Existing Grants
The project goal is to improve the effectiveness of local governance in Francophone African countries. This will be achieved through the following specific objectives:
(i) To strengthen the capacity of local actors in Francophone African countries to efficiently manage public service delivery
(ii) To enhance the effectiveness of CIFAL in delivering its mandate of capacity building of local actors in Francophone African countries.
The project goal is to promote democracy and ensure participatory governance, accountability and transparency in ECOWAS member countries .This will be achieved through three objectives:
(i) Enhancing institutional and human capacity for media organizations in West Africa
(ii) Strengthening legal protection mechanism for media practitioners, and
(iii) Improving working environment for journalists, by promoting advocacy initiatives for freedom of expression.
The overall development goal of the project is to empower a cadre of specialists who will incorporate gender perspectives/dimensions in peace-building processes in Africa. The immediate objectives to be achieved are the following:
(i) Establish and offer a Masters’ Degree program in Gender and Peace Building for African women and men in order for them to have the requisite skills and tools for designing, managing and implementing conflict prevention and peace building processes with gender perspective, in Africa; and
(ii) Strengthen the capacity of the University of Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar (UCAD), Femmes Africa Solidarity (FAS) and the University for Peace (UPEACE) to deliver the MA program on gender, conflict management and peace building.
The specific objectives of the project are to:
(i) strengthen the capacity of CEEG to support macroeconomic and sector policy formulation and analysis in Mozambique, and
(ii) Enhance the research and advocacy capabilities of CEEG stakeholders
The project goal is to improve policy making process in agricultural sector in Eastern and Southern Africa. The specific objectives of the project are to:
(i) Build human capacity for policy research and analysis in agricultural and applied economics through regional training at the post graduate level
(ii) Strengthen the capacity of participating departments including teaching delivery and the use of e-learning
(iii) Promote collaborating networks among economists, agricultural specialists and policy makers
The project goal is to improve stakeholder engagement, interface and participation in development processes in Southern Africa. The project specific objectives are to:
(i) Improve efficiency and effectiveness of MISA in supporting citizen’s participation in the development process in the targeted countries;
(ii) Facilitate platforms for dialogue between media, public, private sector and government; and
(iii) Enhance knowledge sharing and learning on media, and freedom expression in targeted countries
The project’s goal is to Improve the resilience of the Mauritania economy to internal and external shocks in delivering results of the “Cadre Stratégique de Lutte contre La Pauvreté. The project’s specific objectives are to:
(i) Enhance the analytical knowledge of the Centre Mauritanien d’Analyse de Politiques (CMAP) in addressing emerging issues identified as key development priorities in Mauritania
(ii) Improve agricultural policy environment for sustained productivity
(iii) Strengthen the managerial capabilities in the public administration for effective and efficient implementation of public policies and programs
(iv) Enhance youth employment policy analysis and management.
The project goal is to Improve effectiveness of the civil service in Chad in managing the country’s development agenda. The objective is to strengthen the skills and competencies of civil servants in Chad by improving access to training.
The goal of project is to improve accessibility to information on human rights promotion among African women’s organizations. Specific objectives of the project are to:
(i) Strengthen the effectiveness of FEMNET to coordinate and support women’s groups and networks in selected countries
(ii) Enhance networking knowledge and experience sharing among women’s groups and networks in selected countries
The project goal is to improve economic performance in Rwanda to achieve the 2020 vision development objectives. The project objectives are to:
(i) Enhance the human and institutional capacity of IPAR for conducting relevant research studies to inform policy-making processes in Rwanda
(ii) Improve the capabilities of state and non-state actors in policy analysis and management