Information Session On Election 2012 Thematic Call - November, 2011 STAR-Ghana Conference Room
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Information Session On
Election 2012 Thematic Call
November, 2011
STAR-Ghana Conference RoomObjectives • Provide guidance and information to potential applicants of the Election Call • Results STAR-Ghana is looking for • Next steps with timelines
• STAR-Ghana is essentially a funding mechanism to support civil society and Parliament. • It is currently funded by DFID, EU and DANIDA • We aim “to increase the accountability and responsiveness of government, traditional authorities and private sector to Ghanaian citizens”. • We intend to do this by increasing the influence of civil society organisations (CSOs) and Parliament in the governance of public goods and service delivery
• Apart from this Election Call, STAR-Ghana’s 5 thematic areas of focus are: – Education (Pre-Tertiary) – Rural Health – Urban Sanitation – Agric. Value Chain in the 3 Northern Regions – Oil and Gas • These areas were identified through a political economy analysis which indicated issues around which we can mobilise or build alliances of diverse stakeholders to achieve change.
STAR-Ghana’s Theory of Change • We believe that change can happen by working with diverse actors (CSOs, private sector, traditional authorities, media, parliament, etc) at all levels and linking local, community, district level actions , with national level advocacy. • We need to understand and situate our actions around the government business cycle in order to influence government to be accountable and responsive
Government Business Cycle
Policies, development Resource allocation,
plans, legislation Responsiveness
Voice budget setting
& Accountability
Budget analysis
Policy
inc. Gender
advocacy
Equality & SI
Planning processes, Scrutiny of budget /
prioritisation, policy resource allocation
formulation The
Government
Business
M&E / assessment of Cycle
service delivery and Release of funds
social & economic
impacts
Budget
monitoring
Utilisation of funds
Service delivery
/ spendWhy Election 2012 Call? • The overall goal of this initiative is to support CSOs to contribute to enhancing transparency, fairness, free and a peaceful 2012 election and a smooth transition to the next parliament. • There is a critical role for CSOs & Non-State actors to play in consolidating Ghana’s democracy by ensuring an effectively organized elections devoid of intimidation and conflicts
Who is Eligible for the Election Call 1. Any legally registered Ghanaian Civil Society Organisations (CSO)/Non-State Actor • These could include: – community based organisations – media organisations – research and policy advocacy organisations, – trade unions/labour organisations – registered CSO coalitions/networks/platforms and – private sector associations
Eligibility Criteria
2. Organizations must:
– NOT have any affiliations to any political party or politician
– have a proven track record in election/good governance related activities at least
over the past 3 years
– demonstrate a track record in managing grants, including delivering results
and timely reports
– demonstrate standards of good organisational governance
– demonstrate the necessary capacity for effective implementation of proposed
projects
– have linkages with other Civil Society Organisations at national, district and
local levels, thus leveraging existing capacities;
– show at least two previous annual statements of accounts audited by a
suitably certified person(s) or body
3. Applications must:
– fit into STAR-Ghana’s overall goal
– clearly state the results and outcomes that will be achieved from the project
– reflect Gender Equality & Social Inclusion(GESI) considerations and
demonstrate Value For Money (VFM) with realistic budgetsEligibility Criteria
4. We will NOT fund any activities/intervention
that promote any political party/politician
5. The proposed project must focus on ISSUES that:
– are tangible (relevant to peoples’ lives);
– are a matter of positive relevance to the poor,
women, children, youth, and other marginalized
groups;
– aim at enhancing transparency of activities around
the electoral cycle;
– increase the accountability and responsiveness of key
stakeholders (particularly the Electoral Commission,
the Judiciary, Police and security services and political
parties);The Election Value Chain (An application may focus on one or more areas of the value chain)
ELECTION PROCESS CONTINUUM
VOTING AND
VOTER COUNTING/ POST ULTIMATE
CAMPAIGNING TALLYING
REGISTRATION ELECTION RESULTS
OF VOTES
Eminent persons/groups to act as mediators in the event there are any conflicts between political parties pre/post elections
Conflict prevention, strengthening/
Voter education on Transition process;
especially in hotspots; engaging IGIs, including Credible elections;
registration; Monitor parliamentary
influencing manifestoes; judiciary and police; Ghana’s democracy
Efforts to ensure presidential and transition;
conflict prevention in consolidated.
people register; parliamentary debates; Post election conflicts;
hot spots;
constituency re- media coverage and Engagement with IGIs
independent
demarcation as issue reportage; and Judiciary over post-
monitoring of process
for potential conflict; campaign rhetoric; election disputes;
voting process;
Community strengthening/ engaging media reportage and Media coverage/
monitoring registration IGIs, and judiciary/ police; tallying of results. reportage;
processes Abuse of incumbency; Post election analyses;
Tracking spend for devt.; Quality of induction of
Continuance of normal new parliament
parliamentary activity up to
transition;
Women’s representationWhat Does STAR-Ghana Mean By
‘RESULTS’STAR-Ghana Results are… • OUTCOMES
STAR-Ghana Results are…
• Immediate outcomes - noticeable changes in
awareness, skills, knowledge and other capacities
necessary for social and economic production.
