Imali Ye Mwana (the children's money) is a child rights budget advocacy network in the SADC region. The Network advocates for effective and efficient allocation and utilization of resources in state budgets to advance the rights of the child in SADC countries through coalition building, capacity building and research.
04 Mai 2007IDASA's Children Participating in Governance (CPG) project is about budget monitoring within a rights-based framework. The objectives of the project are : · To create ...
14 Mar 2007By Rogers Dhliwayo IDASA’s research and advocacy has traditionally focused on obligations of the state in fulfilling children’s rights through the government’s performance in designing ...
14 Dez 2006Over the last decade there have been several responses to the fight of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Amongst them are the Life Skills Programme run ...
16 Fev 2006“South Africa’s economic and social policies flow from democratic values and respect for human dignity enshrined in the Constitution. Through the annual budget, Government seeks ...
07 Dez 2005What benefits will centralisation of social assistance budgeting and delivery bring vulnerable children? The social development budgeting and service delivery system, so critical for ensuring ...
28 Nov 2005Provincial budgets for developmental social welfare services over MTEF 2005/06 - A vulnerable child perspective Factors such as poverty, violence (particularly against women and children), ...
05 Out 2005By: Judith Streak Currently the data available on the situation of children in South Africa is insufficient for effective policy and programme design, budgeting and ...
12 Set 2005This paper analyses the policy and budget action of one government department – social development – in relation to assistance for children made vulnerable by ...
31 Mar 2005A review of policy development, budgeting and service delivery South Africa has a duty to all its children and most of all, to those who ...
24 Fev 2005Immediate Response to Budget 2005 Budget 2005 certainly offers a very welcome cluster of new spending initiatives for vulnerable children. It is also very favorable ...
07 Dez 2004By Russell Andrew Wildeman and Christina Nomdo Early childhood development operates in a space where its growth, vibrancy and contribution are dependent on developments in ...
25 Out 2004By: Christina Nomdo and Nobuntu Mbebetho The South African Constitution places an obligation on government to advance a set of comprehensive child specific socio-economic rights ...
07 Out 2004By: Judith Streak The Bill of Rights of South Africa's Constitution entrenches a comprehensive set of qualified and unqualified socio-economic rights for children. This places ...
23 Ago 2004This roundtable was held with the Children's Budget Unit of IDASA and the Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Community Law Centre (University of the Western ...
30 Jun 20042004 release on Monitoring for child socio-economic rights Children’s Budget Unit, Idasa. The research study evaluates government’s programming and budgeting in relation to the unqualified socio-economic ...
07 Mai 2004A review of public policy & funding: Early Childhood development (ECD) is an umbrella term that applies to the processes by which children from birth ...
08 Abr 2004Government spending on children in MTEF 2004/05: Spotlighting social development programmes. By: Judith Streak and Lerato Kgamphe, Children’s Budget Unit Budget Information Service, IDASA. "Government ...
14 Mar 2003Child poverty, child socio-economic rights and Budget 2003 - The ‘right thing’ or a small step in the ‘right direction’? By Judith Streak. "The Budget ...
01 Dez 2002By: Kenneth Creamer On children's socio−economic rights on budget analysis Content: The purpose of this report is to develop a more precise understanding of the ...
01 Nov 2002Research findings of the assessment study of two sexual offences courts, by Lulama Dikweni. "The Department of Justice (DOJ) plays a lead role in implementing ...
27 Ago 2002Provincial child poverty rates and numbers based on poverty lines of R400 and R200 and October Household Survey data By Judith Streak. "The aim of ...
01 Jun 2002Government’s recent performance in budgeting for the child’s right to social assistance in South Africa. By Judith Streak and Lerato Kgamphe, Childrens Budget Unit, Idasa. ...
01 Abr 2002New results on Child Poverty in South Africa, by Judith Streak. "Towards the end of last year, the Childrens Budget Unit commissioned a study of ...
01 Mar 2002The Child Support Grant and Budget 2002: The implications for child poverty relief. March 2002 "Budget 2002 claimed to offer considerable poverty relief and reduction ...
15 Fev 2002The fourth Children's Budget Book: Budgeting for child socio economic rights. 15 February 2002 "The Children’s Budget Unit has recently released its fourth Children’s Budget ...
07 Jul 2001This study on the Sexual Offences Court (SOC) and related services aims to examine whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) has become more responsive to ...
01 Jun 2001Are we making progress in realizing the rights of children affected by HIV/AIDS? By Judith Streak, Childrens Budget Project, Idasa 1 June , 2001 For ...
11 Dez 2007Training manual for budget monitoring from a rights-based framework. Contact Shahieda on shendricks@idasa.org.za to order this book now.
04 Mai 2007IDASA's Children Participating in Governance (CPG) project is about budget monitoring within a rights-based framework. The objectives of the project are : · To create ...
14 Mar 2007By Rogers Dhliwayo IDASA’s research and advocacy has traditionally focused on obligations of the state in fulfilling children’s rights through the government’s performance in designing ...
14 Dez 2006Over the last decade there have been several responses to the fight of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Amongst them are the Life Skills Programme run ...
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