Local governance programme

After several years of supporting and encouraging communities to participate in elections, EISA recognised a need to engage local commununities between elections. EISA believes that for democracy to become a reality rather than a theory, it is important for citizens to be able to engage with the structures that support it and the leaders who have been elected to represent the interests of their constituents.

The programme

• focuses upon enabling citizen participation by working closely with communities to identify the skills, values and knowledge required to participate in decision making processes that affect their daily lives.
• aims to empower municipal officials, councillors, ward committees and civil society to engage effectively in democratic governance and sustainable service delivery
• provides capacity building, information provision and technical support to civil society organistions in their efforts to advocate for democratic and accountable governance