08:30-09:00

Registration

09:30-09:45

Welcome & overview              Improving governance is vital for both political harmony and economic prosperity. But reform has come reluctantly in many African countries as accountability conflicts with the powers and prerogatives of politicians and parties. The African Peer Review has now completed 7 reviews, adding important insight into the patterns of governance. But progress depends not only on improving formal systems but also in understanding and controlling the unwritten rules of political and economic practice that often undermine the intentions of formal institutions.  Mr STEVEN GRUZD, SAIIA

09:45-10:15

Keynote address: ‘Good governance theories and the realities of politics' The good governance agenda, advocated in Nepad and the Washington Consensus, have focused on structural and formal institutional arrangements of state. They assume that pointing out institutional problems will bring positive change. However, the experience of nearly 30 years of various forms of structural adjustment has not delivered the expected results. Is the problem that the good governance prescriptions need to be refined or are there other political forces and systems at work? Neo-patrimonial political practices, which dominate in much of Africa, are in constant tension with the norms of accountability, transparency and formal institutional rule. To understand why calls for good governance alone have not worked, one needs to understand how neo-patrimonial power is exercised, how it affects the operation of the state, how it integrates formal and informal political processes and determines the nature of the 'social compact' between rulers and ruled. Governance must be good in terms that make sense locally.  However, development requires a commitment to forms of management that may not be compatible with neo-patrimonialism.  So, the search for an effective approach will demand a new conceptualisation of the relations between the politics and economics of accountability. PROFESSOR PATRICK CHABAL, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON

10:15-10:30

TEA

10:30-11:50

SESSION 1

PANEL:  Informal power and democracy - The dynamics of competition and personal rule. Why does democracy sometimes produce prosperity and sometimes discord and factionalism? CHAIR : Mr ROSS HERBERT, SAIIA

Changing African views of democracy, autocracy and accountability

Mr EMMANUEL GYIMAH-BOADI GHANA CENTER FOR DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT

Lessons from Kenya's contested election and struggles for constitutional reform

Mr CYPRIAN NYAWAMU, NATIONAL CONVENTION EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Africa after 1990 - patterns of democracy and pressures for reform   

PROFESSOR PATRICK CHABAL, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON

11:50-13:00

SESSION 2

PANEL: What makes Constitutions work?  CHAIR : Mr STEVEN GRUZD, SAIIA

Constitution as social contract or public pretence? - The state of constitution in Africa

PROFESSOR GEORGE AYITTEY, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON DC

Definitions of democracy - The importance of balancing majority rule and minority rights Mr PAUL HOFFMAN , CFCR 

Why doesn't African society demand better constitutional controls?

CHOMBA CHELLA, ESQ, ZAMBIA CENTRE FOR INTERPARTY DIALOGUE    

13:00-14:00

LUNCH

14:00-15:30

SESSION 3

PANEL: Restraining executive power - Systems, realties and why it matters CHAIR : Prof EMMANUEL GYIMAH-BOADI GHANA CENTER FOR DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT

Lessons from the APRM - Mr YARIK TURIANSKYI SAIIA, Mr TERENCE CORRIGAN SAIIA

Restraints on the Executive: Crucial condition for political stability Dr ODA VAN CRANENBURGH, LEIDEN UNIVERSITY

Parliament and the Executive: Lessons from SADC - Mr TIM HUGHES SAIIA

The importance and maintenance of an independent judiciary  Mr GEORGE BIZOS, UNIVERSITY OF WITS

15:30-15:45

TEA

15:45-18:00

SESSION 4

PANEL: Restraining temptations around the profits from politics. CHAIR : Dr FRANCIS CHIGUNTA, UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA

 Exploring the economic incentives underlying politics that subvert democratic and developmental outcomes. Government as the shortest cut to riches Mr CHRISTIAN MOUNZEO, RPDH AND PWYP CONGO

When and why does government choose public goods over private ones? Mr BEN SHIKWATI KEYA , IREN KENYA

PRSPs, Patronage and Past Attempts at Reform - What do they tell us? Dr FRED MUTESA, UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA 

Botswana - what lessons does it hold for managing resources and democratic order? Dr DAVID SEBUDUBUDU, UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA 

19:00

BUFFET

08:30-10:00

SESSION 5

PANEL: Elections and incentives facing parties and politicians

CHAIR : Mr SEHOAI SANTHO, DIRECTOR AND GOVERNANCE CONSULTANT MORUO CONSULTING 

Patronage and clientelism : the challenges of shifting to service delivery as am election strategy  

PROFESSOR MICHELO HANSUNGULE, UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

Comparison of the patterns of democratic practice and the incentives embedded in electoral systems 

Mr ROSS HERBERT SAIIA

10:00-10:30

TEA

10:30-13:00

SESSION 6

 PANEL: Corruption and public accountability systems. What do we know about the types and patterns of corruption and what works and does not?

