| Reports by theme : Development assistance and governance |
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AfriMAP: On not using indicators to score progress in governance
June 2007
This article describes the methodology and experience of AfriMAP, a project of the Open Society Institute’s network of African foundations, in working with civil society organisations in different African countries to carry out audits of government performance. It explains why AfriMAP has decided not to use its questionnaires as the basis for scoring countries on their performance, but rather focused on qualitative analysis. Finally it indicates which quantitative indicators are useful to AfriMAP, and what other indicators would be useful.
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Africa Forum on Civil Society and governance Assessments
16 November 2011
UNDP in partnership with CIVICUS, CONCAD, Trust Africa and AGI organized a three day workshop themed: Africa Forum on Civil Society and governance Assessments. The meeting focused on civil society's involvement in governance assessments. The events presented the opportunity for development organizations, CSOs and research institutes to share knowledge and experiences so as to enhance greater participation in the policy dialogue debate. Jeggan Grey-Johnson presented a paper on strategies, challenges, more...
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AfriMAP presentation on Joint Africa Europe Strategy- JAES
July 2009
In July, AfriMAP was invited to Brussels to present its recommendations for the implementation of the partnership on democratic governance and human rights under the Joint Africa Europe Strategy (JAES), which was adopted in Lisbon in 2007. The meeting highlighted issues of governance in Africa, focusing on human rights. Level of progress and challenges were discussed, which aimed at presenting greater clarity and gaining stronger commitment from the EU in its partnership with the AU. Additionally, more...
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Advocacy on EU-AU Relations
April 2009
AfriMAP has worked with the Open Society Institute’s Brussels office over the past few years on advocacy related to the European Union’s external relations with Africa, participating in meetings in Europe and Africa and contributing submissions in response to EU policy documents.
In February and April this year, Ozias Tungwarara, AfriMAP director, participated in two meetings in Dakar and Brussels on the APRM/AU governance architecture and its relation to the Joint Africa-Europe Strategy, more...
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OECD World Forum on Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies
30 June 2007
Bronwen Manby, AfriMAP senior programme adviser, participated in the Second World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy organised by the OECD in Istanbul, Turkey, 27-30 June 2007. She participated in a panel with other members from India, China and Russia, and presented a paper on AfriMAP's research titled 'On Not Using Indicators to Score Progress in Governance'. The paper, which discusses the decision of AfriMAP not to use its reports on governance to score or rank African countries against more...
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AfriMAP advocacy with the G8 and European Commission
April 2007
AfriMAP has entered into the debates around the development assistance strategies of the G8 and the European Union in relation to their engagement with the African Peer Review Mechanism and their efforts to support and promote good governance in African countries. A letter to the German G8 'sherpa', on Germany's presidency of the G8 in 2007, and a submission to the European Commission responding to the Commission's Communication on Governance in the European Consensus more...
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AfriMAP: On not using indicators to score progress in governance 
