Download or read book An Analysis of the Implementation of the African Peer Review Mechanism in Ghana Kenya and Mauritius written by Grant Masterson and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The African Peer Review Mechanism written by Ross Herbert and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is an innovative approach to improving African governance. It offers important opportunities for public dialogue but has proved politically and logistically challenging. The first in-depth study of the APRM, this ground-breaking book analyses the evolving peer review process in the first five countries. The product of a five-year research and training programme, it combines in-depth analysis of the APRM rules with an insightful evaluation of the political and social dynamics. Drawing on extensive interviews across the continent, it offers sounds recommendations to strengthen the process and deepen public participation. An invaluable resource for civil society and governments, this volume includes an interactive APRM Toolkit CD-ROM with the official APRM guidelines, final country reports, survey instruments, academic papers, video testimonials and a comprehensive collection of the governance codes and standards embraced by the APRM."--Back cover.
Download or read book Introducing the African Peer Review Mechanism to the Church and Civil Society written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published by the AACC's Programme on NEPAD, provides background and information on the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).
Download or read book The African Peer Review Mechanism APRM as a Tool to Improve Governance written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Role of the African Peer Review Mechanism in Inducing Compliance with Human Rights written by Ulf Magnus Killander and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) was developed under the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), the development framework of the African Union (AU) which replaced the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 2002. Through the APRM, the AU has established a system for assessment of governance in participating countries and for the development of programmes of action to address identified shortcomings. The APRM is a voluntary, 'soft mechanism of supervision which combines self-assessment with regional monitoring. The APRM takes a holistic approach to governance with a mandate covering democracy and political governance, economic governance, corporate governance and socio-economic development. This study considers the role that the APRM plays in the realisation of human rights. It examines the manner in which human rights are reflected in the APRM framework documents as well as the manner in which rights-based principles such as participation, accountability and transparency are reflected in the process. The strengths and weaknesses of various methods of international monitoring to ensure compliance with human rights are examined. The APRM country review reports and implementation reports of Ghana, Rwanda and Kenya are studied in conjunction with reports from domestic and international human rights monitoring bodies and national development plans. The aim of the study is to ascertain whether the APRM adds value to mechanisms established with the purport of assisting in the realisation of human rights. This study illustrates that the APRM plays a complementary role in human rights monitoring. It is clear, however, that it is only able to play a meaningful role if the state under review is motivated to undertake reform. Human rights have a role to play with regard to the APRM process itself and in identifying and addressing governance shortcomings. The specific and time-bound commitments in the Programme of Action are unique to the APRM. If these commitments are developed through a rights-based approach and their implementation adequately monitored the APRM could play an important role in inducing compliance with human rights.
Download or read book Capturing the 21st Century written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The African Peer Review Mechanism APRM and the African Union AU written by Wilson Mokete Makgalancheche and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Darkness to the Light written by Janet Agorkpah and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The African Peer Review Mechanism APRM the New Partnership for Africa s Development NEPAD written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The African Peer Review Mechanism Continental Conference written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book African Solutions written by Tšoeu Petlane and published by Jacana Media. This book was released on 2011 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "African Solutions is a result of research into the policies, programmes and experiences identified as best practices in the Country Review Reports (CRRs) of twelve countries published under the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), from Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda. The research was commissioned and coordinated by the Governance and APRM Programme of the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA). To justify this inquiry, they argued, among others, that with the APRM conceived a voluntary mechanism, and in the absence of 'hard pressure' for compliance, incentives - rather than sanctions - could be the way to strengthen the APRM. Thus the importance of best practices: as templates and models for reform, and as a counterbalance to the temptation to concentrate on what is not working in Africa. In this book, therefore, best practices identified in the twelve CRRs are examined critically and methodically with a view to understanding: how they are conceptualised within the APRM (including their definition and how they are intended to be used to achieve the desired results); how the items reported as best practices qualify to be regarded as such in the sense of being demonstrably better than the rest, replicable and addressing APRM goals; and how they can be strengthened for use as material from peer learning within the APRM and around the continent"--Back cover.
