Keyword: governance
Post-Conflict Participation Blog
Marjoke Oosterom (Institute of Development Studies, UK) carries out her PhD research on civic participation in local government structures in Northern Uganda in cooperation with ICCO and Hivos. In July and August she is in Uganda for a preliminary scoping visit. In this blog she tells about her experiences based on interviews carried out in the capital and in Gulu and Kitgum districts.
Knowledge & Change Spotlight: When civics go 'governance'
The ‘spotlight session’ provides a daily preview of key events of our upcoming Knowledge Dialogue. Today we highlight a workshop hosted by the Hivos/ISS Civil Society Building Knowledge Programme. Reflecting on recent research projects in a number of African countries, the programme analyses what has happened with ‘civics gone governance'.
Knowledge & Change Spotlight: When civics go 'governance'
The ‘spotlight session’ provides a daily preview of key events of our upcoming Knowledge Dialogue. Today we highlight a workshop hosted by the Hivos/ISS Civil Society Building Knowledge Programme. Reflecting on recent research projects in a number of African countries, the programme analyses what has happened with ‘civics gone governance'.
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?...
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?...
Tenth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change:
The convergence of global climate change, food insecurity, and political exclusion in the world’s poorest countries threatens to reverse global gains in poverty alleviation and raises the risks of conflict. Close to 1 billion people went undernourished in 2010, and climate change is putting millions of the world’s poorest people at an even greater risk. Meanwhile industrial agriculture and the demand for natural resources present a major threat to the rights and livelihoods of the rural...› read more...
Date: 7 September until 8 September 2011 Location: Hotel Atlantic, The Hague (Kijkduin), The Netherlands
Date: 7 September until 8 September 2011 Location: Hotel Atlantic, The Hague (Kijkduin), The Netherlands
The governance gap in Acholi
How do citizens exercise agency and claim their rights in post-conflict settings? This is the central question in a research project by Marjoke Oosterom, which is supported by IDS, Hivos and ICCO. Marjoke is working with remote communities in Northern Uganda and is now adding a documentary to share some of the emerging insights and impressions more widely. The documentary is made in partnership with the Refuge Law Project and documentary makers Tim van der Maden and Esther Kool to make...