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Reports from Country Teams – KENYA

5.0. KENYA Country Team

Foundation: 2003 – 2005

• Stakeholders Forum
• Selection of Country
• Secretariat

2005 – 2006 (10 months – MOU)

• Country Team consultations
• Country Objectives and goal
• Country Action Plan
• Monthly meetings – KCT
• Signing of MOU with IA
• Release of Funds
• Incentive Fund

• communication
• meeting expenses
• administrative cost
• consultancies
• others – PAT, Budget briefs, EAAG, Washington Forum / IA week

Country Team Protocols – Linkages / Synergies

• EAAG
• Task Force on Taxation
• Business Sector / NGO partnership
• Involvement of Government / UNDP / CIDA

Role Played by Actors

NGOs

• Personnel (staff time)
• Contribution of office space
• Facilitation
• Stakeholder mobilization
• Networking with regional networks
• Formulation of KCT
• Feed on content to action plan

PVOs

• Time
• Identification of partners
• Skills
• Design of protocols of governance
• Design and implementation process

USAID

• Liaison person
• Access to information
• Facilitation (financial) of KCT members to the Washington week
• Meeting with USAID mission
• Orientation to country strategic plan

IA

• Guidance on Action Plan
• Monitoring implementation
• Feedback on process
• Financial support

CHALLENGES

• Lack of commitment by US PVOs
• Lack of transparency
• Lack of Motivation

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