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Kisumu Policy Dialogue

A policy dialogue forum with Kisumu stakeholders took place in Kisumu on 17.02.2020.


The Institute for Development Studies (IDS) organized a policy dialogue forum on the 17th of February 2020 at Sovereign hotel in Kisumu.

The purpose of holding the policy dialogue in Kisumu was to share preliminary research findings with key stakeholders with an aim of getting feedback and enriching research outputs. Key government agencies responsible for social protection measures and informal worker organizations had a platform to reflect on pertinent social protection issues relating to informal workers.

The dialogue comprised of keynote speech by the Kisumu Country Government, presentation of findings by researchers, a panel led discussion, plenary responses and inputs as well as group discussions for further clarification of issues.

The link contains a concept note which gives a brief summary and intention of the policy dialogue, a power point presentation of the general findings used in the policy dialogue and pictures covering the event. 

Find material from Kisumu Policy Dialogue at the Roskilde University Research Portal.