What China’s President Xi’s extended tenure means for Africa
China’s decision to suspend presidential term limits is still reverberating around the world.
Multi-stakeholder initiatives and the media
Multi-stakeholder Initiatives (MSIs) are voluntary partnerships between governments, civil society, and the private sector which seek to promote good governance by holding governments and corporations accountable to citizens.
Peer pressure and peer learning in multi-stakeholder initiatives
This report examines three prominent Multi-stakeholder Initiatives (MSIs) – the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and Open Government Partnership (OGP) through the dual lenses of peer learning and peer pressure.
Multi-stakeholder initiatives in Africa
This report examines four African states (Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania), and their membership in three multi stakeholder initiatives: the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), and the Open Government Partnership (OGP).
Civil society participation in the Open Government Partnership (OGP)
Active citizen participation is an important component of democracy. Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives (MSIs) attempt to enhance civic participation as a means of improving governance through cooperation by governments, civil society organizations (CSOs), and businesses to engage in commonly defined goals.
South Africa and data flows: How to fully exploit the potential of the digital economy
South Africa is in a privileged position to become the regional hub for provision of data processing services and other innovative digital services.
Multi-stakeholder initiatives: Lessons learned
Multi-stakeholder Initiatives (MSIs) are voluntary partnerships between governments, civil society, and the private sector that have emerged over the last 15 years to address development challenges collaboratively, entrench democratic practices, and strengthen regulatory frameworks.
Multi-stakeholder initiatives: What have we learned? An overview and literature review
This report reviews literature on three Multi-stakeholder Initiatives (MSIs) – the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and the Open Governance Partnership (OGP) – to provide an overview of how each MSI functions and evaluates the extent to which each has impacted policy and governance issues thus far.
South Africa’s Hazardous Ballet with Human Rights Diplomacy
At its transition in 1994, South Africa emerged as an exceptional case of a rising power that would pursue the diplomacies of human rights.
China in the era of ‘Xi Jinping Thought’: five key trends for Africa
This policy briefing identifies five trends that could affect Africa, emerging from China’s 19th Communist Party Congress, held in Beijing in October 2017.