Project profile — Kenya Constitutional Review Support

• Kenya (100.00%)

• Government And Civil Society, General: Democratic participation and civil society (15150) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (not targeted)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (principal objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This initiative is a sub-project of the Democratic Governance Fund. It appears separately to denote that this component is a grant to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This project supports Kenya's constitutional review process to help finance the costs of: international and local consultants and experts in relevant thematic areas (e.g. comparative analysis of constitutional laws, systems of government, human rights, electoral processes, etc.); setting up a library and documentation unit and website; and stakeholder engagement and consensus building with state and non-state actors (e.g. civil society organizations, Members of Parliament, unions, churches, private sector, media).

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Results achieved as of the end of the project (December 2011) include: CIDA’s support to the Committee of Experts on the Constitution contributed to a highly consultative and public process of developing a new constitution. Civic education material was developed to educate voters on the constitutional process. The Committee of Experts published a draft constitution that was debated in civil society and Parliament, and passed by the majority of Kenyan voters in a free and fair national referendum in August 2010. Independent opinion polls showed that the majority of Kenyans (67%) were satisfied with the Constitutional process.

• Proactive disclosure
• Related activities:
• Affirmative Action for Gender Equality
• Democratic Governance Fund
• Gender and Governance Program
• Governance Support Program - Monitoring
• Public Financial Management Reform
• Public Service Reform
• Support to Kenya Electoral Reforms