The mission of IDEP is to assist policymakers and other stakeholders in enhancing their skills in the areas of policymaking, long-term perspective planning and institutional and regulatory reforms as well as facilitate the emergence of policy ideas and consensus positions in Africa. Through its research programme, IDEP seeks to create a new body of knowledge and to act as an interface between research and policymaking communities. To achieve its objectives IDEP
* conducts training programmes on different aspects of development and planning;
* organizes conferences, seminars and workshops on pertinent African development issues;
* tries to become a center of excellence with full intellectual freedom that will lead the debate on African development issues;
* provides direct consultancy and advisory services to African countries;
* networks with like-minded institutions;
* maintains information and documentation services on economic development and planning. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]
ARLAC is to provide training for officials at all levels of labour administration system. Members are anglophone countries: Botswana, Nigeria, Egypt, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Seychelles, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Sudan, Lesotho, Somalia, Liberia, Swaziland, Malawi, Uganda, Mauritius, Zambia, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Regional activities concentrate on capacity building seminars for senior labour administrators; sub-regional activities address problems and issues that are peculiar to member countries within the same geographical sub-region; national activities are designed to meet the needs of labour officials at all levels and are planned in lose co-operation with the country concerned. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]
L'IPD/AOS est un de quatre instituts régional de l'Institut Panafricain pour le Développement (IPD) qui s'occupe du renforcement des compétences du personnel de développement en Afrique. L'IPD/AOS recouvre le Bénin, le Burkina Faso, le Cap Vert, la Côte d'Ivoire, la Guinée, la Guinée Bissau, le Mali, la Mauritanie, le Niger, le Sénégal, le Tchad et le Togo. Les activités de l'organisation non-gouvernementale sont axées sur
* la formation des agents du développement en particulier ceux du développement rural,
* l'appui/le conseil aux organisations à la base, aux associations et aux ONG,
* la recherche/l´action au profit des structures de développement. ... [selon les informations de l'éditeur du site; rédaction ilissAfrica]
Founded by the Green Helmets of Germany the activities of the WDA concentrate on
* skill development throught vocational training
* business incubation (entrepreneurship development)
* a labour market information system and
* setting industry standards. [editors ilissAfrica]
The Inooreo University, formerly known as The Kenya School of Professional Studies, provides learners with academic, co-curricular, staff and facilities, and other resources that help them achieve their potential at the highest scholarly levels. [according to site editor's information]
Africa Governance Institute is conceived as a center for high-level political dialogue and advanced studies and training on Governance in Africa. As such, it will be called upon to engage in advocacy for democratic and Developmental Governance in Africa, to develop cutting-edge research and innovative training methods designed to find solutions to the most pressing Governance issues identified in political dialogue sessions. Additionally it is supposed to disseminate/diffuse the relevant information on Governance in Africa. ... [according to site editor's information]
EISA is non-profit organisation, established 1996 and based in Johannesburg, that strives for credible elections, participatory democracy, human rights culture, and the strengthening of governance institutions. Having field offices in Kinshasa (DR Congo), Antananarivo (Madagascar), Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire), N'djamema (Chad), Khartoum (Sudan), Bujumbura (Burundi), Nairobi (Kenya) and Maputo (Mozambique) its regional focus is no more on Southern Africa alone. EISA works in a number of programme areas, including
* Democracy, conflict management and electoral education
* Elections and political processes
* Balloting and electoral services
* Governance (political partes, APRM, institutions of governance and local governance)
* Online Democracy Encyclopedia
* Research and information (including a specialised library and in house publications).
EISA's work is supported by local, regional and international funding organisations.
A number of reports is downloadable. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]
ARMTI is a parastatal organisation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with the mission to improve management practice in the agricultural and rural sector through appropriate management interventions. It provides
• management training;
• consultancy and advisory services;
• conducts applied management research, special and diagnostic studies;
• disseminates agricultural and rural information; and
• contributes to policy development which would enhance better managememt of the agricultural and rural sector in Nigeria. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]