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“A Rwanda where the indigent and vulnerable groups have equitable access to justice”“A Rwanda where the indigent and vulnerable groups have equitable access to justice”

PARTFive-Year Strategic Plan

2011-2015

“A Rwanda where the indigent and vulnerable groups have equitable access to justice”


Five-Year Strategic Plan

2011-2015

Produced by :The Legal Aid Forum – Forum d’Aide Juridique

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The Legal Aid Forum is a membership based network encompassing over 30 national and international NGOs, international organisations, professional bodies, universities and faith based initiatives that provide legal and services to the indigent Rwandan population or vulnerable groups (or that provide support to legal aid service providers in Rwanda). The mission of the Legal Aid forum is to promote equitable access to justice for the indigent population and vulnerable groups, through the provision of accessible and high quality legal aid services. It is governed by its Statutes adopted by the members on 12 May 2009, amending the initial Charter adopted on 26 October 2006.

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Table of Contents Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

Access to Justice and Legal Aid Situation in Rwanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Our Identity: Vision, Mission, Values, Membership and Learning Approach . . . . . x

Part A: Milestones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Part B: Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Organisational Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Our Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Our Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Stakeholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Part C: Our Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Summary of Our Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

How We Will Measure Our Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1. Our Approach to Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2. Our Approach to Evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 3. Our Approach to Implementing The Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 4. Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Part D: Planning Framework (Logical Framework Analysis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Appendix A : Monitoring Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Appendix B : Action Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Appendix C : Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation Plan: Year 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Appendix D: 2011-2015 Financial Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Contact details of the Legal Aid Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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Acronyms

ADEPE : Action pour le Développement du Peuple

ADL : Association Rwandaise pour la Défense des Droits de la

Personne et des Libertés Publiques

AJPRODHO : Youth Association for Human Rights Promotion and Development

ARDHO : Association Rwandaise pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme

AVEGA : Association des Veuves du Génocide Agahozo

ARPCDH : Association Rwandaise pour la Promotion et la Connaissance des Droits de l’Homme

CESTRAR : Centrale des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Rwanda

CIDA : Canadian International Development Agency

CLADHO : Collectif des Ligues et Associations de Défense des Droits de l’Homme

COPORWA : Communauté des Potiers du Rwanda

COSYLI : Conseil National des Organisations Syndicales Libres

DANIDA : Danish International Development Agency

DIHR : Danish Institute for Human Rights

EALS : East Africa Law Society

EDPRS : Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy

FACT Rwanda : Forum des Activistes contre la Torture et la Violence

FR : Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation

GA : General Assembly

IAC : Internal Audit Committee

ICJ : International Commission of Jurists

ICP : Internal Control Procedures

INILAK : Institut Laïque Adventiste de Kigali

JRLOS : Justice, Reconciliation, Law and Order Sector

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LAF : Legal Aid Forum (the Forum)

LDGL : Ligue des Droits de la Personne dans la Région des Grands Lacs

LIPRODHOR : Ligue Rwandaise pour la Promotion et la Défense des Droits de l’Homme

LRF : Legal Resources Foundation

LFA : Logical Framework Analysis

MAJ : Maison d’Accès à la Justice – Access to Justice Bureau

MER : Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

NGOs : Non Governmental Organisations

NUR : National University of Rwanda

OSI : Open Society Institute

PASI : Paralegal Advisory Service Institute

RWF : Rwandan Francs

SIDA : Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

SO : Strategic Objective

ULK : Université Libre de Kigali

UN : United Nations

UNDP : United Nations Development Programme

USAID : United States Agency for International Development

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Foreword

The Legal Aid Forum’s (the Forum) Strategic Plan 2011-2015 has been a collaborative and participative process informed by research, consultations with stakeholders and through the facilitation of a strategic planning retreat with the Forum’s Secretariat and Steering Committee. The process was

designed so that ownership of the strategic plan would genuinely lie with the Secretariat, Steering Committee and Forum members.

We used an eight-step planning process:

1. Information gathering and initial analysis;

2. Interviews with Forum members, former Steering Committee members and current Steering Committee members and Secretariat staff;

3. Facilitation of a strategic planning workshop with current Steering Committee members and Secretariat staff which identified critical strategic issues for development around the Forum’s Vision, Mission, Strategic Objectives, Outputs and Activities;

4. Analysis of transcript of workshop by the Secretariat and finalising the Logical Framework Analysis;

5. Consultant analysis and synthesis of collated information leading to the developing of the first draft of the strategic plan;

6. Feedback received from the Steering Committee and Secretariat on the first draft of the strategic plan;

7. Consultants producing the final draft of the strategic plan;

8. Final draft of the strategic plan approved and adopted by the General Assembly of the Forum.

The theme of the strategic planning intervention was “Alive with Possibilities” and we believe that our strategic plan for the period 2011-2015 resonates with this.

Andrews KanangaCoordinator to the Secretariat, Legal Aid ForumKigali, Rwanda – May 2010

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Acknowledgements

The development of a strategic plan is such an uphill task and requires protracted efforts and therefore it would be remiss of me not to thank all those involved in making this process such an immensely successful and gratifying one. Indeed without the committed contribution and support

of the members of the Steering Committee and the staff of the Secretariat, the development of this plan would not have been possible. Indeed, it goes without saying that we are deeply appreciative of the continued support of Forum members, our donors, specifically the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kigali, and the Danish Institute for Human Rights/DANIDA, and other stakeholders.

Nkeza ClementChair of the Steering Committee & Legal Representative

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Introduction

The role of the strategic plan is to articulate the Forum’s five-year strategy to effectively and efficiently enhance its work in order to achieve its mission. The plan covers the period 2011-2015 and the planning framework used is the Logical Framework Analysis (LFA). This strategic

plan is as comprehensive as we can currently make it. However, it must be borne in mind that a good plan must be flexible enough to be tailored to meet our ever-changing environment. Accordingly, we will continue to monitor and amend the LFA to ensure its continued relevance.

Group work session – Steering Committee members working on the Strategic Plan.

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Access to Justice and Legal AidSituation in Rwanda

Equitable, functioning and accessible justice is crucial to combating poverty, promoting good governance and the rule of law. It is a basic human right and an indispensable means towards conflict resolution.

Access to justice should not depend on wealth, education levels, religion or ethnicity. Therefore in order to realise the goal of equitable access to justice it is essential to put in place mechanisms for the provision of legal aid services1. Only in this way can access to justice become accessible to those in need rather than remaining a prerogative of those who can afford it.

To date, there is no specific legislation on access to justice and/or legal aid in Rwanda. However, efforts are being made by the Government of Rwanda under the Ministry of Justice to promote and develop the infrastructure for legal aid through the ‘Maison d’Accès à la Justice’ (MAJ), which are Access to Justice Bureaus intended to be established in all districts2. In addition, the Ministry has also started to undertake the process of developing a legal aid policy.

The environment within which legal aid is provided in Rwanda is characterised by a high population density (376/km²)3, with a large rural, semi-literate population. Approximately 9.9 million people live in an area of 26’338 square kilometres4 and 56.9% of the population live below the poverty line with only 62.5% of rural men and women consider themselves literate5.

Rwanda currently has a very low Advocate to population ratio. The ratio is currently 1 Advocate for 16,203 people6 even though the Bar is committed to increasing the number of Advocates on the roll.

The historical context has also put huge pressure on the Rwandan justice system both in terms of trying genocide suspects and in creating complex legal issues

1 LegalAidisdefinedasfreeorsubsidisedlegalservicestothosewhocannotaffordthem.Withinthisdefinitionabroadunderstand-ingbasedontheconceptoftheLegalAidTriangleisadopted,includingallthreelevelsoflegalrepresentation,legaladvice/media-tionandlegalinformation/education.

2 See ‘Consultation sur l’élaboration et la formulation des stratégies de l’assistance judiciaire’–KayitareJeanPierre,HabimanaJeanDamascène(associé),October2005.

3 UnitedNationStatisticsDivision,2007.4 Ibid.5 PreliminaryPovertyUpdateReport(EICVII)2007.6 611AdvocatesregisteredwiththeBarAssociationatthebeginningofApril2010forapopulationof9.9million.

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associated with land rights, inheritance rights and family law issues7. However, as Gacaca Courts have tried substantial amounts of cases, the Government is now focusing on other types of cases.

In practice many obstacles continue to exist which inhibit the effective provision of legal aid services. The 2007 Legal Aid Baseline Survey identified a number of key limiting factors:

The absence of an enabling legal and regulatory framework;•

Limited monitoring and evaluation and poor documentation of challenges, •best practices and client information;

Limited and disjointed funding;•

The limited number of Advocates and the limited geographic reach •(urban bias) and capacity of legal aid service providers (both civil society organisations and the Bar Association/Corps of Judicial Defenders);

Limited awareness of available legal aid services amongst the population.•

These factors impact on each other. For example, a stronger and more enabling legal and regulatory framework would lead to more systematic training and continuing legal education of service providers. Monitoring, evaluation and documentation provides data and information that can be used to improve methodologies. Furthermore, the use of these tools has also the potential to attract funding.

However, a number of processes and policy decisions provide the basis for further work and positive developments in the area of legal aid:

Adoption of • ‘Universal Access to Quality Justice in Rwanda’ as a high level objective in the EDPRS 2008-2012 and inclusion of ‘the number of vulnerable groups/poor people accessing legal aid services’ as an indicator;

Adoption of the JRLO Sector Strategy and Budgeting Framework 2009-2012 •which aims at a ‘universal access to quality justice’ (Output 1) with ‘access to legal advice and representation universally available at the sector level’ (Target 1) and a ‘legal aid scheme fully operational nationally with coverage down to sector level’ by June 2012 (Milestones Output 1);

The creation in 2007/08 of a new Department within the Ministry of Justice •to focus on ‘Legal Aid, Human Rights and Community Services’;

The drafting process of the new Law on the Bar with the opportunity to •work on the draft based on new developments;

7 SeeLegalAidBaselineSurvey,January2007.

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The process of putting in place a legal aid policy framework currently being •worked on by the Ministry of Justice;

The continued engagement of the Forum, the Ministry of Justice and the •Justice Sector to analyse and make recommendations on the draft Law on the Bar and on the national policy framework for legal aid in Rwanda.

Based on this analysis, the Forum has navigated its efforts since its creation in October 2006 towards improving the delivery of legal aid services in Rwanda.

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Our Identity: Vision, Mission, Values, Membership and Learning Approach

VisionA Rwanda where the indigent and vulnerable groups have equitable access to justice.

MissionTo promote and support the provision of accessible and quality legal aid services.

Core Values In order to achieve its Vision and Mission, the Forum is guided by the following core values:

Respect people in their diversities;•

Accountability and transparency;•

Independence;•

Innovation;•

The best interests of our member organisations.•

MembershipThe Forum has 34 member organisations engaged in the provision of legal aid services to the indigent and vulnerable groups in Rwanda, comprising of:

1. 22 local NGOs/Trade Unions and 6 international NGOs: ADEPE, ADL, AJPRODHO, ARDHO, AVEGA, ARPCDH, Benishyaka, CESTRAR, CLADHO, COPORWA, COSYLI, FACT Rwanda, Haguruka, Human Rights First Rwanda, INARA Legal Aid Service, LDGL, LIPRODHOR, Maison de Droit, Mouvement des Peuples pour l’Éducation aux Droits Humains au Rwanda (MPEDH/Rwanda), Network of Lawyers of Hope Rwanda, Rwanda Community Law Anti Discrimination Network – Dufatanye, Rwanda Women’s Network, Avocats Sans Frontières, International Justice Mission, Norwegian People’s Aid, Penal Reform International, RCN Justice & Démocratie, the Danish Institute for Human Rights;

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2. 2 professional bodies: the Bar Association, the Corps of Judicial Defenders; and

3. 4 Universities Legal Aid Clinics: INILAK – Legal Aid Clinic, NUR – Legal Aid Clinic, ULK – Legal Aid Clinic Kigali, ULK – Legal Aid Clinic Gisenyi.

Learning ApproachThe Forum recognises that both the internal and external environment contribute to its impact. The Forum is committed towards an action-learning approach to its work. In this way the Forum will continuously reflect on past actions to understand their positive or negative impact, thereby being better able to plan effectively and efficiently for the future.

The Forum recognises that within the internal environment serious and committed work must be conducted to carry out all activities in order to achieve impact. The Forum has committed itself to this.

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PART A

Milestones

2004:

Following preliminary study about legal aid services available at field level, an idea emerged to create the Forum; a ‘space’ for organisations to share information and best practises, and collaborate both in capacity building and identified areas within which advocacy and research can be made. The study highlighted the determination of organisations to provide legal aid services to indigent and vulnerable groups, and the positive initiatives and projects aimed at providing legal information, advice and representation services. Nevertheless, limited collaboration was identified as one factor constraining the effectiveness and efficiency of legal aid service provision. Thus, the initiative to create the Forum was identified as an essential step towards the improvement of access to justice in Rwanda.

2006:

On 26 October 2006, the Forum was established and a Charter adopted; the culmination of a process in which civil society organisations worked together to build a common understanding of legal aid, identified the Forum’s vision, mission, aims and objectives, and agreed on work modalities.

A Legal Aid Baseline Survey and Needs Analysis was conducted by the Forum in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice and the findings showed a number of key factors limiting the impact of legal aid activities (see above ‘Access to Justice and Legal Aid Situation in Rwanda’).

2007:

Based on the findings and recommendations from the legal aid baseline survey, the Forum developed a three-year logical framework 2008-2010 and focused its work on improving the quality and accessibility of legal aid services. This included capacity building, monitoring, research and advocacy initiatives, and support to a number of pilot legal aid projects at community level and in the criminal justice system.

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2009:

The Forum was registered as a national NGO (network) and for the first time became a fully independent entity. Up to this time, the Forum was a voluntary and informal association and its Secretariat was hosted by the Danish Institute for Human Rights.

2007-2009:

Among the Forum main results and developments:

Countrywide • Legal Aid Baseline Survey carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice, completed in January 2007;

Engagement throughout 2007 with the Ministry of Justice in the • Task Force on Legal Aid to analyse and make recommendations on the national framework for legal aid8;

Contribution to the Justice, Reconciliation, Law and Order Sector of •EDPRS;

Monitoring• in 2008-09 of EDPRS Indicators in the Justice Sector;

Launch in July 2007 of a periodical information exchange • Bulletin;

Development in 2008-09 and implementation of an • improved documentation and monitoring system for legal aid providers amongst a pilot group of legal aid providers;

Development of a • Paralegal Practice Manual launched in November 2009;

Research• project in 2009 on locus standi and amicus curiae;

Implementation in 2009 of a • Legal Aid Week in Rwanda – Initiative led by the Ministry of Justice in collaboration with the Forum:

▪ Covering 10 prisons and 27 sectors;

▪ Provided through 20 legal aid providers (including the Bar Association, the Corps of Judicial Defenders, NGOs, trade unions, university legal aid clinics);

▪ Benefiting 350 minors detained legally represented and 1’368 indigent and vulnerable people benefiting legal information, legal advice and/or mediation;

8 TaskForcecomprisingtheMinistryofJustice,thepilot‘Maison d’Accès à la Justice’(AccesstoJusticeBureau),theBarAssocia-tion,theLegalAidForum(ChairandSecretariat),theDanishInstituteforHumanRightsandUNDP.

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Pilot projects from May 2008 to provide • legal aid services at community based level and in the criminal justice system9 – benefiting 2’776 indigent and vulnerable persons in 2008, 6’354 persons in 2009;

Annual • exposure visits, internships and staff exchanges with organisations in the region (notably in Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda).

