Annual Report 2010

2010 Annual Report

2010 Annual Report / Table of Contents

CONTENTS

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 2: LEGAL EMPOWERMENT

Letter from Acting Director-General

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Who We Are

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What We Do

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How We Do It

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Ethiopia Promoting the Functional Protection of Human Rights

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India Improving Sustainable Water Resources Management

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Paraguay Preventing Human Trafficking and Empowering Vulnerable Groups in Paraguay

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1: NATIONAL STRATEGIES AND FRAMEWORKS

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Afghanistan Supporting National Justice Sector Strategy to Improve Security and Legal Rights and Services

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Ethiopia Activities Supporting Aid for Trade Action Plan: Institutional, Legal, and Regulatory Review to Enhance Seed Development Sector Expansion

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Nigeria Promoting Participatory Solutions to Ethnic-Religious Conflict

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Southern Sudan Strengthening the Capacity of Justice Sector Institutions

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Promoting Legal Preparedness for Climate Change and Rural Development

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Ecuador Legal Empowerment for Food Security and Sustainable Resources Management

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Global Sharing Network Alumni Associations

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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 5: KNOWLEDGE GENERATION Global

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Global Intellectual Property and Development Program

Establishing Foundations for Legal Preparedness to Address Climate Change

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 4: NETWORKS

Regional Supporting Aid for Trade Action Plan: African Countries’ Effective Participation in EPA Negotiations Strengthening the Role of Parliament in Addressing the Social Cost of National Economic Reform and Promoting E-Parliament Functions in Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon

Vietnam

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Zambia Supporting Aid for Trade Action Plan: Investment and Intellectual Property

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Mexico and Latin America

Lebanon Supporting the Justice Sector

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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3: GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Kyrgyz Republic Building the Judiciary’s Capacity

OFID/IDLO Joint Program on Legal Reform to More Effectively Manage HIV/AIDS Microfinance: Building Inclusive Financial Sector and Legal and Regulatory Frameworks Microfinance: Protecting Consumers’ Rights

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Kenya Supporting the Committee of Experts During Constitutional Review

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Girls Count: Strengthening Gender-Based Legal Protection Framework Best Practices in Community Land Titling Enhancing Legal Empowerment through Engagement with Customary Legal Systems Global Justice Development Center

FACTS and FIGURES

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2010 Annual Report / Letter from Acting Director-General

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Letter from Acting Director-General In 2010, IDLO embarked on its second quarter-century of work and reached the halfway point in its 2009-2012 Strategic Plan. This combined anniversary provides an important moment for reflection on where we stand in relation to our stated goals and objectives and on what we hope to accomplish during the plan’s remaining two years.

IDLO is performing strongly and has made strategic gains within its program and knowledge generation portfolios, as well as with its strategic networks. IDLO achieved these results despite the significant challenges facing all international organizations following the global economic crisis and the resulting decrease in donor funds. Over the past two years, we have almost doubled our work portfolio.

What this means in real terms is that our reach and our impact has increased and we are bringing results to our beneficiaries around the world on an even broader scale.

In 2010, we also made significant strides towards becoming more effective through results-based management systems. Through the evaluation of our programs and empirical research, we are uncovering what works (and what does not) in rule of law development and reform. The opportunities that we can now take advantage of include mainstreaming and integrating the knowledge that is generated by our research and evaluations, as well as by the development of our program practice, to guide future program implementation.

In Afghanistan, IDLO supported the establishment of the first Violence Against Women (VAW) Unit within the Office of the Attorney General in Kabul. In 2011, IDLO will open similar units in seven other provinces of the country, creating a factual barrier to crimes against women.

To complement the work of prosecutors, IDLO is working to raise public awareness on the 2009 Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) law. IDLO also continued to strengthen the capacity of the Legal Aid Organization of Afghanistan (LAOA), the leading provider of legal aid services to the poor and disadvantaged.

IDLO continued its ongoing assistance to the Supreme Court of Southern Sudan. As Southern Sudan enters one of the most critical periods in its history, IDLO is assisting in laying the foundation for an efficient, fair and transparent judiciary. In addition, with the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development, IDLO is assisting in the establishment of the Southern Sudanese Legal Training Institute.

Throughout 2010, IDLO addressed global challenges with great determination and commitment. It increased efforts in developing new initiatives to address critical topics such as climate change, HIV/AIDS, community violence, financial inclusion, economic development and legal empowerment of the poor. Through project implementation, research and through the development of pilot programs, IDLO is assisting in combating human trafficking and providing legal services for disadvantaged groups, as well as developing effective community land titling, protection of traditional knowledge, customary justice systems and consumer protection practices.

While I am mindful of the challenges ahead, I am confident that IDLO’s unwavering focus and commitment to legal reform will continue to ensure its success. IDLO’s world-class experts and comparative advantages as a multi-lateral agency, together with its role as a thought leader, will allow the organization to build upon its 2010 accomplishments. As a result, IDLO will persist in establishing pragmatic policies and strengthen its crucial function in facilitating positive change in international development and rule of law issues. This unique combination will continue to serve in IDLO’s mission around the world, allowing the organization to be a guiding light for others working towards effective and sustainable reform.

Jeffrey S. Waldron

2010 Annual Report / Who We Are

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WHO WE ARE Founded in 1983, IDLO pioneered justice sector reform in development assistance. As an intergovernmental organization that promotes legal, regulatory and institutional reform in transition economies, developing countries and nations emerging from conflict, IDLO’s mandate is to strengthen the rule of law by supporting economic and social development that is driven by societal demand. By involving stakeholders from all levels of society in its development programs, IDLO helps create sustainable, equitable solutions that reflect a country‘s broad needs and desires.

In line with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda, IDLO encourages country partners to take charge of their own development agendas. The Organization works directly with lawyers, jurists, policymakers, regulators, civil society, universities, research centers, public and private institutions, and government ministries to empower them to contribute significantly to their country’s development.

Through our Visiting Instructor Program, IDLO draws on the diverse expertise of more than 2,500 legal experts, including legal advisors to governments and businesses, private legal practitioners and professionals from the United Nations, and other multilateral bodies.

IDLO is based in Rome, Italy, and operates program offices in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Southern Sudan. In 2001, IDLO was granted observer status by the United Nations, leading to the creation of a liaison office at UN headquarters in New York.

In 2006, IDLO also established an International Advisory Council to galvanize political support for its work. The council’s members, listed below, have demonstrated extraordinary leadership on development and humanitarian issues: ■ ■

Since its establishment, IDLO has worked with more than 20,000 legal professionals in 175 countries. Our growing worldwide network - consisting of 46 independent Alumni Associations with members drawn from legal, business, and academic sectors, and civil society - gives the Organization a unique ability to create opportunities for those most in need.

