Mid-Term Review of the AGIR Programme - Sida

2 F I N D I N G S
Accountability of the government in finances and planning and
Reduction of discrimination and respect of human rights.
Competent partner organisations with the capacity to produce change have been identified
for closing wider gaps under immediate objectives two and three relating to:
Monitoring of basic services (e.g. health and education) at the community level
Strengthening of the demand side of gender promotion and female leadership
Examples of progress towards outcomes under the sub-programme of Oxfam are:
Debate on rights of sexual minorities bringing evidence of continued violation
of these rights in Mozambique in those cases where the government has silently
refused to register the association. This activity contributes to outcomes
under objective four, concerning the reduction of discrimination and respect
of human rights.
Capacity development of the Centers of Attendance of Women and Children,
including police officers, has resulted in an improved quality of attendance to
victims of violence and improved articulation of violence cases with health
and legal authorities. This has led to a MoU signed between WLSA and Ministry
of Interior contributing to outcomes under objective two.
AGIR partners Akilizetho and Facilidade in Nampula lead the ‘Nampula governance
group’ and have contributed to a major initiative for renewal and the
representativeness of Local Consultative Councils. This has resulted in improved
representativeness of Local Consultative Councils, important for citizens
and CBOs to be able to influence planning and development in rural areas
where election democracy has not yet been introduced.
Oxfam partners have actively participated in advocacy for the approval of the
anti-corruption package bill submitted to the parliament and have contributed
to the approval of the Revision of the Public Prosecutor Law, and the law for
the protection of witnesses and denouncers. Access to public information and
accountability was improved with the intensification and consolidation of the
process of district budget monitoring that contributes to better access to information
about public expenditures and political accountability, since it has
been reported that members of parliament have used these reports in the performance
of their executive oversight role.
Oxfam supported the participation of a group of NGOs in the Busan Conference
on Aid Effectiveness and the subsequent creation of the Aid Effectiveness
Forum, a government partner, to monitor the implementation of recommendations
in the country. The national focal point is GMD, with Magariro
and Estamos being the central and northern regional focal points, respectively.
This is expected to improve knowledge and accountability about aid effectiveness
in the country.
Through AGIR, GMD has led a considerable revitalisation of the network of
partners at the local level, which were very important in the collecting of evidence
for the Civil Society report presented in the National Development Observatory.
The quality of evidence has called attention to the poor quality of
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