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DOS-NGA-FTIF-FY22-003: U.S. Embassy Abuja Fiscal Transparency Innovation Fund

Closed Closed August 1, 2022 Opportunity DOS-NGA-FTIF-FY22-003 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$65,000
• Award floor$65,000
• Total funding$65,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Not-for-profit organizations legally registered in Nigeria that are involved in budget tracking and/or public communication.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Fiscal Transparency Innovation Fund awards averaged $291,790; this notice allows up to $65,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Through the Fiscal Transparency Innovation Fund, U.S. Embassy Abuja seeks to help Nigeria to improve budget transparency and to support civil society organizations promoting fiscal transparency. Objective: Raise public awareness and encourage greater compliance with existent fiscal laws and increase public demand on Anti-Corruption Agencies and Public Accounts Committees to act on irregularities/recommendations to deter future abusers. Description: Since 2012, the State Department and USAID have provided foreign assistance to help governments to improve budget transparency and to support civil society organizations promoting fiscal transparency. This work complements the role of the Fiscal Transparency Report. U.S. embassies largely manage these projects, which range from small assistance efforts aimed at training civil society and the media on budget transparency, to larger projects that assist government officials in strengthening budgeting and auditing processes. Programs that facilitate timely release of audit reports and promote access to simplified audit information for citizens, civil society and community-based organizations, media, and other accountability actors are encouraged. Program Component: Grantee will develop a project that will efficiently and effectively capture mechanisms for improved public audit impact in public expenditure and revenue generation. Expected Outcomes: · Increased compliance in submitting audited financial statements to the Auditor-General by government agencies · Reduced time lag between end of financial year and publication of annual audit reports by the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation (OAuGF.) · Increased transparency and public awareness about the administrative hurdles and lag times that inhibit effective fulfillment of Public Accounts Committees. · Enhanced policy actions towards enacting modern audit legal framework for the Federal Government of Nigeria. · Publicizes sanctions by Public Accounts Committees and or Anti-Corruption Agencies for fiscal abuses Anticipated Activities The following are suggested activities. Applicants are welcome to propose other activities and outputs relevant to the primary objectives and expected results of the project.

Category: Other.

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