South African Crime Trends 1994 - 2000

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Parliament, NEPAD the African Peer Review
Mechanism
15 October 2004, Cape Town, South Africa
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SAIIA Resources

• eAfrica www.saiia.org.za
• Seminar Series CSOs Parliaments other interest
  groups
• Media Training
• Mailing List
• APRM Toolkit
• Ayesha Kajee emailkajeeai_at_saiia.wits.ac.za

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What is Nepad?
The Nepad Document

• 4 Initiatives - Peace Security, Democracy and
  Governance
• - Economic and Corporate Governance
• - Capital Flows
• - Market Access
• 6 Sectoral Priorities
• Infrastructure Gap Human Resource Development
  Agriculture
• Environment Culture Science and Technology
  Platforms

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Nepad A Simpler Definition

• Nepad Is Five Things
• Joint Negotiations/Pressure on the World
• Re-organising Continental Institutions
• Driving Regional Projects
• Learning How to Solve African Problems
• Managing Delivery
• At Three Levels
• Continental, Regional, and National

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Why the Definition Matters

• Two views of Nepad All bad or all good
• Opens space for public conversation
• Nepad on 2 Tracks International Talks Vital, but
  National Delivery is Key

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The Simplest Definition

• Nepad Reform
• Reform Changing How Africa Does
• Business at Every Level

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Hope and Caution
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Peer Review Mechanism

• Share/Advise on Best Practice
• 3-5 Year Cycle, 6-9 Months per Review
• Ad Hoc Intervention Between Reviews
• Parliamentary oversight and monitoring
• Pre-Review
• During Review
• Inter-review Period

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Five Aspects of Governance

• Democracy good political governance
• Economic management governance
• Corporate governance
• Socio-economic governance
• Cross-cutting issues corruption, gender,
  poverty, public participation, decentralisation,
  etc

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Parliamentary Influence

• To Parliament
• By Parliament

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CSO Intervention points
Intervention Points
C o u n t r y V I s I t
APR Secy arranges Technical Assess-ments on big
issues. Reports to APR Secy and country.
APR Secretariat Background Paper
APR Secy Develops Big Issues Paper Issues paper
may identify issues requiring more in-depth
analysis thru Technical Assessments
Country APR Focal Point
Country self-assesses-ment
Country drafts Programme of Action (POA)
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SAIIA Resources

• eAfrica www.saiia.org.za
• Seminar Series CSOs Parliaments other interest
  groups
• Media Training
• Mailing List
• APRM Toolkit
• Ayesha Kajee emailkajeeai_at_saiia.wits.ac.za