CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR SESSIONS / SIDE-EVENTS IN THE DEVOLUTION CONFERENCE 2025

THEME: For the People, For Prosperity: Devolution as a Catalyst for Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice. Sub-theme: Re-engineering County Governments to Accelerate Development and Close the socio-economic divide.
Goal: Examine the place of devolution in the realization of equity, inclusion, and social justice and generate practical proposals that can be adopted by state and non-state actors for bridging the socio-economic divide.
Date: 12th – 15th August 2025 Venue: Homa Bay County
A. INTRODUCTION
The Council of Governors (CoG) invites interested parties to lead and host side-events/ sessions during the Devolution Conference 2025 in line with the conference theme and sub-theme. This call is directed to all Kenyans, National Government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies; County Governments and their entities; development partners; private sector; financial institutions, professional associations; civil society organizations; academia and research institutions; faith-based organizations; and all other devolution stakeholders interested in co-hosting thematic discussions. This call is for both domestic and international potential hosts.
B. HOSTING OF SIDE-EVENTS
Organizations and individuals are hereby invited to apply to host side-events during the conference. The EOI should align with the conference theme and sub-theme. Each applicant should read carefully the Concept Note for the Devolution Conference 2025 and Concept Note for the Side-Events Expression of Interest, which can be accessed at www.cog.go.ke. Your proposed side-event must be in line with the main objective and specific objectives of the Conference.
The Devolution Conference 2025 Scientific Committee reserves the right to approve or reject proposals that do not meet the specified requirements.
C. HOW TO APPLY
Interested parties can apply to host a side-event(s) by submitting an expression of interest using the application form that can be accessed at www.cog.go.ke. The EOI should be sent to: scientific. committee@cog.go.ke by Friday 11th April 2025 at 11:59 pm.
EOI Applications should be accompanied by:
• For Institution applications – Constitutive documents: registration or incorporation documents; for
government entities indicate the Act of Parliament, Legal Notice, or Executive Order of establishment; • For individual applicant-Copies of their Identity Cards( ID or Passport);
• Proof of payment of the application fee
A Non-refundable application fee of KES 1,000 will be applied and should be paid to:
Pay bill Number:522522 | Account Number:1164902318
Deposited to: KCB | Account Number:1164902318 | Swift code: KCBKENX | BankCode:01141
For further inquiries, contact the Devolution Conference 2025 Secretariat at: +254 (020)2403313/4
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