EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs (MoJLPA) in partnership with the
Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops‟ Conference (ZCBC) and the European Union (EU) organised a
workshop to develop a Strategic Plan for Constitution Dissemination, Awareness and Education
in fourteen (14) officially recognized languages namely; Chewa, ChiBarwe, Kalanga, Koisan,
Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, and Xhosa. The
workshop brought together key stakeholders to input in designing an inclusive replicable and
sustainable strategy with strong coordination mechanisms amongst stakeholders. The strategy
also includes a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework and a budget for printing,
dissemination and awareness that is most appropriate to optimally reach the target communities.
The strategy defines the number of copies of the Constitution to be printed per language group,
depending on the population density per language area. Finally, the Strategic Plan was validated,
adopted and launched by the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.
A Consultant was hired to facilitate the following activities:
Discuss modalities and coordination mechanisms for awareness, printing and
dissemination/ distribution of copies to stakeholders.
Produce a Strategic Plan document to be used in the dissemination and awareness of the
Constitution.
Validate the Strategic Plan with a view to have it adopted by the MoJLPA. NB: The
Strategic Plan will be submitted to the National Authorising Office (NAO) and the
European Union (EU) for final approval.
Launch the Strategic Plan to signal the beginning of Constitution awareness and
dissemination.
A strategy development workshop was held on 7– 8 February 2019 and the following key
stakeholders were invited; Silveira House, National Constitution Translation Committee (NTC),
Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops‟ Conference (ZCBC), Representatives from other church mother
bodies, i.e. Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ), Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC)
and the Union for the Development of Apostolic Churches in Zimbabwe (UDACIZA), Chapter
12 Commissions such as the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC), the
Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) and the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC),
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