Since its establishment in 2008, The
Independent Development Fund (IDF) has supported various kinds of Human Rights
projects in different parts of the Country. As various reports indicate, each locality
has specific human rights challenges, to which local organisations aim to respond
to with specific targeted interventions. This is done either through human
rights education, promotion for reforms in the judicial systems, or advocacy
for ending human rights violations and practicing good governance approaches.
IDF strives to assist the promotion of human rights taking into consideration Gender Equality
and Social Inclusion (GESI).
IDF also works through extending
grants to local organizations that operate at the grassroots. This support in
the form of grants and technical assistance, gives IDF the sense to believe that engagement between the Civil Society
Organizations (CSOs) and administration at the Districts, and national levels, illustrate
the thoughtful application of various approaches to empowerment and promotion
of Good governance.
To date, IDF’s growth provides a good
strategic foundation to pursue its ambition of being a highly efficient, transparent grant making institution for small and
medium-sized organizations working on human rights and good governance issues
at local level, and a grant manager of choice for funding partners aiming at
enhancing protection, fulfillment and observance of human rights and good
governance in Uganda. Currently,
IDF is funded by the Democratic
Governance Facility (DGF) a multi-donor funding mechanism supported by Austria,
Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the
European Union Delegation, whose aim is to strengthen democratisation, improve
the protection of human rights, enhance access to justice, promote peaceful
co-existence and improve accountability in Uganda..
The IDF vision is - “A vibrant indigenous grant-making institution contributing to the
achievement of human rights, good governance, rule of law, local democracy and
better quality of life” And the Mission is: “To
enable indigenous CSOs access grants through an efficient grant making system”.