2010:

Based on the results achieved so far by the Forum and in a view to enhance the sustainability of the Forum and concretise further its potential to improve the accessibility and quality of legal aid services in Rwanda, the Forum developed a 5 year strategic plan covering the period 2011-2015.

9 Threeprojectsimplementedin2008:1/‘Legal Aid and support to local initiatives on Access to Justice for vulnerable youth’,imple-mentedbyAdepeinRubavuDistrict,2/‘Legal Aid for children and youth facing criminal prosecution’byAjprodhoinKarongiandRutsiroDistrictsand3/‘Community clinic law project’byINILAKinpartnershipwithHumanRightsFirstinKamonyiandKicukiroDistricts–projectshavingcontinuedin2009togetherwithfouradditionalprojectsstarting:1/‘Legal assistance for vulnerable work-ers within tea plantations and construction sector, in Gicumbi and Rulindo districts and the City of Kigali’byCestrar;2/‘Community against Gender Based Violence and victims legal assistance in Karongi District in the Western Province’byFactRwanda;3/‘Legal advice and representation in court for detainees of Nsinda and Kibungo prisons’ byADLinpartnershipwiththeCorpsofJudicialDefenders;and4/‘Legal advice and representation in court for vulnerable persons, notably widows and orphans’bytheCorpsofJudicialDefenders;foratotalofsevenprojectsoperatingin2009.

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Structure

Organisational Structure

THE LEGAL AID FORUM

GENERAL ASSEMBLYSupreme Organ of the Legal Aid Forum & Governance level

comprising all member organisations

STEERING COMMITTEE

Leadership level – made of 9 member organisations elected for 2 year mandate

INTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE

SECRETARIAT

Operational level - liaison with members, logistical and technical support,

documentation, planning etc.

The Forum has its headquarters in Kigali, where the Secretariat is housed. The Secretariat is staffed by paid employees. The Secretariat is headed by a Coordinator with the following support officers, Finance and Administration Manager, Finance and Administration Assistant and Liaison Officer to the Secretariat. The Secretariat and the Steering Committee work closely together with the Secretariat reporting to the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee is accountable to the General Assembly, which is made-up of the member organisations of the Forum.

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Our SponsorsUp to the period ending December 2010, the Forum is sponsored by:

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kigali, Rwanda; and•

The Danish Institute for Human Rights/DANIDA.•

In addition, member organisations continue to honour their annual subscriptions hence complementing donor support.

Our ResourcesThe average total annual budget for the Forum has been 500’000 USD (increasing from 371’977 USD in 2008 to 636’000 USD in 2010). Over the period 2011-2015, the Forum’s annual budget will reach an average of 1’279’085 USD (increasing from 1’009’878 USD in 2011 to 1’572’715 USD in 2015). Please refer to Appendix D.

StakeholdersThe Forum interacts with a number of stakeholders in the justice sector, all of whom we are thankful to for their support:

Donors/Development partners, include CIDA, DANIDA, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium, the European Union, USAID, SIDA and UN organisations.

Rwandan Authorities/Institutions, including:

The Justice Sector Institutions, including the Ministry of Justice, Supreme •Court, National Commission on Human Rights, National Unity and Reconciliation Commission, National Public Prosecution Authority, Rwanda National Police, National Prison Service; and

Other relevant ministries, such as the Ministry for Gender and Women •Promotion.

Access to Justice & Legal Aid Organisations, including the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR), East Africa Law Society (EALS), East African Civil Society Forum, Eastern Africa Access to Justice Network, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Kenya Section, Kituo cha Sheria, Kituo cha Katiba, Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) Kenya, Open Society Institute (OSI) and Paralegal Advisory Service Institute (PASI) Malawi.

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Our Strategy

Summary of Our Strategy

Rwanda’s Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS)

JRLO Sector Strategy Objective: ‘Strengthened rule of law to promote good governance and a culture of peace’, which includes ‘universal access to quality justice’

Our Vision A Rwanda where the indigent and vulnerable groups have equitable access to justice

Our Mission To promote and support the provision of accessible and quality legal aid services

Our Core Values Respect people in their diversities1.

Accountability and transparency2.

Independence3.

Innovation4.

The best interests of our member organisations5.

Our Strategic Objectives 1 The Legal Aid Forum is an effective and sustainable membership-based network of legal aid providers committed to advancing access to justice

2 Legal aid providers have strengthened professional capacity to effectively provide quality and accessible legal aid services

3 A legal aid policy and implementation framework that are conducive for enhanced legal aid provision are established and operational

How We Will Measure Our Success

Our chosen framework for monitoring and evaluation is the Logical Framework Analysis (LFA), as already alluded to. The LFA is a tool favoured for development projects and one mainly used by our donors.

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The LFA allows us to track our activities, outputs, strategic objectives, mission and vision against objectively verifiable indicators. In terms of risks, the LFA also includes a set of assumptions made which underpin the success of our actions. The LFA will form the basis for our Budget, Operational Plan and Monitoring and Evaluation Plan.

Our Approach to Monitoring1.

Monitoring provides an ongoing assessment of performance and the environment of the Forum. Its purpose is to bring to the attention of staff of the Secretariat any changes relevant to implementation. They can then decide how best to respond to these changes. The Forum views monitoring as an internal activity and as an essential aspect of good management practice.

During monitoring, some of the questions the Forum will ask are:

How are the resources being used?•

What progress is being made?•

Are the results of the work being used by the target groups?•

Are there any important changes in the Forum’s context?•

In so far as monitoring goes, the Forum has a five step process:

Developing a framework for monitoring • (see Appendix A)

The Forum has already decided on the elements of the framework, and will now proceed to complete the information for the remaining elements. As can be seen from Appendix A, the monitoring plan is based on the LFA, and includes baseline information, targeted and actual data, means of verification, frequency of data collection, responsibilities and time frames.

Gathering information•

The Forum will use numerous methods to collect data including but not limited to:

▪ Surveys;

▪ Interviews;

▪ Focus group discussions;

▪ Statistics and reports from Legal Aid Providers;

▪ Narrative and financial reports from grantee members;

▪ Baseline surveys;

▪ Geographical mapping;

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▪ Community needs analysis;

▪ Court records; and

▪ Case reports.

Analysis of the information•

The Forum will analyse the information in order to:

▪ Establish if there are any significant changes;

▪ Identify the reasons for the changes; and

▪ Draw out recommendations.

Acting on the analysis•

The analysis will allow for:

▪ Internal and external learning;

▪ Effective decision-making; and

▪ Enhanced accountability.

Reporting findings•

The Forum will disseminate monitoring reports to key audiences, including its members, communities and other stakeholders. Our monitoring will ensure that we are delivering the results on time and within the expected cost. Ensuring proper budget management is key to maximising the value created by the Forum’s interventions.

To ensure that reports can be read and used, the Forum will pay attention to the following factors:

▪ Timeliness

Reports will be made available as soon as they are completed.

▪ Relevance

The information will address concerns relevant to the stakeholders. As different stakeholders have different interests, the Forum will prepare a small range of reports, each highlighting aspects relevant to different audiences.

▪ Marketing and distribution

The Forum believes that monitoring reports can play an important role in building public perception of the Forum. The Forum will accordingly draw the attention of stakeholders to the reports.

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▪ Credibility

As the quality of reports impact on the credibility of the Forum, all reports will be of the highest possible quality.

We will report on our delivery of the actions set out above in our Biannual Reports as well as during our Annual General Meetings.

Our Approach to Evaluations2.

Evaluation is a periodic assessment of the relevance and performance of the Forum. It provides feedback to the Forum on what it can do differently to accomplish its three strategic objectives. It can also be used to assess the Forum’s impact.

The Forum will use evaluations to address such questions as:

Is the Forum likely to achieve its strategic objectives with its existing •approach?

Has the Forum made a lasting improvement in the issues it was trying to •address?

The Forum will carry out specific types of evaluations to address the various evaluation questions that are relevant at different points in the Forum’s project cycles. These types include:

Ex-Ante:• An assessment of the project plan and approach, before it starts, to assess whether or not it has a good potential of achieving its objectives;

Mid-term:• A review, carried out midway through the life of the project to determine if the project is likely to be successful and to assess whether or not any changes in approach should be made to ensure success;

Terminal:• An evaluation at the close of the project or project cycle to determine if it has accomplished its objectives; and

Impact:• An assessment of whether or not any benefits resulting from the project have led to a sustained improvement in the issues it was addressing.

The above will be carried out by independent consultants.

The Forum will itself, through its Secretariat, be responsible for Formative Evaluations. In other words, an evaluation that is ongoing or continuous, and which provides feedback to inform ongoing changes and improvements in services or products.

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Our Approach to Implementing the Strategy3.

The Forum has already started working on its action plans that will make this strategy a reality. Please refer to Appendix B for our framework for the action plan.

Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation4.

The Forum’s approach to fundraising and resource mobilisation (FR) is that these are not separate activities from the strategic objectives of the Forum, but rather activity that supports the achievement of those objectives by helping to build a constituency for the organisation. We suggest that FR at its core, is not about raising funds, but about winning hearts and minds.

Appendix C shows the Forum’s plan for Year 1 (2011) and Appendix D indicates the Forum’s budget for 2011-2015.

Our strategy will take into account our learning through previous experiences including the need to:

Be more targeted;•

Focus on long-term sustainability of the Forum;•

Ask tough questions to develop a comprehensive development program for •the Forum;

Match the FR strategy with the overall strategic plan;•

Diversify funding sources;•

Establish the Forum’s readiness to embark on fund development programmes; •and

Ensure the Forum has the resources to advance the organisation’s mission.•

The Forum will target:

▪ Annual Giving

A year-round effort to raise renewable funds from individuals and groups, for unrestricted and restricted purposes using a variety of solicitation methodologies and techniques.

▪ Capital Giving

An intensive, organised fundraising effort to secure philanthropic gifts for specific capital needs or projects, executed within a specific time period, usually over one or more years.

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▪ Estate or Planned Giving

The integration of individual donor’s plans to make a charitable gift with his or her personal financial and estate plans.

Our institutional strategy looks at ways of getting grants from funding agencies, such as development agencies, foundations, trusts and other institutions, whose main function is to give grants. Currently, all Forum funds are institution-based.

Our strategy will include:

Ways to improve our chances of getting support from major funders;•

Managing our funder relationships much more effectively;•

Prioritising our time and energy, so that we are spending enough on FR to •get the funds that we need for our work;

Describing the Forum effectively to funders; •

Manage our approaches to a range of funders; and•

Producing project proposals that follow a logical structure• .

In Public fundraising, we look at other ways of FR. Our strategy will include:

Identifying potential sources of support; •

Raising money and support locally;•

Communicating effectively with our supporters; •

Earning and saving money;•

Organising fundraising events; •

Getting support from the private sector; •

Getting support in kind;•

Generating self-generated income;•

Producing promotional materials; and•

Managing relationships with donors.•

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Planning Framework Logical Framework Analysis

PART D

Retreat workshop, Kibuye, February 2010: Steering Committee and Secretariat members and consultants jointly developing the Strategic Plan 2011-2015.

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nal

eval

uatio

n

g) C

arry

out

furt

her s

trat

egy

deve

lopm

ent

on M

&E

Inpu

ts

Tech

nica

l sup

port

•

Fina

ncia

l sup

port

•

Hum

an re

sour

ces

•

Mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

sup

port

•

Info

rmat

ion/

expe

rienc

es/e

xper

tise

from

•

othe

r cou

ntrie

s

Exte

rnal

eva

luat

ors

•

Fina

ncia

l aud

it fir

m•

IT s

uppo

rt•

Rese

arch

es, s

tudi

es, s

urve

ys c

arrie

d ou

t•

Pro

of o

f Inp

uts

Trai

ning

cer

tifica

tes

awar

ded

•

Colla

bora

tion

agre

emen

ts/

•co

ntra

cts

for p

rovi

sion

of

expe

rtis

e

Doc

umen

tatio

n pr

oduc

ed

•(s

trat

egie

s, p

lann

ing

docu

men

ts, o

pera

tiona

l an

d w

ork

plan

s, m

eetin

gs

min

utes

)

Fina

ncia

l and

nar

rativ

e •

repo

rtin

g do

cum

ents

Staff

con

trac

ts a

nd jo

b •

desc

riptio

ns

Exte

rnal

eva

luat

ion

repo

rts

•

Surv

ey to

ols

and

resu

lts•

Aud

it re

port

s•

Web

site

•

20



Leve

l of I

nter

vent

ion

Obj

ecti

vely

Ver

ifiab

leIn

dica

tors

of S

ucce

ssM

eans

of V

erifi

cati

onA

ssum

ptio

ns

Hum

an R

esou

rces

& M

anag

emen

t

a)

Dev

elop

cap

acity

of S

ecre

taria

t sta

ff in

le

ader

ship

and

man

agem

ent,

pro

gram

me

cycl

e m

anag

emen

t, a

dvoc

acy

and

lobb

ying

, fun

drai

sing

and

reso

urce

m

anag

emen

t thr

ough

trai

ning

initi

ativ

esb)

Re

gula

r sta

ff m

eetin

gs a

nd jo

int a

ctiv

ities

c) O

rgan

ise

perio

dic

indi

vidu

al p

erfo

rman

ce

appr

aisa

ld)

D

evel

op, r

evie

w a

nd u

pdat

e co

ntin

uous

ly

inte

rnal

pol

icie

s (in

clud

ing

job

desc

riptio

ns, s

ecur

ity g

uide

lines

, int

erna

l co

ntro

l pro

cedu

res,

hum

an re

sour

ces

polic

y)e)

Car

ry o

ut a

nnua

l fina

ncia

l aud

itsf)

C

arry

out

sal

ary

surv

ey w

ithin

the

sect

or

Com

mun

icat

ion

& V

isib

ility

a) O

rgan

ise

and

atte

nd m

eetin

gs a

nd ro

und

tabl

es w

ith s

take

hold

ers

and

dono

r co

mm

unity

b)

Part

icip

ate

in n

atio

nal,

regi

onal

and

in

tern

atio

nal s

emin

ars,

con

fere

nces

and

fo

rum

sc)

D

evel

op c

apac

ity o

f Sec

reta

riat s

taff

in

med

ia a

nd p

ublic

rela

tions

d)

Esta

blis

h a

Foru

m w

ebsi

te a

nd p

rovi

de

upda

tes

and

inte

ract

ive

mec

hani

sms

for

mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

e)

Pu

blis

h an

d di

strib

ute

Foru

m n

ewsl

ette

rs

(incl

udin

g ar

ticle

s on

acc

ess

to ju

stic

e an

d le

gal a

id is

sues

)f)

D

evel

op fu

rthe

r str

ateg

y on

co

mm

unic

atio

n an

d vi

sibi

lity

and

mon

itor

the

stra

tegy

g) S

et u

p m

embe

r org

anis

atio

ns d

atab

ase

h) S

eek

mor

e m

embe

rshi

p an

d pa

rtne

rshi

p to

regi

onal

and

inte

rnat

iona

l net

wor

ks/

orga

nisa

tions

21



Leve

l of I

nter

vent

ion

Obj

ecti

vely

Ver

ifiab

leIn

dica

tors

of S

ucce

ssM

eans

of V

erifi

cati

onA

ssum

ptio

ns

Res

ourc

e M

obili

sati

on

a)

Revi

ew a

nd u

pdat

e re

gula

rly p

oten

tial

and

curr

ent d

onor

fund

ing

oppo

rtun

ities

b)

