Mid-Term Review of the AGIR Programme - Sida

A N N E X 3 – I N C E P T I O N R E P O R T
A brief discussion of the role of each of these partners follows:
IBIS
IBIS is a Danish non-governmental organisation that works at global, national and
local levels for the empowerment of civil society and underprivileged communities.
IBIS (earlier WUS) has been active within Mozambique, and started before independence.
During the war and through independence, their focus was on capacity
building of government institutions. This gradually changed after independence with
a shift to an emphasis on civil society.
The work of IBIS focuses on equal access to education, influence and resources. Currently,
IBIS Mozambique has three thematic programsme: Constructing Citizenship
in Mozambique, Participative Quality Education for Community Development and
Access to Information. Prominent areas in IBIS’s thematic programme implemented
within the AGIR framework on Access to Information are to improve access to information
and to ensure freedom of expression in Mozambique.
Oxfam Novib
Oxfam Novib began as Novib in 1956, the first politically independent and nonreligious
development organisation in the Netherlands, having merged with Oxfam in
1993. Different national branches of Oxfam have been in Mozambique since
independence, working with poor and disadvantaged groups including women and
smallholder farmers. It operates with a community- and rights-based approach to
development. Throughout the years Oxfam national branches have covered a broad
range of development needs through the strengthening of community organisations
and support networks. This work has included disaster preparedness, responding to
emergencies, developing sustainable food production and livelihoods, supporting
partners and communities to become more actively involved in influencing key government
decisions that impact on the community, HIV/AIDS awareness, raising
awareness of domestic violence, educating women about their rights and improving
women’s leadership and participation in decision making.
The Oxfam group has recently reorganised and all national affiliates are now working
on the basis of a unified strategy covering emergency response, long-term
development programming and campaigning and a unified approach to the strategic
management of country programmes. In each of the 99 countries where Oxfam
currently works, one affiliate is taking the lead. As part of this process, Oxfam Novib
has recently become the lead affiliate in Mozambique.
Diakonia
Diakonia is a Christian development organisation working together with local partners
promoting sustainable change for the marginalised and vulnerable people. In
Mozambique, Diakonia works through organisations, forums/platforms and networks
of national outreach and is present in 11 provinces of the country through delegations,
membership (of networks) and/or focal points. Diakonia’s programme in Mozambique
focuses on four substantive thematic areas: Participation and social accountability;
legal accountability and the rule of law and respect for human rights; political
accountability in a multiparty democracy system; and capacity building of civil society.
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