EAST AFRICAN INITIATIVE FOR CHANGE

ADDIS ABABA

Subcontracting experience

1 record from government sources. Past participation is not evidence of current teaming interest.

Role	Agency	Description	Vehicle	Obligated	Action date	Period
Subcontractor	Agency for International Development	THIS ACTIVITY SEEKS TO CONVENE MOTIVATED LEADERS FROM KEY POLITICAL PARTIES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN OROMIA TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION, TRUST, AND BEGIN TO BUILD CONSENSUS. THIS ACTIVITY BUILDS OFF AN INITIAL INTER-POLITICAL PARTY DIALOGUE USAID/OTI SUPPORTED THAT SUCCESSFULLY BROUGH OROMO AND NON-OROMO POLITICAL PARTIES TOGETHER TO DISCUSS WAYS THEY COULD PROTECT OF MINORITIES AND DE-ESCALATE VIOLENCE AROUND THE ELECTION PERIOD. TO ADDRESS CRITICAL ISSUES THREATENING THE STABILITY OF OROMIA, USAID/OTI WILL PARTNER WITH THE EAST AFRICA INITIATIVE FOR CHANGE (I4C), AN ETHIOPIAN-BASED CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE FACILITATING POLITICAL DIALOGUES IN OROMIA, TO ORGANIZE A SERIES OF DIALOGUE SESSIONS AIMED AT NARROWING DIFFERENCES ON CRITICAL ISSUES SUCH AS THE STATUS OF MINORITIES IN OROMIA, THE FATE OF ADDIS ABABA, AND THE NATURE OF FEDERALISM IN ETHIOPIA. TWO DIALOGUE SESSIONS WILL ENGAGE 100 PROMINENT PERSONALITIES REPRESENTING THE 12 MOST RELEVANT OROMIA-BASED POLITICAL PARTIES AS WELL AS WOMEN, YOUTH, ELDERS, FAITH LEADERS, PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FROM ACROSS OROMIA. THE FIRST DIALOGUE SESSION WILL BRING TOGETHER 45 REPRESENTATIVES FROM NINE OROMO POLITICAL PARTIES AND 45 PROMINENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ACROSS OROMIA TO DISCUSS AND AGREE UPON THEIR INTERNAL ISSUES. THE SECOND DIALOGUE SESSION WILL BRING TOGETHER 60 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NINE OROMO AND THREE NON-OROMO POLITICAL PARTIES AND 40 PROMINENT COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACROSS OROMIA. THROUGH THIS ACTIVITY, USAID/OTI WILL SUPPORT THE DIVERSE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP FOUND ACROSS OROMIA REGIONAL STATE TO MITIGATE POINTS OF DISAGREEMENT AND POTENTIAL CONFLICT AND STRENGTHEN AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR NATIONAL CONSENSUS. ORO033 Parent award context Parent award agency: Agency for International Development · Agency for International Development Parent award NAICS: 541611 Parent award description: INITIAL OBLIGATION FOR USAID/OTI ETHIOPIA PROGRAM UNDER SWIFT 5-PROGRAMS. View parent award on USAspending	7200AA19D00019USAspending	$93,520	Oct 8, 2021	— – —

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