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The principle of AlignmentRisks and Challenges of NAMs for NSAs and LA

NSA and Justice Reform in Kenya

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Non-state actors and the Governance, Justice, Law andOrder Reform Programme (GJLOS) in Kenya

• The NSA Facility for Democratic Governance in Kenya:o GJLOS, important SPSP in Kenya, co-funded by the EC;o NSA involvement seen as a missing link;o NSA and Gov. agreed upon NSAs being “in” and

“around”• “In”: enhanced NSA participation in GJLOS thematic

working groups & tech. coord. Committee;• “Around”: independent facility supporting NSAs in

their contribution to the achievements of GJLOS key results areas (calls for proposals, types of activities fully consistent with objectives sustaining independent NSAs’ capacity of action & monitoring).

EuropeAidStrategic and operational challenges

• Link between country ownership and alignment (and other principles)

• Own initiatives critical for effective CSO alignment

• Need for critical alignment

• Potential role of independent facilities

• Seizing windows of opporturtinities

• Transformative capacity CSOs

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Promoting domesticaccountability

from the outside

Integrating PE-analysis into the actual design of

support programmes

Ensuring institutional change on the donor side to

deliver effective support in domestic

accountability

Investing in concrete processes and mechanisms for accessing, reconciling and

enforcing rights and obligations

Focusing on incremental change

through realistic, cumulative and

combined support strategies

Main challenges for greater effectiveness in promoting domestic accountability

Building coalitions of reform-minded actors (social mobilisation)