We work with governments and civil society to develop capacity and institutions in the following areas:
Constitutional Development: Constitution design and reform processes, participatory constitutional design processes, civic education on constitutions, capacity development to Constitutional Development Assemblies etc
Electoral Support: Free & fair electoral systems & processes, Electoral Commission and EMB capacity development, Electoral Cycle training, voter education & Information strategies and tools
Parliamentary Development :Parliamentary processes, parliamentary strengthening & development
Political Party Development:Political Party legal environment and financing, party strategy and campaign planning, Candidates capacity development
Human Rights, Gender Equality and Women’s Political Participation: Integrating Human Rights-based Approaches into programming, capacity development of human rights councils & CSOs, grassroots CSO engagement in periodic reviews, Women candidates training and mentoring, support to implementation of UNSCR 1325, gender sensitisation with men etc, gender mainstreaming in projects and programming etc
Civil Society Development: Civil society mapping and capacity development, enabling legal frameworks, designing and managing civil society grant funds, civil society policy dialogue capacities, social accountability, civic participation and civic engagement, freedom of association etc
Access to Justice:Capacity development of parliament’s legislative capacity on legal framework for the judiciary, mechanisms for transparency and public scrutiny, improving public information systems; (Legal Framework Development, Formal, Informal and and Restorative Justice, support to Rule Of Law initiatives etc\
Civic Education, Media & Access to Information:Civic Education models and training of trainers, Social and Mobile Media for Democracy, Freedom Of Expression & Access To Information, Right To Information, Budget Transparency Initiatives etc
Civil Service and Public Administration Reform:Public Administration Reform & civil service capacity development, Public Sector Pay reform, Anti-Corruption & Disclosure policies and practice, watch-dog roles and functions capacity development etc
Local Governance & Decentralization: Local governance capacity development, functional assignment and fiscal decentralistaion, multi-stakeholder dialogue processes, social accountability, decentralization &local development models, de-concentration, sub-national democratic development etc
