Supporting Islamic Leadership in Indonesia (SILE)

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Funding Agency : Canadian International Development Agency

Indonesian partner : Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA)

Location of Project : South Sulawesi

Implementing Agency : TBD

The project will support democratic governance and enhance participation of civil society actors in decision-making processes at the local level by strengthening and expanding the outreach functions of several islamic institutions of higher learning.  In adddition, it will strengthen UIN/IAIN's own institutional management and governance processes in order to "model" good pratices and to enhance their effectiveness, particularly in relation to their outreach programs.
The project will have three (3) components: 1) enhancing community level participation; 2) strengthening UIN's internal management; 3) providing technical assistance to MoRA on planning and gender mainstreaming.

Description :

The project will support democratic governance and enhance participation of civil society actors in decision-making processes at the local level by strengthening and expanding the outreach functions of several islamic institutions of higher learning.  In adddition, it will strengthen UIN/IAIN's own institutional management and governance processes in order to "model" good pratices and to enhance their effectiveness, particularly in relation to their outreach programs.

 

Goal/Purpose :

  • The Goal of the project is to improve the capaity of government and civil society to develop and implement policies and programs, consistent with democratic governance principles, and it implement policies and programs, consistent with democratic governance principles, and in support of decentralized service delivery.
  • The Project Purpose is to build the capacity of UIN/IAIN community outreach function with local communities, as well as the capacity of the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA) in order to effectively integrate democratic governance practices and issues in their strategies, programs and budgets.
Expected Results :
  • Civil society groups (especially those representing and working with the poorest and most marginalized) are more effective  in ecnhancing local participation in public fora and in civic education on issues related to democratic governance at the provincial, distric, and sub-distric level.
  • UIN/IAIN are more efective in developing and planning policies, programs and systems for effective outreach.
  • MoRA is more effective in developing, implementing, and monitoring gender-sensitive and responsive policies and plans, in relation to theirs outreach functions for affected communities.