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Brief
Description
Consolidation of Democracy and Good
Governance in Lesotho (CDGG) is a five-year programme jointly funded
by the government of Ireland and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) designed to build on the existing multi-donor
support whose main purpose is to institutionalise and deepen
democracy and good governance through improved electoral processes,
effective functioning of parliament and enhanced promotion of human
rights.
Specifically, the CDGG will provide support to: (1) harmonization
and streamlining of the electoral legislation to ensure that
elections add value to democratic governance and political
stability; (2) parliamentary reforms to improve the effectiveness of
the legislature in its three-pronged mandate of law-making,
representation and oversight; and (3) the promotion and protection
of human rights in accordance with the principles of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. To achieve its primary goals and
objectives, the CDGG has identified, albeit not limited to, the
following key institutions as enabling partners: The Independent
Electoral Commission (IEC), Parliament, Ministry of Justice, Human
Rights and Correctional Services and the Office of Ombudsman.
Project strategy:
The two cooperating partners, Irish
Aid and UNDP, have firmly positioned governance as an integral
component of their future country programmes for achieving
sustainable human development and accountability. The strategic
focus of this programme will be to build upon the governance
milestones achieved through the Deepening Democracy Programme
jointly supported by Irish Aid, DFID and UNDP.
The programme has three key components, all in tandem with the
overarching principles of Lesotho’s National Vision 2020. These
components are: i) strengthening the capacity of the IEC and
enhancing the quality of elections; ii) strengthening the capacity
of parliament to undertake its mandate of law-making, representation
and oversight; and iii) strengthening the capacity of human rights
institutions to enhance their effectiveness in the protection and
promotion of human rights.
The programme will be implemented through three separate projects to
deliver the above outputs. UNDP (on behalf of Irish Aid) will sign
three project documents with the following implementing partners:
IEC, Parliament, Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Correctional
Services.
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Project Time line |
Dec 2008 - 31 Dec 2012 |
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Status |
Ongoing |
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Location |
Maseru |
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UNDP Programme
Officer |
Mr N. S. Bereng |
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UNDAF Outcome
#4: Governance institutions strengthened, ensuring gender
equality, public service delivery and human rights for all by
2012 |
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Expected
Outcome(s)/Indicator (s):
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Governance
institutions strengthened, ensuring management of credible
elections, improved oversight role of parliament and inculcation
of a human rights culture |
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Expected Output(s)/Indicator(s):
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Output 1
Improvement of election management and
harmonization of electoral legislation to ensure that elections
deepen democracy and strengthen political stability;
Output 2
The capacity of Parliament enhanced to more
effectively execute its mandate of law-making, representation
and oversight; and
Output 3
Awareness, respect and promotion of human
rights raised so that ordinary citizens recognise the existence
of these rights and state institutions effectively protect and
promote them.
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Implementing
partner: |
Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (at the strategy
level)
Independent Electoral Commission (output 1)
National Assembly
(output 2)
Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and the
Correctional Service (output 3) |
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Responsible
Parties: |
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Budget and major
sources of funding: |
UNDP $ 200,000 TRAC (for
2009)
Irish Aid $80,393 (in
2008)
Irish Aid $273,510.96 (in 2009) |
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Delivery: |
2008 financial year not
closed yet |
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