DFID
DFID launched the £100 million (later increased to £130 million) Governance and Transparency Fund in February 2007 to support citizens in developing countries in holding their governments to account, recognising that civil society has a key role to play in promoting accountable governance and transparency in the global South.
Following several changes to the timeframe of the Fund and then major delays in the announcement of successful proposals, many Bond members, particularly members of the Bond Funding Working Group, felt that it was important that Bond provided a space for feedback on their experiences of applying to the Governance and Transparency Fund and communicated their thoughts and suggestions to DFID to ensure an opportunity to learn from the experience was not lost.
Consequently, the Bond secretariat agreed to co-ordinate feedback from members, via a survey, and use this data to compile a series of recommendations to DFID.
The final version of the report and DFID's response can be found below.
Bond Review of the DFID Governance and Transparency Fund (PDF 230kB)
DFID Response (PDF 153kB)
If you have any comments or queries please contact Joni Hillman, Bond Donor Advocacy Officer.
