Mid-Term Review of the AGIR Programme - Sida

1 Introduction
This mid-term review report of the ‘Action Programme for Inclusive and Responsible
Governance’ (AGIR) programme in Mozambique was carried out from August 2012
to its completion at the end of October 2012 by a three-member review team fielded
by Indevelop. A presentation of the preliminary findings was made on October 24 th ,
2012 to AGIR intermediaries and AGIR CSO partners. Subsequent to this presentation,
the review team was provided with the just-completed 2012 semi-annual report,
written and submitted jointly by AGIR intermediary organisations.
The report will begin with a brief background to AGIR and the methodology used to
undertake the review. This is a formative review as it focuses on the first two years
of a multi-year (five) programme and as such, will discuss the ‘progress to date’ of
the programme under the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, sustainability and impact
(or progress towards intended impacts). The review will end with a summary of
key observations and recommendations.
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE AG IR PROGRAMME
AGIR has a duration of five years, beginning in 2010 and ending in 2014. Sweden is
the only core donor, with Denmark and the Netherlands also providing support to
participating INGOs. The programme works with both national partners and with
organisations in the provinces. In an effort to strengthen civil society and civil society
organisations within Mozambique, the Swedish Embassy initiated the AGIR programme
in 2010. The objective of AGIR is to:
support Mozambican civil society organisations, strengthening their capacity
for and impact on improving transparency, accountability, citizen’s participation,
access to information, respect for human rights, and gender equality. 8
In line with the Paris Declaration and the Accra Agenda for Action, AGIR is structured
to provide “good donor-ship” through support given for CSO ‘core funding’
that is aligned with the “strategic direction of the organisation” and to support and
facilitate linkages and knowledge sharing between Mozambican CSOs. 9 The main
support modality for this capacity strengthening of CSOs is to “work through a lim-
8 Strengthening Civil Society – Enhancing Democratic Governance, p.1, 2010. Sida.
9 Strengthening Civil Society – Enhancing Democratic Governance, p.5, 2010. Sida.
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