Prep

are

and

subm

it pr

opos

als

and

conc

ept n

otes

c) O

rgan

ise

mee

tings

and

roun

d ta

bles

with

st

akeh

olde

rs a

nd d

onor

com

mun

ity

d)

Dev

elop

furt

her s

trat

egy

on re

sour

ce

mob

ilisa

tion

Out

put 2

Mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

act

ivel

y pa

rtic

ipat

e in

adv

anci

ng t

he v

isio

n,

mis

sion

, str

ateg

ic o

bjec

tive

s an

d ac

tivi

ties

of t

he F

orum

All

Foru

m s

tatu

tory

mee

tings

are

hel

d•

N°

of a

dditi

onal

mee

tings

hel

d fo

r non

-•

stat

utor

y pu

rpos

es

95%

of m

embe

r org

anis

atio

ns d

irect

ly

•an

d ac

tivel

y in

volv

ed in

the

wor

k of

the

Foru

m

Min

utes

and

regi

stra

tion

•re

cord

of S

ecre

taria

t,

Stee

ring

Com

mitt

ee, G

ener

al

Ass

embl

y an

d In

tern

al A

udit

Com

mitt

ee m

eetin

gs

Mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

•

surv

eys

and

mon

itorin

g re

port

s

Min

utes

of T

ask

Forc

es (o

r •

sim

ilar a

d ho

c m

echa

nism

s)

mee

tings

Stra

tegi

c pl

ans a

nd b

udge

ts

•of

mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

Follo

w-u

p re

port

s•

Mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

•

rem

ain

focu

sed

on le

gal a

id

Mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

•

cont

inue

to s

ee th

e be

nefit

s of

wor

king

toge

ther

Mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

are

•

will

ing

to c

ontr

ibut

e th

eir

time

and

expe

rtis

e to

the

Foru

m a

ctiv

ities

22



Leve

l of I

nter

vent

ion

Obj

ecti

vely

Ver

ifiab

leIn

dica

tors

of S

ucce

ssM

eans

of V

erifi

cati

onA

ssum

ptio

ns

Act

ivit

ies

for O

utpu

t 2

a) O

rgan

ise

mee

tings

of t

he G

ener

al

Ass

embl

y, th

e St

eerin

g Co

mm

ittee

and

th

e In

tern

al A

udit

Com

mitt

ee

b)

Invo

lve

mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

(thr

ough

Ta

sk F

orce

s or

ad

hoc

mec

hani

sms)

in th

e de

sign

, pre

para

tion,

impl

emen

tatio

n,

follo

w-u

p, m

onito

ring

and

eval

uatio

n of

th

e Fo

rum

act

iviti

es

c) C

arry

out

sur

vey

on m

embe

r or

gani

satio

ns’ e

xpec

tatio

ns v

is-

à-vi

s th

e Fo

rum

, the

ir ac

tual

and

fu

ture

con

trib

utio

ns, a

ctiv

ities

, the

ir or

gani

satio

nal w

ork

focu

s an

d ap

proa

ch

on a

cces

s to

just

ice

and

lega

l aid

issu

es

d)

Dev

elop

furt

her s

trat

egy

on in

crea

sing

le

vel o

f par

ticip

atio

n of

mem

ber

orga

nisa

tions

in a

dvan

cing

the

mis

sion

of

the

Foru

m

e)

Ass

ist m

embe

r org

anis

atio

ns w

ith

thei

r ow

n st

rate

gic

plan

ning

in o

rder

to

inte

grat

e Fo

rum

act

iviti

es a

nd s

trat

egie

s in

to m

embe

r org

anis

atio

ns’ c

ore

prog

ram

me

Inpu

ts

Tech

nica

l sup

port

•

Fina

ncia

l sup

port

•

Hum

an re

sour

ces

•

Mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

•

Web

site

•

Inte

ract

ive

com

mun

icat

ion

syst

ems

•

Proo

f of I

nput

s

Doc

umen

tatio

n pr

oduc

ed

•(m

eetin

gs a

nd T

ask

Forc

es (o

r sim

ilar a

d ho

c m

echa

nism

s) m

inut

es,

follo

w-u

p re

port

s)

Fina

ncia

l and

nar

rativ

e •

repo

rtin

g do

cum

ents

Staff

con

trac

ts a

nd jo

b •

desc

riptio

ns

Web

site

•

Stra

tegy

for i

ncre

ased

leve

l •

of p

artic

ipat

ion

of m

embe

r or

gani

satio

ns

23



Leve

l of I

nter

vent

ion

Obj

ecti

vely

Ver

ifiab

leIn

dica

tors

of S

ucce

ssM

eans

of V

erifi

cati

onA

ssum

ptio

ns

Out

put 3

An

inde

pend

ent

stru

ctur

e fo

r the

m

anag

emen

t of

the

‘leg

al a

id c

ivil

soci

ety

fund

’ is

esta

blis

hed

Maj

ority

of s

uppo

rt a

mon

g st

akeh

olde

rs

•an

d do

nors

Exte

rnal

gra

nt m

anag

er c

ontr

acte

d•

Inde

pend

ent g

rant

man

agem

ent

•st

ruct

ure

in p

lace

(if o

rient

atio

n co

nfirm

ed)

Syst

ems,

pol

icie

s an

d pr

oces

ses

are

in

•pl

ace

Prop

osal

for a

n in

depe

nden

t •

gran

t man

agem

ent s

truc

ture

Min

utes

of m

eetin

gs w

ith

•st

akeh

olde

rs a

nd d

onor

s

Cont

ract

with

ext

erna

l gra

nt

•m

anag

er a

nd g

uide

lines

for

gran

t man

agem

ent

Cons

titut

ion

and

•in

tern

al p

roce

dure

s of

th

e in

depe

nden

t gra

nt

man

agem

ent s

truc

ture

(if

orie

ntat

ion

confi

rmed

)

Offi

cial

Gaz

ette

/Reg

istr

atio

n •

num

ber f

or th

e in

depe

nden

t gr

ant m

anag

emen

t str

uctu

re

Com

plim

enta

ry s

tate

•

and

civi

l soc

iety

fund

ing

stru

ctur

es a

re p

ossi

ble

Don

ors

and

stak

ehol

ders

•

do n

ot p

ursu

e co

ntra

dict

ory

agen

da in

rela

tion

to

fund

ing

stru

ctur

es

stra

tegi

es

Ther

e is

con

sens

us o

n th

e •

esta

blis

hmen

t of a

gra

nt

man

agem

ent s

truc

ture

Fund

s will

flow

into

the

•st

ruct

ure

and

it w

ill b

e ab

le

to e

ffect

ivel

y di

sbur

se fu

nds

in a

n ob

ject

ive,

tran

spar

ent

and

fair

man

ner

24



Leve

l of I

nter

vent

ion

Obj

ecti

vely

Ver

ifiab

leIn

dica

tors

of S

ucce

ssM

eans

of V

erifi

cati

onA

ssum

ptio

ns

Act

ivit

ies

for O

utpu

t 3a)

D

ocum

ent t

he re

sults

and

less

ons

lear

nt fr

om th

e 20

08-2

010

inte

rim g

rant

m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

b) D

evel

op a

pro

posa

l for

a lo

ng-t

erm

and

in

depe

nden

t gra

nt m

anag

emen

t str

uctu

re

c) O

rgan

ise

mee

tings

and

roun

d ta

bles

with

st

akeh

olde

rs a

nd d

onor

com

mun

ity o

n th

e po

tent

ial a

nd fe

asib

ility

to e

stab

lish

such

in

depe

nden

t gra

nt m

anag

emen

t str

uctu

re

d) A

s an

inte

rim a

rran

gem

ent,

con

trac

t an

exte

rnal

firm

/org

anis

atio

n to

und

erta

ke

the

man

agem

ent o

f the

‘leg

al a

id c

ivil

soci

ety

fund

’ and

ens

ure

inde

pend

ence

be

twee

n th

e m

anag

emen

t of t

he fu

nd a

nd

bene

ficia

ries

Pro

vide

d th

at th

e ou

tcom

e of

dis

cuss

ions

, co

nsul

tatio

ns a

nd a

naly

sis

poin

ts to

an

inde

pend

ent g

rant

man

agem

ent s

truc

ture

:

e)

Esta

blis

h an

inde

pend

ent g

rant

m

anag

emen

t str

uctu

re, p

roce

sses

, sy

stem

s, p

olic

ies

f)

Prov

ide

supp

ort i

n th

e se

ttin

g-up

and

la

unch

ing

phas

e w

ith a

vie

w to

bui

ldin

g su

stai

nabi

lity

of th

e in

itiat

ive

(bot

h in

te

rms

of fu

nds

and

tech

nica

l cap

acity

) and

en

sure

its

focu

s on

lega

l aid

g)

Mon

itor p

rogr

ess

mad

e by

the

new

ly

esta

blis

hed

stru

ctur

e

Inpu

ts

Tech

nica

l sup

port

•

Fina

ncia

l sup

port

•

Hum

an re

sour

ces

•

Mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

•

Exte

rnal

firm

/org

anis

atio

n as

gra

nt

•m

anag

er

DIH

R an

d LA

F fe

edba

ck a

nd a

naly

sis

on

•20

08-2

010

gran

t man

agem

ent s

yste

m

Info

rmat

ion/

expe

rienc

es/e

xper

tise

from

•

othe

r cou

ntrie

s w

ith le

gal a

id b

aske

t fu

nds

Inde

pend

ent g

rant

man

agem

ent

•st

ruct

ure

Proo

f of I

nput

s

Colla

bora

tion

agre

emen

t/•

cont

ract

s fo

r pro

visi

on o

f in

form

atio

n/ex

perie

nces

/ex

pert

ise

Fina

ncia

l and

nar

rativ

e •

repo

rtin

g do

cum

ents

Staff

con

trac

ts a

nd jo

b •

desc

riptio

ns

Cont

ract

with

ext

erna

l gra

nt

•m

anag

er a

nd g

uide

lines

for

gran

t man

agem

ent

Stra

tegi

c Obj

ectiv

e 2

Lega

l aid

pro

vide

rs h

ave

stre

ngth

ened

pr

ofes

sion

al c

apac

ity

to e

ffect

ivel

y pr

ovid

e qu

alit

y an

d ac

cess

ible

lega

l aid

se

rvic

es

Mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

are

run

•eff

ectiv

ely

and

effici

ently

App

ropr

iate

sys

tem

s, p

roce

sses

, •

regu

latio

ns, g

uide

s an

d ot

her a

re in

pl

ace

Staff

hav

e ap

prop

riate

and

rele

vant

cor

e •

skill

s

Inde

pend

ent e

valu

atio

n •

repo

rts

Low

sta

ff tu

rnov

er•

Org

anis

atio

n co

nstit

utio

ns,

•ar

ticle

s, d

eeds

of t

rust

Staff

trai

ning

cer

tifica

tes

•

Staff

per

form

ance

•

asse

ssm

ents

Lega

l aid

ser

vice

pro

vide

rs

•ar

e ke

en to

enh

ance

thei

r ca

paci

ty

App

ropr

iate

trai

ning

ser

vice

•

prov

ider

s ar

e av

aila

ble

Lear

ning

will

nec

essa

rily

•tr

ansl

ate

into

ski

lls

25



Leve

l of I

nter

vent

ion

Obj

ecti

vely

Ver

ifiab

leIn

dica

tors

of S

ucce

ssM

eans

of V

erifi

cati

onA

ssum

ptio

ns

Out

put 1

Lega

l aid

pro

vide

rs h

ave

com

preh

ensi

ve le

arni

ng a

nd t

rain

ing

sche

mes

, leg

al a

id p

ract

ical

ski

lls

and

acce

ss t

o te

chni

cal a

dvic

e in

the

de

velo

pmen

t of

lega

l aid

pro

gram

mes

At l

east

40%

incr

ease

of l

egal

aid

•

prov

ider

s us

ing

a do

cum

enta

tion,

MER

sy

stem

Evid

ence

of d

ocum

enta

tion

and

MER

in

•th

e pl

anni

ng p

roce

ss

90%

of p

aral

egal

s us

ing

the

Para

lega

l •

Prac

tice

Man

ual

90%

of l

egal

aid

pro

vide

rs u

sing

•

stan

dard

par

aleg

al c

urric

ulum

/ tr

aini

ng

mod

ules

66%

incr

ease

in c

ontin

uing

lega

l •

educ

atio

n tr

aini

ngs

Num

ber o

f exp

osur

e vi

sits

and

•

seco

ndm

ents

Gui

delin

es fo

r a m

eans

test

•

Incr

ease

in te

chni

cal s

uppo

rt

•in

terv

entio

ns to

mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

in

dev

elop

ing

lega

l aid

initi

ativ

es

Doc

umen

ted

clie

nt

•in

form

atio

n

Des

egre

gate

d da

ta o

n ca

ses

•ha

ndle

d by

lega

l aid

pro

vide

rs

Plan

ning

doc

umen

ts•

Nat

iona

l lev

el s

ynth

esis

ed

•in

form

atio

n m

anag

emen

t sy

stem

on

lega

l aid

Fiel

d fo

llow

-up

repo

rts

on

•th

e us

e of

the

Para

lega

l Pr

actic

e M

anua

l

Para

lega

l cur

ricul

um a

nd

•tr

aini

ng m

odul

es

Cont

inui

ng le

gal e

duca

tion

•tr

aini

ng re

cord

s

Oth

er tr

aini

ng re

port

s•

Repo

rts

on e

xper

ts’ v

isits

•

Basi

c kn

owle

dge

and

skill

s •

asse

ssm

ents

(pre

and

pos

t tr

aini

ng)

Expo

sure

vis

its a

nd

•se

cond

men

ts re

port

s

Min

utes

of m

eetin

gs,

•se

min

ars

with

mem

ber

orga

nisa

tions

Mea

ns te

st g

uide

lines

•

Repo

rts

on th

e pr

ovis

ion

of

•te

chni

cal s

uppo

rt to

mem

ber

orga

nisa

tions

in d

evel

opin

g le

gal a

id in

itiat

ives

Fiel

d vi

sit m

inut

es•

Ther

e is

a s

uffici

ent l

evel

•

of c

apac

ity a

mon

g le

gal

aid

prov

ider

s (in

clud

ing

para

lega

ls a

nd le

gal s

taff

) on

whi

ch to

bui

ld

Tech

nica

l inp

uts

are

mad

e •

avai

labl

e to

the

Foru

m b

y pa

rtne

r org

anis

atio

ns

Mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

•

appr

ecia

te a

nd d

eman

d te

chni

cal s

uppo

rt in

de

velo

ping

lega

l aid

pr

ogra

mm

es

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ecti

vely

Ver

ifiab

leIn

dica

tors

of S

ucce

ssM

eans

of V

erifi

cati

onA

ssum

ptio

ns

Act

ivit

ies

for O

utpu

t 1

Doc

umen

tati

on, M

&E

Rep

orti

ng s

yste

m

a)

Dev

elop

a d

ocum

enta

tion,

mon

itorin

g,

eval

uatio

n an

d re

port

ing

(MER

) sys

tem

fo

r use

by

lega

l aid

pro

vide

rs

b) C

arry

out

fiel

d fo

llow

-up

on th

e us

e of

the

docu

men

tatio

n, M

ER sy

stem

c)