CHAIR : Mr PATRICK BERG, TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL

Fighting corruption: What works and what fails?

Hon ENOCK DANIEL CHIBWANA, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN MALAWI

The need for Media Freedoms and Transparency Systems 

Mrs ROSE MWALIMU  MISA TANZANIA

Mrs Evelyne Change APRM Secretariat RESPONDENT

13:00-14:00

LUNCH

14:00-15:30

SESSION 7

PANEL: African Peer Review  - An opportunity to strengthen accountable government.

CHAIR : Mrs ARLETE PATEL, TECHNICAL UNIT, APRM MOZAMBIQUE

Reflections on the APRM Process  Mr TERENCE CORRIGAN, SAIIA

Discussion of political dynamics between government and civil society

Dr AHMED MOHIDDIN Twenty-First Century Africa Foundation

Opportunities and limits to civil society participation 

15:30-18:00

SESSION 8

PANEL: APRM's impact and politics of reform CHAIR : Mr OZIAS TUNGWARARA, AFRIMAP

Dr FRANCIS APPIAH, APRM GHANA

Mrs HUGUETTE AKPLOGAN DOSSA, SOCIAL WATCH BENIN

Mrs JULIET NAKATO ODOI, CARE INTERNATIONAL IN UGANDA

19:00

BRAAI

08:30-09:45

SESSION 9

PANEL: Successful Public Accountability Campaigns

CHAIR : Mrs JULIE MIDDLETON, CIVICUS

Strengthening civil society - Review of Study of Civil Society Organisations by

Ms FATEN AGGAD, ECDPM

Mr GEORGE KATITO, SAIIA

RESPONDENT : Ms NJERI KABEBERI

09:45-10:00

TEA

10:00-11:15

SESSION 10

PANEL:  Strategies for raising funds - What do funders look for?

CHAIR : Mrs JULIET NAKATO ODOI, CARE UGANDA

Mr TOM CORMIER, NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE

THE AMBASSADOR OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS 

11:15- 12:30

SESSION 11

PANEL:   Influence and Impact - Strategies for translating ideas into public policy change

CHAIR : Mrs LOUISE ANTEN, CLINGENDAEL

Evidence-based influence - Getting compelling factual evidence in the right hands

Mr DOMINIC LICHE, JESUIT CENTRE FOR THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION

Measuring impact and cracking the proposal nut

Mrs VICTORIA AYER, PACT

Communication to the right levels of government 

Mr JAN VANHEUKELOM EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY MANAGEMENT 

12:30-13:30

LUNCH

13:30-17:00

INTERACTIVE WORKGROUPS

Participants can choose between three breakout sessions with an emphasis on practical institutional and advocacy issues. These hands-on sessions will assist in developing fundable proposal ideas that participants could do jointly to strengthen their organisations and improve public accountability. Includes working tea

Group A : Helping NGOs promote accountability - thinking beyond workshops and publications; planning for impact

Moderator : Mrs Victoria Ayer

Other facilitators : Mr George Katito, Ms Faten Aggad, Mrs Kathy Sturman

Group B - Strengthening the influence of research institutes - institutional management, organisational and strategic issues limiting impact

Moderator : Mr Tim Hughes

Other facilitators : Mr Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi, Mr Terence Corrigan, Mrs Elizabeth Sidiropoulos

Group C - Reinvigorating the university in promoting accountability - presentation of survey results & preparing the next generation for governance challenges

Moderator : Mr Tsoeu Petlane

Other facilitators : Mr Yarik Turianskyi, Mrs Neuma Grobbelaar

Proposal development workshop

Proposal development workshop

Proposal development workshop

17:00-18:00

Final discussion, conclusions and way forward

19:00

FAREWELL DINNER