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Strategic planning for county governments - Presentation and tools. July 2016
Useful resource on integrated strategic planning for county governments covers its advantages use in integrated development planning. Includes detailed illustrations of strategic planning tools including SWOT analysis, means-end analysis, logical framework approach. Developed by the AHADI project as a resource for mentors and… read more
Guidelines and Tools (*)Guidelines for the development of the County Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System (CIMES). April 2019. Monitoring and Evaluation Department,The National Treasury and Planning State Dept; COG
These Guidelines serve to assist county government staff to set-up, design, implement and sustain a functional M&E system that tracks county development. The guidelines will also serve as a useful reference for other stakeholders who are interested in the design, implementation, monitoring or evaluating of their programmes… read more
Guidelines and Tools (*)County public participation guidelines. Ministry of Devolution and Planning (MODP) and Council of Governors (COG). January 2016
These guidelines inform county public participation practice in line with the County Government Act 2012 (Part VIII). They offer a practical approach for county governments to actively engage the public in policy making and planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and seeking redress through public… read more
Guidelines and Tools (*)Supporting Kenya's Devolution Reform: An adult learning approach to county capacity development in Kenya. AHADI briefing paper No 1. 2019
The Agile and Harmonized Assistance to Devolved Institutions (AHADI) project funded by USAID and UK Aid supported the implementation of Kenya’s devolution reforms from 2014 - 2020 and contributed to the achievement of local political, economic and service delivery transformation. To do this, AHADI focused on the public… read more
Other Resources (**)Constitution of Kenya 2010
The constitution is the supreme law of Kenya. The current version promulgated in August 2010 sets out the national values and principles of governance.
Laws and RegulationsSustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. The 17 SDGs are integrated- that is, they recognize that action in… read more
Guidelines and Tools (*)Screening tools and guidelines to support the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation into development assistance – A stocktaking report. UNDP. 2010
The donor community has elaborated myriad climate risk screening tools and mainstreaming guidelines in the past decade to meet this goal. The result of this effort is a wide array of methodologies with different approaches, geared to audiences covering different levels of activity and showcasing a variety of practical… read more
Guidelines and Tools (*)Adapting to climate variability and change. A guidance manual for development planning
The USAID Global Climate Change Team developed this guidance manual to assist missions and other partners to understand how climate change may affect their project outcomes and identify adaptation options to integrate into the design for more resilient projects.
Guidelines and Tools (*)Gender responsive budgeting in practice: A Training manual. UNFPA, UNIFEM. 2006
This training manual is aimed at developing a coordinated approach for effective technical assistance to gender-responsive budgeting (GRB). It is intended to build capacity in the application of gender budget analysis. The manual seeks to build understanding of GRB as a tool for promoting gender equity, accountability to women'… read more
Guidelines and Tools (*)Gender responsive budgeting and its application to planning in Kenya
This publication presents the findings of a study on the gender responsive budgeting process and how it can be applied to Kenya’s planning process. The document contains a good review of the gender responsive initiatives in Kenya, spelling out the key requirements for the successful gender mainstreaming of budgets in Kenya. It… read more
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