Programme purpose

The purpose of the programme is to strengthen the capacity of NSAs to enable them provide effective and improved services to local communities, define independently their policy agenda and be more actively involved in policy dialogue with the Government and donors including the European Union. Further more, the programme aims at contributing to increased capacity of NSAs to act as an instrument for rural people, women or other less represented groups to formulate their needs, exercise their rights and influence policies affecting their livelihoods. In the same line, the programme will also contribute to increased capacities of NSAs to promote cultural change vis-à-vis discriminatory practices against human rights and to strengthen women’s and vulnerable groups’ roles as actors and decision makers in the country’s development.