Instruments for Devolution Advice and Support (IDEAS)

Instruments for Devolution Advice and Support (IDEAS) is a bilateral Programme between the Government of Kenya (GoK) and the European Union (EU) which commenced on 25th September 2014 with the signing of the Financing agreement. The program has total grants of €28.6m (KES 3.146b).

The Overall objective of the program is to contribute to the implementation of devolution process in Kenya through strengthening national institutional capacities in the management of the devolution process and fiscal decentralisation and development of capacities in Counties to facilitate inclusive and sustained economic growth, participatory planning and service delivery.

The participating institutions in the program are the World Bank, Commission for Revenue Allocation, Kenya School of Government (KSG), The National Treasury, fifteen County Governments, and the State Department for Devolution.

The allocation of grants to the participating institutions is;

Beneficiaries Amount

• Grants to the 15 Counties Euros 15.0m (KES 1.65b)
• Technical Assistance (TAT) to MODP Euros 5.9m (KES 649m)
• MODP, Programme Estimates      Euros 0.7m (KES   77m)
• Kenya School of Government Euros 1.0m (KES 110m)
• Commission on Revenue Allocation Euros 0.4m (KES   44m)
• World Bank (KADP) Euros 2.5m (KES 275m)

The tasks of these institutions as spelt out in the Financing Agreement are highlighted below;

The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) will;

• support the development of county statistical systems
• be trained on intergovernmental reporting in order to advise counties accordingly
• study county level revenue generation potential and appropriate county revenue generation tools in accordance with its advisory mandate

The role is under Result Area 2: Increased capacity at the county level to facilitate economic development, participatory planning and demand-based service delivery.

This Result area is implemented by state Department of devolution with technical assistance of TAT. The tasks are:-

• Overall coordination and management of the IDEAS Programme,
• Provision of capacity building and technical support to the 15 selected Counties,
• Facilitate the establishment of Local Economic Development (LED) units within the selected counties,
• On-the-job training to county staff on Local Economic Development (LED) and related financial and procurement systems, project cycle management and public participation,
• Develop LED implementation framework based on a county level planning document,
• Carry out detailed programming and costing of projects,
• Select contractors through competitive tendering,
• Provide technical assistance to the county administration in all matters of project implementation such as procurement, contract management, monitoring and reporting to the EU Delegation,
• Evaluate process and outcomes and develop case studies for use in training by KSG,
• Submit financial and progress reports.
• The grants that are directly managed by the State Department are those that will go to the Counties, Kenya School of Government and the Programme Estimates for the State Department.

• IDEAS Project Pamphlet
• IDEAS Documentary

The following are the proposed projects that have been identified by the 15 Counties

Proposed LED Projects in 15 Counties