IDLO brings together legal specialists from around the world. Our core staff includes experienced international jurists that specialize in legal and judicial reform, procurement, international trade, health, intellectual property, and environmental law and social development.

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Mr. Abdel-Latif Al-Hamad, Chairman and CEO, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development President Abdou Diouf, Secretary General, International Francophone Organization, former President of the Republic of Senegal Mr. William H. Gates Sr., Co-Chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Mr. Thomas Pickering, former United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and former Ambassador to Jordan, Nigeria, El Salvador, Israel, India, Russia and the United Nations President Mary Robinson, President, the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice, former President of the Republic of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Justice Albie Sachs, Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa

IDLO’s current Member Parties are Australia

Ecuador

Kuwait

Philippines

Austria

Egypt

Netherlands

Romania

Bulgaria

France

Norway

Senegal

Burkina Faso

Italy Jordan

OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)

Sudan

China Colombia

Kenya

Paraguay

United States of America

Tunisia

2010 Annual Report / What We Do / How We Do It

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WHAT WE DO

HOW WE DO IT

IDLO facilitates long-term, sustainable development and enables effective rule of law and good governance. Our five Strategic Objectives are the foundation of our Strategic Plan and reflect the interdependence between rule of law and human, economic, and social development.

The Organization receives support from voluntary contributions from Member Parties, governments, multilateral organizations, and the private sector, including private foundations.

1. NATIONAL STRATEGIES AND FRAMEWORKS IDLO supports developing and achieving national reform agendas and peace building plans in the legal and justice sector.

2. LEGAL EMPOWERMENT The Organization facilitates the means of securing legal rights for individuals, particularly for vulnerable populations and those in crisis.

3. GLOBAL CHALLENGES IDLO supports developing countries in addressing legal and regulatory aspects of emergent global issues undermining development.

4. NETWORKS The Organization connects peers working on similar aspects of legal, regulatory, and institutional reform in different jurisdictions - building networks that stimulate reform.

5. KNOWLEDGE GENERATION IDLO also identifies best practices on appropriate and sustainable reforms within domestic legal and regulatory systems; generates knowledge; and disseminates best practices in legal, regulatory, and institutional reform.

IDLO begins its work using the standard development sector logical framework to evaluate the effectiveness of potential activities against their expected impact, outcome, and output.

Our programs, projects, and activities include: Diagnostic Dialogues As part of our initial evaluation, IDLO hosts videoconference discussions with experts and local stakeholders to review legal and regulatory priorities and begins identifying potential partners.

Needs Assessments IDLO experts conduct a thorough needs assessment in the host country and analyze legal development issues in the country or region. IDLO’s Inception Mission establishes local partnerships, contacts, and foundations with stakeholders as well as presents program activities and accompanying timelines.

Policy Dialogues IDLO facilitates dialogue with high-level representatives from stakeholders advancing legislative, regulatory, procedural, or institutional reform. We bring together national or regional policy-makers to identify major obstacles and share observations. IDLO often serves as a public-private interface. Our ultimate goal: getting each party to agree to developing and implementing an action plan.

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Training IDLO training programs provide structured activities, including short, interactive workshops, case studies, films, role playing, simulations, and group discussions. Training can also include study tours and internships at IDLO and host countries.

Training addresses gaps in professional legal knowledge and skills.

We liaise closely with local partners and donors to design and deliver training. IDLO applies a well-established participatory methodology to identify performance and instructional objectives.

To determine performance objectives, we assess discrepancies between what the situation is and what it should be. To identify instructional objectives, we use topic analyses (when the problem is inadequate knowledge) or task analyses (when the problem is inadequate skills). Our detailed assessments allow IDLO to tailor training programs to fit beneficiaries’ needs.

2010 Annual Report / How We Do It

Workshops IDLO subject-matter workshops benefit participants from a single institution or organization (government ministries, bar associations, and the judiciary) or from several entities working on the same issue. The Organization employs international visiting experts to support IDLO’s in-house training teams.

IDLO workshops are hosted at our Headquarters in Rome or in the host country and are offered in a variety of languages. Regional training workshops held in a country’s capital enable participants from neighboring countries to address shared issues. By identifying common experiences in a similar context, participants establish legal strategies to achieve specific regional objectives.

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Distance Learning Seminars IDLO regularly hosts academic seminars and training workshops via videoconference to support ongoing programs. These sessions can benefit a single institution or a selected group of national or regional stakeholders. Seminars are conducted by subject-matter experts and facilitated by IDLO Legal Officers. As with field-based workshops, IDLO applies its training methodology to distance learning seminars.

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Training-of-Trainers Courses IDLO, in conjunction with local partners, selects a small number of course participants to become trainers. Trainingof-trainers (TOT) courses provide trainees with skills to complete task analyses, select course contents, and apply IDLO’s unique methodology. IDLO’s TOT courses facilitate institutional change and ensure the sustainability of IDLO’s programs by encouraging participants to share knowledge and skills gained during an IDLO course with colleagues and other local counterparts.

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E-learning Courses In 2008, IDLO launched a self-paced e-learning program that combines audio, text, graphics, documents, questions, and case studies. The courses provide participants with a meaningful, interactive learning experience. IDLO’s e-learning courses are moderated by in-house legal experts and encourage online discussions, best practices, and information exchanges. IDLO’s moderators also support participants in technical, administrative, and substantive matters to ensure the experience is user-friendly, where participants feel comfortable with content design and website navigation.

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Technical Assistance Structural weaknesses or a lack of professional capacity often impede efficient, transparent, and fair judicial institutions.

Therefore, IDLO incorporates specific technical assistance activities into development programs through advisory and mentoring services on legal aspects of policy or legislative drafting; physical support to establish court libraries and supply essential legal texts; or knowledge support to develop professional resources in the native language.

Legal Awareness To improve access to justice and ensure accountability within judicial institutions, IDLO works in partnership with civil societies to diffuse information and raise legal awareness among the population. Communication activities include producing and screening educational films; publishing articles with legal advice in local newspapers; and providing legal training and funding to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working within target communities.

Knowledge Generation, Research and Publications Generating and disseminating knowledge on law and development is one of IDLO’s strategic objectives. To conduct research and publish its findings, IDLO engages participants through international conferences, working groups, and policymaking forums. We produce monographs, working papers, and policy briefs on experiences, trends, and priorities to further legal, regulatory and institutional reform. IDLO publishes benchbooks (practical manuals for judicial staff that include technical guidance on substantive law and procedures); glossaries on human rights and international law; and guidebooks for local and international organizations on specific legal issues. IDLO also updates the seminal Rule of Law Assistance Directory, the first public global inventory of development assistance.

