Growth Initiatives For Fiscal Responsibility

GIFT, which stands for Growth Initiatives for Fiscal Responsibility, is a project anchored on advocacy to amend the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA), 2007. The project’s theory of change  posits that reducing opacity, promoting transparency, and fostering accountability through fiscal reforms will lead to improved service delivery at both national and subnational levels.

OrderPaper Advocacy Initiative has led a cluster of civil society organisations (CSOs) including Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), HipCity Innovation Centre, CLICE Foundation, and AdvoKC, to push for the FRA amendment bill since the commencement of the 10th National Assembly. 

With funding support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under and technical support from Palladium International provided under the Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) project, OrderPaper has been relentless in leading the advocacy for the vital policy reform.

The bill has successfully passed its second reading in the House of Representatives and awaits further progression.