Mid-Term Review of the AGIR Programme - Sida
Mid-Term Review of the AGIR Programme - Sida
Mid-Term Review of the AGIR Programme - Sida
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1 I N T R O D U C T I O N<br />
aftermath. Second, from a donor perspective, projects that provide a ‘value for money’<br />
and <strong>the</strong> potential for outreach and impact are not as easily found in Tete due to its<br />
peripheral location to <strong>the</strong> rest <strong>of</strong> Mozambique – a location <strong>of</strong>ten seen as geographically<br />
unfavourable. In contrast, Nampula’s central localisation, high population and easy<br />
linkages to neighbouring nor<strong>the</strong>rn provinces are seen as more favourable.<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r sociocultural and political factors that can be taken as indicators demonstrating<br />
<strong>the</strong> weakness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> local civil society in Tete include:<br />
The <strong>the</strong>matic composition <strong>of</strong> civil society organisations is less diversified<br />
than, for example, Nampula leaving gaps in <strong>the</strong>matic issue coverage;<br />
Fewer national level CSOs have branches or well established partnerships<br />
with organisations in Tete than in Nampula, and <strong>of</strong>ten negatively impact local<br />
funding and capacity development;<br />
Oftentimes a number <strong>of</strong> organisations can share <strong>the</strong> same leadership in Tete,<br />
which is possibly an indication <strong>of</strong> a limited qualified leadership recruitment<br />
base.<br />
The selection <strong>of</strong> local <strong>AGIR</strong> partners was to provide examples and document <strong>the</strong> effectiveness<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> programme at <strong>the</strong> local level through three different types <strong>of</strong> direct<br />
and indirect partners:<br />
i) Direct <strong>AGIR</strong> partnership illustrated through direct contract between AAAJC<br />
(Para-legal support and community development organisation in Tete) and<br />
SCC/<strong>AGIR</strong>;<br />
ii) Indirect delegation based partnership, illustrated through <strong>the</strong> Provincial Election<br />
Observatory which is a delegation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> national Election Observatory a<br />
partner <strong>of</strong> Diakonia/<strong>AGIR</strong>; and<br />
iii) Indirect partnership with <strong>the</strong> provincial female network NAFET (Women’s<br />
Network in Tete) that is a local partner <strong>of</strong> Forum Mulher, which is a partner <strong>of</strong><br />
Oxfam/<strong>AGIR</strong>.<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r organisations and/or institutions were contacted in Tete with <strong>the</strong> purpose <strong>of</strong><br />
collecting supporting documentation <strong>of</strong> local CSO networks and governance monitoring<br />
relating to <strong>the</strong> Provincial Development Observatory. To this end, <strong>the</strong> Provincial<br />
NGO Forum, FORPRONGT and <strong>the</strong> government secretariat <strong>of</strong> Provincial Development<br />
Observatory were interviewed. The local member <strong>of</strong> SCC’s external partner<br />
monitoring mechanism ‘Lareira Critica’ was interviewed in order to document <strong>the</strong><br />
nature <strong>of</strong> this function.<br />
External Voices: The role <strong>of</strong> civil society in Mozambique and <strong>the</strong> position <strong>of</strong> CSOs<br />
within civil society have been recognised by many international donor agencies as<br />
being critical to <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> country. Many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se international donors<br />
support projects or programmes that, in one form or ano<strong>the</strong>r, strive to achieve results<br />
similar to those <strong>of</strong> <strong>AGIR</strong>. In an effort to gauge <strong>the</strong> depth <strong>of</strong> understanding, interest in<br />
and opinion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se external voices about <strong>AGIR</strong>, <strong>the</strong> mid-term review team undertook<br />
a series <strong>of</strong> interviews with representatives from a range <strong>of</strong> donor organisations.<br />
These external voices are important, both in terms <strong>of</strong> current perceptions <strong>of</strong> <strong>AGIR</strong> as<br />
well as to fur<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> discussion on this important area <strong>of</strong> development.<br />
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