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The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) is one of the giant development partners of Ethiopia. In the health sectors, EKN has continued to be a strategic partner of FGAE. Its support to FGAE dates back to two decades ago when a small grant on medico-legal services for rape survivors. Along with other basket donors (Irish-Aid, CDC, UNFPA, Packard) EKN has been instrumental in bridging the gaps. Engagement of the embassy (used to be called RNE by then) with FGAE advanced to a long-term funding in 2001 when FGAE’s programs, services and several clinics were threatened to close with the reinstitution of the Mexico City Policy (MCP) by President Bush. Over the years, EKN has maintained its unreserved financial, and technical assistances. EKN has helped FGAE overcome funding challenges that recur with cut of US based grants resulting from the recurring of MCP commonly called the global gag (GAG) rule. Indeed, the Embassy has been with us implementing four strategic plans.
The current support: The funding agreement
Funding: the grant of EKN is unrestricted core often allocated to several programs, initiatives and strategic niches.
As a partner, EKN is a close ally and undoubtedly a family member. Its guidance and feedbacks so crucial that it steers change while nurturing critical thinking. It also leverages a culture of continued learning in every instance of partnership and communication.
The objective of the grant is to support the implementation of 2021 to 2025.
Our strategic partners assist FGAE achieve the following long-term changes:
Outcome 1: FGAE now endorses an advocacy model focusing on policy literacy and community engagement (termed as: PLACE) to ensure enabling environment that maximize SRHR policy translation and services uptake in Ethiopia. Focused advocacy, community engagement, mobilization of media and various social groups to inform policy makers in a way it pave ways for policy formulation and translation.
Outcome 2: This outcome refers to youth empowerment so that they make an informed choice related to SRHR. It follows a holistic capacity building focusing on CSE / Life Skills Sexuality Education and engagement of SRH champions as demand creators in both urban and sub-urban settings. Young people per se play a crucial role in the promotion of youth-friendly SRH information.
Outcome 3: FGAE provides quality and equitable SRH services through our own facilities and others’ service outlets. It maintains an optimum cost-sharing while also adhering to the principle of “leaving no one behind” to provide poor clients access to integrated, comprehensive and youth-friendly quality SRH services. A collaborative and partnership approach is deemed important in an effort to diversify and introduce new SRH services.
Outcome 4: FGAE be a high performing and learning organization. Evidence generation for performance improvement employed through the use of appropriate technology. Matching efforts including system automation and database management institutionalized in the human resource development in the upcoming years.
Outcome 5: FGAE be a vibrant volunteer based association whereby volunteers themselves play a leading role in the provision of quality SRHR services. Institutionalization of volunteer development and the governance system counted as priority. Hence, their utmost involvement is leveraged to making FGAE self-reliant and a highly valued association.
Outcome 6: FGAE realizes the establishment of independent income source. A Social Enterprise Private for Public (FGAE_SEP2P) entity will be established to maintain program continuity and thereby ensure sustainability in the strategic years. Efforts will be exerted to generate up to 35% of the total budget from this initiative and a strategic approach focusing on resources mobilization will be a priority to solicit the remaining 65%.
