Décentralisation - Droits Humain - Développement Local (3D)

ONG 3D (Democracy/Governance, Human Rights, Local Development) is a Senegalese civil society organization whose mission is to enhance and strengthen citizen initiatives and actions, promoting good governance, while respecting human rights at both the national and local levels. Its vision is to consolidate its contribution to national political and socioeconomic transformations and to influence through its actions, the emergence of pluralistic, democratic societies that are open to the world in the subregion. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)

ONG-3D is one of Senegal’s leading civil society organizations supporting people’s participation in democratic governance and is implementing a new strategy for strengthening its capacity, geographic reach, and impact. ONG-3D works in rural and urban areas to raise awareness and opportunity for citizen groups (women’s associations, youth groups, health and education management committees, etc.) to access and use information about government budgets, policies, plans, and performance. ONG-3D builds the confidence and capacity of citizen groups to navigate how to engage with government bodies responsible for managing resources and key services. (Strategy: Transparency, Participation, and Accountability.)

ONG-3D promotes democracy through government transparency and people’s participation in local governance in Senegal to ensure their rights to basic public services are met. This grant will support a program to improve citizens’ access to Senegal’s national budget information by creating and publishing a version of the budget that is easily understandable by citizens and that meets the standards of the International Budget Partnership for "citizen budgets." This grant will also support experimentation and mechanisms for citizen engagement in local government budget processes as Senegal decentralizes public services.