NATIONAL SOLIDARITY NATIONAL SOLIDARITY FUNDFUND

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At the International level

Fight against poverty and the reduction of inequalities:

- the center of the concerns of the international community.

Several international conferences on the issue were held with the support of UN institutions and the World Bank:

- World Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo in 1994,

- The World Summit on Social Development of Copenhagen in 1995,

- The World Conference on Women of Beijing in 1995.

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND BACKGROUND –––JUSTIFICATIONJUSTIFICATIONJUSTIFICATION———CREATIONCREATIONCREATION

At the National level,- The democratisation process started in 1991,

- The freedom of expression

- Poverty reduction and the fight against social exclusion figures prominently in the priorities of the government,

- Developing and adopting a strategic framework for the fight against poverty,

- Creation of Agency for Social Development,

- Restructuration of this Agency in National Solidarity Fund

METHODOLOGY FOLLOWED IN ESTABLISHING THE NSFMETHODOLOGY FOLLOWED IN ESTABLISHING THE NSFMETHODOLOGY FOLLOWED IN ESTABLISHING THE NSF

- Study for the restructuring of the agency for Social Development,

- Technical assistance for the Tunisian Solidarity fund,

- Inter ministerial meetings.

INTRODUCTION OF THE NSFINTRODUCTION OF THE NSFINTRODUCTION OF THE NSF

Established by order No 01-052/PRM of 28 September 2001, the National Solidarity Fund is a Public Administrative Institution with a corporate status and a financial autonomy. It aims to serve as the tool for fulfilling national solidarity actions.

OBJECTIVES AND MISSIONSOBJECTIVES AND MISSIONSOBJECTIVES AND MISSIONS

1-Attract voluntary contributions from citizens and companies in order to implement programmes and projects for the benefit of populations in difficult situations and which are backward in terms of development,

2- Contribute to the eradication of poverty

and to the promotion of man.

The main mission of FSN is to contribute to reducing inequalities and poverty through:

The funding of programmes and development actions and the fight against poverty for low income social categories, in villages, groups of villages, fractions, urban and rural centers which lack basic infrastructures;

Any initiative which promotes social development and poverty reduction through fund raising actions with development partners both public and private;

The strengthening of institutional capacities of groups, and grass-root communities involved in the fight against poverty;

Support to institutions intervening in the fight against poverty and exclusion.

AREAS OF INTERVENTIONAREAS OF INTERVENTIONAREAS OF INTERVENTION

Helping in the establishment of micro projects and training in the areas of farming, handicraft and small jobs;

Contributing to funding programmes within institutions fighting against poverty and exclusion;

Contributing to the funding of projects developed and presented by NGOs and associations as part of the fight against exclusion and poverty.

Building social infrastructures;

FUNDING OF NSFFUNDING OF NSFFUNDING OF NSF

Grants from the Government,

Grants from local collectivities,

Donations and legacies granted by individuals as part of national solidarity,

Donations by public and private companies ,

Grants given by institutions, organisations and countries as part of bilateral, multilateral and decentralised cooperation.

Donations granted by companies are deductible from the base on industrial, business profits and income tax.

GOVERNING BOARDGOVERNING BOARDGOVERNING BOARD

14 members distributed as follows:Representatives from the public authorities (03 members) consisting of:

A representative of the Minister in charge of SolidarityA representative of the Finance Minister

A representative of the High Council of collectivitiesRepresentatives from Civil society (9 members)

A representative of NGOs

A representative of the coordination of associations and female organisations (CAFO).

A representative from the Malian federation of disabled people (FEMAPH)A representative from the Malian association for the unity and progress of Islam.A representative of the Catholic church

A representative of the Protestant ChurchA representative from the assembly of chambers of agriculture of Mali (APCAM).A representative from the trade house

A representative from the foundations and charitiesA Representative from the National Council of Cooperation.

Representative of the staff of the National Solidarity fund staff.

TEST FOR RESOURCE MOBILISATIONTEST FOR RESOURCE MOBILISATIONTEST FOR RESOURCE MOBILISATION

· At the launching ceremony of the FSN, “ the problem

related to the access to drinking water “ served as the

basis for a fund raising effort which allowed to establish three tap stands for the benefit of populations of

Niamacoro, a popular neighbourhood of Bamako.