Monitoring and Evaluation IDLO applies rigorous monitoring and evaluation methods throughout the Organization and with our programs. As a lead proponent of the rule of law and development, IDLO’s M&E system advances our ability to accurately measure the performance of our programs and larger projects. Since capacity building for legal professionals and institutions is central to IDLO’s mandate, we apply proven M&E methods to each program or project.

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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1: NATIONAL STRATEGIES and FRAMEWORKS Support to formalize national legal reform agendas and peace-building plans

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Afghanistan

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Supporting National Justice Sector Strategy to Improve Security and Legal Rights and Services Within the framework of the Afghan National Justice Sector Strategy (2009-2012), IDLO’s program is improving legal education and training for justice sector professionals to enhance their competence and is expanding legal aid services to the poor and disenfranchised.

2010 Highlights ■ By supporting the establishment of Afghanistan’s first Violence against Women’s (VAW) Unit within the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), IDLO strengthened the AGO’s capacity to prosecute offenses under the new Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) Law. Since the unit’s official opening in March 2010, the VAW has received 237 cases with an average monthly case intake that nearly doubled - from 14 in March 2010 to 26 in December 2010. At the request of the AGO, IDLO will support efforts to extend VAW units to other provinces, including the Herat province, which is scheduled to open in the first half of 2011.

■ To raise public awareness on gender and justice issues, including violence against women, IDLO published a simple booklet on the EVAW Law. Available in Dari, Pashto, and English, the booklet describes crimes against women under the law where its simple illustrations help victims of violence better understand the law. In November 2010, IDLO distributed the EVAW Law booklet to partners and potential beneficiaries. Its national distribution has reached a variety of legal professionals, including defense lawyers, prosecutors, judges, and educators, and most importantly, the women who are or could be victims of violence. Many Afghan nongovernmental and civil society organizations (CSOs), and other local institutions, collaborated with IDLO on the awareness campaign.

■ IDLO continued to strengthen the Legal Aid Organization of Afghanistan (LAOA), which we helped to establish. LAOA is now a leading provider of legal aid services to poor and disadvantaged groups, including women and children. In 2010, the LAOA received more than 2,000 cases. IDLO supports replicating LAOA offices throughout the country.

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IDLO continues to strengthen the capacity of the Independent National Legal Training Center (INLTC), which we helped to found with support from the Government of Italy in 2007. From 2009 to 2010, women’s application and enrollment rates have more than doubled. The INLTC is now funded through the Afghan national budget, which promotes its sustainability and shows local ownership. With IDLO’s support, the center also established a research and publications department to capture and disseminate advances in the legal profession.

INLTC convened legal practitioners to develop its national strategy and hosted the Gender Justice Conference (January 2010) to integrate gender and justice principles in Afghanistan's legal and judicial practice. In April 2010, the center also hosted the Anti-Corruption Conference to assess the status of the national Anti-Corruption Strategy - one of the government’s priorities for the next five years.

In 2010, IDLO also began researching dispute resolution methods to better understand village and district level decisionmaking, which will inform the subsequent design of legal aid, awareness, and education programs as well as strengthen linkages between formal and informal justice sectors. IDLO’s effort aims to incorporate the informal administration of justice, which for a majority of Afghans constitutes the primary method of dispute resolution or restitution for crimes, into the country’s capacity building strategy.

Donor: Directorate General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy; Dutch Leverage Fund for Peace Building, Ministry for Development Cooperation, the Netherlands; Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), United States Department of State.

2010 Annual Report / Strategic Objective 1

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Ethiopia

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Kenya

Activities Supporting Aid for Trade Action Plan: Institutional, Legal, and Regulatory Review to Enhance Seed Development Sector Expansion

Supporting the Committee of Experts during Constitutional Review

Since April 2009, IDLO has implemented a training and technical assistance program under Finland’s Aid for Trade (A4T) Action Plan (2008-2011) that supports sustainable institutional development in agriculture, trade, investment, and intellectual property (IP). These are key sectors to reduce poverty and improve the enabling business environment.

Following post-election civil unrest in December 2007, Kenya recognized the need for fundamental constitutional changes and means to address deep grievances. In 2008, the Committee of Experts on Constitutional Review (COE) was established to draft a new constitution. In 2010, 67 percent of nearly 9 million Kenyans voted in favor of the new constitution, which was promulgated on 27 August 2010.

IDLO partnered with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to attract more agricultural investment and assisted the Ministry in revising drafts of the Seed Proclamation to strengthen Ethiopia’s agricultural regulatory framework.

2010 Highlights ■ An IDLO-hosted workshop in Addis Ababa (July 2010) addressed World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements on agriculture as well as sanitary, phytosanitary, and technical barriers to trade. The workshop supported Ethiopia’s ongoing WTO accession and enabled participants to better understand WTO agreements, identify principles governing the multilateral trading system as embodied by the WTO agreements, and review the status of Ethiopia’s accession to the WTO and other WTO trade negotiations.

■ IDLO identified and drafted priority regulations to implement Ethiopia’s Seed Proclamation. IDLO also developed a road map for key legislative reforms to assist Ethiopia with its WTO accession process by bringing the Plant Breeders’ Rights Proclamation into compliance with obligations under the WTO’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).

Donor: Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland

IDLO supported the COE through technical analysis and legislative drafting as well as worked with civil society organizations (CSOs) to support civic education initiatives on the proposed constitution.

2010 Highlights ■ IDLO provided leading constitutional experts and eight independent analytical commentaries to the COE on the draft constitution.

■ IDLO held consultations with the COE and the Parliamentary Select Committee on issues relevant to the proposed constitution. IDLO’s legislative drafting expert assisted the COE in finalizing the text of the constitution.

■ IDLO conducted a Training-of-Trainers workshop in Nairobi to train 169 educators from the CSOs who then reached more than 1,000 Kenyans.

Donor: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

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Kyrgyz Republic

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Lebanon

Building the Judiciary’s Capacity

Supporting the Justice Sector

At the request of the Supreme Court, IDLO designed and secured funding for the Judicial Candidate Training Program (JCTP). The JCTP will be implemented in 2011 as the fifth phase of IDLO’s Judicial Capacity Building Project whose objective is to assist the Supreme Court, the Council of Judges, and the Judicial Training Center in establishing and institutionalizing a well functioning training program. IDLO’s 18-month effort will mark the transition from a government-appointed to examination-based judicial corps trained through a program guided by international best practices. IDLO’s program incorporates recommendations from the 2009 evaluation report and specific requests from Kyrgyz counterparts.

In collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy, IDLO is assisting stakeholders to develop a strategy to enhance the capacity of the Lebanese judiciary.

2010 Highlights ■ Although civil unrest interrupted program implementation in 2010, IDLO continued to solidify its unique relationship with the Supreme Court and its special long-term role in safeguarding judicial independence.

■ The Chair of the Supreme Court tasked IDLO with reviewing and drafting articles on judicial independence and incorporated them in the new constitution, which was ratified on 27 June 2010.

■ In October 2010, the newly elected President and Supreme Court Chairman endorsed the JCTP as designed by IDLO and national counterparts.

■ In December 2010, a joint EBRD/IDLO mission to Bishkek developed a detailed timeline for the program, in consultation with local and international stakeholders.

Co-implementer and donor: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

2010 Highlights ■ In collaboration with the Judicial Studies Institute in Beirut, IDLO hosted a seminar on cybercrime, international legislation, and the value of electronic evidence.

■ IDLO trained judges and lawyers on using international law to combat terrorism and money laundering.

■ In June 2010, high representatives of the Lebanese judiciary, including the First President of the Supreme Court and the Attorney General, participated in a one-week study tour to Rome to establish institutional relations and constructive dialogues with their Italian counterparts.

Donor: Directorate General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy

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Nigeria

Southern Sudan

Promoting Participatory Solutions to Ethnic-Religious Conflict

Strengthening the Capacity of Justice Sector Institutions

Nigeria, one of world’s largest countries with an evenly distributed population of Muslims and Christians, has experienced increased violent ethnic-religious conflict. Between 1990 and 2010, conflict has claimed more than 5,000 lives, displaced 10,000 citizens, and destroyed millions of dollars worth of property in the Plateau State alone. IDLO supports participatory and community-owned solutions to the conflict.

Following decades of civil war, which obliterated institutions and human capacity, Southern Sudan’s new status intensifies its development needs. IDLO is at the vanguard to strengthen and expand constitutional and legislative reform and support the north and south in negotiating post-self determination arrangements as well as assist them in addressing legal issues.

Evidence from media reports suggest that a root cause of religious and ethnic conflict in Nigeria is traced to citizenship and indigenship. Consequently, IDLO is analyzing national and state laws and their impact on these concepts. IDLO is also studying legislation that impedes citizenship rights, freedom of movement, freedom from discrimination, right to acquire property, and right to own immoveable property. IDLO will soon be reporting on our findings and recommendations.

To facilitate an understanding of the conflict, IDLO is synthesizing the seven Judicial Commission of Inquiry Reports documenting violence and conflict between 1990 and 2010. When completed, IDLO will present a single advocacy and policy report that will serve as a platform for future IDLO intervention.

2010 Highlights IDLO is the first organization to gain the confidence of all stakeholders in the Plateau State conflict.

■ IDLO served as a mediator, with the unconditional consent of stakeholders, in a 10-day peace dialogue convened in Abuja to develop a community-led road map for lasting peace. As a result of the dialogue, stakeholders resolved to work toward reconciliation and forgiveness.

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Donor: Program Fund on Rule of Law, Government of the Netherlands

IDLO’s Rule of Law Program strengthened the capacity of the judiciary and established the Legal Training Institute (LTI) of Southern Sudan. Through our work, IDLO has become the preferred implementing partner for the judiciary and a leading development partner for the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development. IDLO is working with the judiciary to publish the first Southern Sudan Law Journal and Reports. In 2011, IDLO will support the LTI board in finalizing its strategic and financial plans and staffing structure as well as obtain land for the institute’s headquarters.

2010 Highlights ■ In consultation with the judiciary of Southern Sudan, IDLO drafted a judicial capacity-building strategy plan.

■ IDLO conducted three, 10-week training courses on civil and criminal procedure and evidence, for a total of 86 judges, which represent 80 percent of the region’s judges, from the High and County Courts. IDLO’s training course also included a module on juvenile justice. The Supreme Court reported that judges now present written judgments based on Southern Sudan law and no longer give jail sentences for civil offenses.

■ IDLO began preparing the first Benchbook on Criminal Procedure and Evidence, which was presented to the judiciary for review. IDLO will also develop another benchbook on civil procedure and evidence.

■ IDLO enhanced legal resources available to the judiciary through providing judges with copies of Southern Sudan laws, Arabic-English dictionaries, Black’s Law Dictionary, African Law Reports, and Sudanese Law Reports.

■ IDLO assisted in the drafting of the LTI’s strategic plan and facilitated the board’s review of the bill to establish the LTI, scheduled to be considered by the Parliament of Southern Sudan in early 2011.

■ Prior to the referendum on self determination, IDLO conducted a training course for 70 lawyers from the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development, on observing, reporting, and prosecuting violations of the Sudan Referendum Act. Donor: Dutch Leverage Fund for Peacebuilding, Ministry for Development Cooperation, the Netherlands; European Union; United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF); INL, United States Department of State; United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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Zambia

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Regional

Supporting Aid for Trade Action Plan: Investment and Intellectual Property

Supporting Aid for Trade Action Plan: African Countries’ Effective Participation in EPA Negotiations

Within the framework of IDLO's training and technical assistance program under Finland’s Aid for Trade (A4T) Action Plan (20082011), the Organization worked with the Zambia Development Agency to enhance foreign and domestic investment.

Recognizing the importance of effective participation by African countries in the ongoing Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) negotiations with the European Union, IDLO provided a series of capacity building activities in selected countries.

2010 Highlights ■ IDLO assisted the Government of Zambia in reviewing new IP laws and developed the capacity of local stakeholders to analyze and contribute to IP law drafting, revision, and implementation in line with international standards.

■ IDLO helped develop Zambia’s investment policy and built the capacity of pro-investment institutions to implement the policy and support investment promotion initiatives in line with Zambia’s national development objectives.

■ IDLO’s Investment Roundtable in Lusaka brought together officials from the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, the Zambia Development Agency, and the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission to discuss and agree on future investment promotion programs.

■ Between October and November 2010, IDLO trained officials from the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, the Zambia Development Agency, the Ministry of Justice, the Environmental Council of Zambia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission on investment negotiations; advised Zambia Development Agency on introducing best practice management procedures and trained its staff on improving marketing skills and practices; and advised the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry on developing a Multi-Facility Economic Zones Handbook.

IDLO’s activities assisted stakeholders and negotiators from Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zambia in acquiring skills to interpret legal texts and negotiation documents and effectively participate in the EPA negotiations. Prior to this program, IDLO held consultation meetings in Zambia and Ethiopia in 2009, analyzed existing policies and regulatory frameworks, and organized training workshops for Ethiopian and Zambian officials.

