CSOs/NGOs MAPPING REPORT | The Case of Mbeya, Songwe, Njombe and Iringa Regions in Tanzania In partnership with CSOs/NGOs MAPPING REPORT The Case of Mbeya, Songwe, Njombe and Iringa Regions in Tanzania Authors: Dr. Hoseana Bohela Lunogelo and Mr. Patrick Tuni Kihenzile March 2018 East Africa Youth Inclusion Program(EAYIP) a CSOs/NGOs MAPPING REPORT | The Case of Mbeya, Songwe, Njombe and Iringa Regions in Tanzania ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The team from the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) is most grateful to Heifer International offi cials led by Ms. Mary Kibogoya (EAYIP Country Program Manager-Mbeya) and her team of Monitoring Learning and Evaluation Offi cer, Social Capital Manager, Agriculture and Value Chain Manager, Cluster Coordinators, Community Facilitators, Offi ce Administrators, Logistics Offi cers and Drivers, for the guidance and support off ered during the fi eld work to identify suitable Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to partner with EAYIP in supporting the identifi ed youth groups to undertake policy advocacy work. The team was warmly received in all the visited districts by respective departmental heads, especially the community development departments who provided lists of registered CSOs from which the process of screening to get suitable ones was done. We also received the required cooperation from leaders and staff members of the shortlisted CSOs. The initial drafts of this report benefi tted from critique and comments for improvements from EAYIP and ESRF team of experts. We would particularly like to single out the dedicated support by Ms. Mary Kibogoya, Mr. Damas Damian and Frimina Kavishe (EAYIP Mbeya Offi ce) and Grace Kemirembe (EAYIP Uganda Offi ce). We also appreciate the supportive leadership of Prof. Fortunata Songora Makene (Technical and Administrative) and Mr. Ernest Chiwenda (fi nance and logistics) in accomplishing this task. It is our hope that the information provided in this report will be useful in enabling EAYIP get dedicated CSOs as partners to support the Youth in policy advocacy campaign. Dr. H.Bohela Lunogelo, Mr.Patrick Kihenzile and Mr.Richard Ngilangwa ESRF/EAYIP Technical Team b East Africa Youth Inclusion Program(EAYIP) ListCSOs/NGOs of MAPPING REPORTAbbreviations | The Case of Mbeya, Songwe, Njombe and Iringa Regions in Tanzania List of Abbreviations SDFJE Songwe Dairy Farmers Joint Enterprise ADP Actions for Development Programs Mbozi AMCO Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society COC Certifi cate of Compliance CSO Civil Society Organisation DALDO District Agricultural and Livestock Development Offi cer DC District Council DCDO District Community Development Offi cer DED District Executive Directors EAYIP East Africa Youth Inclusion Program GMO genetically modifi ed organisms HC Hub Committee HQ Headquarters IRUDI Iringa Rural Development Initiative LGA Local Government Authority MBEDINGO Mbeya District NGO Network MIRANACO Mbozi Rural Improvements and Natural Conservation Organisation MMADEA Mazombe Mahenge Development Association MUDCO Mufi ndi District Community Organisation MUYORUDI Mufi ndi Youth and Women Initiatives for Rural Development NADO Njombe Agricultural Development Organisation NFRA national food reserve agency NGO Non-Governmental Organisation PATUSAMCOS Pamoja Tunaweza Saadani Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society RD Restless Development RUDI Rural Urban Development Initiative SACCOS Savings and Credit Cooperative Society SAGCOT Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania SAMCO Saadani Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society East Africa Youth Inclusion Program(EAYIP) i CSOs/NGOs MAPPING REPORT | The Case of Mbeya, Songwe, Njombe and Iringa Regions in Tanzania SEECO Sustainable Economic and Environmental Conservation Organization SETA Serve Tanzania SIDO Small Industries Development Organisation TC Town Council VETA Vocational Education Training Authority VICOBA Village Community Organisations Banks WDC Ward Development Committee YDF Youth Development Fund YES Youth Enterprise Support YG Youth Group EDITORS: Prof. Fortunata Songora Makene (Sociologist) Prof. Haidari Amani (Agricultural Economist) Mr. Deodatus Sagamiko (Human Resources) ii East Africa Youth Inclusion Program(EAYIP) CSOs/NGOs MAPPING REPORT | The Case of Mbeya, Songwe, Njombe and Iringa Regions in Tanzania ExecutiveExecutive Summary: Summary As part of EAYIP’s objective 3, a baseline study to identify policy and legal bottlenecks to youth’s eff ective engagement in agribusiness and the proposed stakeholder interventions was undertaken by ESRF in July and August 2017. The study culminated into policy briefs targeting national, district and community or village levels (See Sample in Annex 1). The policy briefs contain