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Opportunities, Links and Benefits:

Opportunities, Links and Benefits: The ANSA network and Regional Institutions -Perspectives from The Africa Policy Institute Presented by David Mwaniki Vice President/deputy CEO APLI. Africa Policy Institute (APLI).

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Opportunities, Links and Benefits:

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  1. Opportunities, Links and Benefits: The ANSA network and Regional Institutions -Perspectives from The Africa Policy Institute Presented by David Mwaniki Vice President/deputy CEO APLI

  2. Africa Policy Institute (APLI) • Conceived in 2003 by African policy experts, former senior government officials, civil society thinkers, intellectuals and top media practitioners as an independent, pan-African think tank to address the perturbing absence of Africa-based sound policy research and analysis to inform decision making and disconnect between leadership and policy.

  3. APLI Cont… • APLI is headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and has regional offices in Kampala, Uganda and Pretoria, South Africa, with field presence in: • Algeria, • Burundi, • Comoros, • Democratic Republic of Congo, • Djibouti, • Ethiopia, • Nigeria, • Somaliland, • Sudan • Zimbabwe.

  4. Public Accountability • Area of interest under APLI’s thematic thrust of Democracy and Governance. • Experience with parliamentary scorecard in Uganda. • Currently working with partners in South Africa on Legislative governance (Short listed for funding to work with Gauteng Legislature’s PCO audit) • This is a new area for us and we are currently building capacity.

  5. Core Challenges • Human capacity (the need for legislative and governance analysis) • Depth of program • The Uganda parliamentary score card was a snapshot in time rather that a longitudinal study. • The planned Gauteng legislature work is limited to Party Constituency Offices Capacity and not delivery of services.

  6. Core Challenges Cont….. • Limited funding for public accountability activities. • Weak institutional linkages with other like minded institutions. • Maintaining balanced and factual perspectives in Public accountability work (need to deepen analysis).

  7. The Role ANSA-Africa could Play to Support APLI • We view ANSA as being able to do the following in Support of our PA work; • Convening energy (being able to pull together like minded agencies, actors and institutions involved in Public Accountability) • Capacity building: coordinating the training/secondment of experts/development of tools etc • Knowledge repository: guaranteeing access to information on Public Accountability

  8. The Role ANSA-Africa could Play to Support APLI • New Knowledge/Innovation Hub – Capture and disseminate new policy and practice and innovations generated from implementation of programs • Regional/International Influencing Platform: ANSA could take the lead on advocacy and influencing on Regional and International issues • Fundraising and resource support; both funds and technical support could be facilitated by ANSA

  9. Red Flags to Watch Out For • ANSA-Africa’s credibility in the region will come from the ownership of the process by Africa based institutions. • ANSA should focus on proactive demand driven initiatives that have legitimacy of the public in the relevant countries (avoid the trap of being led by the donor)

  10. Thank YouWebale NyoAsante SanaNgiyabonga Kakulu

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