ALG has completed the assignment: “Technical and research services to undertake a review of decentralized polices and legal framework of the Ministry of Lands, Regional Government and Religious Affairs and The Gambia Association of Local Government Authorities (GALGA); and develop institutional policies for GALGA”. The assignment was entrusted by UNDP.

Overall Objective

This consultancy seeks to review the existing legal and policy frameworks of the Ministry of Lands, Regional Government, and Religious Affairs, and to develop finance, administrative, communication and visibility policies for GALGA. The review of these legal and policy frameworks and the development of the above policies will enhance the institutional capacity of these institutions to discharge their statutory duties and bring them on par with others in the region.

Specific Objectives

With support from the EU-UNDP GREAT initiative, a local consultancy firm will be hired to review the legal and institutional policy frameworks and develop communication, financial, and other strategic policy documents to enhance the performance of (MoLRGRA & GALGA).

The policy review will focus on legal and policy frameworks. The firm will work mostly with the MoLRGRA & GALGA and engage other strategic government institutions, private sector, civil society organizations, development partners, and review existing literature and best practices in the region.

Specifically, the firm will undertake the following tasks:

a. Conduct an inclusive policy review and update the decentralization framework, line ministries, and local authorities’ institutional policies, namely the revision of the Local Governance Act of 2002, and update the Local Government Finance and Audit Act of 2014 and the Constitution of GALGA.

b. Develop administrative, finance, human resources, communication and visibility Policies, and strategies for GALGA.