· During the month of October devoted to the month of solidarity for the fight against exclusion, the FSN organised the first televised program to raise funds to provide assistance to children with heart conditions.

The contributions received helped to establish a programme underwhich 15 children were sent to France and Morocco to receive care.

Following the crisis in the Ivory Coast, a voluntary repatriation by the Government of Mali of Malian citizens living in this country wassupported by a national fund raising drive under the leadership of the FSN. As of this day, close to 350, 000, 000 CFA (more than 500.000$) were collected.

INTERVENTION STRATEGY OF NATIONAL

SOLIDARITY FUND

BackgroundBackground

On the National Frameworka) In Mali, SHD indicators are worrying.b)Poverty Reduction

A constant policy in the development of Mali .

c) Establishment of a reference frameworkA strategic framework for poverty reduction: 3 priority

areas

- Institutional development and the improvement of good governance and participation - Human development and reinforcement of access to basic services; - Development of infrastructures and support to production sectors

d) Implementation of strategies/ plans and sectorial policies:::

- Ten years education program ( PRODEC)

- PRODESS( Ten year social and health Program)

- PRODEJ ( Ten year justice development Program)

- National development strategy and supply of safe drinking water

- Sectorial social Protection Policy;

- Women , child and Family Promotion action Plan

- Master plan of rural development

e) Decentralisation

- accountability sharing

- decision making process modification

- implementation obstacles: lack of financial resources and highly

qualified personnel at the communes level

f) Actors diversity, necessity of synergy

and an accountability chart - Elected representatives

- Administrative authorities ( national, regional and local),

- Middlemen ( NGOs, service providers, companies)

- Communities

- Donors

- Regional orientation committee of the National solidarity

Fund

g) Putting in place new tools- National Solidarity Fund (NSF)

- Malian Solidarity Bank (MSB)

At the International levela) Raising awareness of the International community· Social dimension of SAP ( structural adjustment

programs) · International conferences and world summits( Cairo Summit 1994, Copenhagen 1995, BEIJING 1995

and the different GS meetings)

b) Millenium Development goalsC) Strong mobilisation of public opinion in the World

· Alter globalisation activists· Rio summit. And so ond) Creating a world solidarity Fund initiatives

SummaryStrong social demand amplified by democratisation movement and decentralisation, good awareness raising of the international community good initiatives: but a lot

still remains to be done:Strong expectation: People need concrete responses

INTERVENTION STRATEGYINTERVENTION STRATEGYINTERVENTION STRATEGY

-Generalities

Concept definition: Strategy = combining actions to achieve objectives

ObjectivesObjectivesObjectives

••• objectivesobjectivesobjectives: to contribute in reducing poverty and exclusion

• Implicit challenge: acting differently and better

Acting differently

-Going where others do not go

-Doing what others do not want or cannot do;

-Completing what the others have done

Prerequisites : knowing (methodology for identifying actors)

- Who are the others ?

- Where are the others ?

- What do the others do and how?

Risks: to be a trivialized structure whose interventions are clouded in the mass of actions

- Basis of the strategy- Legitimacy of interventionsCompliance with the will of beneficiaries

Actions Sustainability .Prioritising micro achievements closer to target groups, easier to be appropriated and easily replicable by the populations;

Transparency of actions Gender equity between men and womenBalance between men and his environmentSocial negotiation and partnership

“Trickle-Down”: filtration of profitable effects to direct beneficiaries for the least developed social groups.

Approaches They are required by the backgrounds and in compliance with thebases.

These approaches will be participatory and decentralized through:

1- Community development Integral and balanced development of the whole community in order to create self promotion, self development to “self reliance”.

2- Research action Identification of priorities on the ground and designing of an action plan with direct beneficiary actors

-Gender equity approach.

