In 2025, SGPA is assisting EROs to develop their own training manuals, relay training systems, and self-sufficient budgeting models to take the lead in their own capacity building. We are also helping to develop further internal guidelines needed for basic office and administrative efficiency.

In 2024, the KNU launched the Kawthoolei Governance and Public Administration Handbook, developed with SGPA assistance. The handbook provides administrators with an accessible overview of their rights and responsibilities for governance under the KNU constitution, policies and laws. It also includes concepts, frameworks, best practices and procedural guidelines from other contexts around the world. It integrates an emphasis on gender, ethnic and religious inclusion and participatory approaches. The handbook was produced in both Karen and Burmese languages, with an English translation, and it was issued by the KNU Executive Committee, featuring a foreword by the KNU Chairperson.

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So far, SGPA has distributed over 1,000 copies of the handbook, mostly to the designated administrators across all seven districts and 27 townships of Kawthoolei. Hundreds of officials have undertaken an orientation in the handbook and are using it in their daily work. Teams of trainers received Training of Trainers in order to provide training in their respective districts. Teams of trainers are being prepared in each district to provide orientations and introductory training sessions to all staff by 2026.

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Finally, we are assisting in the standardisation and development of Sgaw Karen language for public administration. This initiative will support efforts at self-determination and improve the effectiveness, transparency, and fairness of the Kawthoolei governance by ensuring clear and consistent language across administration, law, and policy. It will also support education, capacity building, and international cooperation through standardised terminology and accurate translation.