15 Abr 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 ...
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 ...
04 Jun 2007In response to the need for democratic forces, including civil society as a key role player, to take full advantage of the opportunity afforded by ...
30 Jul 2004Earlier this year, one hundred and fifty church leaders from throughout the province of Gauteng met to discuss the topic of reconciliation and how they ...
28 Mai 2004On May 27-28, 2004 150 church leaders from throughout the province of Gauteng met at the Skuilkrans Dutch Reformed Church in Pretoria to discuss the ...
27 Out 2009By Mvuyisi April As Tanzania approaches its national elections in a years’ time, it is worth looking back at what holds our democracy so that ...
25 Ago 2009By Samantha Fleming Discuss this on our blog. “Real change can only be achieved through challenging dominant political and economic interests.” For several years, ...
19 Ago 2009Idasa was invited by the SA High Commission to speak at a Women's Day Seminar in Arusha, Tanzania. The event coincided with Tanzania's Farmers Day ...
21 Abr 2009The Election Monitoring Network (EMN) is a network of independent civil society organisations that deploys a team of 500 monitors nationwide to keep a look-out ...
22-Set-2011Between 250 and 300 million Africans suffer from hunger.
19 Ago 2011The Public Expenditure and Smallholder Agriculture Project in African democracy institute, Idasa, has welcomed the Land Bank’s commitment to spend 1 billion rands on emerging farmers in the next two years as a move to unlock the long-term potential growth of agriculture as one of the pillars of South Africa’s economic development. Please read attached [...]![]()
The Affiliated Network for Social Accountability (ANSA)-Africa is a leading African advocate of citizen involvement in demand-side governance initiatives. ANSA-Africa Secretariat is hosted by Idasa.
The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance was adopted by the African Union in January 2007. Idasa is working with the African Development Forum to promote the Charter which encourages sustainable democracies in Africa, and has recently launched a project to build constituencies of support for the Charter in ...
Idasa's Economic Governance Programme (EGP)aims to put the politics back into economics – to address the current democratic deficit in the way that decisions are made about economic policy.
Idasa leads a consortium of South African civil society organisations and research institutes in the local chapter of the Electricity Governance Initiative (EGI). The consortium aims to improve governance of the electricity sector in South Africa.
Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme (EGP) is part of the Global Transparency Initiative (GTI) - a network of civil society organisations promoting openness in International Financial Institutions (IFIs) such as the World Bank, the IMF, the European Investment Bank and Regional Development Banks.
Programa de Governação e SIDA (GAP) da Idasa visa fortalecer a boa governação para combater os efeitos do VIH/SIDA, ao instituir a advocacia baseada em evidências, e promover o reforço das capacidade e a cidadania activa, tendo como alvo as Organizações Intergovernamentais (OIG) e respectivos actores não governamentais regionais. As ...
iLEDA - the initiative for Leadership and Democracy - is a democracy training programme for political and citizen leaders from across Africa.
The Political Governance Programme (PGP) aims to build and strengthen democratic institutions and relationships between elected representatives, appointed officials and citizens in order to enhance meaningful engagement between governments and citizens.
The Political Information and Monitoring Service (PIMS) provides insights into the South African legislative process in order to promote an open and accountable executive and strong, independent parliament.
In South Africa, there is currently no regulation of private funding to political parties. What this means is that donors can give as much as they want, in secret, to the political party of their choice. This lack of regulation of party funding may allow efforts of the wealthy to ...
The proposed Protection of Information Bill, being debated in South African parliament has generated much discussion among the public and the media, as people fear for media freedoms and their right to access information.
This programme aims to promote citizen safety, largely by researching and promoting crime interventions at local level.
The Southern African Migration Project (SAMP) provides information regarding cross-border population migration, and promotes public awareness of the role, status and contribution of foreign immigrants of African origin in South Africa.
In addition to its main programme areas, Idasa also has special projects.
The States in Transition Observatory (SITO) facilitates understanding of challenges faced by African countries experiencing a democratic deficit, by providing analysis of political developments in countries in transition.
"Friends of Idasa" is Idasa's US office and builds support in the United States for Idasa and its programmes. As with Idasa's other offices, our US office aims to influence the discussion surrounding democracy and governance in Africa in order to raise awareness of Idasa’s work and help to mobilize ...
Youth Zones is a project that uses soccer to make a difference in the lives of young people living in vulnerable communities in Southern Africa