Amkeni Wakenya

Project Management Unit

The PMU is the UNDP’s mechanism for facilitating the management of the planned activities and the administration of the funds provided by the development partners on their behalf.  It is run according to UNDP administration policies under the UNDP Country Office and is staffed by about 10 professional staff.
The PMU will undertake the following responsibilities:

(i) Management, coordination and oversight of Facility activities

(ii) Appraise the Expression of Interest (EOI) and Applications from the CSOs based on the set criteria and make recommendations to the Project Appraisal Committee (PAC).

(iii) Provide technical support and advice related to the management of the Facility (institutional set-up and arrangements, progress tracking, M&E, IEC procedures etc.)

(iv) Provide advice in terms of democratic governance and the strategic direction of the Facility, based on stakeholder priorities

(v) Commission consultancy services when needed, and in managing ongoing consultancies and capacity building services

(vi) Manage tailored capacity building services to organizations, and facilitate a participative process to set minimum organizational good governance standards and benchmarking for participating organizations

(vii) Coordinate and exchange information with other ongoing related programmes and initiatives

(viii) Regularly convene and facilitate meetings of the Facility Stakeholder Reference Group (see below) 

(ix) Ensure the capturing of lessons and documentation of best practice, and sharing at regular learning platforms.

(x) Manage Calls for Proposals and liaise with the UNDP Project Appraisal Committee (PAC) for feedback on approved applications

(xi) Ensure financial management in accordance with UNDP rules and procedures.

(xii) Manage UNDP-donor cost-sharing agreements and arrangements, and

(xiii) Monitoring, tracking and reporting to development partners

(xiv) Ensure that UINDP Programme Management rules, regulations and procedures are followed in the implementation of the Programmes under the Facility.

Here is the list of the Project Management Unit Team.