Donor: Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland

2010 Highlights ■ IDLO assessed national and regional capacities in the current EPA negotiations and developed a technical assistance and capacity building program in Namibia and Mozambique.

■ IDLO hosted the EPA component of the Second International Conference on Regional Integration and Southern African Development Community Law. Organized in collaboration with Eduardo Mondlane University, IDLO welcomed more than 200 delegates including academics, lawyers, and civil society representatives.

IDLO-sponsored stakeholders from Mozambique, Namibia, and Zambia attended and spoke at the conference in Maputo.

Donor: Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland

Strengthening the Role of Parliament in Addressing the Social Cost of National Economic Reform and Promoting E-Parliament Functions in Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon In 2009, the Institute for Relations between Italy and the Countries of Africa, Latin America and the Middle and Far East (IPALMO) and IDLO agreed to strengthen the role of parliaments and address the social costs associated with economic reform in Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon. The countries’ selection was based on topical relevance and an assumption that improved and strengthened parliaments will contribute to more equitable social and economic development in these three nations. Should the opportunity arise, other countries may be invited as observers. A program website is scheduled to be launched in 2011 to disseminate information about the program in the three countries.

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■ IDLO’s three-country comparison assesses economic conditions, parliamentary practices, and parliamentarians’ preparedness to use information and communication technology to improve efficiency and transparency (e-parliament). IDLO supports developing a practical Social Cost Assessment Tool.

2010 Highlights ■ IDLO hosted national workshops in Cairo (April 2010) and Beirut (July 2010) to identify methods adopted by members of parliament to assess the social impact of economic reforms; analyze issues; and obtain inputs from academia, civil society, and public and private sectors. Both workshops had significant media participation as well. The workshops also formed working groups to support parliamentary activities and exchange experiences in developing technical and administrative ways to apply public policy and the social implications of economic reform. The working group will be coordinated by the Study Department of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and will consist of parliamentarians and national and international experts. In June and July 2010, two meetings of working groups to develop the Social Cost Assessment Tool and public policy were held in Egypt and Lebanon.

■ IDLO drafted a background paper to provide parliamentarians in Egypt and Lebanon with instruments for influencing major public policies; it will be distributed in Iraq in 2011.

■ Institutional meetings were held at the Iraqi Parliament aimed to launch the program and prepare the national workshop.

■ Following IDLO’s analysis on the use of ICT for improving the law-making process in parliament and our assessment of the scope of Egypt’s e-government, IDLO drafted an action plan for e-parliament. The plan has been presented and conceptually approved by the Head of the Information Systems Department.

IDLO then recommended additional improvements to implement e-parliament.

Donor: Directorate General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy

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Intellectual Property Development Program The Intellectual Property (IP) Development Program enables countries to comply with international obligations under TradeRelated Aspects of IP Rights (TRIPS), and other international treaties, and promotes effective use and protection of IP through international training and activities conducted in collaboration with the IDLO Alumni Association Network. Associations in 11 countries are currently implementing workshop trainings in the framework of this program.

2010 Highlights ■ IDLO hosted one-week workshops in Bangladesh, Lebanon, and Sri Lanka focusing on IP rights and protection.

■ In May 2010, IDLO hosted a two-week course in Rome to improve participants’ ability to better negotiate technology transfer and IP licensing agreements.

■ Research fellows from Madagascar, Peru, and Sri Lanka completed a research program in Rome to prepare for the implementation of IP training programs in collaboration with local IDLO Alumni Associations.

■ IDLO Alumni Associations in Argentina, Indonesia, Jordan, Macedonia, and Sri Lanka carried out follow-on activities under the IP Development Program.

Donor: Microsoft Corporation

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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 2: LEGAL EMPOWERMENT Promoting legal security for vulnerable populations and those in crisis

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Promoting the Functional Protection of Human Rights

Improving Sustainable Water Resources Management

IDLO continued to implement a two-year project, which began in September 2009, to strengthen the capacity of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to monitor and protect human rights, especially those of women and vulnerable groups.

As a result of our successful institutional partnership, the EHRC invited IDLO to collaborate on additional initiatives, including producing a Complaints Handling Manual.

IDLO’s project is helping the capital city, Delhi, to manage its water resources through better legal and institutional frameworks and to increase compliance in delivering safe, clean water for 22.2 million inhabitants. IDLO will continue its work in 2011 to improve access to clean water and promote sustainable water resources management.

2010 Highlights ■ To strengthen EHRC’s managerial capacity, IDLO trained staff on management techniques, systems, and processes. IDLO provided a management manual and Training-of-trainers course to equip EHRC staff with the knowledge and skills to deliver similar courses to their colleagues.

■ IDLO strengthened the EHRC’s capacity to investigate allegations of human rights abuses and settle human rights disputes by providing training and technical assistance. IDLO submitted the final draft of the Complaints Handling Manual to the EHRC for approval.

■ IDLO strengthened the EHRC’s capacity to produce human rights reports by providing training and technical assistance, especially in drafting Ethiopia’s first National Human Rights Status Report. IDLO will continue to provide technical assistance in order to draft a second report in 2011.

Donor: United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF)

2010 Highlights ■ Following IDLO’s consultations conducted throughout the year, local partners have deepened their understanding of laws and standards on water management.

■ IDLO’s research and legal memorandum to city officials better delineated responsibilities for nine institutions managing water resources in Delhi.

■ IDLO developed India’s first comprehensive legal best practices compendium to assist local senior water management strengthen implementation of Delhi’s water management laws and policies as well as raise their capacity to institute world-class standards.

Donor: AT&T

2010 Annual Report / Strategic Objective 2

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Preventing Human Trafficking and Empowering Vulnerable Groups in Paraguay

OFID/IDLO Joint Program on Legal Reform to More Effectively Manage HIV/AIDS

Paraguay is a point of origin and transit location for the trafficking of persons. Most of the victims are trafficked to Argentina, Spain, and Bolivia. This crime particularly affects vulnerable populations living in situations of violence, discrimination, or poverty. Women of all ages, children and adolescents, and members of indigenous groups are most impacted. Victims often plan to migrate, but lack resources to do so independently, prompting traffickers to take advantage of their victims’ precarious economic situation.

Although sexual exploitation is by far the most prevalent result of human trafficking, victims are exploited for work under domestic servitude or forced labor, although visibly less so.

IDLO has redefined the global agenda to respond to the HIV crisis by developing and disseminating practical tools for legal services for people living with HIV and at-risk populations. Launched in 2009, the HIV and Health Law Program addresses national responses to reduce discrimination and increase access to justice, including legal services for people living with HIV and for high-risk populations in Benin, Burkina Faso, China (Yunnan province), Egypt, Indonesia, Nepal, and Papua New Guinea.

