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NDICI – Increased opportunities for Somali citizens’ scrutiny of fiscal and financial governance – 2023

NDICI - Increased opportunities for Somali citizens' scrutiny of fiscal and financial governance aiming at to enhance the role of Civil Society in providing external scrutiny of Somali public finances and demanding greater transparency and accountability from governmental authorities

2023-04-10
1 million euro
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Appeal framework

Institution European Commission
Sectors Citizenship & Human Rights
Beneficiaries Association & NGO Local Authority & Affiliated Entity State administration & affiliated entities
Regions Africa-Carribean-Pacific
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Actions must take place in:

  • Somali

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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

  • To enhance the role of Civil Society in providing external scrutiny of Somali public finances and demanding greater transparency and accountability from governmental authorities
  • To increase opportunities for Somali citizens’ scrutiny of fiscal and financial affairs of public interest

Priorities

  • Priority 1: monitoring and critical analysis of FGS and/or FMS annual budgets; of FGS and/or FMS quarterly budget execution reports; of the annual Financial Governance Reports (issued by the Financial Governance Committee); and of audit reports issued by the OAGS and state-level auditors
  • Priority 2: analysis and/or dissemination to the Somali citizenry of relevant legislation issued in the areas of fiscal management and financial governance, such as laws and regulations in the spheres of expenditure management, inland and external tax policy and administration, public procurement, anti-corruption etc
  • Priority 3: production and dissemination of easily accessible communication products regarding the annual budget preparation and implementation, including its linkages to the operationalisation of the National Development Plan (NDP) and other public policy documents (e.g. relevant sectoral plans, especially in social service delivery sectors). This is in order to facilitate a better understanding and scrutiny of key budgetary and policy documents by the Somali public, including a better appreciation of the role of EU budget support to the FGS (and indirectly to the FMSs) in supporting state resilience and state building in Somalia
  • Priority 4: engagement in outreach and policy dialogue activities on fiscal and financial governance issues, including evidence-based advocacy for transparent and accountable management of public resources (e.g. concerning developments in the oil & gas exploration or fisheries sectors). For instance, this can take the form of ensuring active participation in consultative fora during the annual budget cycle, as well as engaging with horizontal oversight institutions such as the OAGS and/or relevant parliamentary standing committees or with sector working groups and government commissions
  • Priority 5: to support the aforementioned activities, partnerships with local media outlets should be sought e.g. to engage with radio and television programmes), and an effective use of social media should be pursued to also potentially engage in social accountability activities in one or more social service delivery sectors
  • Priority 6: identify other possible entry points, suitable to the Somali context, for advancing demand-side accountability on fiscal and financial affairs of public interest (taking due consideration of similar initiatives that are ongoing in Somalia)
  • Priority 7: build capacity of grassroots organisations to engage in any of the above mentioned activities at the local level

Among financed actions

  • Trainings
  • Advocacy
  • Capacity building
  • Awareness raising
  • Research, monitoring

Additional information

  • This call for proposals is an open call for proposals
  • Initial duration of the action: between 24 and 36 months

Eligibility

  • Be a legal person
  • Be non-profit-making
  • Be a civil society organisation or an association of civil society organizations
  • Be established in a Member State of the European Union or as stipulated in the financial instrument NDICI-GE
  • Be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary
Financement
  • Total budget of the topic: 1 million euro
  • Amount of the grant: between 300,000  and 1 million euro
  • Co-financing rate: between 50% and 95% of the total eligible costs

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