2011-11-23Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme reports on its September 2011 training workshops.

2011-07-20This conference report from the Public Expenditure and Smallholder Agriculture Project of Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme identifies advocacy tools and communication techniques in advocacy.The project works in nine African countries: ...

2011-03-29Communiqué African Civil society organisations representing 13 countries met at Helderfontein Estate in Midrand, South Africa on the 14th and 15th of March 2011, as part of the ongoing campaign ...

2011-03-15Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme hosted a conference in Nairobi where participants shared ideas and expertise, with the aim of empowering small-holder farmers in Africa. Challenges facing these farmers include poor ...

2011-02-15The Community of Democracies (CD) is an intergovernmental organization of democracies and democratizing countries committed to strengthening and deepening democracy worldwide. Inaugurated in 2000 in Warsaw where its Permanent Secretariat ...

2012-02-22Bryan Sims, political analyst with Idasa's States in Transition Observatory, provides an insightful appeal for inclusiveness in the new government in Liberia in order to ensure stability and avert renewd ...

2012-02-21Judith February provides her views on political party funding in South Africa in this opinion piece written on the 20th of February 2012. Idasa hosted a panel discussion on party ...

2012-02-20Idasa's Sito project looks at what's happening in Zimbabwe as it moves towards inevitable elections. Please download the full report below.

2012-02-01Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme (EGP) has examined South Africa’s Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) in the light of calls to amend it but finds that the Act’s implementation has had ...

2012-01-31The African Democracy Forum (ADF) and the Africa Democracy Institute (IDASA) would like to congratulate the African Union and the 15 Member States who have ratified the African Charter on ...

2011-07-29This Media Toolkit for Local Governance in Lesotho, produced by Idasa in partnership with the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA) and the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism, is ...

2011-03-15Idasa’s Right to Know, Right to Education and Community and Citizens’ Empowerment Programmes have produced this toolkit, which provides basic steps for communities to fully engage in school governance and ...

2011-02-24This user-friendly manual is aimed at organisers and facilitators working in and with small-scale farmers’ associations in central, west and southern Africa. Download the full toolkit below.

2010-06-08There are many problems and challenges in the world today, including in South Africa, such as poverty, unemployment and meeting basic human rights such as water, housing, healthcare and education. ...

2010-05-07Crime affects everyone in South Africa. We all want to live in peaceful communities. Creating them is not only the work of the police, but of every citizen. Different communities ...