Base

d on

the

info

rmat

ion

gene

rate

d by

lega

l aid

pro

vide

rs, d

evel

op a

na

tiona

l lev

el s

ynth

esis

ed in

form

atio

n m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

on

lega

l aid

and

ca

se fl

ow

Inpu

ts

Tech

nica

l sup

port

•

Fina

ncia

l sup

port

•

Hum

an re

sour

ces

•

Mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

•

Mat

eria

ls/e

xper

ienc

es/e

xper

tise

from

•

othe

r cou

ntrie

s

Dat

abas

e so

ftw

are

prog

ram

me

•

Hos

ting

by le

adin

g ac

cess

to ju

stic

e an

d •

lega

l aid

org

anis

atio

ns a

t reg

iona

l and

in

tern

atio

nal l

evel

s

Pro

of o

f inp

uts

Colla

bora

tion

agre

emen

t/•

cont

ract

s fo

r pro

visi

on o

f m

ater

ials

/exp

erie

nces

/ex

pert

ise

Fina

ncia

l and

nar

rativ

e •

repo

rtin

g do

cum

ents

Staff

con

trac

ts a

nd jo

b •

desc

riptio

ns

Cont

ract

for d

atab

ase

•de

velo

pmen

t

Agr

eem

ents

with

hos

ting

•or

gani

satio

ns

Budg

ets

•

Para

lega

l Fra

mew

ork

a) P

rovi

de fi

eld

trai

ning

to p

aral

egal

s on

the

use

of th

e Pa

rale

gal P

ract

ice

Man

ual

b) C

arry

out

fiel

d fo

llow

-up

on th

e us

e of

the

Para

lega

l Pra

ctic

e M

anua

l

c)

Dev

elop

a c

urric

ulum

and

trai

ning

m

odul

es fo

r use

by

para

lega

ls a

nd le

gal

aid

prov

ider

s

d)

Furt

her d

evel

op a

par

aleg

al fr

amew

ork

(incl

udin

g ot

her r

efer

ence

tool

s, q

ualit

y as

sura

nce

fram

ewor

k)

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Ver

ifiab

leIn

dica

tors

of S

ucce

ssM

eans

of V

erifi

cati

onA

ssum

ptio

ns

Add

itio

nal E

duca

tion

and

Tra

inin

g In

itia

tive

s

a)

Dev

elop

con

tinui

ng le

gal e

duca

tion

prog

ram

mes

b) O

rgan

ise

expe

rts

visi

ts o

n ac

cess

to

just

ice

and

lega

l aid

issu

es

c) O

rgan

ise

trai

ning

of m

embe

r or

gani

satio

ns o

n st

rate

gic

plan

ning

, fin

anci

al m

anag

emen

t and

inst

itutio

nal

deve

lopm

ent

Expo

sure

vis

its

and

seco

ndm

ents

a) O

rgan

ise

regu

lar e

xpos

ure

visi

ts o

f m

embe

r org

anis

atio

ns o

n sp

ecifi

c le

gal

aid

them

atic

s

b) O

rgan

ise

seco

ndm

ents

of s

taff

of

mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

in le

adin

g ac

cess

to

just

ice

and

lega

l aid

org

anis

atio

ns

c) S

hare

resu

lts o

f exp

osur

e vi

sits

an

d se

cond

men

ts w

ith a

ll m

embe

r or

gani

satio

ns a

nd s

take

hold

ers

Oth

er to

ols

deve

lopm

ent

a)

Dev

elop

gui

delin

es fo

r a s

impl

e ‘m

eans

te

st’ f

or le

gal a

id s

ervi

ce p

rovi

sion

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ecti

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Ver

ifiab

leIn

dica

tors

of S

ucce

ssM

eans

of V

erifi

cati

onA

ssum

ptio

ns

Tech

nica

l adv

ice

in th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

lega

l aid

pro

gram

mes

a) S

hare

am

ong

mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

ex

perie

nces

and

goo

d pr

actic

es in

lega

l ai

d se

rvic

e pr

ovis

ion

b)

Prov

ide

tech

nica

l sup

port

to m

embe

r or

gani

satio

ns in

dev

elop

ing

lega

l aid

in

itiat

ives

Out

put 2

Thro

ugh

the

‘lega

l aid

civ

il so

ciet

y fu

nd’,

the

Lega

l Aid

For

um p

rovi

des

dire

ct g

rant

sup

port

for t

he p

rovi

sion

of

qua

lity

and

acce

ssib

le le

gal a

id

serv

ices

N°

of p

roje

cts

prov

ided

with

a g

rant

•

33%

incr

ease

in o

utre

ach

of le

gal a

id

•se

rvic

es p

rovi

ded

100%

incr

ease

in p

eopl

e be

nefit

ing

from

•

lega

l aid

ser

vice

s

100%

incr

ease

in n

umbe

r of c

ompl

eted

•

case

s

Doc

umen

ted

mod

els

of le

gal a

id

•pr

ovis

ion

100%

incr

ease

in p

ublic

inte

rest

•

litig

atio

n ca

ses

filed

Min

utes

of s

elec

tion

pane

l •

mee

tings

Nar

rativ

e an

d fin

anci

al

•re

port

s pr

oduc

ed b

y or

gani

satio

ns s

elec

ted

Doc

umen

tatio

n, to

ols

used

•

by o

rgan

isat

ions

sel

ecte

d

Tech

nica

l mon

itorin

g vi

sits

•

repo

rts

Mat

eria

ls d

ocum

entin

g •

mod

els,

cha

nges

repo

rted

an

d le

sson

s le

arnt

Cour

t rec

ords

•

Publ

ic in

tere

st li

tigat

ion

•ca

ses

repo

rts

and

judg

emen

ts a

nd a

mic

us

curia

e do

cum

enta

tion

Lega

l aid

pro

vide

rs a

re a

ble

•to

wor

k in

the

com

mun

ity

Lega

l offi

cers

and

•

para

lega

ls a

re g

rant

ed

acce

ss to

pris

ons

and

polic

e st

atio

ns

Lega

l aid

ser

vice

s ar

e •

prov

ided

usi

ng a

set

of s

kills

an

d to

ols

The

lega

l fra

mew

ork

allo

ws

•fo

r pub

lic in

tere

st li

tigat

ion

and

the

use

of a

mic

us c

uria

e

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vent

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ecti

vely

Ver

ifiab

leIn

dica

tors

of S

ucce

ssM

eans

of V

erifi

cati

onA

ssum

ptio

ns

Act

ivit

ies

for O

utpu

t 2

a) M

obili

se re

sour

ces (

see

fund

raisi

ng p

lan)

b) I

dent

ify le

gal a

id p

roje

cts (

ensu

ring

both

qua

lity

and

acce

ssib

ility

of s

ervi

ces

prov

ided

, and

car

ried

out b

y or

gani

satio

ns

with

satis

fact

ory

finan

cial

cap

acity

)

c) I

mpl

emen

tatio

n of

lega

l aid

pro

ject

s by

orga

nisa

tions

sele

cted

d)

Org

anis

e fin

anci

al m

onito

ring

of th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e le

gal a

id p

roje

cts

e)

Prov

ide

mon

thly

tech

nica

l mon

itorin

g of

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

lega

l aid

pr

ojec

ts

f) D

ocum

ent m

odel

lega

l aid

pro

ject

s,

chan

ges r

epor

ted

and

less

ons l

earn

t ex

trac

ted

g) P

repa

re fo

r pub

lic in

tere

st li

tigat

ion

case

s an

d us

e of

am

icus

cur

iae

Inpu

ts

Tech

nica

l sup

port

•

Fina

ncia

l sup

port

•

Hum

an re

sour

ces

•

Mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

•

Info

rmat

ion

on c

urre

nt c

apac

ity o

f leg

al

•ai

d pr

ovid

ers

Doc

umen

tatio

n an

d M

ER s

yste

m

•Pa

rale

gal P

ract

ice

Man

ual

Para

lega

l cur

ricul

um a

nd tr

aini

ng

•m

odul

es

Add

ition

al tr

aini

ng m

ater

ials

/man

uals

•

Exte

rnal

firm

/org

anis

atio

n as

gra

nt

•m

anag

er

Exte

rnal

fina

ncia

l con

sulti

ng/a

udit

firm

•

for fi

nanc

ial m

onito

ring

Perm

it to

wor

k in

pris

ons

and

polic

e •

stat

ions

Proo

f of i

nput

s

Cont

ract

with

ext

erna

l gra

nt

•m

anag

er a

nd g

uide

lines

for

gran

t man

agem

ent

Cont

ract

with

fina

ncia

l •

cons

ultin

g/au

dit fi

rm

Fina

ncia

l and

nar

rativ

e •

repo

rtin

g do

cum

ents

Staff

con

trac

ts a

nd jo

b •

desc

riptio

ns

Repo

rt o

n pr

ior a

sses

smen

t •

of fi

nanc

ial c

apac

ity

Tech

nica

l mon

itorin

g vi

sits

•

repo

rts

Fina

ncia

l mon

itorin

g re

port

s •

Gra

nt m

anag

er re

port

s •

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ecti

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ifiab

leIn

dica

tors

of S

ucce

ssM

eans

of V

erifi

cati

onA

ssum

ptio

ns

Stra

tegi

c Obj

ectiv

e 3

A le

gal a

id p

olic

y an

d im

plem

enta

tion

fr

amew

ork

that

are

con

duci

ve fo

r en

hanc

ed le

gal a

id p

rovi

sion

are

es

tabl

ishe

d an

d op

erat

iona

l

Dis

cuss

ion

on th

e re

gula

tion

of

•co

mm

unity

-bas

ed p

aral

egal

s

Dis

cuss

ion

on e

stab

lishi

ng a

uni

form

•

natio

nal c

urric

ulum

for p

aral

egal

trai

ning

Gov

ernm

ent p

ilots

the

sett

ing-

up o

f •

a m

echa

nism

to c

oord

inat

e le

gal a

id

serv

ice

prov

isio

n

Gov

ernm

ent p

ilots

fina

ncia

l aid

for l

egal

•

aid

prov

isio

n th

roug

h st

ate

and

non

stat

e le

gal a

id p

rovi

ders

Gov

ernm

ent i

nteg

rate

s ex

istin

g le

gal

•ai

d pr

ovid

ers

into

pla

ns fo

r a n

atio

nal

roll-

out o

f leg

al a

id s

ervi

ce p

rovi

sion

Min

utes

of m

eetin

gs•

Med

ia re

port

s•

Publ

ic h

earin

gs•

Gov

ernm

ent s

trat

egic

pla

ns

•an

d bu

dget

s

Offi

cial

Dev

elop

men

t •

Aid

targ

ets

lega

l aid

pr

ovis

ion

thro

ugh

dire

ct

budg

et s

uppo

rt a

nd o

ther

m

echa

nism

s

Base

line

surv

ey•

Geo

grap

hica

l map

ping

surv

ey•

Gov

ernm

ent i

s ke

en to

•

roll

out t

he p

rovi

sion

of a

na

tiona

l and

sta

tuto

ry le

gal

aid

syst

em

Gov

ernm

ent s

ees

the

valu

e •

in in

tegr

atin

g cu

rren

t leg

al

aid

prov

ider

s in

to th

e ro

ll ou

t

Gov

ernm

ent h

as th

e fu

nds

•an

d te

chni

cal k

now

-how

for

a na

tiona

l rol

l out

Out

put 1

The

Lega

l Aid

For

um b

ecom

es a

kn

owle

dge

cent

re o

f ref

eren

ce

info

rmat

ion

on a

cces

s to

just

ice

and

lega

l aid

At l

east

60%

incr

ease

in n

umbe

r •

of re

sour

ce m

ater

ials

at t

he

docu

men

tatio

n ce

ntre

At l

east

500

% in

crea

se in

att

enda

nce

at

•th

e do

cum

enta

tion

cent

re

Num

ber o

f res

earc

h st

udie

s un

dert

aken

•

Num

ber o

f mon

itorin

g su

rvey

s ca

rrie

d •

out

Leve

l of u

se b

y st

akeh

olde

rs o

f the

•

Foru

m’s

prod

ucts

Shar

ing

of b

est p

ract

ices

(res

earc

h •

resu

lts, a

nnua

l rep

orts

, etc

.) am

ong

mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

Doc

umen

tatio

n ce

ntre

•

data

base

Doc

umen

tatio

n ce

ntre

•

atte

ndan

ce re

gist

ry

Rese

arch

repo

rts

•

Mon

itorin

g re

port

s•

Stak

ehol

ders

repo

rts

•

Suffi

cien

t res

earc

h an

d •

mon

itorin

g sk

ills

are

avai

labl

e am

ong

mem

ber

orga

nisa

tions

The

rele

vanc

e of

a

•re

sear

ch/m

onito

ring-

base

d ad

voca

cy a

nd lo

bbyi

ng is

ac

know

ledg

ed b

y m

embe

r or

gani

satio

ns

Just

ice

Sect

or in

stitu

tions

•

auth

oris

e re

sear

ch a

nd

mon

itorin

g pr

oces

ses

Just

ice

Sect

or in

stitu

tions

•

and

loca

l aut

horit

ies

do n

ot

inte

rfer

e in

rese

arch

and

m

onito

ring

activ

ities

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Obj

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Ver

ifiab

leIn

dica

tors

of S

ucce

ssM

eans

of V

erifi

cati

onA

ssum

ptio

ns

Act

ivit

ies

for O

utpu

t 1

Doc

umen

tati

on o

f Mat

eria

ls o

n A

cces

s to

Just

ice

and

Lega

l aid

a) C

olle

ct re

leva

nt re

sour

ce m

ater

ials

b) S

tren

gthe

n th

e do

cum

enta

tion

cent

re

of th

e Fo

rum

for u

se b

y m

embe

r or

gani

satio

ns (i

nclu

ding

a re

gula

r upd

ate

and

diss

emin

atio

n of

the

data

base

of

reso

urce

s m

ade

avai

labl

e, o

pen

days

, et

c.)

Inpu

ts

Tech

nica

l sup

port

•

Fina

ncia

l sup

port

•

Hum

an re

sour

ces

•

Mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

•

Expe

rtis

e at

nat

iona

l lev

el a

nd

•fr

om o

ther

cou

ntrie

s on

rese

arch

an

d m

onito

ring

proc

esse

s an

d im

plem

enta

tion

Proo

f of I

nput

s

Colla

bora

tion

agre

emen

t/•

cont

ract

s fo

r pro

visi

on o

f ex

pert

ise

Doc

umen

tatio

n pr

oduc

ed

•(m

etho

dolo

gy, r

epor

ts,

tool

s to

dis

sem

inat

e re

sults

, m

eetin

gs m

inut

es)

Fina

ncia

l and

nar

rativ

e •

repo

rtin

g do

cum

ents

Staff

con

trac

ts a

nd jo

b •

desc

riptio

ns

Res

earc

h In

itia

tive

s

a)

Iden

tify

and

deve

lop

rese

arch

cap

acity

am

ong

mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

and

Se

cret

aria

t sta

ff

b) C

arry

out

rese

arch

on

the

lega

l and

pol

icy

fram

ewor

k (in

clud

ing

legi

slat

ion,

bill

s,

polic

ies)

; and

any

spec

ific

issu

es/a

reas

id

entifi

ed to

be

limiti

ng a

cces

s to

just

ice

and

lega

l aid

pro

visi

on

c)

Publ

ish

and

diss

emin

ate

rese

arch

find

ings

32



Leve

l of I

nter

vent

ion

Obj

ecti

vely

Ver

ifiab

leIn

dica

tors

of S

ucce

ssM

eans

of V

erifi

cati

onA

ssum

ptio

ns

Mon

itor

ing

of th

e Ju

stic

e Se

ctor

on

Are

as R

elat

ed to

Acc

ess

to Ju

stic

e an

d Le

gal A

id (b

ased

on

com

mit

men

ts a

nd

obje

ctiv

es a

s de

fined

in th

e na

tion

al

stra

tegi

es, p

olic

ies

and

legi

slat

ion)

For e

ach

mon

itorin

g pr

oces

s:

a) I

dent

ify s

trat

egie

s an

d pr

iorit

y in

dica

tors

on

acc

ess

to ju

stic

e an

d le

gal a

id to

be

mon

itore

d by

sel

ecte

d m

embe

r or

gani

satio

ns

b) D

evel

op a

com

preh

ensi

ve m

onito

ring

syst

em

c) U

nder

take

fiel

d m

onito

ring

and

colle

ct

data

d) P

ublis

h an

d di

ssem

inat

e m

onito

ring

findi

ngs a

nd re

com

men

datio

ns

Add

itio

nal a

ctiv

itie

s

a) P

ublis

h an

d di

ssem

inat

e to

ols p

rodu

ced

by

the

Foru

m (m

anua

ls, r

epor

ts, s

urve

ys, e

tc.)

