Promote Transparency by Enhancing Citizens’ Access to Information on Public Revenues

Description

1) Objective 

• Goal: Promote Transparency by Enhancing Citizens’ Access to Information on Public Revenues.
• Objective One: By September 30, 2027, ensure the existence of a centralized and accessible platform in Mauritania for monitoring and reporting revenues from natural gas, mines, and fisheries, that is accessible to all Mauritanian citizens, local organizations, and interested private sector investors.
• Objective Two:
  By September 30, 2027, ensure the public availability of Mauritanian government and state-owned enterprise debt, through a dedicated platform, like the one that monitors natural resources income, and through credible and accessible media channels. This is intended to increase public awareness and engagement on the status of Mauritanian government and state-owned enterprise debt by 50 percent.
• Objective Three: By September 2027, operationalize Mauritania’s Citizens’ Budget through a user-friendly, multilingual web and WhatsApp-based application with chatbot capacity, making 80 percent of budgetary data accessible and understandable to the public and engaging at least 60,000 people annually.

2) Eligibility 

The following organizations are eligible to apply: U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations subject to section 501(c) (3) of the U.S. tax code, Foreign-based non-profit organizations/non-government organizations (NGO), Public International Organizations, Foreign Public Organizations, Private, public, or state institutions of higher education, Governmental institutions.

3) Location 

Actions must take place in Mauritania.

4) Budget

Total available funding is $600,000. Grants may range from $150,000-$400,000.

5) Location 

The application deadline is 8 September 2025.