30 Mai 2008Idasa has interviewed contacts in Gauteng townships about the xenophobic attacks in the past 2 weeks. Contact was made with respondents who had been trained ...
21 Mai 2007By Stefan Gilbert Nigeria's recent election was a highly anticipated event with international political and business interests watching closely. IDASA's Nigeria office undertook an election ...
07 Set 2006This report details the findings of an evaluation process undertaken by an independent consultant commissioned by Idasa, to assess the progress and impact of its ...
28 Jul 2006By Teddy Nemeroff For the past year, supported by its joint learning agreement with the Kettering Foundation, Idasa has explored the link between the strength ...
19 Abr 2006Since the late 1990’s, Zimbabwe has experienced a deepening crisis that has influenced all aspects of life in the country. Politically, the space for citizen ...
31 Mar 2006By Teddy Nemeroff and Mvuyisi April This paper follows up on an earlier one describing Idasa’s experience supporting a development focused dialogue initiative in a ...
28 Fev 2006After six months of participation in a joint learning partnership with the Kettering Foundation, Idasa has produced three papers focused on two case studies, conducted ...
30 Jan 2006By Teddy Nemeroff and Bonginkosi Mhlanga This paper will begin explorations on the connection between civic life and economic development within a set of rural ...
08 Set 2005The social, economic and political crises in Zimbabwe have contributed to an unprecedented exodus of Zimbabweans from all backgrounds away from their home country. The ...
18 Jul 2005Idasa informed by growing research into South Africa’s citizen participation, which has shown that one of the major after effects of the country’s post 1994 ...
19 Out 2004The youth are a critical constituency in the Zimbabwe crisis. Much is known about the operation of the National Youth Service programme, but rather less ...
22 Jun 2003ELECTORAL CLIMATE ANALYSIS "1ST PHASE OF 2003 TRANSITION"
22 Jun 2003Implications of the National Assembly Elections for the Presidential and Governorship Elections: Zonal Analysis "The results of the National Assembly elections held on April 12, ...
22 Jun 2003Report on Electoral Violence in the South South following the April 12th Senate and House of Representatives Elections "In the South-South zone of the country, ...
22 Jun 2003"Communiqué issued at the end of a one day Roundtable organized by Idasa and the African Strategic and Peace Research Group (AFSTRAG) on the 2003 ...
22 Jun 2003"COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE 3rd ROUNDTABLE ON THE STATE OF THE NATION ON 2003 ELECTIONS"
16 Abr 20037th – 16th April 2003 "The past week has seen interesting reporting swings from pre-election conflicts between rival parties to growing calls for peace and ...
13 Abr 2003The findings were compiled between 8h00 and 21h00 on the 12th April 2003. These findings are based on reports from Idasa partners in the ...
12 Abr 2003April 12, 2003: ELECTION DAY REPORT FOR KOGI STATE Introduction: I spent the first two hours of the day in Lokoja, the state capital. ...
02 Abr 2003Introduction 27th March – 2nd April, 2003 This theme this week was around the final preparations of INEC for holding the elections. The largest unresolved ...
26 Mar 2003Warri Crisis Update, Delta State, March 20 - 26, 2003 The nature of the conflict in Warri has become considerably more complex in the past ...
26 Mar 2003Introduction 20th - 26th March, 2003 "1. Administration of Election by INEC In terms of the election timetable the focus this week was on the ...
22 Mar 2003Summary of Highlights This study, funded by the Centre for Civil Society at the University of Natal, explores the perceptions and experiences of 253 civil ...
19 Mar 2003The Situation in Warri March 13 – 19, 2003 "The current crisis revolves around two main areas of tension: Between Itsekiri and Ijaw communities that ...
12 Mar 2003Introduction 5 – 12 March, 2003 "1. Administration of Election by INEC In terms of the election timetable the focus this week was on the ...
10 Mar 2003Organised by Idasa and Afstrag 10 March, 2003, Abuja Preamble: The second roundtable reviewed the state of the nation and the activities related ...
01 Mar 2003Conflict and Related Election matters in Nigeria 13th -19th March, 2003 "1. Administration of Election by INEC In terms of the election timetable the focus ...
01 Mar 2003SPECIAL TOPIC - Plateau State: Communal Conflicts in Wase (Southern Plateau) and Berom area (Northern Plateau) "Since the outbreak of major ethno-religious conflicts in Jos, ...
22 Jun 2001Results Of An Organisational Survey conducted by Idasa for a report on “The State of Civil Society in South Africa” "This report provides the results of ...
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