33



Leve

l of I

nter

vent

ion

Obj

ecti

vely

Ver

ifiab

leIn

dica

tors

of S

ucce

ssM

eans

of V

erifi

cati

onA

ssum

ptio

ns

Out

put 2

The

Lega

l Aid

For

um a

nd it

s m

embe

r or

gani

sati

ons

enga

ge in

str

uctu

red

advo

cacy

and

lobb

ying

for a

con

duci

ve

lega

l aid

pol

icy

and

impl

emen

tati

on

fram

ewor

k

100%

use

of r

esea

rch

and

mon

itorin

g •

resu

lts in

lobb

ying

and

adv

ocac

y in

itiat

ives

100%

incr

ease

in n

umbe

r of l

obby

ing

•an

d ad

voca

cy to

ols

prod

uced

Num

ber o

f exc

hang

es b

etw

een

•st

akeh

olde

rs o

n ac

cess

to ju

stic

e le

gal

aid

issu

es

300%

incr

ease

in n

umbe

r of m

edia

•

cam

paig

ns

Maj

or p

olic

y ch

ange

s to

war

ds

•a

cond

uciv

e le

gal a

id p

olic

y an

d im

plem

enta

tion

fram

ewor

k

Posi

tion

pape

rs•

Conc

ept n

otes

•

Brie

fing

note

s•

Min

utes

of m

eetin

gs,

•ro

und

tabl

es, s

emin

ars,

co

nfer

ence

s

Med

ia a

rtic

les

and

•co

mm

uniq

ués

Polic

y pa

pers

and

legi

slat

ion

•(b

ills

and

prom

ulga

ted)

Lega

l Aid

Wee

k re

port

s•

Stra

tegy

on

awar

enes

s •

rais

ing

Fiel

d su

rvey

repo

rts

•

Acc

ess

to ju

stic

e an

d le

gal

•ai

d re

mai

n cr

itica

l par

ts o

f th

e Ju

stic

e Se

ctor

pol

icy

and

stra

tegi

es

Spac

e ex

ists

with

in w

hich

•

civi

l soc

iety

can

adv

ocat

e an

d lo

bby

for c

hang

e

The

polic

y an

d la

w m

aker

s •

(incl

udin

g m

inis

trie

s,

parli

amen

t, e

tc.)

are

com

mitt

ed to

impl

emen

t ch

ange

Polic

y an

d la

w d

raft

ing

•pr

oces

s ar

e pa

rtic

ipat

ory

and

incl

usiv

e

The

polic

y an

d le

gal

•en

viro

nmen

t gai

ns in

st

abili

ty a

nd p

redi

ctab

ility

34



Leve

l of I

nter

vent

ion

Obj

ecti

vely

Ver

ifiab

leIn

dica

tors

of S

ucce

ssM

eans

of V

erifi

cati

onA

ssum

ptio

ns

Act

ivit

ies

for O

utpu

t 2

a) D

evel

op c

apac

ity o

f mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

an

d Se

cret

aria

t sta

ff in

adv

ocac

y an

d lo

bbyi

ng

b) C

ontin

uous

ly re

view

and

ass

ess t

he p

olic

y en

viro

nmen

t

c)

Base

d on

resu

lts o

f res

earc

h an

d m

onito

ring

initi

ativ

es, p

rodu

ce p

ositi

on

pape

rs, c

once

pt n

otes

, brie

fing

note

s, e

tc.

for a

dvoc

acy

and

lobb

ying

on

a co

nduc

ive

lega

l aid

pol

icy

and

impl

emen

tatio

n fr

amew

ork

d) H

old

mee

tings

, rou

nd ta

bles

, sem

inar

s,

conf

eren

ces t

o en

gage

min

istr

ies,

pa

rliam

ent,

dono

rs a

nd a

ny o

ther

rele

vant

au

thor

ities

and

stak

ehol

ders

at n

atio

nal,

regi

onal

and

inte

rnat

iona

l lev

els

e) O

rgan

ise

med

ia c

ampa

igns

on

spec

ific

polic

y an

d le

gal i

ssue

s

f)

Org

anis

e Le

gal A

id W

eeks

to ra

ise

awar

enes

s on

acce

ss to

just

ice,

lega

l aid

an

d hu

man

righ

ts, a

nd to

pro

mot

e th

e se

rvic

es o

f leg

al a

id p

rovi

ders

g) D

evel

op fu

rthe

r str

ateg

y in

aw

aren

ess

rais

ing

Inpu

ts

Tech

nica

l sup

port

•

Fina

ncia

l sup

port

•

Hum

an re

sour

ces

•

Mem

ber o

rgan

isat

ions

•

Mat

eria

ls/e

xper

ienc

es/e

xper

tise

from

•

othe

r cou

ntrie

s on

adv

ocac

y an

d lo

bbyi

ng s

trat

egie

s

Key

spea

kers

and

faci

litat

ors

amon

g •

reso

urce

per

sons

and

key

exp

erts

from

ot

her c

ount

ries

Proo

f of I

nput

s

Colla

bora

tion

agre

emen

t/•

cont

ract

s fo

r pro

visi

on o

f m

ater

ials

/exp

erie

nces

/ex

pert

ise

Doc

umen

tatio

n pr

oduc

ed

•(a

dvoc

acy

and

lobb

ying

to

ols,

med

ia a

rtic

les

and

com

mun

iqué

s, a

nd m

inut

es

of m

eetin

gs, r

ound

tabl

es,

sem

inar

s, c

onfe

renc

es)

Fina

ncia

l and

nar

rativ

e •

repo

rtin

g do

cum

ents

Staff

con

trac

ts a

nd jo

b •

desc

riptio

ns

35



Level of Intervention

Objectively Verifiable

Indicators of Success

Baseline (2010 unless

otherwise indicated)

Target

Frequency of data collection

Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data

Means of Verification

Assumptions

Actual status on Assumptions

VIS

ION

A R

wan

da w

here

th

e in

dige

nt a

nd

vuln

erab

le g

roup

s ha

ve e

quit

able

ac

cess

to ju

stic

e

All

indi

gent

and

vul

-ne

rabl

e gr

oups

hav

e eq

uita

ble

acce

ss to

ju

stic

e in

clud

ing:

Accesstojudicial

•andpre-judicial

institutionsandto

alternativedispute

resolutionmecha

-nism

s

Accesstofair

•trialprocessesand

timelyandjustset

-tlementofdisputes

Substantialbarrierstoaccess

tojustice

persistandthe

princip

leofarighttoafair

trialmaybeinfringed.S

ee

2008

/09

Foru

m m

onito

ring

surv

ey:thelitigant,must

payinaveragealmostthe

equivalentof6monthsof

her/hiswholeincomefor

costsrelatedtotheprocess

ofjudgem

ent(notincluding

thecostsofrepresentation

incourtand/orlegaladvice

).Only35%oflitig

antslive

between0and6kilom

etres

fromthecourt.Only26.9%

oflitigantsbenefitfroman

assistanceinjustice

(eitherin

receivinglegaladvice

(5.5%)

orbybeingrepresentedin

court(7.8%

)orinbenefiting

bothfrom

legaladvice

ontheir

caseandrepresentationin

court(13.6%).3/4oflitigants

meetthemselve

sthecostsof

therepresentationincourt,

foranaveragecostpercase

equivalentto9monthsof

theirw

holeincome–and2/3

meetthemselve

sthecostof

legaladvice

,foranaverage

costpercaseequivalentto3

monthsoftheirw

holeincome.

Simplifiedandfully

effectiveaccessto

judicialandpre-

judicialinstitutions

andtoalternative

disputeresolution

mechanism

s

Significantim

-provem

entsmade

inaccesstofair

trialprocesses

andtim

elyand

justsettlementof

disputes

Every2

yearsand½

Every2

yearsand½

2015

2015

LAF

LAF

Forumstatisti-

•calreports

Nationalbase-

•linesurveys

JusticeSe

ctor

•review

reports

Reportsofthe

•Officeofthe

Ombudsman,

NationalH

u-manRights

Com

mission

Reportsof

•nationalinter

-nationalhum

an

rightsmonitor-

ingorganisa

-tions

Additional

•independent

monitoring

andevaluation

reportsand

surveys

Thehuman

•rightsand

securitysitua-

tiondoesnot

deteriorate

TheJustice

•Se

ctorinsti-

tutionsare

committedto

enhancing

accessto

justice

Authoritiesdo

•notperceive

theForumas

athreat

APPENDIX A: Monitoring Plan

36








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Implem

entation/en

-•forcem

entofdeci-

sionsrendered

Hum

anrights

•standardsprotected

andprom

oted

Veryfewcases(about5%)are

resolve

dinlessthan6months

(duetoim

portanceofthe

numberofcasesaccum

ulated

beforethecourts,the

frequencyofadjournments,

therulesofprocedure,etc.)

Regardingthe

Abun

zilevel

(see

200

9 R

CN

Jus

tice

& D

émoc

ratie

stu

dy):

‘Impa

rtial

ity is

not

wel

l gu

aran

teed

, dec

isio

ns a

re

ofte

n sc

antly

mot

ivat

ed, a

nd

impo

rtant

law

s ar

e un

know

n or

mis

appl

ied’

.

Regardingim

plem

entation/

enforcem

entofdecisions

rendered(s

ee J

RLO

S st

rate

gy 2

009-

2012

): Frequentdelaysand

unnecessarycoststo

judgem

entsenforcement

Organisationsmonitoring

thehumanrightssituation

(includingAvocatsSa

ns

Frontières,PenalReform

International,Hum

anRights

Watch,AmnestyInternational,

LDGL,etc.)reportconcerns

particularlyontrialstandards

inthe

Gac

acaprocess,last

amendm

entstothe

Gac

aca

Organiclaw,thepenaltyof

lifeim

prisonmentinsolita

ry

confinementincertaincases,

thenewlegislationrelating

tothepunishmentofthe

crimeofgenocideideology,

irregularitie

snoticedduring

thelegislativeelections,

increasingrestrictionson

politicalspaceandindividual

freedom

s,lim

itedattainment

ofeconomicandsocialrights

Qualityandtim

ely

implem

entation/

enforcem

entof

decisionsren-

dered

Hum

anrights

standardsfully

protectedandpro-

moted

Every2

yearsand½

Every2

yearsand½

2015

2015

LAF

LAF

37








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Implem

entation/en

-•forcem

entofdeci-

sionsrendered

Hum

anrights

•standardsprotected

andprom

oted

Veryfewcases(about5%)are

resolve

dinlessthan6months

(duetoim

portanceofthe

numberofcasesaccum

ulated

beforethecourts,the

frequencyofadjournments,

therulesofprocedure,etc.)

Regardingthe

Abun

zilevel

(see

200

9 R

CN

Jus

tice

& D

émoc

ratie

stu

dy):

‘Impa

rtial

ity is

not

wel

l gu

aran

teed

, dec

isio

ns a

re

ofte

n sc

antly

mot

ivat

ed, a

nd

impo

rtant

law

s ar

e un

know

n or

mis

appl

ied’

.

Regardingim

plem

entation/

enforcem

entofdecisions

rendered(s

ee J

RLO

S st

rate

gy 2

009-

2012

): Frequentdelaysand

unnecessarycoststo

judgem

entsenforcement

Organisationsmonitoring

thehumanrightssituation

(includingAvocatsSa

ns

Frontières,PenalReform

International,Hum

anRights

Watch,AmnestyInternational,

LDGL,etc.)reportconcerns

particularlyontrialstandards

inthe

Gac

acaprocess,last

amendm

entstothe

Gac

aca

Organiclaw,thepenaltyof

lifeim

prisonmentinsolita

ry

confinementincertaincases,

thenewlegislationrelating

tothepunishmentofthe

crimeofgenocideideology,

irregularitie

snoticedduring

thelegislativeelections,

increasingrestrictionson

politicalspaceandindividual

freedom

s,lim

itedattainment

ofeconomicandsocialrights

Qualityandtim

ely

implem

entation/

enforcem

entof

decisionsren-

dered

Hum

anrights

standardsfully

protectedandpro-

moted

Every2

yearsand½

Every2

yearsand½

2015

2015

LAF

LAF






Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


MIS

SIO

NTo

pro

mot

e an

d su

ppor

t the

pro

vi-

sion

of a

cces

sibl

e an

d qu

alit

yle

gal a

id s

ervi

ces

37%increasein

•geographicalcover

-ageoflegalaid

services

68%increaseof

•legalserviceprovid-

ersandjusticeinsti-

tutions’understand-

ingoftheconcept

oflegalaid

33%increasein

•numberofcases

handledbylegalaid

providers

Thefollowingin

-•creaseinnum

ber

ofspecificservices

providedbylegalaid

providers:

Rightsaw

areness:

- 30%

Legaladvice:30%

-

ADR/Mediation:

- 40%

Preparationto

- self-representa

-tion:34%

Draftingwritten

- subm

issions:28%

Legalrepresenta-

- tionincourt:25%

Strategic/Pu

blic

- interestlitigation:

100%

33%in2006

2%in2006

27,945caseshandledin

2007/08

(by20organisations)

14,060casesin2007/08(by

14organisations)

6,653casesin2007/08(by

12organisations)

605casesin2007/08(by12

organisations)

371casesin2007/08(by11

organisations)

1,283casesin2007/08(by

11organisations)

750casesin2009

0in2009

70%

70%

37,167cases

18,278cases

8,649cases

847cases

497cases

1,642cases

938cases

1caseeveryyear

Every2

yearsand½

Every2

yearsand½

Annually

Annually

Annually

Annually

Annually

Annually

Annually

Annually

2015

2015

2015

2015

2015

2015

2015

2015

2015

2015

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

Nationalbase-

•lineandgeo-

graphicalm

ap-

pingsurveys

Forumevalua-

•tionreports

Reportsand

•statisticsfrom

organisations

providinglegal

aidservices

(includingna

-tionaland

international

NGOs,trade

unions,profes-

sionalbodies,

religious-based

organisations,

universitylegal

aidclinics)

