Starting from the democratic transition in the Balkans to the Arab Spring and more recent transformations, DIG has been engaged in building the capacity of political institutions and governments in some of the most significant democratic transitions and post-conflict and fragile settings.
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DIG’s team is led by Kevin Deveaux, a former parliamentarian from Canada who has worked on the capacity development of parliaments and political parties since 2001 when he first provided training for candidates prior to the first national elections in Kosovo. As a lawyer and a former politician, Kevin brings a realistic and action-oriented approach to capacity development, while ensuring the work reflects international best practices.
BETWEEN 2001 AND 2006
While working as an elected Member of Parliament between 2001 and 2006, Kevin worked periodically in Kosovo, supporting the drafting of the Access to Information Law, supporting the development of the Kosovo Central Assembly and building the capacity of a political party. He also provided support to the Iraq Transitional National Assembly in 2005 and worked short-term in Egypt, Palestine and Cambodia.
ADDITIONALLY
In addition to his role as the global focal point for the UN, Kevin also provided direct and ongoing advice to UNDPs 135 Country Offices when they engaged parliaments and political parties. He was responsible for defining UNDPs policies with regard to work with political institutions globally. He also provided advice, directly and indirectly, to more than70 parliaments through the world that receive capacity support from UNDP. This work included project formulation and evaluation in numerous countries.
FROM 2007 TO 2012
From 2007 to 2012, Kevin was a technical expert with UNDP with regard to parliamentary development, first as an adviser to the Viet Nam National Assembly and, from 2008-2012, the global adviser for UNDP on its work with parliaments and political parties. As the global adviser, Kevin was the United Nation’s primary focal point on parliamentary development, interacting with partners at USAID, DfID, SIDA, AusAID, CIDA, MAES and engaging parliamentary networks such as IPU, CPA and APF. He also worked closely with a number of networks of parliamentarians, including GOPAC, GLOBE, Climate Parliament and PNoWB.
IN 2011 AND 2012
In particular in 2011 and 2012, Kevin was instrumental in providing immediate resources and technical advice to a number of countries in the Arab Region, starting with Tunisia, post-revolution, and including Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Somalia, Algeria and Libya. This work resulted in extensive and innovative projects being designed, funded and implemented in a number of these countries to support their political institutions as the countries transition to democracy.
Albania
Political Party Assistance Evaluation and Project Design, Implementation & Evaluation
Algeria
Parliament Support
Bangladesh
Parliamentary Project Formulation
Bhutan
Capacity Building of Parliament Committees
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Democratic Governance Program Formulation
Cambodia
DFID Political Party Assistance Evaluation
Egypt
Election Monitoring
Fiji
Revised Standing Orders & Technical Advice to Committees
Georgia
Evaluation of EU-funded Project
Ghana
Support to Constitutional Reforms
Guyana
Adviser to Parliamentary Committees
Iraq
Capacity Building of MPs & Committees
Jordan
Technical Advice on SDGs
Kenya
Election Monitoring
Kosovo
Revised Rules of Parliament
Kyrgyzstan
Parliamentary Project
Lebanon
Technical Advice on SDGs
Liberia
Support to Electoral Assistance Project
Libya
Post-Revolution Parliament Assessment
Malawi
Parliament Strategic Planning
Malaysia
Technical Advice to Parliament
Maldives
Technical Advice to Parliament
Mauritania
Parliament Support
Moldova
Parliament Outreach to Citizens
Myanmar
Parliament Project Formulation
Nepal
Technical Adviser to Parliament project
Niger
Parliament Support
Norway
Policy Centre Review
Pakistan
Evaluation of Project with National Assembly
Palestine
Election Monitoring
Philippines
Evaluation of Anti-Corruption Program
Serbia
Political Party Assistance Evaluation
Singapore
Policy Centre Review
Solomon Islands
Capacity Building of Political Parties
South Africa
DFID Political Party Assistance Evaluation
South Korea
Policy Centre Review
South Sudan
DFID Parliamentary Context Analysis
Tanzania
Parliament Project Formulation
Thailand
Project Evaluation
Tonga
Parliament Project Evaluation
Tunisia
Post-Revolution Parliament Project Formulation
Türkiye
Support to Equality of Opportunities Committee
Turkmenistan
Parliamentary Project Formulation
Tuvalu
Handbook for Parliament
Ukraine
Parliament Project Evaluation
Uzbekistan
Evaluation of EU-funded Parliament Project
Viet nam
Senior Technical Adviser to National Assembly