet '' Citizen Engagement for Local Government Accountability '' i Mali under perioden 2020-2023, huvudsakligen i regionerna Mopti och Sikasso. 

Det specifika målet med det föreslagna programmet är att: Lokala myndigheter ska bli mer lyhörda och ansvarstagande gentemot medborgarna. Två specifika resultat förväntas: 1. Medborgarna organiserar och vidtar åtgärder för att söka ansvar från lokala myndigheter 2. Lokala myndigheter ska aktivt inbjuda till medborgardialog vid beslut samt svara upp mot medborgarnas krav. NDI kommer att genomföra denna insats tillsammans med lokala civilsamhällsorganisationer.

Insatsens totala budget är 26 829 090 SEK, varav organisationens egen finansiering är cirka 26.2 miljoner SEK (3 miljoner USD). Ett belopp om 600 000 SEK kommer att innehållas av Sida för att genomföra en slutlig extern utvärdering. NDI has applied to Sida for funding 3 Million USD (26.2 Million SEK) to carry out the program ‘’Citizen Engagement for Local Government Accountability’’ in Mali during the period 2020-2023, particularly in the regions of Mopti and Sikasso. 

The specific objective of the proposed program is that: Local governments become more responsive and accountable to citizens. Two specific results are expected: 1. Citizens organize and take action to seek accountability from local government 2. Local officials actively seek citizen input on decisions and respond to citizen concerns. NDI will implement this intervention together with local civil society organizations.

The intervention’s total budget is 26, 829, 090 SEK, out of which the organization’s own funding is approximately 26.2 million SEK (3 million USD) and 600 000 SEK will be retained by Sida for a final external evaluation. Proposed by NDI for three years (2020-2023), the overarching goal of the three-year program is to enhance citizen engagement, and expectations of accountability based on experience, that would renew citizens’ confidence in Mali’s local level institutions. The specific objective  of this intervention is the following: Local governments become more responsive and accountable to citizens. It ambitions to promote citizens’ involvement and participation in local affairs while elected officials would be equipped to provide better services and response to citizens’ demands. The program will intervene in the regions of Mopti and Sikasso, specifically in eight (08) communes. By the end of the intervention, the following results are expected:1. Citizens organize and take action to seek accountability from local government As outputs, NDI will work to make CSOs gain community organizing capacities, actively engage local governments and monitor local government actions and political processes. 2. Local officials actively seek citizen input on decisions and respond to citizen concernsAs outputs, NDI will work to get Local officials understand their roles and responsibilities, and those of citizens, in governance, development and political processes, and gain skills and capacities needed to deliver services more effectively