Download or read book The African Peer Review Mechanism at Ten written by Adejoke Babington-Ashaye and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: March 2013 marked ten years of one of the most innovative initiatives established under the auspices of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). Created in 2003, the main objective of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is to foster the adoption of standard practices for political stability, sustainable development and economic integration between member states. Members pledge to adhere to the basic principles of governance enshrined in the 2002 African Union Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and Corporate Governance. As a voluntary process open to all members of the African Union, the steps of the APRM process include a country self-assessment, a review mission by the APRM Panel of Eminent Persons, a peer review of the ensuing Panel report by APRM member states, and a finalized programme of action (NPoA) for the country under review to implement. These NPoAs are critical to identifying development challenges within the member state under review, and laying the foundation for legal and policy changes. As of May 2013, the APRM has thirty-three member states, more than half the membership of the African Union (AU). However, over the decade the process has been plagued by financial and logistical challenges, stalled peer reviews, lack of political will and negative public perception. Despite criticisms regarding the ineffectiveness of the APRM as a tool for development and the promotion of human rights in Africa, this paper offers a different approach to assessing the APRM. It sheds light on some of the positive contributions the mechanism has made to development in Africa, and outlines the path for the next ten years.
Download or read book An Assessment of the African Peer Review Mechanism APRM written by Mouzayian Valerie Khalil and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis assesses the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) as it has played out in Nigeria. The APRM is an initiative by the African Union (AU) and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) to promote good governance through self-assessment and monitoring by African states. The APRM is particularly interesting as a continental (rather than single country) programme which puts the good governance agenda in the hands of African states themselves (rather than international financial institutions, for example). Focusing on the National Programme of Action (NPoA) of 2009 - 2012, the research finds that the APRM has had little or no impact on governance in Nigeria. Notwithstanding the NPoA's limited contributions to national development, the entire process has failed to recognise, engage and tackle the underlying socio-political dynamics of politics in the country, which have the most impact on governance structures and processes. The thesis accounts for this outcome by examining structure (through the role of actors) and underlying socio-political dynamics, both nationally and internationally. In terms of actors the research explores the role of individual leaders, NEPAD and APRM secretariats (national and continental), federal state representatives, regional and sub-regional organisations, international donors, and civil society in the APRM process. In terms of underlying factors, Richard Joseph's theory of prebendalism gives analytical power to understanding the APRM within Nigeria's political culture, while the neo-Gramscian perspective of cultural hegemony enables an analysis of the APRM within the broader international context. Both contribute to a holistic assessment of the APRM in Nigeria. Neither one of these two theoretical contributions is able to offer a comprehensive assessment if used unmodified or on their own. The APRM has the potential to open new political spaces for collaborative engagement between government and civil society in Nigeria, with the possibility of beneficial effects for governance and accountability. So far, however, this potential has not been realised. This must be judged as a significant shortcoming to date.
Download or read book African Peer Review Mechanism Aprm in Ethiopia written by Deribe Assefa Aga and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African peer Review mechanism (APRM) is a voluntarily self assessment mechanism in which each participating country s government is evaluated and monitored from the four dimensions of governance: Democracy and political governance, economic governance and management, corporate governance and socio-economic development.The role and substantial engagement of civil society is crucial in validating the outcomes of APRM. This work will have invaluable contributions in disseminating information about the essences of APRM. It also discloses the role and engagement of civil society in the review mechanism by considering the case of Ethiopia. The author strongly believes that this work would serve as inputs for policy makers, civil society organizations, professional and the public at large.
Download or read book Civil Society Input Into the African Peer Review Mechanism APRM written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book African Peer Review Mechanism written by African Union and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making the News written by Brendan Boyle and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a system like the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) -- that seeks to foster better governance and include the population in diagnosing problems and proposing remedies -- the involvement of journalists and their publications and media houses is essential. Newspapers, radio and television channels are frequently tasked with popularising this novel but complex process to the people. And citizens can only meaningfully participate if they know enough about what the APRM is and what it is trying to achieve. This paper reflects on why the APRM failed to capture the imagination of the public and the press, and generate a national conversation. Is it a failure of the African Union and its subsidiary organisations, or of citizens who did not seize the opportunity? Or is it the fault of the media? The answer is: all of the above. The author argues that because the process was centralised in a South African government ministry, it was inevitable that the Country Self-Assessment Report (CSAR) would be overwhelmingly influenced by the government's analysis and views. The APRM slid off the radar screens of most media. Only the Sunday Times took the process seriously -- but when the paper published drafts of the Eminent Persons Panel's Final Report, which did not reflect the South African government's rosy view of the situation, the minister in charge accused the paper of "scurrilous lies, untruths, myths and reactionary propaganda." The author argues that the APRM has the potential to become an important vehicle for broad-based policy review and development, but has not gained that status because of the government's determination to dominate and drive the process (at least in South Africa). The author notes that governments are more likely to nurture a sustained interest in the process if it is more transparent and if they are less defensive. Merely denying the experience or perceptions of the public and civil society will not deliver a more comfortable reality. The author also offers tips to civil society looking to increase media coverage of their issues.
