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Budget Faces Local and Global Challenges
[Notícias e Avisos]11 Fev 2009By: Len Verwey and Ahmed Mohamed PIMS Budget Unit, Idasa The 2009 Budget speech will be presented against the backdrop of unique domestic and global ...
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Moving Rights to Realities: Realising Socio-Economic Rights
[Notícias e Avisos]01 Jul 2005Mombasa, Kenya 27 – 29 June 2005 From 27-29 June 2005 Idasa attended a colloquium in Mombasa, Kenya, on ‘Moving Rights to Realities: Realising Socio-Economic ...
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Transparency in Extractive Industries
[Notícias e Avisos]28 Jun 2005Idasa attended two events dealing with transparency in extractive industries in the region of the Gulf of Guinea. Both events were organised by the Congolese ...
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Poverty Reduction Strategy Regional Workshop
[Notícias e Avisos]28 Jun 2005Idasa presented a ‘Budget Analysis’ workshop at DIAKONIA West African regional conference in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - the workshop was designed to empower civil society ...
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Poverty Reduction Strategies Regional Workshop
[Notícias e Avisos]29 Abr 2005The DIAKONIA West Africa in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso organized a regional conference focusing on budgets and advocacy for about sixty civil society participants. The conference ...
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Iniciativa de Treino Orçamental - 10-13 de Novembro de 2004 N'Djamena, Chade.
[Notícias e Avisos]13 Nov 2004Iniciativa de Treino Orçamental entre Intermon Oxfam e o Serviço de Informação Orçamental da IDASA 10-13 de Novembro de 2004 N'Djamena, Chade. Devido ao projecto ...
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Programa De Intercâmbio Outubro 2004
[Notícias e Avisos]29 Out 2004PROJECTO ORÇAMENTAL PARA ÁFRICA - PROGRAMA DE INTERCÂMBIO OUTUBRO 2004 O Africa Budget Project (Projecto Orçamental Africano) do Serviço de Informação Orçamental da IDASA organizou ...
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Seminário de Treino Orçamental - Dakar Senegal: 20 - 22 de Setembro de 2004
[Notícias e Avisos]22 Set 2004Dados os problemas de aptidão técnica encontrados pelos grupos da sociedade civil na África Ocidental quando toca a empreender projectos de pesquisa visando influenciar e ...
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Examining Gender Realities in the New Democracy
[Notícias e Avisos]27 Ago 2004Ten years into our democracy gender inequalities remain a central challenge in South Africa. Since 1994, we have seen significant changes in policy development across ...
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IBP - Opening budgets to debate
[Notícias e Avisos]30 Jun 2004The International Budget Project (IBP) has released a new study, Opening Budgets to Public Understanding and Debate: Results from 36 Countries. It is based on ...
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CANGO and Swaziland's national budget
[Notícias e Avisos]06 Mai 2004A follow-up budget workshop was conducted in Swaziland from 5 to 6 May, 2004 for CANGO member organisations. This workshop focused on a review of ...
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Understanding Budgets in Sierra Leone
[Notícias e Avisos]18 Set 2003The objective of the workshop was to enhance the participation of civil society organisations in budgetary discussions through training. The deputy Minister of Finance and ...
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ANGO Swaziland identifies need for budget analysis
[Notícias e Avisos]22 Mai 2003The Co-ordinating Assembly of Non-Governmental Organisations (CANGO) and the Civil Society Support Project, identified the need for capacity building on budget analysis in Swaziland in ...
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Budget Training in Rwanda
[Notícias e Avisos]07 Mai 2003Idasa conducted a budget capacity building workshop for civil society groups in Rwanda on the request of the Gender Advisor to the Ministry of Gender ...
Recent Resources
- Press Releases: SA Transparent About Public Funds
12 Fev 2009South Africa has scored second highest, after the United Kingdom, on the international Open Budget Index, a barometer designed to measure how open and transparent ...
- Notícias e Avisos: Budget Faces Local and Global Challenges
11 Fev 2009By: Len Verwey and Ahmed Mohamed PIMS Budget Unit, Idasa The 2009 Budget speech will be presented against the backdrop of unique domestic and global ...
- Relatórios Científicos: A Sociedade Civil e o Petroléo para o Desenvolvimento Em Angola
16 Jan 2009By: Shun Govender and Beatrice Mutale Skagestad Ways to enhance Strategic Cooperation among Non-state Actors in Angola One of the important challenges in Angola has ...
- Relatórios de Conferência: Building Political Will for Participatory Budgeting
13 Ago 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 ...
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Seeds for Growth: Financing smallholder farming in southern Africa
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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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