The Advisory Group on Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness of the international donor community has sought to facilitate an inclusive process that aims to clarify the roles of civil society in relation to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.
Idasa hosted a National South African Workshop on Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness in April 2008, and participated in the CSO Parallel Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana, in August/September 2008.
For more on the Ghana CSO Parallel Forum, see the following website: http://www.betteraid.org
See the OECD site on the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness here.
Tax Could Be the Way Out of Aid Dependence
28 Set 2010Photograph: Xan Rice for the Guardian Many African countries struggle with debt and finding money for national budgets and don't utilise taxes as a sustainable ...
12 Set 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 ...
04 Out 2009Idasa hosted the ‘Southern African Civil Society Consultation Workshop & Multi-Stakeholders Consultation on Aid Effectiveness: Catalysing Broad Implementation Of The Accra Agenda For Action (AAA) ...
28 Set 2009See the latest discussions on development aid on Idasa's blog here ... Alternatives to Poverty and Inequality - Dambisa Moyo, author of Dead Aid and Jacqueline ...
01 Jul 2009By Witney W. Schneidman In DEAD AID, Dambisa Moyo, a Zambian-born economist, lays out a brash argument: that the more than $1 trillion in foreign ...
17 Nov 2008By: Ramon E.Daubon From the Kettering Foundation Philanthropy has never really lived up to its potential as an instrument for human development.We distinguish it nonetheless ...
19 Set 2008Beautifully constructed democratic constitutions, development focused policies, legislation and structures are unfortunately not sufficient to take a country from the devastation of apartheid to a ...
17 Set 2008By: Michele Ruiters Institute for Global Dialogue Issue 81 / September 2008 This policy brief focuses on two multilateral initiatives scheduled for review in late ...
04 Set 2008In preparation for the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-3) in Accra, Ghana in September 2008, donors, governments and civil society organisations (CSOs) ...
01 Set 2008Important gaps remain in delivering on the global commitments in the areas of aid, trade, debt relief, and access to new technologies and to affordable ...
21 Ago 2008A delegation of South African civil society representatives, mandated by 50 national non-governmental organisations, will attend the CSO Parallel Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, ...
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 ...
28 Mai 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 ...
01 Mai 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
18 Mar 2008Idasa will hold a national consultative workshop on Aid effectiveness, as part of a global discussion lead by the international donor community. The following links ...
18 Mar 2008These two documents consider the evaluation and montoring of implementation of the Paris Declaration. This evaluation has been carried out as per the strict instructions ...
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 ...
Notícias e Avisos: Tax Could Be the Way Out of Aid Dependence
28 Set 2010Photograph: Xan Rice for the Guardian Many African countries struggle with debt and finding money for national budgets and don't utilise taxes as a sustainable ...
12 Set 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 ...
04 Out 2009Idasa hosted the ‘Southern African Civil Society Consultation Workshop & Multi-Stakeholders Consultation on Aid Effectiveness: Catalysing Broad Implementation Of The Accra Agenda For Action (AAA) ...
28 Set 2009See the latest discussions on development aid on Idasa's blog here ... Alternatives to Poverty and Inequality - Dambisa Moyo, author of Dead Aid and Jacqueline ...
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