CSUDP - Civil Society Urban Development Programme (Kenya)

The Civil Society Urban Development Platform is a national Non-Governmental Organization, and a platform for civil society in Kenya working to promote sustainable development. CSUDP seeks to promote social inclusivity in the modern era of urbanization in Kenya through coordinated and multisectoral approaches to sustainable devolved development.

CSUDP is a successor organization of the Civil Society Urban Development Programme that was established in 2009. The latter has a purpose of achieving a strengthened and coordinated CSO partnership for policy advocacy and improved service delivery in selected urban areas.
CSUDP exists to facilitate and coordinate transformative, equitable and sustainable development for the benefit of the disadvantaged majority. The ultimate ambition of CSUDP is to achieve inclusive governance and improved service delivery, within the context of devolved governance in Kenya. This is pursued through application of democratic, human rights and partnership approaches.

With the support of several benefactors, CSUDP has to date championed innovative initiatives that positively shaped urban governance in various counties. These included supporting establishment of governance regimes that promote the rights of the urban poor. These were realized through strategic collaborations with the national and county governments, CSOs and professional bodies.