▫ Demand issue:

Screening demands through

¨ Reception conditions

¨ Compliance with regards to sectorial and local orientations

¨ Compliance with regards to NSF priorities:

Priorities ( geographic and sectorial) will be set and given and periodically updated at the level of each program officer;

¨ Eligibility criteria as stated in the manual of procedure

¨ Budget screening

Marks for monitoring management chart

Geographic dosage

Sectorial dosage ;

Men/women dosage,

▫ Global intervention area

Lifting development constraints in order to revive in a global, balanced and conclusive way the socio economic development of a community or a geographic area

-a definition of criteria for area targeting and quantified objectives

- state of play and selection test areas;

- identification and selection of projects and programmes

- implementation

- evaluation and duplication

Partnership:– Five main themes :– integrating communication dimensions and

advocacy to, one hand to valorize our gains and our differences and on the other hand bring the good word at the right place and by the right person;

– to valorize the concept of citizen interprise – to integrate programs, projects and existing

partners;– to get positioned with regard to African and

world movement of fund networking for poverty reduction;

– to federate some traditional solidarity practices

Resource Generating activities

optimal management of the cash flow: financing the month of solidarity activities through interests generated from “investments” of non utilized NSF resources ;

cultural and sports events: through special weeks of “culture and solidarity” and “sports and solidarity” and galas of charity etc.

annual tombola with attractive prizes such as.

“ one commune, one infrastructure”, “one youth, one project” “ one woman, one equipment” etc;

• Deduction of debentures

– Political will

– better targeting of products

– efficient and a low cost collecting transparent system

conclusion

“Think global and act local”

Proposed event for the organisation for theLaunching of World Solidarity Fund.

Background

Poverty reduction: one of the major concerns for

the International Community.Integration of poverty reduction dimension as one of the major thrust in strategies and plans activities of all international organizations.

The adoption of resolution of the United Nations General Assembly for the “immediate” establishment of World National Solidarity Fund

The organization of a world event for this initiative must be devoted to the launching of the National Solidarity Fund’s activities

• Mali could host this important event in collaboration with Tunisia.

Within the frame of this support, our country is called upon to

play essentially the major role because of:

– Significant initiatives already undertaken in the frame of poverty reduction and exclusion.

– Sympathy capital at the disposal of our country linked to democratisation, with respect to human rights and good governance principles;

– The image of our President who commands respect and regard from the international community.

These achievements of democratic Mali give our country the best profile to host the official launching ceremony of the World Solidarity Fund.

Objectives

· Contribute in publicising the World Solidarity Fund in African countries;

· Share its missions and objectives with developing countries institutions;

· Define a partnership frame with developing countries solidarity Funds

Ceremony Organization

• To express Mali’s interest in the organisation of this event through more appropriate ways;

• To entrust the material organisation to the MSSPA (FSN) in relation with the (UNDP)

Budget

• The NSF will cover part of the organization costs.

Draft Document for the Establishment of a Network of

Social Funds –

A Partnership for South – South

Solidarity <<P 3 S>>

Background

The fight against poverty: major concern for the International Community

The creation of the World Solidarity Fund: a godsend for developing countries

Initiatives in the field of south – south solidarity

Presentation

Creation of a network of partner countries for south – south solidarity

Establishing an inter–governmental alliance, made up of developing countries.

Missions:

The mission of partners involves :

• Developing and improving the south – south collaboration in the field of solidarity and poverty alleviation.

• Building member countries institutional capacities in order to carry out

south – south exchange activities.

• Identifying the best opportunities offered by NEPAD…

• Initiating long – term collaboration agreements.

• Launching resource mobilisation programmes.

• Establishing a secretariat which would serve as a focal point for the networking between the partner countries and which would make itpossible to identify the exchange possibilities and the resources for south – south financial assistance.

• Partnership is an alliance in the form of a network with an approach based on a strong synergy of programme implementation ;

• Developing concerted intervention strategies to address emergency situations in member countries.

Organs of the Network

The Governing Board

Ministers, Senior Directors and Officials from member countries,

The mission of the Board members of the Network includes :

• Advocating to get greater support from donors for south – south cooperation relations ;

• Supporting resource mobilisation efforts

• Encourage a greater representation and inclusion

of south – south concerns and objectives in while developing cooperation agreements ;

• Providing a political and financial support to the Network secretariat

The International advisory Comittee

The Coordinator of the Country Partner

The Secretariat

The major priorities

To address the issues related to national and international solidarity ;

To integrate programmes aimed at reducing exclusion on the basis of solidarity actions ;

To reduce poverty and improve the quality of life.

The Modalities of the Partnership Programme

Resource mobilisation, Capacity – building.

Consultation, Sharing and Transfer of

Research, Better Practices,

Social mobilisation, Products,

Dialogue on Policies, Experts

Advocacy, Information

Marketing, Knowledge,

Training, Lessons

Development of Tools, Models

Documentation, Strategies,

Technical Assistance, Technologies

Networks

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