What We Do
Activity One
Promoting an enabling environment for civil society
- Technical capacity training and workshop program.
- Mentoring, project management support and grant for CSOs with great ideas for change.
- Linkage among member CSOs based on geographic and/or interest.
- Joint fund/resource mobilization for sustained members’ active engagement in social accountability activities.
Activity Two
Improving the capacity of local and grassroots CSOs
- Sign partnership MOU with relevant ministries and other state actors like parliament.
- Lobby with a potential donors/NGOs and corporations for funding social accountability initiatives.
- Establish partnership with other likeminded networks, academic/research institutions, and media.
Activity Three
Creating strong linkages, partnership and collaboration
- Facilitate interface meetings and evidence base dialogue.
- Enhance the existing GO-CSO-Community forums and establish new ones at local level.
- Advocate and lobby for citizens’ priorities to be incorporated in government plan and budget.
- Engage in policy making and exacting better accountability through high-level advice.
Activity Four
Promoting digitalization and research on social accountability
- CSO/citizen monitoring by using digitalized social accountability tools.
- Digitalization of social accountability
- Knowledge, experience sharing and adaptive learning events among member CSOs and different actors at different levels (global, regional, and national)
- Establish Community of Practice (CoP) at NaSAC level with member CSOs.
RESULTS
- Increased local voices to demand accountability and state and/or institutional responsiveness.
- The capacity of local CSOs and grassroots organizations supported and enhanced to become active participants in evidence-based policy dialogue, influencing reform processes at national, regional, and local level;
- Increased collaboration and mutual trust between civil society organizations created and opportunities for sharing strategic visions, resources, and knowledge increased;
- Improved an enabling environment for CSOs to interact at each level.
The National Social Accountability Consortium composed of 16 national local CSOs established in 29 February 2024 to implement an integrated social accountability programme, synergizing their different strengths and competencies. The majority of members of the consortium had extensive experience in implementing social accountability programs at national level in addition to integrated humanitarian and development interventions.
Head Office
Lebu Commercial, 4th Floor,
Office Number Q02
Woreda 01, H. No. New
Nifas Silk Lafto Sub City
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia