Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) led GTF programme

GTF Number 094

Action for better governance: realising the faith potential

Key Facts

• Start date: 5 August 2008
• End date: 31 March 2013
• Amount of DFID funding: £4,998,781

The purpose of the programme is to galvanise the strength, position and network of the Catholic Church in Africa to improve citizens’ access to information and foster a spirit of active engagement and transformative leadership necessary to pursue the principles of good governance. Citizens will be supported in holding institutions and leadership to be transparent and accountable. It is expected that at the end of the programme, Church leadership shall be able to effectively influence governments to recognize and fulfil their responsibilities. Justice and Peace Commissions shall effectively utilize and enlarge opportunities for civic engagement and support citizens to articulate their rights and collaborate and the Church will proactively build alliances and participate in networks with other faiths, secular institutions and other development actors to assert the responsibility of the state to deliver on poverty reduction, to respect human rights and to uphold the rule of law.