WAYS OF WORKING

The Ministry is a time-bound mechanism through which investment into Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands can be enhanced and directed in line with the particular needs and circumstances of the area.

 It works in four main ways:

1. Policy, legal and institutional reform
2. Coordination
3. Selective implementation  i.e. not on a routine basis
4. Regional collaboration with neighbouring countries and regional bodies

 An effective institutional framework is essential to ensuring good coordination of development activities in the region. Coordination is arguably even more critical in areas such as Northern Kenya, where limited resources must be stretched across large distances with poor infrastructure, and where the consequences of poor coordination can be damaging to the environment and to social relations.

 In order to ensure coordinated and harmonised development of Northern Kenya and other arid lands, the Ministry is proposing the following structures:

1. An ASAL Cabinet Sub-Committee, to provide high-level policy direction and political support to ASAL development.
2. An ASAL Inter-Ministerial Committee, through which Permanent Secretaries in key ministries will provide leadership across Government.
3. An ASAL Stakeholders Forum, where Government, UN agencies, development partners, NGOs and the private sector, will come together to share experience and coordinate interventions.
4. An ASAL Transformation Secretariat, which will provide technical and administrative support to the above structures, and lead and steer the process of harmonisation, alignment and coordination of development in Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands. View ASAL Secretariat terms of reference

 Click here for a background report to the institutional framework: