1 / 9

AfriMAP

AfriMAP. ANSA 12 December 2006. AfriMAP. Initiative of Open Society Institute foundations in Africa – OSIWA, OSISA, OSF-SA, OSIEA Response to creation of African Union, adoption of NEPAD and APRM Audit of government performance: qualitative not quantitative

morna
Download Presentation

AfriMAP

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. AfriMAP ANSA 12 December 2006

  2. AfriMAP • Initiative of Open Society Institute foundations in Africa – OSIWA, OSISA, OSF-SA, OSIEA • Response to creation of African Union, adoption of NEPAD and APRM • Audit of government performance: qualitative not quantitative • Five pilot countries: Ghana, Senegal, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa

  3. AfriMAP themes 3 areas of government performance; • Justice sector and the rule of law • Political participation and democracy • Effective delivery of public services

  4. AfriMAP Aims • High quality analysis aimed at improving law, policy, and practice in each country • Strengthen AU peer review processes & monitoring of compliance with AU standards • New standard setting, where appropriate • Catalyze national dialogue about national priorities • Build continental networks of civil society organisations

  5. AfriMAP methodology • Assesses compliance with commitments under AU treaties, declarations, charters, (complemented by International and sub-regional instruments), • Focuses on processes and structures that need to be in place in order to achieve good governance that include transparency, accountability and participation in decision making

  6. AfriMAP methodology (cont) • Primary research instruments are Questionnaires that draw from AU and other standards developed by process of expert consultation • Questionnaires are organized in 3 columns – 1st column contains the principal questions that aim to capture a particularly important aspect of government performance – 2nd column provides a guide to indicators and information required to answer column 1 questions – 3rd column provides possible sources of information

  7. Basis of AfriMAP questionnaires:African and international norms • African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights & protocols • NEPAD/APRM • AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption & other docs • ECOWAS/SADC documents • UN and treaties and ‘best practice’ documents

  8. Current Activities • Research underway in 5 pilot countries • Justice Sector reports published in Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa – Political Participation report published for SA • Research commissioned to review APRM process in 4 countries • Research in progress to review AU Summit preparatory processes

  9. Challenges for CSO monitoring • Access to information • Weak civil society capacities • Lack of domestication of AU treaties • Lack of dialogue between govts and CSOs • Governance not prioritized

More Related