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Sharing Budget Knowledge with Malawi, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Swaziland and Zambia
[Discursos]29 Out 2004Idasa hosted an exchange programme for participants from African civil society organisations, from Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Zambia and Swaziland. The October 2004 exchange programme ...
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How to present a budget
[Discursos]06 Jul 2004Prepare a 20 minute presentation to the chairperson of your organisation / committee, explaining: • What the main features of this departmental budget are • What ...
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Eastern Cape Health Budget 2002/03 - 2004/05
[Discursos]28 Out 2003Contents • Responsibilities and services provided by health departments • Policy framework • Health related socio-economic indicators • EC health challenges and implications for the health budget • Overall Health ...
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Quantitative Budget Analysis - How To
[Discursos]01 Out 2003The aim of this module is to introduce participants to some of the key calculations that are frequently used in analysing budgets. These include looking ...
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Overview of Civil Society Budget work
[Discursos]01 Out 20031. Advancing Budget Literacy 2. Assessing the Budget Process and Budget Systems 3. Analyzing Budget Policies
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Making Budgets Tools for Change
[Discursos]01 Out 2003• Context of work • Specific examples • Transparency research • Parliament and the Budget • Agenda for immediate future
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Getting Started with Budget Work
[Discursos]01 Out 2003This toolkit helps civil society organisations begin with budget analysis work. 1. Accurate, accessible and timely products 2. Importance of fully-engaged and ongoing budget work ...
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Budget blinds or budget windows?
[Discursos]01 Out 2003"Learning to speak the language of budgets" is a toolkit to help civil society organisations ask some pertinent questions about how to get involved in ...
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Introduction to Medium Expenditure Frameworks
[Discursos]01 Out 2003The purpose of a medium term expenditure framework (MTEF) is to indicate the size of the financial resources needed during the medium term (3-5 years) ...
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Analysing the Free State Health Budget 2002
[Discursos]22 Nov 2002Content: • Responsibilities and services provided by health departments • Health revenue • Policy framework • Context: Health related socio-economic indicators • FS health challenges and implications for the health ...
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Child and health budget analysis 2002
[Discursos]06 Out 2002Presentation prepared for: National Training on Child Budget Analysis Aims of the presentation and topics to be covered Aim: to provide an overview of the most ...
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Calculations for Eastern Cape Health Budget 2002
[Discursos]30 Jul 20021. Eastern Cape Health Calculations 2. Eastern Cape Health Tables 3. New Eastern Cape Health Calculations 4. Eastern Cape Health Budget
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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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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