This project focuses on strengthening youth-led seed initiatives to enhance their capacity to anticipate future challenges, act strategically and develop skills that foster systemic justice, economic well-being and ecological resilience.
The socio-economic impacts of rising inequality and the global shift towards green hydrogen as a sustainable energy source highlight the critical need for job creation and skills development.
Recognising that the youth are not homogenous, this project developed under the International Development Research Centre’s (IDRC) strategic foresight framework will embrace an intersectional approach taking into account gender concerns while imagining future skills needs.
This project aims to re-imagine and better anticipate Southern African futures of education and learning with a focus on higher education and TVET in the context of education for sustainability and the fourth industrial revolution.
SAIIA, with the support of the European Union under the Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+) Programme and the SADC Secretariat, has implemented a project to strengthen the role of marine and coastal EbA in enhancing climate resilience within Southern Africa.
Contributing towards shaping a Global South economic cooperation agenda that supports green growth, development and a just transition in targeted countries and in global economic governance forums.
This project aims to improve job absorption in the future Green Hydrogen Economy in pursuit of a Just Energy Transition as South Africa seeks to reduce its carbon emissions.
Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia has returned to Africa. Following his first visit to the continent in 2006, there has been slow, incremental growth in engagement, culminating in a 2019 Russia-Africa summit - the first of its kind and attended by 43 African heads of state. This project explores Russia's strategic engagement and policy impact on the continent.
A credible, robust nuclear non-proliferation regime is essential to facilitate the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Without safe and secure handling of nuclear material, plants, reactors and waste disposal, Africa’s ability to utilise nuclear technology for its developmental objectives in Agenda 2063 and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals is compromised.
This project aims to build capacity and implement new, potentially value-shifting innovations in environments of deep uncertainty through use of foresight and the building of open-minded institutional cultures in favour of learning, experimentation and proactive policy governance.
This project aims to explore the impact of large-scale adoption of Electric Vehicles (EV) and the global E-Mobility revolution on Southern Africa against the backdrop of rapid climate change and the rise of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
SAIIA, in partnership with the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, has recently launched a new book, 'Values, Interests and Power: South African foreign policy in uncertain times'.
The Lesotho APRM Popular Sensitisation (LAPS) Project aims to enhance meaningful participation of civil society in the country’s African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process, through capacity-building, fostering better knowledge of process, and developing a written submission on the key governance issues in Lesotho.
The Zimbabwe APRM Popular Sensitisation Project (ZAPS) aims to enhance the participation of civil society in the Zimbabwe African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process, through capacity-building, fostering better knowledge of the APRM and its rules and opportunities, and co-creating a written submission on the key governance issues.
The South African APRM Popular Sensitisation Project (SAPS) aims to enhance the participation of civil society in South Africa’s African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process, through capacity-building, fostering better knowledge of the APRM and its rules and opportunities, and co-co-creating a written submission on the key governance issues as South Africa prepares to undergo its second-generation country review.
The Botswana APRM Popular Sensitisation (BAPS) aims to enhance meaningful participation of civil society in the country’s African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process, through capacity-building, fostering better knowledge of process, and developing a written submission on the key governance issues in Botswana.
SAIIA’s ‘Atoms for Development’ advocacy campaign aims to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy in Africa, strengthen relevant bodies responsible for nuclear governance on the continent, improve national-level legislation on nuclear safety and security, and promote public debate on these issues.
