Improving Citizen Participation and Accountability in Local Government Service Delivery Processes in Health and Education – Uganda

Deadline Date: May 08, 2025 

 Donor Name: Enabel

 Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000

 Category: Grant

 Reference URL:https://www.enabel.be/grants/

The Enabel is seeking applications to improve citizen participation and accountability in local government service delivery processes in health and education.

Enabel Uganda launched a portfolio with the primary goal of empowering young people and women to become active, economically independent citizens in a sustainable society that respects human rights and provides quality services. The objective is articulated through 2 main pillars. 

• Pillar 1: Empowering young people, especially women, by equipping them with technical and vocational skills for sustainable and decent agricultural work and green economy. 
• Pillar 2: Ensuring access to safe and quality education and healthcare, particularly for vulnerable groups such as children, girls, women, and refugees.

Objectives

• The specific objectives of this Call for Proposals is/are:
  • Citizens have increased awareness on their right to participate in and provide feedback on local government service delivery. 
  • Provide citizens with opportunities to voice their concerns, engage in dialogue, and participate in sub-county and district-level planning for health and education. 
  • Citizens have access to mechanism and approaches that promote transparency, demand accountability and challenge corruption in the delivery of health and education services.
  • Duty bearers, accountability and anti-corruption actors have increased their responsiveness to citizen demands.

Funding Information

• Grant amount:
  • The minimum amount available under this Call for Proposals is 275,000 EUR. 
  • The maximum amount available under this Call for Proposals is 305,000 EUR.
• The initial planned duration of an action may not be less than 18 months nor exceed 24 months.

Expected Outcomes

• The expected outcomes are:
  • Citizens are aware of their right to participate in Local Government Service delivery processes for health and education.
  • Citizens actively participate in discussions, in planning and decision-making processes on service delivery in Health and education.
  • Citizens’ concerns, demands and priorities in health and education public service delivery are adopted and implemented at all levels (sub-national and national) by duty bearers/government authorities.
  • Accountability and anti-corruption actors are resourced, effective and delivering on their mandate to the citizens.

Expected Results

• The expected results are:
  • In the districts of Jinja (Jinja city and Jinja District), Kamuli, Kasese, Kabarole and Kyegegwa, Fort Portal City:
    • Increased civic awareness, i.e. Citizens are provided with information that empowers them to provide feedback and demand for accountability of service delivery in health and education. 
    • Increased citizens’ participation in district and city local governments during planning (to inform decision making at national and LG levels) and monitoring of health and education services delivery. 

Ineligible Costs

• The following costs shall not be eligible:
  • Accounting entries not leading to payments;
  • Provisions for liabilities and charges, losses, debts or possible future debts;
  • Debts and debit interests;
  • Doubtful debts;
  • Currency exchange losses;
  • Loans to third parties;
  • Guarantees and securities,
  • Costs already financed by another grant;
  • Invoices made out by other organisations for goods and services already subsidised;
  • Subcontracting by means of service or consultancy contracts to personnel members, Board members or General Assembly members of the organisation subsidised;
  • Any sub-letting to oneself;
  • Purchases of land or buildings;
  • Compensation for damage falling under the civil liability of the organisation;
  • Employment termination compensation for the term of notice not performed;
  • Purchase of alcoholic beverages, tobacco and derived products thereof. 
  • Grants to sub-beneficiaries 
  • Salary bonuses 

Target Groups 

• The target beneficiaries of the project are
  • Organized community structures in the five targeted districts and 2 cities. E.g. community monitors, monitoring systems etc. 
  • the selected CBOs/NGOs operating in the 5 target districts and 2 cities. 
  • Directly targeted duty bearers (in health and education sectors), accountability and anti-corruption structures (council and service delivery structures). 
  • Leadership and governance structures in schools (PTAs/BOGs) and health facilities (HUMCs and Hospital boards).
• The indirect beneficiaries are the
  • Residents, including citizens and refugees, in the 5 districts and 2 cities.
  • the health and education government officials/duty bearers and some indirectly targeted accountability and anti-corruption actors in the 5 target districts and 2 Cities at regional and national level. 
  • The lower secondary schools and health facilities in the 5 target districts and 2.

Eligibility Criteria

• To be admissible for grants, the applicant must satisfy the following conditions:
  • be a legal person; 
  • be a non-profit private entity or a foundation;
    • be a legal entity of private law for which profit maximization is not the priority objective 
    • be a (local/national) non-governmental organization, 
  • be established or represented in Uganda; 
  • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and not be acting as an intermediary.