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

20 Jul 2011This 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: ...

29 Mar 2011Communiqué 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 ...

15 Mar 2011Idasa’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 ...

15 Feb 2011The 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 ...

25 Oct 2010Idasa’s Public Expenditure and Smallholder Agriculture project, which is part of the Economic Governance Programme, held a workshop at Idasa’s Pretoria office in April 2010 to form advocacy objectives for ...

20 Oct 2010Electricity regulators in the rapidly growing emerging economies of India, South Africa, Brazil and Mexico face similar challenges. Clean energy options are supporting their efforts to secure adequate electricity to ...

06 Oct 2010The AIDS Budget Unit (ABU) of Idasa’s Governance and AIDS Programme (GAP), in partnership with The Eastern Africa National Networks of AIDS Service Organisations (EANNASO), held a capacity-building workshop on ...

30 Sep 2010This report follows a Southern Africa Tax Policy Roundtable, hosted by Idasa, Afrodad and the Tax Justice Network – Africa, in Johannesburg.‘We want to build a strong African voice for ...

12 Sep 2010Aid delivered to fight poverty and to foster development risks failing due to fragmentation and volatility.  While traditional donors have set up new bilateral and multilateral channels, private and non-DAC-actors ...

02 Sep 2010Idasa’s Governance and AIDS Programme (Idasa-GAP), in partnership with UNESCO, held a workshop in Cape Town Sept. 2-3 to assist teachers of journalism to revise the way HIV/AIDS is covered ...

31 Aug 2010In August 2010 Idasa’s Political Information and Monitoring Service (PIMS) hosted a Roundtable Discussion on Parliamentary Oversight to bring together members of Parliament to discuss and debate Parliament’s role in ...

21 Jul 2010Here are the presentations made by Idasa staff at the international AIDS conference in Vienna on 18 July. Governance and AIDS Programme (GAP) director Kondwani Chirambo, manager Marietjie Oelofsen, and ...

31 Mar 2010Idasa’s Public Expenditure and Smallholder Agriculture Project held a conference with the theme, Governance and Small Scale Agriculture in Southern Africa, from November 9-11, 2009. The aim of the conference ...

17 Mar 2010This training workshop was organized in order to equip the research partners on the main research tool which they will use to carry out research on “HIV/AIDS financing and spending: ...

17 Mar 2010Governance and AIDS Programme Human Rights and Democratisation Unit Methodology Workshop Report  Mozambique, Maputo, Hotel Cardoso 23-24 November 2009 The Governance and AIDS Programme’s Human Rights and Democratization Unit launched ...

15 Mar 2010Prepared by Vailet Mukotsanjera-Kowayi and Kisimba Mwenge This workshop was organized by Idasa-GAP-ABU team comprising of Vailet Mukotsanjera-Kowayi (Head of ABU), Kisimba Mwenge (Specialist Trainer) and Juliana Veloen (Logistic officer). ...

26 Feb 2010In late February, Idasa hosted a workshop for 46 people from 14 countries to exchange information and knowledge, and to develop national and international strategies to promote and ratify the ...

19 Feb 2010The meeting was held from the at Annie’s Lodge in Zomba, Malawi. Present were PN Productions Managing Director, two staff of PN Productions and one Idasa staff member. The purpose ...

05 Feb 2010The Communication Unit of the Governance and AIDS Programme represented by Marietjie Myburg and Ayanda Roji visited Kenya from 13 – 17 October 2009. Kenya was one of the participating ...

14 Dec 2009Gallagher Estate, Midrand 30 November – 3 December 2009 Compiled by the Idasa Governance and AIDS Programme: Christele Diwouta (Researcher) Mwanja Ng’anjo (Information Management Specialist) Mary Chivasa (Intern) The theme ...

26 Nov 2009By Viola Musiimenta, Poverty Eradication and Livelihood Improvement Programme - DENIVA African small scale farmers and farming has been a subject of debate amongst several stakeholders-including politicians, professionals, private sector ...

14 Nov 2009November 14, 2009 Leaders from election management bodies, political parties, security services, civil society and media from 25 sub-Saharan countries gathered in Accra, Ghana from November 12-14, 2009 to assess ...

27 Aug 2009The Economic Governance Programme will be holding a conference on November 9th – 11th on Governance and Small-Scale Agriculture in Southern Africa’. The aim of the conference is to discuss ...

25 Aug 2009The Communication Unit of the Governance and AIDS Programme visited Tanzania from June 28 - July 4, 2009, to strengthen existing partnerships and to identify and consult with new networks ...

23 Jul 2009Media@idasa presented a workshop with journalists and government and civil society communicators from communities in the Greater Sekhukhune District of Limpopo in June 2009. The focus of the workshop was ...

18 May 2009Report: Workshop in Newcastle (KwaZulu Natal) For citizens to become equal partners in the search for solutions to the common problems we face in our democracy we need communication strategies ...

15 Apr 2009Noting the worsening situation in Bitou municipality (Plettenberg Bay), with specific reference to Kwanokuthula community, EMN deployed monitors there to provide a visible presence of civil society within the political ...

13 Aug 2008Participatory budgeting is a decision-making process through which citizens deliberate and negotiate over the distribution of public resources. Participatory budgeting programs are implemented at behest of governments, citizens, non-governmental organizations ...

03 Aug 2008“Building AIDS Resilient Democratic Societies” XVIII International AIDS Conference Mexico City, 3-8 August 2008 This will be a discussion based on empirical evidence on the impact of HIV/AIDS on political ...

18 Jun 2008Idasa hosted a second workshop on Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness, on 24 June 2008, in Pretoria.  Download the post-workshop notes and recommendations, as well as the agenda below.

28 May 2008An Aid Effectiveness Consultation Workshop was held in Nairobi, Kenya in late May 2008 to review the aid reform process as articulated in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.  Various ...

01 May 2008The March 2005 Paris Declaration envisioned a framework for aid that would enhance the effectiveness of aid in the developing world. A series of national consultations were held, to determine ...

31 Mar 2008

19 Mar 2008Idasa hosted a National South African Workshop on Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness at Idasa in Pretoria on 2 and 3 April 2008. The international donor community under the auspices ...

18 Mar 2008Idasa will hold a national consultative workshop on Aid effectiveness, as part of a global discussion lead by the international donor community. This is one of the pre-consultative documents for the ...

18 Mar 2008This document outlines the agenda and programme for the National Consultation Workshop taking place in Pretoria on 2nd and 3rd April 2008, as part of a larger consultation with civil ...

08 Mar 2008

30 Nov 2007This document was prepared for the International Workshop on "Enhancing UN Support for SSR in Africa: Towards an African Perspective", which was held in November 2007.  The UN has been ...

08 Nov 2007IDASA-Nigeria organized a two-day workshop on “Local Government and Election Democracy in Nigeria” on 17-18 October 2007 at Shiroro Hotel, Minna, Niger State. Which was funded by DFID. The event, ...