This group reviewed the program with a focus on securing the commitment of participants and exploring ways by which their organizations and communities can contribute to its success. The program will be launched in Kenema in January 2001. The Government of Sierra Leone continued to make progress on the implementation of its new policies in the diamond sector. The Certificates of Origin are part of a comprehensive set of policy reforms. The disagreements were resolved, and the experience highlights the complexity of policy reform.
Major work remains to be done in the area of oversight and monitoring.
Grants Activity Summary The Campaign for Good Governance received the first tranche of a new grant from World Vision to support a series of activities aimed at strengthening civil society to enhance good governance. A training of trainers workshop for twelve human rights monitors from each of the twelve districts in the country will be held December 6-7 in Freetown. The purpose of the training is to equip participants with adequate skills to facilitate a process of effective documentation of human right abuses across the country. To address issues of corruption, two sets of regional workshops are scheduled for mid-December in Bo and Kenema. Similar workshops for Kono and Makeni are being planned.