Donors,corpo

-•ratereports

Courtrecords

•Be

neficiaries

•satisfaction

survey

Policypapers

•andlegislation

Monitoring

•andevaluation

reportsand

surveys

Userpercep-

•tionssurveys

Donorsare

•willingto

engagein

lega

l aid

TheJustice

•Se

ctorinstitu

-tionscontinue

torecognise

theroleofthe

Forum

Indigentand

•vulnerable

groupsare

willingtobe

empowered

throughlegal

aidtoeffec-

tivelyaccess

justice

Authoritiesdo

•notperceive

theForumas

athreat

38








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


30%increasein

•legalaidproviders

engagedinadvoca-

cyandcam

paigns

Atleast75%

in-

•creaseinfull-tim

eAd

vocatesem

-ployedbylegalaid

providers

Atleast75%

in-

•creaseinfull-tim

eparalegalsem

-ployedbylegalaid

providers

Anationalstandard

•curriculumforpa-

ralegalsisinplace

Aparalegalframe-

•workisdeveloped

Increasedlevel

•ofsatisfactionof

beneficiarieswith

legalaidservices

provided

Policychange

•towardsacondu

-civelegalaidand

implem

entation

framew

ork

21legalaidprovidersin

2007/08

0Ad

vocateemployedin2009

11full-tim

eem

ployed

paralegalsin2009

Organisationsworkingwith

paralegalsusetheirown

modules

Organisationsworkingwith

paralegalsusetheiro

wnset

ofru

les

(bas

elin

e to

be

esta

blis

hed

in

2010

/201

1)

LawontheBa

rbeing

amendedanddiscussionon

aLegalAidPolicy

27legalaidpro

-viders

(targ

et w

ill be

se

t bas

ed o

n th

e nu

mbe

r of A

dvo-

cate

s re

crui

ted

the

year

the

amen

ded

Law

on

the

Bar i

s pr

omul

gate

d)

19full-tim

eem

-ployedparalegals

Nationalstandard

curriculumfor

paralegals

Paralegalframe-

workisdeveloped

Highlevelof

satisfactionof

beneficiaries

Conducivelegal

aidpolicyand

implem

entation

framew

ork

Every2

yearsand½

Every2

yearsand½

Every2

yearsand½

Annually

Annually

Every2

yearsand½

Annually

2015

2015

2013

2012

2013

2015

2015

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

39








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Stra

tegi

c Ob-

ject

ive

1Th

e Le

gal A

id

Foru

m is

an

effec

-ti

ve a

nd s

usta

in-

able

mem

bers

hip-

base

d ne

twor

k of

le

gal a

id p

rovi

d-er

s co

mm

itte

d to

ad

vanc

ing

acce

ss

to ju

stic

e

Increasedlevelsof

•Forum’seffective-

ness,efficiency,

impactandsustain

-ability

TheForumhas

•long-termfunds

Increaseinnew

ad-

•herencesandcom

-mitm

entofm

ember

organisationstothe

Forumvisionand

mission

Externalevaluation2010

findings

3yearfunding2008-10with

onedonor–covering81%of

thebudget

33mem

berorganisations

Allm

emberorganisations

focusonlegalaidprovision

(31directlyprovidinglegal

aidservicesand

2providingsupporttolegal

aidproviders)

Asustainable

andhighlyeffec-

tiveandefficient

Forum,w

ithsig

-nificantimpacton

accesstojustice

andlegalaid

3-4yearfund

-ingwithseveral

donors–covering

85%ofthebudget

38mem

beror-

ganisations

Tobemaintained

Every2

yearsand½

Annually

Annually

Annually

2015

2015

2015

2015

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

Finalevalua-

•tionreport

Financialstate

-•ments

Statistical

•recordofm

em-

berorganisa-

tions

Political

•andsocio-

econom

ic

environm

ent

isconducive

fortheForum

toembarkon

itsactivities

Donorssee

•valueinthe

Forumand

arewilling

andable

tofundthe

Forum

Authoritiesdo

•notperceive

theForumas

athreat

40








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Out

put 1

The

Lega

l Aid

Fo

rum

has

en-

hanc

ed o

rgan

isa-

tion

al a

nd fi

nan-

cial

sus

tain

abili

ty

Gov

erna

nce

& L

ead-

ersh

ip

Improvedpolicies

•andproceduresfor

theeffectiveand

efficientoperation

oftheForum

Asystem

thatpro

-•videsforcontinued

analysis,strategy

developm

ent,plan

-ning,m

onitoring

andevaluationisin

place

TheForumfosters

•alearningenviron-

ment

Increasedroles

•ofmem

beror-

ganisationsinthe

decision-making

processwhichin

turnpromotesa

cultureofparticipa-

tion,responsibility

andow

nership

InternalControlProcedures

(ICP)andGuidelines

regulatingtheparticipation

totheForumactivitiesby

mem

berorganisations

SteeringCom

mittee(S

C)

StrategicPlanningretreats

10exchangemeetingsper

year

Mem

berorganisations

makingdecisionsthroughSC

andGA

Improvem

ents

madeonIC

Pand

Guidelinesregulat-

ingtheparticipa

-tiontotheForum

activitie

sbymem

-berorganisations

AM&E

unitis

established/S

C

leadershipcapac

-ityincreased

Exchangemeet-

ingsmaintained

andnewmecha

-nism

sintroduced

Increasedpar-

ticipation(quorum

consistentlymet

andactivepartici

-pationofmem

ber

organisations

duringmeetings)

Annually

Annually

Annually

Annually

2012

2012

2012

2012

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

Constitution

•andrelated

regulations

Minutesof

•meetings

Recordsof

•decisionsata

policylevel

Mem

bership

•records

Strategic

•planningdocu-

ments

Operational

•andworkplans

Reviewand

•monitoring

documents

Narrativeand

•financialreport-

ingdocuments

Strategyon

•monitoring&

evaluation

Continued

•consensus

ontheForum

Constitution

andrelated

documents

Mem

ber

•organisa

-tionsremain

committed

totheForum

networking

approach

QualifiedSec

-•retariatstaff

isobjective,

operational

andstable

Expertiseand

•bestpractices

aremade

available

byleading

organisations

andresource

centres

Donorscon-

•tinuetopro

-videsupport

andresources

tothedevel-

opmentofthe

Forum

41








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Timelydevelopm

ent

•ofoperationaland

workplans

Timelyreview

of

•progressmadevis-

à-vistheStrategic

Plan

Timelyandreliable

•reporting(bothnar-

rativeandfinancial)

Hum

an R

esou

rces

&

Man

agem

ent

Increasedclarityof

•tasksandresponsi

-bilitiesatalllevels

Increasedcapacity

•buildingofthestaff

Staffreceivemarket

•relatedsalaries

temperedwithcur

-rentandcom

mitted

funds

Operationalplansdeveloped

bySCbeforetheendofeach

yearandmonthlyworkplans

preparedbySe

cretariatstaff

Annually

Bi-annual

Staffjobdescriptions&IC

P

Somestaffreceivetrainings

Staffsalariesrevisedfrom

1/1/2010

Tobemaintained

Quarterly

Tobemaintained

Improvem

ents

madetostaffjob

descriptions&IC

Pforfurtherclarity

andcomprehen

-siveness

Allstaffreceive

specialisedtraining

Aspersalary

survey

Annuallyfor

operational

plans

Monthlyfor

workplans

Quarterly

Bi-annual

Annually

Annually

Every2

yearsand½

Conti-

nuous

2011-

2015

Conti-

nuous

2011-

2015

Conti-

nuous

2011-

2015

2012

Conti-

nuous

2011-

2015

2015

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

Staffcontracts,

•jobdescriptions

andperform

-anceevalua-

tions

Salarysurveys

•Monitoringand

•evaluations

reports

Secretariat

•staffrem

ain

committed

totheForum

despitethe

prospect

ofbetter

salarieselse

-where

42








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Effectiveinternal

•communication

Timelydeliveryof

•assignmentsby

staff

Com

mun

icat

ion

&

Visi

bilit

y

Num

berofm

eet-

•ingsandround

tables/sem

inars

withdonors,gov

-ernm

entandother

stakeholders

50%increasein

•Forumnew

sletters

produced

Developmentand

•updatedwebsite

Mem

berorganisa-

•tionsdatabaseisin

place

Bi-monthlymeetings

Monthlyworkplanswith

assignmentsandspecific

deadlinessetforS

ecretariat

staff

3roundtables/sem

inarsand

30meetingswithdonors,

government/JRLO

Sin2009

2newslettersperyear

Websitedevelopment

planned

Paperversiondirectory

Organisational

communication

strategyelabo

-ratedandapplied

Increasedtim

ely

deliveryofas-

signmentsasper

workplan

Tobemaintained

3newslettersper

year

Websiteop-

erational2011and

updatesevery3

months

Softversiontobe

postedontheweb

-siteandupdates

every3months

Everymonth

forthe

bi-monthly

meetings

Bi-monthly

Annually

Quarterly

Quarterly

Quarterly

2012

Conti-

nuous

2011-

2015

Conti-

nuous

2011-

2015

Conti-

nuous

2011-

2015

Conti-

nuous

2011-

2015

Conti-

nuous

2011-

2015

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

Strategyon

•communication

andvisibility

Minutesof

•meetingsand

roundtables

withcorporate,

donors,gov

-ernm

entand

otherstake

-holders

Agreem

ents,

•understandings

andthelike

withcorporate,

donors,govern-

mentandother

stakeholder

New

sletters

•anddistribution

statistics

Website‘hit’

•statistics

Mediaand

•collegialorgani-

sationarticles,

reportsand

communiqués

43








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Res

ourc

es

Mob

ilisa

tion

100%

funding

•obtainedasper

financialplan

(see

Ap

pend

ix D

)

Diversifieddonor

•funding

100%

in2008-2010

2donors

Tobemaintained

4-5donors

Bi-annual

Bi-annual

Conti-

nuous

2011-

2015

2015

LAF

LAF

Contractswith

•donors

Approved

•budgets

Financialstate

-•ments

Strategyon

•resourcemobi-

lisation

Reportsto

•donorsand

GeneralAs-

sembly

44








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Out

put 2

Mem

ber o

rgan

i-sa

tion

s ac

tive

ly

part

icip

ate

in

adva

ncin

g th

e vi

sion

, mis

sion

, st

rate

gic

obje

c-ti

ves

and

acti

vi-

ties

of t

he F

orum

AllForum

statutory

•meetingsareheld

N°ofadditional

•meetingsheldfor

non-statutorypur-

poses

95%ofm

ember

•organisationsdi-

rectlyandactively

involvedinthework

oftheForum

AllG

AandSC

statutory

meetingsareheldin2009

Additionalm

eetingsfornon-

statutorypurposesareheld

in2009

85%directlyandactively

involvedin2009intheForum

activities

Tobemaintained

forG

AandSC

andreinforced

forIAC

Tobemaintained

95%ofm

ember

organisations

Bi-annual

Bi-annual

Annually

Con

-tinuous

2011-

2015

Con

-tinuous

2011-

2015

2012

LAF

LAF

LAF

Minutesand

•registration

recordof

Secretariat,

SteeringCom

-mittee,G

eneral

Assemblyand

InternalAudit

Com

mittee

meetings

Mem

beror-

•ganisations

surveysand

monitoring

reports

Minutesof

•TaskForces(or

similaradhoc

mechanism

s)

meetings

Strategicplans

•andbudgets

ofmem

ber

organisations

Follow-upre

-•ports

Mem

ber

•organisa

-tionsremain

focusedon

lega

l aid

Mem

ber

•organisations

continueto

seethebene

-fitsofworking

together

Mem

ber

•organisations

arewilling

tocontribute

theirtimeand

expertiseto

theForum

activities

45








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Out

put 3

An

inde

pend

ent

stru

ctur

e fo

r the

m

anag

emen

t of

the

‘lega

l aid

civ

il so

ciet

y fu

nd’ i

s es

tabl

ishe

d

Majorityofsupport

•am

ongstakehold-

ersanddonors

Externalgrantman

-•agercontracted

Independentgrant

•managem

entstruc-

tureinplace(ifori-

entationconfirmed)

System

s,policies

•andprocessesare

inplace

2donorsdirectlysupporting

Grantmanagem

entbyDIHR

(mem

berorganisation)

Art.31ofForum

statutes

providesforspecificstructure

tobeestablished

Guidelinesforselectionand

callforproposals,R

esearch

ongrantmanagem

ent

system

sandopportunitiesin

Rwanda

4-5donorsdirectly

supportingand

stakeholders

awareandama-

joritysupportthe

initiative

Externalgrant

managercon

-tracted

Independent

structureinplace

(iforientationcon-

firmed)

Com

prehensive

system

,policyand

processesinplace

Annually

Annually

Annually

Annually

2015

2012

2015

2015

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

Proposalforan

•independent

grantm

anage-

mentstructure

Minutesof

•meetingswith

stakeholders

anddonors

Contractwith

•externalgrant

managerand

guidelinesfor

grantm

anage-

ment

Constitution

•andinternal

procedures

oftheinde

-pendentgrant

managem

ent

structure(if

orientation

confirmed)

OfficialGa-

•zette/Registra

-tionnumber

fortheinde

-pendentgrant

managem

ent

structure

Com

plimen

-•tarystateand

civilsociety

fundingstruc-

turesare

possible

Donorsand

•stakeholders

donotpursue

contradictory

agendainre

-lationtofund

-ingstructures

strategies

Thereis

•consensus

onthees

-tablishm

ent

ofagrant

managem

ent

structure

Fundswill

•flowintothe

structureand

itwillbeable

toeffectively

disburse

fundsinan

objective,

transparent

andfairman

-ner

46








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tive

2Le

gal a

id

prov

ider

s ha

ve

stre

ngth

ened

pr

ofes

sion

al

capa

city

to

effec

tive

ly

prov

ide

qual

ity

and

acce

ssib

le

lega

l aid

ser

vice

s

Mem

berorganisa-

•tionsareruneffec-

tivelyandefficiently

Appropriatesys

-•tems,processes,

regulationsguides

andotherarein

place

Staffhave

•appropriateand

relevantcoreskills

Noticeableinefficiencies

insom

emem

ber

organisationsmanagem

ent

(instrategicplanning,

financialmanagem

ent,

internalcom

municationand

reporting,staffprofessional

developm

ent)

Insufficientuseofstrategic

planningdocum

ents,action

plans,internalcontrol

procedures,etc.