Another program country will be added in 2011.

Based on a request from the Government of Paraguay, IDLO is strengthening the capacity of the Inter-institutional Board for the Prevention and Combat of Human Trafficking to prosecute human trafficking cases and ensure access to justice for victims and at-risk populations. Specifically, IDLO will strengthen investigative and prosecutorial capacity by assisting the board in its review and updating of legislation to match international standards on trafficking of persons and offering the board technical assistance, training, and access to interregional knowledge to investigate, prosecute, and sanction traffickers. To increase access to justice for victims of human trafficking and vulnerable populations, IDLO will seek additional funds from international agencies.

2010 Highlights ■ The Government of Paraguay selected IDLO as its partner to assist in tackling human trafficking. IDLO’s Inception Mission was successfully carried out in November 2010.

■ In 2010, in collaboration with the Permanent Representation of Paraguay in Italy, IDLO designed a strategy based on its mission conducted in cooperation with the Inter-institutional Board for the Prevention and Combat of Human Trafficking of the Government of Paraguay, which includes technical assistance and training to public sector staff involved in the prosecution of human trafficking. The strategy will be implemented in 2011.

Donor: Program Fund on Rule of Law, Government of the Netherlands

2010 Highlights ■ IDLO’s Scaling up HIV-Related Legal Services Toolkit, developed in partnership with UNAIDS and UNDP, was published in English, French, and Chinese. With support from UNAIDS, IDLO’s research on HIV-related legal services in Kenya, India, and Ukraine was also published in September 2010.

■ IDLO established the first HIV legal aid service in Benin, China, Egypt, and Indonesia and completed needs assessments for HIV-related legal services in Burkina Faso, Nepal, and Papua New Guinea.

■ The IDLO HIV Legal Aid Center in China’s Yunnan Province provides legal assistance and counseling to public awareness programs through events and roundtables geared toward general and at-risk populations.

■ IDLO has advanced regional understanding and networking through consultations in Latin America, the Middle East, North Africa, and Southern Africa and facilitated inter-regional collaboration through an international forum held just before the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna.

■ The IDLO Sharing Network now hosts discussion forums on HIV and law in English, French, and Spanish.

■ IDLO launched the first e-learning course on HIV Law and Policy.

Donor: OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID); Ford Foundation; AusAID

2010 Annual Report / Strategic Objective 2

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Microfinance: Building Inclusive Financial Sector and Legal and Regulatory Frameworks

Microfinance: Protecting Consumers’ Rights

IDLO is bridging the divide between microfinance institutions, policy makers, law, and legal professionals. Between 2006 and 2009, IDLO implemented a Microfinance Program to build inclusive financial sector and supportive regulatory frameworks.

IDLO succeeded in creating a global community of microfinance and legal professionals actively engaged in sharing knowledge and experiences with legislators and policy makers. This community uses its knowledge to advocate for global financial inclusion. In November 2009, IDLO awarded six grants to IDLO alumni from Argentina, Cameroon, Kenya, Mauritania, Peru, and Uganda to empower microfinance stakeholders and improve existing legal, regulatory, and institutional frameworks for financial inclusion.

In 2009, IDLO identified the need to increase awareness and protect consumers’ rights in the microfinance sector.

Subsequently, IDLO researched financial consumer protection in five pilot countries, which include Cameroon, Colombia, Egypt, India, and Kenya, and drafted a comparative study of laws, regulations, and administrative practices. Our research indicates that consumer protection can only be achieved when there is sufficient legal information and when legal access or alternative dispute resolution mechanisms exist.

2010 Highlights ■ In Argentina, IDLO helped strengthen RADIM, the largest microfinance network, to become a sustainable institutional forum in which authorities and microfinance institutions engage in dialogue, identify common problems, and propose alternatives to overcome legal and regulatory obstacles.

RADIM was invited to participate in legislative discussions within the Finance Committee of the House of Representatives and presented its reform proposal for the Financial Entities Act. ■ In Kenya, IDLO helped establish a Transactional Legal Clinic at Kenya University. The clinic is seeking to partner formally with the Family Finance Bank Ltd., to leverage project support.

■ In Peru, IDLO financed the Microfinance Arbitration Court of Huancayo, a new entity that will reduce transaction costs, help to overcome language and cultural barriers, promote a culture of compliance, and guarantee access to alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to micro, small, and medium enterprises in Junín Province.

2010 Highlights ■ Five country papers were produced in 2010 and IDLO will complete a peer review process in early 2011 with internal and external stakeholders. Research findings have shown that consumer protection can only be achieved when there is sufficient legal information and when access to justice or alternative dispute resolution systems are provided.

■ In Cameroon and Colombia, IDLO organized a series of results dissemination events. In particular, on 14 December 2010, IDLO and Universidad Sergio Arboleda held an International Conference in Bogotá, Colombia, entitled “Consumer Protection and Social Performance in Microfinance: the Colombian Case from a Regional Perspective”. The Conference provided an exclusive platform for debate and proposals, and brought together more than 70 participants from the government, the private sector, and civil society.

Donor: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

By Here’s Kate

Donor: Omidyar Network

2010 Annual Report / Strategic Objective 3

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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3: GLOBAL CHALLENGES Addressing legal and regulatory dimensions of emergent global problems undermining development ■

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Establishing Foundations for Legal Preparedness to Address Climate Change

Promoting Legal Preparedness for Climate Change and Rural Development

Notwithstanding the ongoing scientific debate, global climate change threatens development. IDLO’s program will help Vietnam to strengthen its legal and institutional framework to deal with climate change, obtain access to international funding to address problems associated with climate change, adapt successfully, and mitigate risks of disasters in vulnerable areas.

The first phase of the Legal Preparedness for Climate Change Program seeks to engage national stakeholders and promote local ownership of legal and institutional reforms related to climate change. In 2011, IDLO will support working groups in Vietnam to recommend and implement practical solutions to support Vietnam’s National Target Program. IDLO will co-author a Legal Preparedness Assessment Report to analyze and recommend legal reforms. IDLO’s Compendium of New Laws and Policies on Climate Change, focusing on opportunities for developing countries and including 25 documented practical legal success stories on climate change, will be shared with legal reform stakeholders.

IDLO’s project promotes greater legal preparedness for climate change and sustainable rural development in Mexico and throughout Latin America. The project supports and documents the development and implementation of a new regulatory framework to address climate change in Mexico; enhances technical capacity to learn from the experience; and forges partnerships to stimulate pro-poor legal and institutional reform on climate change across Latin America.

