JamiiForums Election support in Tanzania

JamiiForums is a non-governmental organization based in Tanzania that advocates and promotes Civil and Digital Rights, Social Justice, Accountability, Democracy and Good Governance. The organization is legally registered under the Non-Governmental Organization Act, 2002. Its inception is a result of the socio-technological movement started in 2006 that captured issues relevant to the welfare of Tanzanians. Over the years, the movement has inspired young leaders longing for constructive change in the country. Therefore, Freedom of Expression and Access to Information stood as the pillars and medium to realize Transparency, Accountability, and Good Governance as the ultimate goal. Specific objectives of the Election program in Tanzania 1. Empowering citizens by amplifying their voices during the General Election 2020 period. 2. Making JamiiForums an impartial, objective, datadriven, and real-time platform for election-related stories. 3. Promote accountability by publishing party manifestos/break down individual promises so that voters can make follow-ups after the candidates are elected. The total budget requested for the proposed election intervention is USD 112,700 for a period of five months. USD 98,000, equivalent to 86% of the total budget goes directly to program costs and USD 14,700 which is equivalent to 14% will be used for administration costs. According to Jamiiforums, there are other donors that are funding the organization on other programs. It is reported that there was a EU grant with fund amounting to 349,320 USD. This agreement ended in December 2019. The organization has also recived funds from NED (40,000 USD), Counter part international (15,000 USD) and Open society (150,000), all ending in April 2020. The only fund available for JamiiForums at the moment is Danida's contribution amounting to 250,000 USD which will take JamiiForums up to the end of April 2021. Therefore, the support to JamiiForums fund is short term and will end in the beginning of 2021. For the elections , Sweden is the only donor for this particular program.