Project profile — Enhancing Development and Governance

• Ethiopia (100.00%)

• Public sector policy and administrative management:
Public sector policy and administrative management (15110) (30.00%)
Democratic participation and civil society (15150) (30.00%)
• Agriculture: Agricultural development (31120) (20.00%)
• Developmental Food Aid/Food Security Assistance: Food aid/food security programs (52010) (20.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (significant objective)

The Enhancing Development and Governance project is designed to strengthen the knowledge and capacity for poverty reduction and sustainable development in Ethiopia, particularly in the areas of food security, agriculture, and democratic governance. The project finances a range of activities including analysis and research, policy dialogue, technical assistance, training, knowledge building and sharing, donor collaboration, and documentation of lessons learned. The project also supports small, strategic initiatives in the area of democratic governance, such as promoting an Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism through support to the Ethiopian Arbitration and Conciliation Centre, and providing technical assistance to the Ethiopian House of Federations.

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Results achieved as of the end of the project (July 2012) include: strengthened knowledge, capacity and analysis of development priorities in Ethiopia through research, technical assistance, training and programme development activities. Examples of results include: 1) Strengthening the MA and PhD programs at the Institute of Federal Studies at Addis Ababa University through curriculum development, teaching, English language training, and library support, installation of internet at new computer labs, and translation and printing of 5,000 copies of “Federalism and Introduction”; 2) Provision of greater capacity to the Financial Intelligence Center through a strengthened information technology (IT) system as well as greater ability to record and analyze large flows of financial transactions through the provision of new computers, laptops and printers; 3) Supporting the Canadian Non-Governmental Organizations (CANGO), a network based in Ethiopia, which has strengthened coordination and lessons-sharing among Canadian non-governmental organizations active in Ethiopia; 4) Enabling the Civil Society Adaptation Facility II to provide capacity building support and training to over 300 Ethiopian civil society organizations (CSOs) to help them adapt to the new legislation governing CSOs in Ethiopia. This support has allowed CSOs to develop strategic plans, increase their capacity to build their constituency, manage their financial resources, and raise funds locally.

• Proactive disclosure