2010 Highlights The Government of Vietnam selected IDLO as its partner to help tackle climate change. IDLO’s Inception Mission was successfully conducted in October 2010, leading to an agreement on a logic model, work plan, and budget.

■ IDLO and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) conducted a series of consultations on legal priorities for climate change with other local authorities, stakeholders, and NGOs that generated enthusiastic interest and support for climate-change related legal reform.

■ IDLO and MONRE constituted national legal working groups, engaging more than 30 Vietnamese experts and stakeholders and a network of supporters to design and implement Vietnam’s legal framework for climate change.

■ IDLO’s international panel of legal experts on climate change conducted the first independent review and began to support Vietnam’s regulatory reform.

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Donor: Program Fund on Rule of Law, Government of the Netherlands

2010 Highlights ■ IDLO held 25 consultations in Mexico to review and document successes and lessons learned in the country’s efforts to develop a new national legislative framework to address climate change, with special attention to land use planning and rural sustainable development opportunities.

■ IDLO forged new relationships with six Mexican state governments leading efforts on these issues, which in turn, have prompted requests for IDLO assistance from state-level government officials.

■ IDLO identified 40 new opportunities to access climate financing under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and related carbon market instruments for Mexico and other Latin American countries.

■ IDLO produced three Legal Working Papers analyzing deforestation and land degradation and disseminated them to more than 20,000 Mexican and international stakeholders at the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun.

■ IDLO received requests for interactive seminars from environmental authorities from eight Central American countries through the regional Environment and Development Commission, from national institutes and government officials in Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador as well as the Organization of American States.

Donor/Partner: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

2010 Annual Report / Strategic Objective 3

Ecuador

Legal Empowerment for Food Security and Sustainable Resources Management Food insecurity, especially when coupled with poorly managed resources, is another worrisome global issue that undermines development and the well-being and livelihoods of millions of people. IDLO’s pilot project reinforces food security and sustainable development, prevents malnutrition, and reduces poverty in rural indigenous communities in Chimborazo. In partnership with FAO and IFAD, IDLO is improving legal and governance frameworks for securing land rights; managing natural resources; improving access to traditional knowledge on food security; improving legal capacity to form and operate business enterprises; and accessing benefits under international legal regimes, including the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

In 2011, FAO, IFAD, local authorities, and IDLO will lead an Inception Mission to identify gaps in the existing legal frameworks of the region and to recommend training and support for small producers to gain access to new markets in the green economy. IDLO’s Compendium of Best Practice Laws and Policies on Sustainable Resources Management and Food Security will be the basis for training Ecuadoran stakeholders in 2011. The compendium includes examples of innovative legal measures that have opened opportunities for Latin American indigenous cooperatives; promoted more sustainable local water and seed resources management; secured land rights; and promoted growth of sustainable small and medium-sized enterprises for food security.

2010 Highlights Following a series of consultations between IDLO and the Food Security Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Aquaculture and Fisheries, IDLO was invited by the Government of Ecuador to support legal reforms in food security.

■ IDLO created a new international network of experts on legal and regulatory reform for food security and sustainable resources management.

■ Together with the Government of Ecuador and in partnership with IFAD, IDLO conducted a rapid assessment of existing legal, nutritional, environmental, and social conditions in Chimborazo. The research diagnostic includes a video documentary and interviews with key informants as well as discusses key priorities for indigenous communities.

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Donor: Directorate General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy

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2010 Annual Report / Strategic Objective 4

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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 4: NETWORKS Building networks to stimulate legal, regulatory, and institutional reform

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Sharing Network

Alumni Associations

IDLO’s Sharing Network uses the internet to support change agents - connecting them to peers working on similar aspects of legal, regulatory, and institutional reform in other jurisdictions.

The network uses a multi-stakeholder approach, bringing together legal practitioners from the public and private sector, regulatory agencies, academia, the judiciary, and civil society.

The Sharing Network is a place to exchange experiences, solve problems, find answers, and discover opportunities. Through Communities of Practice, the network offers real-time, global intelligence on best practices, model laws, and experience relating to legal reform.

IDLO’s Alumni Associations continue to provide the Organization with the ability to engage beneficiary countries and to catalyze national development within and between countries in IDLO’s network. In addition to implementing their own activities locally, beneficiaries assisted IDLO in post-program evaluations and organizing in-country needs assessments and Inception Missions.

By monitoring discussions in the Sharing Network, IDLO can track how knowledge is put into practice. In fact, the Sharing Network provides long-term sustainability to programs and supports participants well after program completion. For example, participants in IDLO e-learning courses are able to continue connecting with each other long after the course formally ends.

2010 Highlights ■ IDLO completed the development phase, including a pilot test, of the Sharing Network platform during the first part of the year.

■ During the second part of the year, thematic spaces in Intellectual Property, Health Law, Public Procurement, and the Global Justice Development Center were opened. Alumni and other interested stakeholders joined the Network and participated in forum discussions.

■ In December 2010, IDLO, the Alumni Association in Egypt, and the Institute for the Promotion of Arbitration and Mediation in the Mediterranean (ISPRAMED), collaborated to implement the Training Workshop “Negotiating Technology Transfer Agreements: How to Prevent and Solve Disputes”. The course provided participants with a practical analysis of the international rules, policies and best practices dealing with crucial issues relating to the transfer of technology from industrialized to developing and transition economy countries, both from a strategic and institutional point of view.

Donor: Directorate General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy; Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland; Microsoft Corporation

2010 Highlights ■ IDLO added two new associations in Egypt and Lebanon, raising the number of formal IDLO Alumni Associations to 46.

■ Receiving substantive support and modest financial grants, a number of Alumni Associations successfully implemented rule of law activities benefiting local legal communities. For example, the Bulgarian Alumni Association initiated an Inns of Court program based on a successful model used in the United States. Prominent Bulgarian legal practitioners - judges, prosecutors, lawyers, scholars, and professors - discussed cutting-edge themes, newly adopted laws, and proposed legislation. Associations in Burkina Faso, Congo, D.R. Congo, Jordan, Indonesia, Madagascar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Zambia also organized events.

■ In addition, a number of Alumni Associations supported the Intellectual Property Development Program (see pag. 11).

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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 5: KNOWLEDGE GENERATION Generating knowledge and disseminating best practices in legal, regulatory, and institutional reform

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Girls Count: Strengthening Gender-Based Legal Protection Framework

To support community land titling efforts and protect the rights of vulnerable populations affected by decentralized land management and administration, IDLO is implementing a twoyear Community Land Titling Program in Liberia, Mozambique, and Uganda. IDLO’s program is implemented in partnership with local NGOs, including the Sustainable Development Institute (Liberia), Land and Equity Movement (Uganda), and the Centro Terra Viva (Mozambique). Our findings will inform policy dialogue, assist countries to refine and improve community land titling laws, and provide useful insights to other countries seeking to develop laws and policies for community land titling and registration.

