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Introduction:
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Part of the third phase of
AMAN's core program "Promoting integrity, transparency and
accountability in the Palestinian society" consists in the
allocation of funds to Palestinian NGOs working in the OPT.
These funds were made available through AMAN's core fund, which
is provided by the governments of Norway and the Netherlands.
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This
program is the first of its kind for the AMAN Coalition. It aims at
encouraging Palestinian NGOs to adopt initiatives and activities in the
area of good governance and the fight against corruption and strives to
promote the values of integrity, transparency and accountability in the
Palestinian society. In addition to this, the program focuses on the
promotion and dissemination of a culture of non-tolerance towards
corruption. AMAN was initially entrusted this grant based on its
commitment to these rules as essential components of good governance
since its establishment in 2000 precisely in the purpose of working
towards a national integrity system in Palestine.
Outsourcing
program Description:
In order to raise the capacity of civil society organizations (in
particular NGOs) to act as watchdogs on the public sector, AMAN has
planned to outsource part of its program fund to encourage NGOs to
submit proposals on themes handling methods to
minimize the impact of corruption on
marginalized groups and organizing awareness-raising campaigns about
the various forms
of corruption and its impact on the Palestinian Society.
The notion behind the outsourcing strategy is to stimulate local partners
and channel them in the direction of AMAN’s mission,
in hopes of encouraging
them to incorporate anti-corruption activities in their programs and
mandates. This will
enhance the capacity of these organizations and spread the
anti-corruption culture and practices amongst the Palestinian people,
which is AMAN's main goal.
Outsourcing will serve AMAN’s new approach that will be adopted and
followed during this phase; it will release part of the load pertaining
to awareness raising activities and channel it to partner organizations.
Thus, AMAN’s role will move to a higher level of monitoring and
directing of the overall process. Throughout this process, AMAN will
focus on building the capacity of the NGOs in the direction of
accountability and transparency as well as pressuring the PNA and public
institutions to be more responsive to transparency and accountability
through the implementation of relevant legislations, policies and
bylaws.
Local partners will be selected to implement the outsourced activities.
Such partnerships
are scheduled to take place throughout 2009 and
estimated to start in late
March and the beginning of April 2009, and
will last for a period of eight months. Financial and technical reports will
be submitted to AMAN, as will be agreed in the joint contracts. AMAN’s
team will assume the responsibility of monitoring and evaluating the
implemented activities.
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