Bio
Kevin Deveaux is a Canadian lawyer and former Member of Parliament who has worked directly with more than 50 parliaments globally and MPs from more than 100 countries. He currently works as a consultant throughout the project cycle (formulation; implementation; evaluation) in the field of political governance (parliamentary development; political party assistance).
Kevin was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1998 for the constituency of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage. He was re-elected in 1999, 2003 and 2006. During his time as an MP, he was the Deputy Speaker for the House from 1999-2003 and the Official Opposition House Leader from 2003-2007.
In March, 2007, Kevin resigned his seat in the House of Assembly to work full time as a Senior Parliamentary Technical Adviser with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Hanoi, Vietnam. In August, 2008, he was appointed to the post of global Parliamentary Development Policy Adviser in New York with UNDP’s Democratic Governance Group, where he was in charge of the Global Programme for Parliamentary Support (GPPS) and provided guidance to more than 60 UNDP Country Offices working with national parliaments and political parties.
In August 2012 he completed his work with UNDP and returned to Canada to practice law and to provide consulting services to parliaments. He has worked with the World Bank, the EU, DFID, FCO, UN Women, International IDEA and UNDP in the past years.
Related Publications
Literature review on the linkages between illicit economy and corruption
- illicit financial flows
- organised crime
- natural resources
Participatory Budgeting: a Primer on Public Participation in Budget Processes
- budget transparency
- budgets
- participatory budget
- public participation
- budget monitoring
Corruption Risks in Vietnam's Energy Sector
- energy
- energy sector
- budget support
Burkina Faso: Overview of corruption and anti-corruption
- judiciary
- healthcare
- extractives industry
Initiatives de lutte contre la corruption dans le secteur judiciare en Afrique francophone
- judiciary
- judges
- codes of conduct
- prosecutor
- lawyers
Kevin Deveaux
Affiliation
Deveaux International Goverance Consultants Inc
Professional Title
Parliament & Political Governance Adviser
Region
- Asia Pacific
- Middle East and North Africa
Country/Territory
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Cook Islands
- Egypt
- Fiji
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Guyana
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kosovo
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Macedonia (FYR)
- Moldova
- Myanmar
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Serbia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
Topics
- Accountability
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Climate governance
- Energy
- Political finance
- Impunity
- Lobbying
- Political parties
- Audit and oversight
- Budget
- Codes of conduct
- Conflict of interest
- Governance
Specialisms
Parliamentary Development; Political Party Assistance; Campaign Finance Reform; Government Oversight and Accountability; Legal Drafting; Participative Legislative Processes