Mid-Term Review of the AGIR Programme - Sida

Executive Summary
This mid-term review report of the ‘Action Programme for Inclusive and Responsible
Governance’ (AGIR) 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, which
was written and submitted jointly by AGIR intermediary organisations.
AGIR has 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 (International Non-Governmental Organisations). 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. 1
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. 2 The main
support modality for this capacity strengthening of CSOs is to “work through a limited
number of qualified intermediary organisations within the following four clusters
of support:
i) Participation, social and legal accountability, including monitoring of respect
for human rights;
ii) Social accountability in management of natural resources and community land
rights;
iii) Transparency, financial and political accountability; and,
iv) Promotion of access to information.” 3
1 Strengthening Civil Society – Enhancing Democratic Governance, p.1, 2010. Sida.
2 Strengthening Civil Society – Enhancing Democratic Governance, p.5, 2010. Sida.
3 The Swedish Embassy’s Support to Mozambican Civil Society Organizations, p.7; 2009.
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