recommendations categorized into four groups: a) Policy reforms such as those concerning youth development strategies and education curricula in schools; b) Legal reforms such as those governing access to productive land, forests and water resources; and, c) Institutional arrangements for facilitating youth engagement in agribusiness and in tackling cultural and traditional impediments to equatable dictribution of production resources as well as prejudices against farmining. It is envisaged that such interventions to the identifi ed bottlenecks will help to catalyse youth participation and inclusion in economic activities, particularly in agriculture and related value chains. Given that the task of policy dialogue requires joint eff orts by diff erent stakeholders, EAYIP had planned to engage some civil society organisations (CSOs) residents in the districts who will be engaged to provide trainings to Youth Groups (YGs) and Hub Committees (HCs) on advocating for policy, legal and institutional reforms. This will ensure sustainability of the intervention beyond the program’s timeframe. The objective of mapping and identifying CSOs is to get experienced institutions that will build the capacity of YGs and also cooperate with them to advocate for policy, legal and institutional reforms. Methodology Used to Pick CSOs: The methodology used to identify the relevant CSOs involved four stages: The fi rst step was to obtain a list of more than 600 registered CSOs kept by the Community Development Offi ces in each of the target districts. The list was screened to pick, from each district, at least three of those meeting the following criteria: engagement in agricultural value chain and agribusiness in general and/or natural resources; focussing on youth; youth-led or youth managed; and have geographical focus in one or more of EAYIP mandated districts where East Africa Youth Inclusion Program(EAYIP) iii CSOs/NGOs MAPPING REPORT | The Case of Mbeya, Songwe, Njombe and Iringa Regions in Tanzania the program is taking place. Surprisingly, it was not easy to get more than three CSOs that met the mentioned criteria. This is because most of them are focussed on health matters (HIV and reproductive health). The third step was to visit and interview the shortlisted CSOs using a checklist of questions shown in Annex 2. The fourth stage was to rank the short-listed CSOs and suggest a fi nal list, which will be involved in the next stage of capacity building trainings for conducting policy advocacy work. Proposed CSOs In each LGA there are some mature Youth Groups (YGs) and Hub Committees (HCs) whom we expect will be the main catalysts in pushing to demand for policy, legal and institutional reforms to support agribusiness. We anticipate that between 2 and 3 youth groups will be actively involved. They are supported by the District Youth Development Offi cers, who will partner with identifi ed youth-focussed Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in collaboration with MIICO and Restless Development (RD) as EAYIP Implementing Partners. The proposed 9 CSOs after fi nal screening are as follows: (a) Mbeya rural DC: SETA= Serve Tanzania: Executive Director: Dr. Damian Swai-0713 or 0766- 281095, E-mail: [email protected]. Other staff members are Emmanuel Angetile tel. 0754 457303; and, YES- Tanzania = Youth Development Through Sports Tanzania: Director: Mr. Kenneth Simbaya, tel. 0764522998; Coordinator: Ms. Amina Peter, tel. 0744 311471 em: [email protected]; and Staff member, Dickens Mwagisa- 0755 553943. (b) Njombe Rural DC and Njombe TC: SEECO=Sustainable Economic and Environmental Conservation Organisation (Luka Mgaya, 0763 770730; [email protected]); (c) Wanging’ombe DC: NADO=Njombe Agricultural Development Organisation (John Wihallah, tel. 0754045055; [email protected]); (d) Mbozi: Mbozi ADP=Actions for Development Programs (most experienced) attention: Victor Eli-Nshau, tel. 0767856900; [email protected]; (e) Rungwe and Busekelo: Africa Bridge (under Country Director: Martha Mmbando-tel.0767962422; [email protected]; marthaaika@gmail. com); (f) Iringa rural and Kilolo: RUDI=Rural Urban Development Initiative (Allan Ngakonda tel.0754378995 [email protected]; and MMADEA= Mazombe Mahenge Development Association (attention: Raphael Mtitu tel.0753663282; [email protected]); and, iv East Africa Youth Inclusion Program(EAYIP) CSOs/NGOs MAPPING REPORT | The Case of Mbeya, Songwe, Njombe and Iringa Regions in Tanzania (g) Mafi nga and Mufi ndi: Mufi ndi Youth and Women Initiatives for Rural Development (MYOWORUDE). Most preferred due to wider coverage. Director is Mr. Marco Shayo tel.0757181987; [email protected]. The selected Youth Groups and Leaders of Hubs in each of the districts are as shown in table 1 and detailed in Annex 6.1 (Youth Groups) and 6.2 (Hubs). Table 1: Identifi ed Youth Groups in the