Center For Democracy and Governance

Legislative Strengthening

"CDG stands for building national and regional-level legislatures in East Africa"

CDG stands for building national and regional-level legislatures in east Africa countries, and is considered
to be one of the region’s leading legislative strengthening organizations. Through technical assistance to members, institutional development assistance, and support for legal reform, CDG helps legislatures to better represent citizens and groups in society, more effectively carry out their law and budget-making roles, and better oversee government finances and programs.

CDG has designed programs for legislatures in both conflict and post-conflict environments. In Somalia, the Center launched a democratization Training manual for members and staff of the local councils in Sool and Sanaag regions that taught techniques of legislative and public policy document drafting, procedures for developing policy, and understanding public policies through statutory texts.

What We Do

  • Civil Society
  • Delivering on Democracy
  • Livelihood and Protection
  • Community Police Dialogues
  • Legislative Strengthening
  • Enhancing Citizen Participation
  • Local Government Strengthening
  • Human Rights