DIAKONIA 2018 2023 PROMOTING DOMESTIC RESOURCE MOBILISATION SUB SAHARAN AFRICA DIAKONIA 2018 2022 PROMOTING DRM IN SSA

Diakonia has applied to Sida for SEK 65.7 million to implement a program to improve domestic resource mobilization in Africa 2018 2021. Diakonia and its regional partners AFRODAD Tax Justice Network Africa and Transparency International Kenya and possibly two or three more organizations will convince the regional parliaments of East Africa West Africa and South Africa to work for 1.1. Reduced tax competition in line with the Africa Tax Administration Forums Agreement on Mutual Assistance in Tax Matters 1.2. Reduced illegal money flows by specifying the recommendations in the African Union s Report of the High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa 2. Improved management of public debt in line with the Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI) Regional Protocol on Finance and Investment (MEFMI is a former Sida partner) 3. Increased openness in mining etc. through the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and the African Mining Vision The program will also 4. Strengthen the capacity of the regional partners (i.e. AFRODAD Tax Justice Network Africa and Transparency International Kenya and two or three more organizations). Sida is the only financier of the program. The original agreement was until December 2022 but a decision to extend the agreement with one year until December 2023 and adding an additional 15 M SEK was decided in November 2022.