Vision, mission and objectives of African Monitor
The vision of African Monitor is a continent rapidly achieving its development potential whose people live dignified lives in a just society where basic needs are met, human rights upheld, and good governance entrenched.
The mission of African Monitor is to act as an independent catalyst to monitor development funding commitments, delivery and impact on the grassroots, and to bring strong additional African voices to the development agenda.
The objectives of AM are:
To monitor the implementation of funding commitments (Donor and African Governments) to development in Africa in order to enable evidence based advocacy.
To monitor the effectiveness of development funding on the lives of the poor in order to advocate for improved programme delivery.
To further engage donor and African governments as well as a wide cross-section of stakeholder groups in order to bring about change, promote expedient implementation of the MDG’s, generate public discourse and create awareness among local communities thus enhancing their participation in the development agenda.
To enhance grassroots participation in monitoring development programmes and processes.
To leverage networks of organizations, institutions and individuals working to reduce poverty in Africa in order to harness the collective knowledge and skills.