Nigeria Message

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Nigeria Message

• Rep Federal Ministry of Finance Nigeria
• Rep CSO/NGOs - Nigeria

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Bamako, Mali 27 29 March 2006

• WORKSHOP ON THE PARIS DECLARATION ON AID
• EFFECTIVENESS
• IMPLICATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION

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• Preamble
• Nigerias PRSP is encapsulated in its National
  Economic Empowerment Development Strategy
  (NEEDS) and it will continue to deepen reforms
  in fiscal Management, the Extractive Industries
  and the Rule of Law etc. NEEDS has already
  entered its 2nd phase.
• The importance of accurate data for planning and
  development is critical and Nigeria is currently
  in the process of conducting a nationwide Census.

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• Harmonization, Alignment Management
• In order to achieve the laudable objectives
  of the Paris Declaration, we have made the
  following observations with regard to Nigeria
• Recommend that Nigeria should join other
  countries that signed the Paris Declaration by
  applying to the Secretariat before the deadline
  (6 weeks).

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• Streamline the functions of the Federal
  Ministries of Finance and the National Planning
  Commission (NPC) on aid management to avoid
  duplication, overlapping, etc.,
• Develop more effective coordination mechanisms in
  collaboration with NPC, CSOs and the Expanded
  Steering Committee on GCAP/MDGs, (coordination of
  CSOs to be restructured to relevant Ministry)
  and
• Institutionalize coordination mechanisms between
  Government, Civil Society and Donors

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• Support current budget monitoring initiatives and
  the Budget Monitoring Tracking (BMT)
  Initiative/Action Plan of the BMT Coalition and
  advocate for the establishment of a Budget
  Monitoring Commission in the long term for the
  actualization LEEDS, SEEDS, NEEDS, NEPAD and the
  MDGs
• Adopt upstream mechanisms
• Use of generic scorecards
• Utilize local coalitions/networks of CSOs to
  promote interconnectivity of all stakeholders at
  this critical level of governance

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• Accelerate the passing of Freedom of Information
  Bill by the Senate.
• In order to simplify access to donor funding
  recommend the harmonization of grant application
  procedures (user friendly) in line with Federal
  Government of Nigeria (FGN) processes for
  alignment of country driven modalities.

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• Strengthen/Establish Regulatory/Institutional
  Frameworks for Civil Society to facilitate
• Coordination/convergence, harmonization and
  alignment
• Access to funding
• Legitimacy, transparency and accountability
• Capacity-building of all stakeholders (government
  and civil society).
• Dialogue/consultation on Regulatory/Institutional
• Frameworks already initiated by FGN/CSO
• Partnership Program, EU and DFID

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• Establish framework to pool resources which would
  be managed by CSOs in collaboration with
  FGN/Donors
• Connect with established local networks. Support
  the establishment of local coalitions/networks
  where they are not organized
• Continue to recognize the strategic importance of
  the involvement and integration of CSOs in the
  planning/design, implementation and monitoring of
  development programs/projects at local, state and
  federal levels.

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Fin et merci