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About EISA

EISA is a regional organisation which seeks to strengthen and promote electoral processes, good governance and democratic values through research, capacity building and advocacy. The head office is located in Johannesburg, with field offices in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique.

The scope of EISA's work covers the entire SADC region and extends beyond. EISA is in the process of developing a broad APRM research program, drawing on the organization's considerable experience in democratic and political governance in African states.

Visit EISA's website to find out more: [www] http://www.eisa.org.za.

About SAINET

The Southern African Integration Network (SAINET) project is a regional initiative for which EISA is the coordinating partner in Southern African. SAINET is part of a wider African initiative with a sister project running along the same lines in East Africa, and further plans envisaged for expanding the project into West Africa in the future. The primary focus of the SAINET project is the engagement of civil society with government, considering the vehicle of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).

The design and production of this toolkit was made possible through the support of the Development Policy Management Forum (DPMF) and the Ford Foundation's Special Initiative for Africa (Ford SIA). This toolkit was designed for use and relevance specifically to Southern Africa (including all 14 SADC member states), but has included relevant information from beyond the region as well.

About DPMF

The Development Policy Management Forum (DPMF) is a Regional Civil Society Organization covering sub-Saharan African Countries; its office is located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the UNECA-Economic Commission for Africa-compound. Since its inception in March 1995, DPMF has carried out important activities aimed at consolidating and institutionalizing democracy in Africa by focusing on Governance particularly monitoring and supporting the APRM both at the national and sub-regional level, and also enhancing the institutional capacity of the policy management process in African countries.

Furthermore Regional Integration as well as conflicts and post-conflict peace building are also important areas of DPMF activities. DPMF has created and is expanding a Pan-African network of concerned individuals and institutions who want to enhance the policy process in African countries in order to face the challenges of development, the reconstruction process in post-conflict countries, and of the African renaissance.

Visit DPMF's website to find out more: [www] http://www.dpmf.org/.