The First Annual EISA Symposium: Challenges for Democratic Governance & Human Development in Africa

8-10 November 2006, Wanderers Club, Johannesburg, South Africa

Programme

DAY 2: 9 November 2006

TIME EVENT

SESSION 6
Chair: Dr Roukaya Kasenally, University of Mauritius
08h30 - 09h30 Civil Society, Democracy & Development
  • The Role of Civil Society in Democracy & Development: Experiences from ECOSOCC, Mr Charles Mutasa, Executive Director, AFRODAD, Zimbabwe
  • Unpacking Popular Participation in Development and Democracy: A Study of ECOSOCC
    Dr Bhekinnkosi Moyo, IDASA
  • The Role of Civil Society in Democracy and Development in Malawi
    Mr Jacob Nkambule, Malawi
  • Active Citizenship: The Foundation for an Effective Democracy
    Ms Bronwen Wilson Thompson & Ms Ilona Tip, EISA
  • The Role & Place of Civil Society in Regional Integration in Lesotho
    Mr Nthakeng Pheello Selinyane, Lesotho
09h30 - 10h00 Discussion
10h00 - 10h30 Tea break

SESSION 7
Chair: Prof. Sheila Meintjes, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
10h30 - 11h30 NEPAD, APRM, Democracy & Development
  • Strengths & Key Challenges of the APRM Process, Mr Ross Herbert, SAIIA, South Africa
  • Defining Civil Society in the Context of the APRM
    Mr Grant Masterson, EISA
  • Are NEPAD Leaders Democrats? Mbeki, Wade, & Obasanjo's Domestic Politics & NEPAD's Ethical Norms
    Dr Yves Choula, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon
  • The APRM Process in Mauritius: A Feminist Perspective - A Story Untold
    Professor Sheila Bunwaree, University of Mauritius
  • Zimbabwe: A Country That Needs the APRM More Than Any Other Country in Southern Africa
    Dr Sabelo Ndlovu Gatsheni, Monash University, SA
11h30 - 12h00 Discussion
12h00 - 14h00 ACE LAUNCH & BUFFET LUNCH
The ACE Electoral Knowledge Network is a partnership of seven organisations from across the globe:
  • EISA
  • International IDEA
  • IFES
  • UNDP
  • UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
  • Elections Canada and
  • The Federal Electoral Institute of Mexico (IFE)
It seeks to address EMBs' emerging challenges by facilitating information sharing, peer review, peer support, and peer learning, particularly between election practitioners who face the same challenges in different locations. The ACE Electoral Knowledge Network has three components:
  1. Knowledge Services
  2. The Practitioners Network and
  3. Capacity Development.

SESSION 8
Chair: Mr Stranger Kgamphe, Secretary General, South African National Commission for UNESCO
14h00 - 15h30 Education, DEmocracy & Development Round Table Discussion
  • The Role of Education in Promoting Democracy & Development
    Ms Grace Kaimila-Kanjo, OSISA, South Africa
  • The Role of Education Ministries in Promoting Democracy & Development
    Mr Granville Whittle, Department of Education, South Africa
  • The Institutionalisation of Democracy & Human Rights in the Educational System
    Ms Victoria Maloka, South African Human Rights Commission, South Africa
  • Building Democracy & Development through Education
    Ms Sherri Le Motte, EISA
15h30 - 16h00 Discussion
 
 

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