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Guide for Organisations Wanting to Reduce Electoral Conflict
[Kit de Ferramentas]25 Mar 2009This toolkit has been prepared as a basic guide for South African organisations to contribute to the prevention, management and mitigation of violence over the ...
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Advocacy Handbook for CBOs
[Kit de Ferramentas]31 Jul 2007By: Yvette Geyer In a democratic society there are many different groups which might have competing interests. You need to make your voice heard and ...
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Monitoring and Evaluation for Sustained Dialogue
[Kit de Ferramentas]19 Abr 2006By Teddy Nemeroff Monitoring- An on-going systematic procedure for checking the effectiveness of dialogue implementation and to recommend changes to improve performance Evaluation- A systematic ...
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Advocacy Training Manual
[Kit de Ferramentas]07 Jun 2005This is the participant's manual used in Idasa's Advocacy Training. It includes participative work in how to run campaigns, lobby decision makers and use advocacy tools ...
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Advocacy & Communications Training Manual
[Kit de Ferramentas]25 Out 2004This is Idasa's Advocacy & Communications Training Manual for attendees at our Training Courses. There is a participant's manual as well.
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Vision and Mission Setting - Training Notes
[Kit de Ferramentas]24 Out 2004This is a copy of our Vision and Mission Setting - Training Notes for attendees at our Training Courses.
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Financial Management Training Notes
[Kit de Ferramentas]24 Out 2004This is a copy of our Financial Management Training Manual for attendees at our Training Courses.
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How to Use the Media for Advocacy
[Kit de Ferramentas]30 Jun 2004What follows is a brief outline of the kind of issues necessary to remember when dealing with the media. It is not a comprehensive document, ...
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Summary of the Bill of Rights: 2nd Chapter of the South African Constitution
[Kit de Ferramentas]22 Jun 2004The Bill of Rights applies to all law and binds not only all state institutions, but also all natural and juristic people. The rights that are ...
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How to Participate in Influencing Legislation
[Kit de Ferramentas]22 Jun 2004Ordinary citizens or groups of citizens can influence what happens to Bills and can lobby for new legislation or changes to existing laws. What follows ...
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How to Use the Media
[Kit de Ferramentas]22 Jun 2004What follows is a brief outline of the kind of issues necessary to remember when dealing with the media. It is not a comprehensive document, bur ...
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Golden Rules of Advocacy & Lobbying
[Kit de Ferramentas]22 Jun 2004• Get to know the key players • Get to know the policy-makers • Get to know the key committees and how they work • ...
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How to Participate in Influencing Legislation in South Africa
[Kit de Ferramentas]21 Jun 2004Ordinary citizens or groups of citizens can influence what happens to Bills and can lobby for new legislation or changes to existing laws. What follows ...
Recent Resources
- Artigos: Whose Interests drive the Government and Politicians in Tanzania?
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 ...
- Artigos: People as agents of their own development
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, ...
- Discursos: Democracy, Dialogue and Development in Tanzania
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 ...
- Artigos: Election Alert No 3, April 2009
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 ...
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Country Work
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Seeds for Growth: Financing smallholder farming in southern Africa
[Books]22-Set-2011Between 250 and 300 million Africans suffer from hunger.
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Idasa Blog
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Idasa responds to Land Bank announcement
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 [...]
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Highlighted Programme
Accountability (ANSA)
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.
African Charter on Democracy
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 ...
Economic Governance Programme
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.
Electricity Governance
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.
Global Transparency
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
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 ...
Leadership and Democracy in Africa
iLEDA - the initiative for Leadership and Democracy - is a democracy training programme for political and citizen leaders from across Africa.
Political Governance Programme
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.
Political Information and Monitoring Service
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.
Private Funding for Political Parties
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 ...
Right to Know campaign
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.
Safety and Security Programme
This programme aims to promote citizen safety, largely by researching and promoting crime interventions at local level.
Southern African Migration Programme
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.
Special Projects
In addition to its main programme areas, Idasa also has special projects.
SITO Portugese
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.
USA Office
"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
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
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#Idasa member Steven Friedman says Traditional Courts Bill will deprive 40% of SA population of their rights http://t.co/IPnGSoDf
#Idasa member Steven Friedman says Traditional Courts Bill will deprive 40% of SA population of their rights http://t.co/IPnGSoDf
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The Network of Democracy Research Institutes publishes latest newsletter with many references to #Idasa's work http://t.co/wdCx4B7O
The Network of Democracy Research Institutes publishes latest newsletter with many references to #Idasa's work http://t.co/wdCx4B7O
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#Idasa partner RAU
#Idasa partner RAU
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