• Intermediate outcomes - significant changes in
institutions, practices, behaviours, technologies,
relationships and other systemic changes.
• Ultimate outcomes - the achievement of stated
goals which bring about lasting impacts on
society.
15RBM: Managing for Results
Impacts
• Long-term, widespread
Results improvement in society
Outcomes
• Intermediate effects of
outputs on clients
• Products and services
Implementation
Outputs
produced
• Tasks personnel
Activities undertake to transform
inputs to outputs
Inputs
• Financial, human, and
material resources
16 2000
Binendijk,Beneficiary Response – The ‘Miracle’!
Objectives Indicators Verification Assumptions
Goal
Purpose
Beneficiary response to project services Critical conditions
Behaviour change! for success
Outputs
Activities Inputs Costs
17STAR-Ghana’s Log Frame/Results
Framework
Objectives
Impact: Increased accountability and responsiveness of government, traditional
authorities and private enterprises in Ghana
Outcome: Increased CSO and Parliamentary influence in the governance of public
goods and services.
Output 1: Capability of grant partners to enable citizens, particularly women, children,
and excluded groups, to claim rights increased
Output 2: Grant Partner engagement in policy formulation, implementation, and
monitoring enhanced
OBJECTIVES
Output 3: Increased use of civil YEAR
society
BASELINE
Result Area1
evidence in policy
YEAR 2
and practice
YEAR 3 FINAL OUTCOME
(disaggregate (disaggregate your
your results by Quarterly Milestones Quarterly Milestones Quarterly Milestones
results by gender
Output 4: Strengthened legislative, oversight and representative functions of
gender and/or
social group as
(disaggregate your results by gender and/or
social group as appropriate)
(disaggregate your results by
gender and/or social group as
appropriate)
(disaggregate your results by
gender and/or social group as
appropriate)
and/or social group as
appropriate)
appropriate)
Parliament in relation to priority1 issues
2
identified
3 4
by1 STAR-Ghana
2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Result 1
Result 2
Result 3
18STAR-Ghana’s Results Framework
RESULTS FRAME WORK
(Please complete all sections)
Overall Expected Outcome (what you
hope to achieve by the end of this project)
Overall Baseline
(what is the existing situation by which your
overall outcome(s) can be measured or
compared)
Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Milestone 3
Result Area Target
(quarter one) (quarter two) (quarter three)
(An intermediate outcome that is critical (quarter four)
(disaggregate your results by gender (disaggregate your results by gender (disaggregate your results by gender and/or
to achieving the overall objective) (what is the cumulative result for each year)
and/or social group as appropriate) and/or social group as appropriate) social group as appropriate)
Result 1: Baseline for Result 1:
(what is the existing situation you seek to improve?):
Year 1
At the end of year 1.....
Year 2
At the end of year 2......
Year 3
At the end of year 3......Guiding Principles for Proposals • Clear distinction between the overall goal and outcomes. Your outcomes need to more targeted; • Your proposal must be clear of what will be accomplished with funding granted and how results will be accomplished (what will be different as a result of this project?) • Detail the exact result the program will achieve for a specified number of participants, within a limited period of time • The project must also define from the outset the mechanism through which the program (results/outcomes) can be assessed(E.g. As a result of this project’s training workshop, 50 youth leaders in 7 conflict prone areas will increase their ability to identify conflict triggers and be able to reduce youth involvement by 50% in outbreak of election related conflicts measured by absence of conflict during political rallies & voting)
Next Steps with Timelines
Timelines For Election Call Process
DATE ACTIVITY
Monday, Oct. 31 Advert placed in the National Dailies for online EOI
Oct 28 – Nov. 8 EOI online registration for invitations to info sessions
Thursday, Nov. 3 Information session on Election Call – Accra
Friday, Nov. 4 Information session on Election Call – Tamale
Nov. 4 – 25 Online applications opened
Nov. 25 – Dec. 2 PMT assessments
Dec. 2-7 GSC assessments
Dec. 7 GSC meeting - GSC recommendations
Dec. 9 SC meeting - SC approval
Dec 9-20 Feedback to applicants on outcome and contracting
Jan 9-31, 2012 1st quarter disbursements start• Criteria for short listing EOI:
– Organizational profile
– Community survey
• After short listing process:
– Successful applicants will be sent user names &
passwords
– Unsuccessful applicants will be notified by emailThank You
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