Anim

portantnum

berof

mem

berorganisations

stafflackappropriateand

relevantcoreskills(in

strategicplanning,financial

managem

entandinstitutional

developm

ent)

Significantim

-provem

entsto

mem

berorganisa-

tionsmanage-

ment(instrategic

planning,financial

managem

ent,in

-ternalcom

munica-

tionandreporting,

staffprofessional

developm

ent)

Managem

enttools

aredevelopedand

applied

Asignificant

numberofm

em-

berorganisations

staffpossessthe

necessarycore

skills(instrategic

planning,financial

managem

entand

institutionaldevel

-opment)

Every2

yearsand½

Every2

yearsand½

Every2

yearsand½

2015

2015

2015

LAF

LAF

LAF

Independent

•evaluation

reports

Lowstaffturno-

•ver

Organisation

•constitutions,

articles,deeds

oftrust

Stafftraining

•certificates

Staffperform

-•anceassess-

ments

Lega

l aid

•service

providers

arekeento

enhancetheir

capacity

Appropriate

•trainingserv

-iceproviders

areavailable

Learningwill

•necessarily

translateinto

skills

47








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Out

put 1

Lega

l aid

pro

vid-

ers

have

com

pre-

hens

ive

lear

ning

an

d tr

aini

ng

sche

mes

, leg

al

aid

prac

tica

l sk

ills

and

acce

ss

to te

chni

cal a

d-vi

ce in

the

deve

l-op

men

t of l

egal

ai

d pr

ogra

mm

es

Atleast40%

in-

•creaseoflegalaid

providersusinga

documentation,

MER

system

Evidenceofdocu-

•mentationandMER

intheplanning

process

90%ofparalegals

•usingthePa

ralegal

PracticeManual

90%oflegalaid

•providersusing

standardparalegal

curriculum/training

modules

66%increasein

•continuinglegal

educationtrainings

Num

berofexpo-

•surevisitsand

secondments

Guidelinesfora

•meanstest

12mem

berorganisations

usein2009documentation

toolsdevelopedbythe

Forumand13useanother

similarsystem

17mem

berorganisations

usein2009datacollected

foranalysisandfollow-upof

cases

4-5mem

berorganisations

usein2009clientformsto

documenttheirfollow-up

and/ortopreparestatistics

andreports

(bas

elin

e to

be

esta

blis

hed

in

2010

/201

1)

3trainingsin2009

1exposurevisitand2staff

sentforinternshipsin2009

Nonationalstandardmeans

test

24mem

beror-

ganisationsusing

acomprehensive

documentation,

MER

system

24mem

beror-

ganisationsusing

documentation

andMER

inthe

planningprocess

1,233paralegals

(outof1,370)us-

ingthePa

ralegal

PracticeManual

14(outof15

legalaidprovid-

ersworkingwith

paralegals)

5trainingsper

year

1exposurevisit

peryear/4staff

internshipson

2011-15

Com

prehensive

nationalguidelines

form

eanstest

Every2

yearsand½

Every2

yearsand½

Annually

Annually

Annually

Annually

Annually

2014

2014

2013

2014

2013

Con

-tinuous

2011-

2015

2015

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

Docum

ented

•clientinforma-

tion

Desegregated

•dataoncases

handledby

legalaidpro

-viders

Planningdocu-

•ments

Nationallevel

•synthesised

inform

ation

managem

ent

system

on

lega

l aid

Fieldfollow-up

•reportsonthe

useofthePa

-ralegalPractice

Manual

Paralegalcur

-•riculum

and

trainingmod

-ules

Continuing

•legaleducation

trainingrecords

Othertraining

•reports

Reportson

•experts’visits

Basicknow

l-•edgeandskills

assessments

(preandpost

training)

Thereisa

•sufficient

levelofca-

pacityamong

lega

l aid

providers

(includingpa

-ralegalsand

legalstaff)

onwhichto

build

Technical

•inputsare

madeavail-

abletothe

Forumby

partneror-

ganisations

Mem

ber

•organisations

appreciate

anddemand

technical

supportin

developing

legalaidpro

-gram

mes

48








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Increaseintechni

-•calsupportinter-

ventionstomem

ber

organisationsin

developinglegalaid

initiatives

Secretariatsupportin2009

inthesetting-upoflegal

aidinitiatives(technical

assistancetonew

initiatives

ortoprogram

mesfacing

difficulties)and19fieldvisits

(to7mem

berorganisations)

duringimplem

entation

M&E

unitises

-tablishedforcon

-tinuoustechnical

support

Annually

2012

LAF

Exposurevisits

•andsecond

-mentsreports

Minutesof

•meetings,

seminarswith

mem

berorgani-

sations

Meanstest

•guidelines

Reportsonthe

•provisionof

technicalsup

-porttomem

ber

organisations

indeveloping

legalaidinitia

-tives

Fieldvisitm

in-

•utes

49








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Out

put 2

Thro

ugh

the

‘lega

l aid

civ

il so

ciet

y fu

nd’,

the

Lega

l Aid

For

um

prov

ides

dir

ect

gran

t sup

port

for

the

prov

isio

n of

qu

alit

y an

d ac

-ce

ssib

le le

gal a

id

serv

ices

N°ofprojectspro-

•videdwithagrant

33%increasein

•outreachoflegal

aidservicespro

-vided

100%

increasein

•peoplebenefit-

ingfromlegalaid

services

100%

increasein

•numberofcom

-pletedcases

Docum

ented

•modelsoflegalaid

provision

100%

increasein

•publicinterestlitiga-

tioncasesfiled

10projects

12districtsand10prisons/

policestations

10,147beneficiaries

1,614casescompletedin

2009

Modelsdocumentedfor

2008-2010period

0in2009

20projects

18districtsand13

prisons/police

20,294benefici

-aries

3,228casescom

-pleted

New

initiatives/

modelsaredocu

-mented

1peryear

Annually

Annually

Annually

Annually

Every2

yearsand½

Annually

2015

2015

2015

2015

Con

-tinuous

2011-

2015

Conti-

nous

2011-

2015

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

Minutesof

•selectionpanel

meetings

Narrative

•andfinancial

reports

producedby

organisations

selected

Docum

enta

-•tion,toolsused

byorganisa-

tionsselected

Technical

•monitoring

visitsreports

Materials

•documenting

models,

changes

reportedand

lessonslearnt

Courtrecords

•Pu

blicinterest

•litigationcases

reportsand

judgem

ents

and

amic

us

curia

e documentation

Lega

l aid

•providersare

abletowork

inthecom

-munity

Legalof-

•ficersand

paralegals

aregranted

accessto

prisonsand

policesta-

tions

Lega

l aid

•servicesare

provided

usingaset

ofskillsand

tools

Thelegal

•framew

ork

allowsfor

publicinterest

litigationand

theuseof

amic

us c

uria

e

50








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tive

3

A le

gal a

id p

olic

y an

d im

plem

en-

tati

on fr

ame-

wor

k th

at a

re

cond

uciv

e fo

r en

hanc

ed le

gal

aid

prov

isio

n ar

e es

tabl

ishe

d an

d op

erat

iona

l

Discussionon

•theregulationof

community-based

paralegals

Discussionones-

•tablishingauniform

nationalcurriculum

forparalegaltraining

Governm

entpilots

•thesetting-upof

amechanism

to

coordinatelegalaid

serviceprovision

Governm

entpilots

•financialaidfor

legalaidprovision

throughstateand

nonstatelegalaid

providers

Governm

entinte-

•gratesexistinglegal

aidprovidersinto

plansforanational

roll-outoflegalaid

serviceprovision

- - Nonationalcoordinationof

legalaidserviceprovision

Non-formalisedlegalaid

financedthroughgovernment

initiativeandonan

occasionalbasissom

enon

stateinitiatives

Nointegrationmechanism

sofarforlegalaidservice

provision

Regulardiscus-

sionandengage-

mentw

ithrelevant

authorities

Regulardiscus-

sionandengage-

mentw

ithrelevant

authorities

Governm

entpilots

thesetting-upofa

mechanism

toco-

ordinatelegalaid

serviceprovision

Governm

entof-

ficiallypilotsfinan-

cialaidforlegalaid

provisionthrough

stateandnonstate

legalaidproviders

Existinglegalaid

providersintegrat

-edintoanational

roll-outoflegalaid

serviceprovision

Annually

Annually

Annually

Annually

Annually

2012

2012

2012

2014

2013

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

Minutesof

•meetings

Mediareports

•Pu

blichearings

•Governm

ent

•strategicplans

andbudgets

OfficialDevel

-•opmentA

id

targetslegal

aidprovision

throughdirect

budgetsup

-portandother

mechanism

sBa

selinesur-

•vey

Geographi

-•calm

apping

survey

Governm

ent

•iskeento

rolloutthe

provisionof

anational

andstatu-

torylegalaid

system

Governm

ent

•seesthe

valueininte

-gratingcur-

rentlegalaid

providersinto

therollout

Governm

ent

•hasthefunds

andtechnical

know

-how

for

anationalroll

out

51








Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Out

put 1

The

Lega

l Aid

Fo

rum

bec

omes

a

know

ledg

e ce

ntre

of

refe

renc

e in

form

atio

n on

ac

cess

to ju

stic

e an

d le

gal a

id

Atleast60%

in-

•creaseinnum

ber

ofresourcemateri-

alsatthedocu

-mentationcentre

Atleast500%

•increaseinattend

-anceatthedocu-

mentationcentre

Num

berofre-

•searchstudies

undertaken

Num

berof

•monitoringsurveys

carriedout

Levelofuseby

•stakeholdersofthe

Forum’sproducts

Sharingofbest

•practices(research

results,annualre-

ports,etc.)am

ong

mem

berorganisa-

tions

261resourcematerials

10personsin2009

1researchin2009

1monitoringsurveyin2009

Currentlysom

eproducts

arebeingusedbydifferent

stakeholders

Mem

berorganisationshave

startedsharingbestpractises

418resourcema-

terials

50persons

Tobemaintained

Tobemaintained

System

aticuseof

Forumproducts

System

aticshar-

ingofbestpractis

-esamongmem

ber

organisations

Bi-annual

Bi-annual

Annually

Annually

Annually

Annually

2013

2015

Con

-tinuous

2011-

2015

Con

-tinuous

2011-

2015

2012

2012

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

Docum

entation

•centredata-

base

Docum

entation

•centreattend

-anceregistry

Researchre

-•ports

Monitoring

•reports

Stakeholders

•reports

Sufficient

•researchand

monitoring

skillsare

available

among

mem

ber

organisations

Therelevance

•ofaresearch/

monitoring-

based

advocacy

andlobbying

isacknowl-

edgedby

mem

beror-

ganisations

JusticeSe

ctor

•institutions

authorise

researchand

monitoring

processes

JusticeSe

ctor

•institutions

andlocal

authoritie

sdo

notinterferein

researchand

monitoring

activitie

s

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Target


Time-frame

Responsibility

Actual data


Assumptions


Out

put 2

The

Lega

l Aid

Fo

rum

and

its

mem

ber o

rgan

i-sa

tion

s en

gage

in

stru

ctur

ed a

dvo-

cacy

and

lobb

ying

fo

r a c

ondu

cive

le

gal a

id p

olic

y an

d im

plem

enta

-ti

on fr

amew

ork

100%

useof

•researchand

monitoringresults

inlobbyingand

advocacyinitia-

tives

100%

increasein

•numberoflobby

-ingandadvocacy

toolsproduced

Num

berofex-

•changesbetween

stakeholderson

accesstojustice

legalaidissues

300%

increasein

•numberofm

edia

campaigns

Majorpolicy

•changestowards

aconducivelegal

aidpolicyand

implem

entation

framew

ork

2006LegalAidBaseline&

NeedsAnalysisused

3toolsproducedin2009

3roundtables/sem

inarsin

2009and30meetingswith

donors,governm

ent/JRLO

S

1mediacam

paignin2009

LawontheBa

rbeing

amendedanddiscussionon

aLegalAidPolicy

Allresearchand

monitoringresults

areused

6tools

Tobemaintained

3campaignsper

year

Aconducivelegal

aidpolicyand

implem

entation

framew

ork

Annually

Annually

Annually

Annually

Annually

2014

2013

Con

-tinuous

2011-

2015

2014

2014

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

LAF

Positionpapers

•Conceptnotes

•Briefingnotes

•Minutesof

•meetings,

roundtables,

seminars,con

-ferences

Mediaarticles

•andcommuni-

qués

Policypapers

•andlegislation

(billsandprom

-ulgated)

LegalAidW

eek

•reports

Strategyon

•aw

areness

raising

Fieldsurvey

•reports

Accessto

•justiceand

lega

l aid

remaincritical

partsofthe

JusticeSe

c-torpolicyand

strategies

Spaceexists

•withinwhich

civilsociety

canadvocate

andlobbyfor

change

Thepolicy

•andlawmak

-ers(including

ministries,

parliam

ent,

etc.)are

committedto

implem

ent

change

Policyand

•lawdrafting

processare

participatory

andinclusive

Thepolicy

•andlegal

environm

ent

gainsin

stabilityand

predictability

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APPENDIX B: Action Plan

Strategic Objective Activity Responsibility Time frame Inputs

Strategic Objective 1The Legal Aid Forum is an effective and sustainable membership-based network of legal aid providers committed to advancing access to justice

Output 1The Legal Aid Forum has enhanced organisational and financial sustainability

Activities for Output 1

Governance & Leadership

a) Develop capacity on corporate governance, strategic leadership and organisational development for both Steering Committee and Secretariat

b) Develop annual operational plans and monthly work plans

c) Review regularly progress made vis-à-vis 2011-2015 strategic plan, annual operational plans and monthly work plans

d) Sharing of best practices

e) Carry out research and analysis into the development of the Forum

f) Organise mid-term and final external evaluation

Secretariat/Steering Committee (SC)

Secretariat /SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

2 trainings Year 11 training Year 21 training Year 31 training Year 4

Annually for operational plansMonthly for work plans

Annually for strategic planBi-annual review of annual operational planMonthly review of work plans

Continuous 2011-2015

Years 1, 2 and 4

Years 3 and 5

Technical support (specialised firms/organisations, experts)Information/experiences/expertise from other countriesHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretariat/SC)Human resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (GA/Secretariat/SC)Human resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretariat, member organisations)Member organisations supportInformation/experiences/expertise from other countriesHuman resources Financial support

Technical support (Secretariat/SC, specialised firm/organisation/expert)Information/experiences/expertise from other countriesHuman resourcesFinancial support

External evaluatorsInformation/experiences/expertise from other countriesHuman resourcesFinancial support

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g) Carry out further strategy development on M&E

Secretariat/SC Year 2 Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert, Secretariat)Information/experiences/expertise from other countriesHuman resourcesFinancial support

Human Resources & Management

a) Develop capacity of Secretariat staff in leadership and management; programme cycle management, advocacy and lobbying, fundraising and resource management through training initiatives

b) Regular staff meetings and joint activities

c) Organise periodic individual performance appraisal

d) Develop, review and update continuously internal policies (including job descriptions, security guidelines, internal control procedures, human resources policy)

e) Carry out annual financial audits

f) Carry out salary survey within the sector

Communication & Visibility

a) Organise and attend meetings and round tables with stakeholders and donor community

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat

Secretariat/SC as per ICP and organisational chart

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC/GA

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC


Bi-monthly meetings

Once a year

Years 1 and 2

Annually

Years 3 and 5


Technical support (specialised firms/organisations/experts)Information/experiences/expertise from other countriesHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretariat)Human resourcesFinancial support

Human resources


Financial audit firmHuman resourcesFinancial support


Technical support (Secretariat/SC)Human resources Financial resources

55




b) Participate in national, regional and international seminars, conferences and forums

c) Develop capacity of Secretariat staff in media and public relations

d) Establish a Forum website and provide updates and interactive mechanisms for member organisations

e) Publish and distribute Forum newsletters (including articles on access to justice and legal aid issues)

f) Develop further strategy on communication and visibility and monitor the strategy

g) Set up member organisations database

h) Seek more membership & partnership to regional and international networks/organisations

Resource Mobilisation

a) Review and update regularly potential and current donor funding opportunities

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC



Establishment Year 1 and continuous updates


Year 2

Year 1



Technical support (Secretariat/SC)Information/experiences/expertise from other countriesHuman resourcesFinancial resources

Technical support (specialised firms/organisations/experts)Information/experiences/expertise from other countriesHuman resourcesFinancial support

IT supportTechnical support (Secretariat)Member organisations supportHuman resourcesFinancial support


Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert, Secretariat/SC)Information/experiences/expertise from other countriesHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretariat)Member organisations supportIT supportHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretariat/SC)Member organisations supportInformation/experiences/expertise from other countriesHuman resourcesFinancial support


56




b) Prepare and submit proposals and concept notes

c) Organise meetings and round tables with stakeholders and donor community

d) Develop further strategy on resource mobilisation

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC



Year 2



Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert, Secretariat/SC)Information/experiences/expertise from other countriesHuman resourcesFinancial support

