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Pact’s Kenyan Civil Society Strengthening Program (KCSSP) team is pleased to announce the release of the following two Requests for Applications (RFAs):
RFA #2008-DGL-1/Conf
RFA #2008-DGL-2/Epp
Appendix
Applications will be accepted until
25th March, 2008
at 4pm.
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Umoja Pamoja - "Get in Line" Campaign
On Saturday, November 24, 2007, over 2000 people turned out in Nairobi to join hands and form a human chain around Parliament in a display of unity and purpose for the elections. Promoted as “Umoja Pamoja”, the “Get in Line” campaign was organized by Eric Wainaina and other local artists to call upon political candidates to address the issue of corruption and transparency in government, to focus on issues and to denounce political violence.
The initiative also hopes to restore a sense of lost patriotism among the youth, to shun violence and tribalism in this elections and vote on the issues that affect them.“Umoja Pamoja” is one of two activities supported by KCSSP relating to elections.
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Training for CAPF members on Money and Politics
Pact Kenya conducted a money and training workshop for members of the Coalition for Accountable Political Finance (CAPF) from 17th to 19th October 2007. The training was held at the Panari Hotel Nairobi and facilitated by members of staff of Pact Kenya and Dr. Marcin Walecki of IFES.
The workshop objectives included; discussing key considerations in monitoring political finance; the opportunities of political finance monitoring for advancing Kenya’s democratization; and designing tools for monitoring political finance in Kenya. It was attended by 23 participants representing 20 organizations that are part of the coalition.
The workshop covered a variety of topics that included, among others, Political Finance: Overview; Political Corruption; Political Finance Monitoring in Other Democracies; Political Finance Disclosure and Security; Political Finance in the Context of Kenya’s Democratization; Historical Perspectives (previous elections and political finance-related problems); The Political Parties Act, 2007: Opportunities for Streamlining Political Financing and Democratic Development. The workshop participants also developed a campaign monitoring plan and prototype tools for campaign finance monitoring during the workshop.
With the skills acquired from the workshop, CAPF has trained and deployed monitors who are using the final set of refined tools for their work.
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Governance and Leadership Workshop
Pact organized a workshop on “Governance and Leadership” at the Jacaranda Hotel in Nairobi on September 18-20, 2007, bringing together some 36 CEOs and Board Members from CSOs supported under the KCSSP program. The workshop provided a platform for participants to learn, share experiences, challenges and best practices in leadership and governance in their organizations. Pact also invited speakers from the NGO Board, the NGO Council and practitioners in the civil society sector who gave very insightful presentations on topical issues. Following this training, the Pact KCSSP team will visit various CSOs for further training and technical support on how to address specific issues the organizations identified at the workshop.
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