To improve knowledge on factors supporting or inhibiting legal rights afforded to girls, IDLO launched a two-year research project in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, and Liberia. In partnership with local NGOs, the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, the HAQ Centre for Child Rights (India), Children’s Legal Action Network (Kenya), and the Women NGOs Secretariat (Liberia), IDLO compiled comprehensive and strategic information on legal protection afforded to girls in birth registration, access to education, access to property, child labor, child trafficking, commercial child sexual exploitation, and child marriage. IDLO’s final report is available online through IDLO’s website. Based on our findings, IDLO is currently implementing a pilot project in the India/Nepal border area to assess legal empowerment of girls who are at risk or victims of human trafficking.

2010 Highlights IDLO developed a research methodology, including baseline surveys, post-service impact mapping, and claim tracking tools as well as presented our inception report, concept note, and legal framework memorandum.

■ IDLO’s baseline survey on land rights, land management practices, and local government experience included more than 120 land administrators and 2,200 community members.

■ IDLO developed comprehensive training materials for community members, paralegals, and land administrators.

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2010 Highlights ■ IDLO drafted an inception report on the relationship between girl child protection and economic development. On-theground research included focus groups, stakeholder interviews, and a survey of 1,440 mothers. The Organization conducted stakeholder validation workshops in four countries and drafted final country reports as well as comparative reports.

■ Based on research findings, IDLO implemented an antitrafficking pilot project and drafted a mid-term pilot project report.

Donor: Research Program to Support Legal Empowerment of the Poor for Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Donor: Research Program to Support Legal Empowerment of the Poor for Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

2010 Annual Report / Strategic Objective 5

Enhancing Legal Empowerment through Engagement with Customary Legal Systems In cooperation with Leiden University’s Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Development, IDLO’s program will expand knowledge on relationships between operations of traditional justice systems and legal empowerment of poor and marginalized populations. Such knowledge has been generated through individual research projects in Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda. These projects identified entry points and tools for working with customary justice systems to strengthen legal empowerment, access to land, and gender equality.

2010 Highlights ■ IDLO conducted a research study of Namibia’s interventions to enhance the functions of customary law, particularly in regard to gender equality.

■ Six grantees conducted field research on IDLO’s behalf to obtain stronger insights into using customary justice systems as tools of legal empowerment and identifying and evaluating entry points for engaging customary justice systems. IDLO published inception reports for each of the grants.

■ IDLO published two inception reports: Toward Legal Empowerment and Enhancing Legal Empowerment through Engagement with Customary Legal Systems.

■ IDLO began the preparation of two edited volumes: Traditional Justice: Practitioners’ Perspectives, with contributions from nine authors; and Enhancing Legal Empowerment: Customary Justice Programming in Post-Conflict and Fragile States with contributions from seven authors. The books will be published in 2011, while the articles which compose the books are already posted on IDLO’s website as an online working paper series.

Donor: Research Program to Support Legal Empowerment of the Poor for Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Global Justice Development Center Advancing respect for basic human rights and providing access to justice continue to be pressing concerns in many developing countries. For these reasons, many organizations have sought new strategies to promote access to justice, legal empowerment, and the rule of law.

Strengthening the rule of law as an instrument for sustainable social and economic development is IDLO’s unique mission.

Protecting fundamental human rights and providing access to justice are, in fact, elements in our strategy to prevent discrimination, protect the most vulnerable, reduce violent conflict, combat extreme poverty, foster food security, mitigate effects of climate change, reduce CO2 emissions, and fight communicable diseases. Throughout its history, IDLO has developed comparative analyses of programs implemented worldwide that help answer many fundamental questions.

IDLO believes that information sharing on strategies and programs designed to improve justice institutions and promote the rule of law can provide valuable support to develop global programmatic and financial approaches to justice for the poor and disenfranchised.

2010 Highlights ■ IDLO’s one-day International Conference on Legal and Judicial Development Assistance: Realizing the Paris and Accra Agendas for Rule of Law and Human Rights offered an opportunity to reflect on the extent to which developing countries are devising national strategies for justice and rule of law; donor experience and support for such strategies; and their actual impact on legal reform and empowerment of the poor and disadvantaged.

■ IDLO presented the first annual Legal and Judicial Development Assistance Global Report, which reviews current projects, initiatives, and actors involved in strengthening national justice systems and advancing access to justice and legal empowerment for the poor.

Donor: Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative; IDLO core funds All reports are available on IDLO’s website.

2010 Annual Report / Facts and Figures

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FACTS and FIGURES

IDLO is an intergovernamental organization supported by voluntary contributions from governments, multilateral organizations and private sector foundations, and businesses. Highlights of the 2010 financial statments include: ■ A work program consistent with the 2009-2012 Strategic Plan ■ Continued integration of results-based management (RBM) into the programming process and cycle ■ A conservative investment portfolio ■ Total revenue recognized in 2010 of € 11.1 million1 Voluntary contributions are received by IDLO for specific programs or as unrestricted contributions.

Type of Contributions 2010

Our Donors in 2010

Foundations 16%

Unrestricted Revenue 22%

Program Revenue 78%

Private Sector 2%

International Organizations 3%

Bilateral donors 70%

Multilateral donors 9%

The large majority of IDLO’s contributions are directed towards programs, with the remainder used for its basic structure to fulfill key management and support responsibilities in carrying out the programming and operations of the Organization. Amongst other things, institutional costs contribute towards maintaining IDLO’s international (alumni) network and carrying out important knowledge generation activities related to rule of law and international development.

Expenditure 2010 Institutional Costs Program Support Program Delivery Program Direct Costs Total Program Costs Total Expenditure

Program vs. Institutional Costs - 2010

2010 Percentage of Program Value Implemented by Region

Institutional Costs 27% Direct Program Costs 43%

Program Support 13%

Program Delivery 17% 1 2

Projects span more than one fiscal year and revenue is recognized as projects are carried out.

Global projects are predominantly regional encompassing two or more adjacent countries

Latin America and the Caribbean 3% Global 2 4% Middle East and North Africa 5%

Asia 39%

€’000s 3,959 1,946 2,493 6,202 10,641 14,600

Pacific 2%

Sub Saharan Africa 47%

Contacts

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www.idlo.int

Photo cover: left © Sheila McKinnon right UN Photo/Sophia Paris