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The Knowledge Programme consists of different thematic programmes which each have a regional focus. In Africa, our activities take place in East and in Southern Africa. The Civil Society Building programme has a Southern Africa programme focussing on Civic action for Human Rights accountability and Civic action for poverty eradication. The Promoting Pluralism programme is developing its programme in East Africa together with the Cross-Cultural Foundation in Uganda.
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When Civics go Governance
| Author: | Ria Brouwers |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | ISS/Hivos |
| Date: | May 2011 |
When Civics go Governance
In ‘When Civics go governance’ Ria Brouwers analyses the stormy ascent of African NGOs in the field of good governance. Tracing the tracks of the NGO-boom in Africa, Brouwers brings together key academic writings with ISS led field on NGO interventions in Zambia, Uganda, Kenia and Tanzania conducted under the banner of the Hivos/ISS Civil Society Building Knowledge Programme.
Mobilizing Social Justice in South Africa: Perspectives from Practitioners and Researchers
South Africa grapples with serious social and economic inequalities, including inequality in access to basic services. At a time of rising social tensions, the country’s institutions are in danger of losing the legitimacy they gained in the wake of democratic dispensations of the 1990s. This book presents the findings of five research projects that address these key areas in partnership with practitioners, which were presented at an internationa...
7 Citizenship in Social Movements: Constructing Alternatives in the Anti-Privatization Forum, South Africa Meghan Cooper
This paper explores how social movements construct citizenship and redefine the very notion of the political realm. Social movements have quickly become powerful actors within South Africa’s civil society.
1 Seizing and Stretching Participatory Space: Civil Society Participation in Tanzania’s Policy Processes
This paper takes as its starting point the perspective that civil society participation in governance—particularly policy processes such as the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and related policy developments—largely takes on a mere consultative rather than a transformative role when initiated and driven by government or donors.
"MUSEVENOMICS" analyzed
Popular understanding as postulated by Ugandan President Museveni suggests that if the prices of commodity prices go up, farmers should benefit by way of higher income. Morrison Rwakakamba from Uganda, a practicing economist and an active member of the Knowledge Programme on “Small Producers’ Agency in Globalised Markets” argues that while this might theoretically be true, the practice is a bit detached from the theory. He explains that certain structural factors inhibit the farmers fro...
Mobilising Social Justice in South Africa - perspectives from Researchers and Practitioners
How do civic actors in South Africa deal with contemporary developmental challenges such as socio-economic inequality, limited access to basic services, xenofobic tensions and governance constraints. At a time of rising social tensions, the country’s institutions are in danger of losing the legitimacy they gained in the wake of democratic dispensations of the 1990s.The End or the And?
Can civil society organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa succesfully advocate, lobby and mobilize to fight poverty and corruption, and to bring development and democracy? Have citizens’ organizations in the new roles of policy making and participation in service delivery been able to realize the high hopes and aspirations surrounding their explosive growth. And how has international assistance promoted or hindered their struggle to catalyze social change and pro-poor development?...
Civil Society and Political Transformation in Egypt
“Why did diplomats, policymakers, analysts and academics fail to see and understand the growing popular unrest in Tunisia, Egypt and other Arab countries? With this question in mind, Alan Fowler travelled to Cairo, Egypt. In this post, he shares a personal account of emerging insights and tough questions for supporters and researchers of civic action.
Book Release: Mobilising Social Justice: Perspectives from Researchers and Practitioners
South Africa grapples with serious social and economic inequalities, including inequality in access to basic services. At a time of rising social tensions, the country’s institutions are in danger of losing the legitimacy they gained in the wake of democratic dispensations of the 1990s.
