Legal Aid Service Provider's Network

This review was conducted on behalf of the Democratic Governance Facility and the Legal Aid Service Providers Network (LASPNET) to assess the progress of the ”Coordination ofLegal Aid Providers Project” (July 2011- June 2012). The project sought to provide strategic linkages and a collaboration framework for Legal Aid Service Providers (LASPs) and support a common front to interface with JLOS. Key expected outputs were: the establishment of an independent LASPNET Secretariat; increasing membership to cover at least 70% of LASPs; coordination and oversight for LASPs and engaging with JLOS on legal aid issues in Uganda. The total budget for one year is UGX 228,739,000 of which DGF has so far disbursed UGX 184,395,000. This review was conducted in May with consultations in Kampala and field visits to Gulu and Kasese. The review analyses the project progress and emerging issues and makes recommendations to enhance performance of the project and inform future interventions by DGF and LASPNET