Brief Description

The project’s main objective is to develop civic engagement in Lesotho for better oversight of public affairs and to use innovative means of providing information to citizens of Lesotho on issues of governance. The project outputs are: 1) Capacity of NGOs, CSOs and media developed for peaceful engagement with issues of national governance. 2) Public awareness raised on governance issues and government services.

 

Project Time line	Jun 2008 - 31 Mar 2009
Status	Ongoing
Location	Maseru
UNDP Programme Officer	Mr N. S. Bereng
UNDAF Outcome(s)/Indicator(s):	UNDAF Outcome #3: Governance institutions strengthened, ensuring gender equality, public service delivery and human rights for all by 2012
Expected Outcome(s)/Indicator (s):	Strengthened governance institutions for a stable participatory democracy and effective economic governance.
Expected Output(s)/Indicator(s):	Output 1 Capacity of NGOs, CSOs and media developed for peaceful engagement with issues of national governance   Indicators: Establishment of Civil Society Forum; NGOs able to articulate RBM procedures; Government and CSOs able to cooperate   Output 2 Public awareness raised on governance issues and government services   Indicators:  # articles by media and # reports by by Civil Society on community involvement with governance issues;  Citizens able to access information on governance and public services;
Implementing partner:	Lesotho Council of NGOs (LCN)
Responsible Parties:	none
Budget and major sources of funding:	UNDP Democratic Governance TTF 300,000
Delivery:	2008 financial year not closed yet