Output 2Member organisations actively participate in advancing the vision, mission, strategic objectives and activities of the Forum


a) Organise meetings of the General Assembly, the Steering Committee and the Internal Audit Committee

b) Involve member organisations (through Task Forces or ad hoc mechanisms) in the design, preparation, implementation, follow-up, monitoring and evaluation of the Forum activities

c) Carry out survey on member organisations’ expectations vis-à-vis the Forum, their actual and future contributions, activities, their organisational work focus and approach on access to justice and legal aid issues

Secretariat/SC/IAC

Secretariat/SC/GA

Secretariat/SC



Years 3 and 5

Technical support (Secretariat/SC)Member organisationsHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (member organisations/Secretariat/SC)Member organisationsWebsiteInteractive communication systemsHuman resourcesFinancial support


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d) Develop further strategy on increasing level of participation of member organisations in advancing the mission of the Forum

e) Assist member organisations with their own strategic planning in order to integrate Forum activities and strategies into member organisations’ core programme

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Year 3




Output 3An independent structure for the management of the ‘legal aid civil society fund’ is established


a) Document the results and lessons learnt from the 2008-2010 interim grant management system

b) Develop a proposal for a long-term and independent grant management structure

c) Organise meetings and round tables with stakeholders and donor community on the potential and feasibility to establish such independent grant management structure

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Year 1

Year 1

Years 2 and 3

Technical support (DIHR and LAF feedback and analysis on 2008-2010 grant manage-ment system )Member organisationsHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert, Secretariat/SC)Information/experiences/ex-pertise from other countries with legal aid basket fundsHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretariat/SC)Information/experiences/ex-pertise from other countries with legal aid basket fundsHuman resourcesFinancial support

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d) As an interim arrangement, contract an external firm/organisation to undertake the management of the ‘legal aid civil society fund’ and ensure independence between the management of the fund and beneficiaries

Provided that the outcome of discussions, consultations and analysis points to an independent grant management structure:

e) Establish an independent grant management structure, processes, systems, policies

f) Provide support in the setting-up and launching phase with a view to building sustainability of the initiative (both in terms of funds and technical capacity) and ensure its focus on legal aid

g) Monitor progress made by the newly established structure

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Year 1 and to be continued as long as independent structure not established

Year 4

Years 4 and 5

Year 5

Technical support (Secretariat/SC)External firm/organisation as grant managerHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretar-iat/SC, former external grant manager)Independent grant manage-ment structureHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretariat/SC, former external grant manager)Independent grant manage-ment structureHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretar-iat/SC, former external grant manager)Independent grant manage-ment structureHuman resourcesFinancial support

59




Strategic Objective 2Legal aid providers have strengthened professional capacity to effectively provide quality and accessible legal aid services

Output 1

Legal aid providers have comprehensive learning and training schemes, legal aid practical skills and access to technical advice in the development of legal aid programmes


Documentation, M&E Reporting system

a) Develop a documentation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting (MER) system for use by legal aid providers

b) Carry out field follow-up on the use of the documentation, MER system

c) Based on the information generated by legal aid providers, develop a national level synthesised information management system on legal aid and case flow

Paralegal Framework

a) Provide field training to paralegals on the use of the Paralegal Practice Manual

b) Carry out field follow-up on the use of the Paralegal Practice Manual

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Years 1 and 2

Years 3 and 5

Years 3, 4 and 5

Years 1 and 2


Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert, Sec-retariat/Task Force)Human resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretari-at/Task Force)Member organisationsHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert, Sec-retariat/Task Force)Materials/experiences/exper-tise from other countriesDatabase software pro-grammeHuman resourcesFinancial support



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c) Develop a curriculum and training modules for use by paralegals and legal aid providers

d) Further develop a paralegal framework (including other reference tools, quality assurance framework)

Additional Education and Training Initiatives

a) Develop continuing legal education programmes

b) Organise experts visits on access to justice and legal aid issues

c) Organise training of member organisations on strategic planning, financial management and institutional development

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Years 1, 2 and 3

Years 2, 3 and 4



Years 1 and 3

Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert, Secretariat/Task Force)Materials/experiences/expertise from other countriesHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert, Secretariat/Task Force)Materials/experiences/expertise from other countriesHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (specialised firms/organisations/experts, Secretariat)Member organisationsHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert, Secretariat)Materials/experiences/expertise from other countriesMember organisationsHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert, Secretariat)Materials/experiences/expertise from other countriesMember organisationsHuman resourcesFinancial support

61




Exposure visits and secondments

a) Organise regular exposure visits of member organisations on specific legal aid thematics

b) Organise secondments of staff of member organisations in leading access to justice and legal aid organisations

c) Share results of exposure visits and secondments with all member organisations and stakeholders

Other tools development

a) Develop guidelines for a simple ‘means test’ for legal aid service provision

Technical advice in the development of legal aid programmes

a) Share among member organisations experiences and good practices in legal aid service provision

b) Provide technical support to member organisations in developing legal aid initiatives

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC


Years 1 and 3





Technical support (Secre-tariat/SC)Materials/experiences/exper-tise from other countriesHosting by leading access to justice and legal aid organisa-tions at regional and interna-tional levelsMember organisationsHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretariat/SC)Materials/experiences/exper-tise from other countriesHosting by leading access to justice and legal aid organisa-tions at regional and interna-tional levelsMember organisationsHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretariat/SC)Materials/experiences/exper-tise from other countriesMember organisationsHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert, Sec-retariat/Task Force)Materials/experiences/exper-tise from other countriesHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretari-at, member organisations)Materials/experiences/exper-tise from other countriesHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretari-at, member organisations)Human resourcesFinancial support

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Output 2

Through the ‘legal aid civil society fund’, the Legal Aid Forum provides direct grant support for the provision of quality and accessible legal aid services


a) Mobilise resources (see fundraising plan)

b) Identify legal aid projects (ensuring both quality and accessibility of services provided, and carried out by organisations with satisfactory financial capacity)

c) Implementation of legal aid projects by organisations selected

d) Organise financial monitoring of the implementation of the legal aid projects

e) Provide monthly technical monitoring of the implementation of the legal aid projects

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/Selection organs

Member organisations

Secretariat/Finance consulting/Audit firm/External grant manager

Secretariat/Monitoring organs







Technical support (Secretariat/Selection organs)Human resourcesInformation on current capacity of legal aid providersExternal financial consulting/audit firmHuman resourcesFinancial support

Member organisationsTechnical support (documentation and MER system, Paralegal Practice Manual, paralegal curriculum and training modules, additional training materials/manuals)Permit to work in prisons and police stations Human resourcesFinancial supportExternal firm/organisation as grant manager

External financial consulting/audit firm for financial monitoring Technical support (Secretariat, external grant manager)Human resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretariat, monitoring organs)Human resourcesFinancial support

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f) Document model legal aid projects, changes reported and lessons learnt extracted

g) Prepare for public interest litigation cases and use of amicus curiae

Secretariat

Secretariat/SC

Years 3 and 5


Technical support (Secretariat)Member organisationsHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretariat/SC)Member organisationsHuman resourcesFinancial support

Strategic Objective 3A legal aid policy and implementation framework that are conducive for enhanced legal aid provision are established and operational

Output 1

The Legal Aid Forum becomes a knowledge centre of reference information on access to justice and legal aid


Documentation of Materials on Access to Justice and Legal aid

a) Collect relevant resource materials

b) Strengthen the documentation centre of the Forum for use by member organisations (including a regular update and dissemination of the database of resources made available, open days, etc.)

Research Initiatives

a) Identify and develop research capacity among member organisations and Secretariat staff

Secretariat

Secretariat

Secretariat/SC





Technical support (Secretariat)Member organisationsHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (spe-cialised firm/organisation/expert,Secretariat/TF/research team)Expertise at national level and from other countries on research process and implementationHuman resourcesFinancial support

64




b) Carry out research on the legal and policy framework (including legislation, bills, policies); and any specific issues/areas identified to be limiting access to justice and legal aid provision

c) Publish and disseminate research findings

Monitoring of the Justice Sector on Areas Related to Access to Justice and Legal Aid (based on commitments and objectives as defined in the national strategies, policies and legislation)

For each monitoring process:

a) Identify strategies and priority indicators on access to justice and legal aid to be monitored by selected member organisations

b) Develop a comprehensive monitoring system

c) Undertake field monitoring and collect data

d) Publish and disseminate monitoring findings and recommendations

Additional activities

a) Publish and disseminate tools produced by the Forum (manuals, reports, surveys, etc.)

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC





Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert,Secretariat/TF)Research teamHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert,Secretariat/SC/TF/research team)Human resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert,Secretariat/SC/TF)Monitoring teamExpertise at national level and from other countries on monitoring process and im-plementationHuman resourcesFinancial support


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Output 2The Legal Aid Forum and its member organisations engage in structured advocacy and lobbying for a conducive legal aid policy and implementation framework


a) Develop capacity of member organisations and Secretariat staff in advocacy and lobbying

b) Continuously review and assess the policy environment

c) Based on results of research and monitoring initiatives, produce position papers, concept notes, briefing notes, etc. for advocacy and lobbying on a conducive legal aid policy and implementation framework

d) Hold meetings, round tables, seminars, conferences to engage ministries, parliament, donors and any other relevant authorities and stakeholders at national, regional and international levels

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC





Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert, Secretariat/SC/TF)Materials/experiences/expertise from other countries on advocacy and lobbying strategiesKey experts from other countriesHuman resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretariat/SC/TF)Human resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretariat/SC/TF)Human resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretariat/SC/TF)Key speakers and facilitators among resource persons Human resourcesFinancial support

66




e) Organise media campaigns on specific policy and legal issues

f) Organise Legal Aid Weeks to raise awareness on access to justice, legal aid and human rights, and to promote the services of legal aid providers

g) Develop further strategy in awareness raising

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC

Secretariat/SC




Technical support (Secretariat/SC/TF)Key speakers and facilitators among resource persons Human resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (Secretari-at/SC/TF/JRLOS)Member organisationsKey speakers and facilitators among resource persons Human resourcesFinancial support

Technical support (specialised firm/organisation/expert, Sec-retariat/SC/TF)Materials/experiences/exper-tise from other countries on awareness raising strategyKey experts from other coun-triesHuman resourcesFinancial support

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APPENDIX C: Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation Plan: Year 1

Month Action Responsibility Means of Verification

Months 1-3 Building staff capacity to fundraise and mobilise resources

Steering Committee/Coordinator to the Secretariat

Training Completion Certificates

Month 4 Develop a strategy and action plan for next 5 years

Coordinator to the Secretariat Strategy and action plan which is discussed and approved by the Forum organs

5 year action plan is implemented for Year 1 over months 5-12 below

Months 5-12 Prepare newsletter. Send this out to all donors and contacts

Coordinator to the Secretariat and his delegated authority

Newsletter and distribution list

Month 5 Identify prospective donors, companies, friends and well-wishers and then populate a database with their details


Database is operational

Month 5 Develop a master grant proposal based on the LFA

Coordinator to the Secretariat Master grant proposal is discussed and approved by Forum organs

Month 6 Make contact with the media, especially with local newspapers and magazines and begin to obtain press coverage for the work of the Forum and the issues that are addressed

Coordinator to the Secretariat Articles appearing in the media

Month 6 Plan and conduct one meeting convening prospective donors with an emphasis on raising awareness and fundraising for the Forum and its work


Register of guests attending

Month 7-9 Follow-up with current and prospective donors, including sending out a letter of appeal when necessary


Follow-up communicationsLetters and proof of receipt

Month 7-9 Send out master grants and tailored fundraising proposals


Proposals and proof of receipt

Month 7-9 Organise the annual Legal Aid Week to get publicity and raise awareness


Register of guests attending

Months 10-12 Approach to donors continues; contracts signed with donors


Letters of interest and signed contracts

Month 12 Revisit strategy and action plans for the next 2 years


Amended plans

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APPENDIX D: 2011-2015 Financial Plan

20

1120

1220

1320

1420

15

Bud

get

line

Item

sTo

tal a

mou

nt

Year

1(R

wf)

Tota

l am

ount

Ye

ar 2

(Rw

f)

Tota

l am

ount

Ye

ar 3

(Rw

f)

Tota

l am

ount

Ye

ar 4

(Rw

f)

Tota

l am

ount

Ye

ar 5

(R

wf)

1R

unni

ng c

osts

& p

erso

nnel

109,

421,

812

124,

470,

594

141,

422,

232

147,

468,

603

156,

588,

447

2Su

ppor

t to

the

LAF

activ

ities

454,

139,

366

500,

827,

771

580,

401,

716

633,

155,

630

721,

063,

366

201

SO1-TheLegalAidForum

isaneffectiveand

sustainablemem

bership-basednetworkoflegalaid

providerscommittedtoadvancingaccesstojustice

69,231,518

69,872,698

72,556,698

58,573,518

64,257,518

201.1

Output1-TheLegalAidForum

hasenhanced

organisationalandfinancialsustainability

44,736,772

45,026,772

45,026,772

33,026,772

36,026,772

201.2

Output2-Mem

berorganisationsactivelyparticipatein

advancingthevision,m

ission,strategicobjectivesand

activitiesoftheForum

9,114,746

9,114,746

11,114,746

9,114,746

11,114,746

201.3

Output3-An

independentstructureforthemanagem

ent

ofthe‘legalaidcivilsocietyfund’is

established

15,380,000

15,731,181

16,415,181

16,432,000

17,116,000

202

SO2-Legalaidprovidershavestrengthened

professionalcapacitytoeffectivelyprovidequalityand

accessiblelegalaidservices

280,758,002

333,787,644

411,677,588

476,914,684

559,138,419

202.1

Output1-Legalaidprovidershavecomprehensive

learningandtrainingschem

es,legalaidpracticalskills

andaccesstotechnicaladviceinthedevelopm

entof

legalaidprogram

mes

52,996,511

45,117,598

54,996,511

45,117,598

45,117,598

202.2

Output2-Throughthe‘legalaidcivilsocietyfund’,the

LegalAidForum

providesdirectgrantsupportforthe

provisionofqualityandaccessiblelegalaidservices

227,761,491

288,670,045

356,681,077

431,797,085

514,020,821

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203

SO3-Alegalaidpolicyandimplem

entationframew

ork

thatareconduciveforenhancedlegalaidprovisionare

establishedandoperational

104,149,846

97,167,429

96,167,429

97,667,429

97,667,429

203.1


becom

esaknowledge

centreofreferenceinformationonaccesstojusticeand

lega

l aid

55,784,446

50,082,029

50,082,029

50,082,029

50,082,029

203.2


anditsmem

ber

organisationsengageinstructuredadvocacy

andlobbyingforaconducivelegalaidpolicyand

implem

entationframew

ork

48,365,400

47,085,400

46,085,400

47,585,400

47,585,400

3Su

b-to

tal

563,

561,

177

625,

298,

365

721,

823,

948

780,

624,

233

877,

651,

812

Contingency2,5%

ofsub-total

14,089,029

15,632,459

18,045,599

19,515,606

21,941,295

Tota

l in

Rw

anda

n Fr

ancs

Rw

f 577

,650

,207

Rw

f 640

,930

,824

Rw

f 739

,869

,546

Rw

f 800

,139

,839

Rw

f 899

,593

,108

Tota

l in

US

Dol

lars

USD

1,0

09,8

78U

SD 1

,120

,508

USD

1,2

93,4

78U

SD 1

,398

,846

USD

1,5

72,7

15

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CONTACTS:

Secretariat of the Legal Aid Forum: Kimihurura

PO Box 5225, Kigali – Rwanda

Coordinator to the Secretariat: (+250) 078 830 7174

E-mail: [email protected]

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Coordinator to the Secretariat: (+250) 078 830 7174E-mail: [email protected]

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