IC - Law Reform Expert Strategic Planning Workshop Tender, Botswana - 24878514

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Country : Botswana

Summary : IC - Law Reform Expert Strategic Planning Workshop

Deadline : 20 Jul 2018

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 24878514

Document Ref. No. : 47923

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
P.O. Box 54, Gaborone, Botswana Tel: (+267) 363 3700 Fax: (+267) 3956093
Botswana

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The Government of Botswana is seeking to build national law reform capacity to ensure law reform processes are nationally led and to support the achievement of national strategic priorities. In 2010, Cabinet approved the establishment of a Law Reform Division at the Attorney General s Chambers. In October 2017, Cabinet decided to proceed with the establishment of a Law Reform Unit under the Legislative Drafting Division at the Attorney General s Chambers. The Law Reform Unit is essential for the realisation of Government s large and complex law reform projects which underpin the National Development Plan 11 (NDP 11) and achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and as such, it s establishment is a Government priority.TheAttorney General s Chambers has requested UNDP to provide technical support to establish the Law Reform Unit Under the auspices of a project being implemented by UNDP and the Government of Botswana, "Support to the Fulfillment of Human Rights, Access to Justice and Empowerment of Youth and Women Project" (2018 2021) (the Project). The establishment of a Law ReformUnit with capacity to conduct high quality, nationally-led law reform processes will contribute to:ensuring that Botswana s laws are modern, complete and reflect Botswana s unique legal context and national policy objectives;improved capacities to plan for delivery, identify and resolve implementation challenges and account for the delivery of quality interventionstodeepen democracy outcomes and strengthen governance institutions (UNSDF 2.4);realization of NDP11 and SDG 16 targets related to effective, accountable and transparent institutions and responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making; andcreating an enabling environment for sustainable economic growth through sound legal frameworks that are necessary to achieve a range of other NDP11 and SDG targets.Law reform is a process that involves many actors from civil society, Dikgosi, Parliament, medi...

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