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PADet is a well-established indigenous organization that has been serving vulnerable communities across Ethiopia since 1998. With over 200 projects delivered, PADet has built deep grassroots relationships and expertise. Its vision and mission reflect a steadfast commitment to transformative social change through integrated community-led programs in livelihood promotion, gender equality and women empowerment, peace building, reproductive health, Good Governance & Social Accountability, women and child protection, better migration management, Inclusiveness, Resilience to Climate Change, Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus, Collaboration, Learning, and Adaptation (CLA) and etc. Currently, the organization has several programs in Oromia, Amhara, Addis Ababa, and Afar regions.  Headquartered in Addis Ababa, PADet runs 9 regional coordination office.

PADet envisions a transformed society where children, youth and women are living dignified and secured lives. And its Mission is Empower children, youth, and women in their effort to improve their wellbeing through the delivery of inclusive, integrated, sustainable, and quality programs on child development & safeguarding, sexual reproductive health, prevention of HIV/AIDS, gender equality & women empowerment, sustainable food systems and livelihoods promotion.

PADet’s leadership fosters a culture anchored in its core values of integrity, transparency, and impartiality. The organization has invested in its staff’s professional development and adopted ethical, accountable practices to build credibility. By promoting collaboration and participatory decision-making, PADet has nurtured a shared sense of purpose across diverse locations. Its motivated team feels a deep connection to its mission of uplifting vulnerable groups, the force that sustains PADet’s transformative journey. PADet’s outstanding achievements are the product of the dedication of all employees, from the top to the lowest levels.

PADet is one of the Ethiopian resident charities that served as the lead and sub-partner for the Ethiopian Social Accountability Program’s first, second, third, and bridging phases, which were funded by a World Bank-managed multi-donor trust fund. The project’s overall goal was to improve good governance and development effectiveness by encouraging genuine citizen participation, transparency, downward accountability, and responsiveness in public policymaking, public budgeting, and public service delivery at the regional and local levels in the health, agriculture, education, water supply, and sanitation sectors. PADet has used all available SA instruments to enhance the performance of public services in the water, health, education, and agricultural sectors. Between 2008 and 2024, this project was executed in a variety of regions.   Wuchale, Degem, and Jida woredas in the North Showa Zone, and Gimbi Town in the West Wolega Zone of Oromia Region, Afar Region in 14 woredas, Addis Abaa City Administration, Addis Ketema, Kolfe Keraniyo, Lideta, and Chirkos sub-cities. Aside from that, PADet has implemented Promoting Family Planning (FP) and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) through social accountability activities in Ambasel, Amhara Sayint, Kelala, and Jama woreda in South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region with NP.

Partnership

In the former Ethiopian Social Accountability Program (ESAP 1), PADet had implemented the project in partnership with Oromia Development Association (ODA) and applied the Community Score Card tool. The tool was successfully used to gather citizens’ feedback on public services such as water, hygiene and sanitation, agriculture, and health.

ESAP 2 continued with the Phase 1 tools and introduces implementing partners to complimentary tools that could be applied in conjunction with the Phase 1 tools in the Ethiopian context. Additionally, in partnership with Safe Your Generation Ethiopia, PADet used community score cards for Wuchale, Degem and Jida woredas and citizen report cards in Addis Ababa city administration for community scorecards.

PADet also had implemented Ethiopian Social Accountability Program2 Bridging phase in partnership with Cheshire Foundation Action for Inclusion; its general objective is to consolidate and deepen SA in all ESAP2 Participating woredas.

PADet also has also implemented Ethiopian Social Accountability Program 3 as lead partner in 14 woredas of Afar Region in partnership with Redeem the generation, Berhan Lehitsanati and Voice of Wilderness Development organization.

Besides to these, we have also partnered with CCRDA as sub partner to implement the ESAP3 program in kolfe keraniyo and Addis ketema sub cities.

Notable achievements of the project

The project has made substantial changes in service quality and accessibility and significant improvements in the behaviour and attitude of both service providers and service users. The project has put high emphasis on including vulnerable groups like women. Women’s representations in various forums like training programs and SACs were adequate. Project activities are making a positive life-changing contribution. Evidence suggests that the project has progressed towards intended objectives and outcomes.

Most of the population, in general, is satisfied with the performance and achievements of the project. The social accountability project has improved the quality of water, health, and agriculture services.

The project has been responsive to the community’s needs and aligned with government policies, strategies, and programs. The project has also been consistent with the government’s five-year Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) and the Millennium Development Goals.  Government key persons believe that the project has been complementing the efforts being done by the Government to promote good governance, accountability, and transparency.

The SA project has increased service providers’ responsiveness to service users’ demands, empowered them to claim their rights, and held service providers accountable for their poor performances.

The project’s design that chose strategies to address service providers and users has been highly influential in cultivating the desired change. The process of the task of working with and through partners is an effective tool for engaging communities and local government for change. Working with local partner CSOs and local government has proved ideal for engaging communities and is cost-effective.

The project target groups (women, youth, PLWHA, people with disabilities) have organized themselves and engaged in meaningful activities to change the behaviours of service providers and improve service quality and accessibility that have positive impacts on their livelihoods. Woreda councils have committed to increasing the budget for service improvements in the targeting sectors. Such participation and commitment by the local governments hold much potential for sustaining the achieved project benefits.

The project has put high emphasis to include vulnerable groups like women, PLWHAs, persons with disability, the youth and the elderly. One of the main lessons learnt from the execution of SA project is that bringing service users and service providers together, preparing action plans jointly and reviewing the action plans on regular basis made service users empowered and service providers responsive to the demands of service users.

Review progress in implementing the SA-FTA linkages action plan scale-up implementation and initiate linkages with the Grievances Redress Mechanism (GRM) and Public Financial Management (PFM). They influence the planning, budgeting, and implementation cycles by directly collaborating with and supporting woredas administrations and councils.

SA kept in the local government Agenda through information, education, communication campaigns and awareness-raising. And enable government to make informed decisions

In general, the service provisions in the intervention areas in the agriculture, health and water and sanitation sectors witnessed significant improvements in quality and accessibility. And found that the project was relevant to the needs and priorities of the target groups and responsive to government policies and strategies related to good governance and the protection of essential services. It has also been confirmed that the project has been less costly and effective in delivering the desired outputs. Promising trends have also been observed in sustaining what has been gained from the SA project.