AHEAD Africa is a pan-African EU co-funded project aiming to strengthen civil society’s monitoring capacities in electoral related issues and enhance electoral integrity across African Union member states. Guided by the AHEAD approach, we emphasise follow-up to election observation recommendations to advocate for electoral reforms to enhance free and fair elections, integrity, and trust-building. Website to the AHEAD Africa website: AHEAD Africa…
Is a 36-month Sport development, Gender inclusion, and organizational strengthening Programme funded by the Solidarity Service International e.V. (SODI) Objectives: Upgrade Coaching quality, improve safeguarding, and establish evidence-based training standards Create sustainable football pathways for girls and increase participation and visibility of women in sport. Institutionalise policies, quality standards, and staff capacities for long-term organisational…
Namibia Needs Me (NNM) is a 33-month civic education project (Sept 2023–May 2026) led by the Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID) and Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), with EU support. Our mission is to strengthen Namibia’s democratic culture by equipping citizens especially youth with the knowledge and skills to participate, promote good governance, and defend human…
Through the Civic Education Programme (CEP) the NID designs and develops civic education and training programmes based on principles of multi-party democracy as enshrined in the Namibian constitution. In order to ensure optimal access by Namibians to these programmes, the CEP is implemented on two often interrelated levels: national mass media information programmes and personal…
The participation of civil society is a crucial element of democracy. The concept of civic participation in governance is arguably the fundamental pillar in the promotion and protection of democratic governance.
