The Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (former Electoral Institute of Southern Africa), or EISA, is an organization founded in 1996 in

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Dem ...

to "promote credible elections, participatory democracy, human rights culture and the strengthening of governance institutions for the consolidation of democracy in Africa."About EISA
, EISA. Accessed July 28, 2009.

Program Areas

According to their website programme areas that they participate in include: *Democracy, conflict management and electoral education *Elections and political processes * Balloting and electoral services *

Governance Governance is the process of interactions through the laws, norms, power or language of an organized society over a social system ( family, tribe, formal or informal organization, a territory or across territories). It is done by the gove ...

(political parties, APRM, institutions of governance and local governance) *Online Democracy Encyclopedia *Research and information (including a specialised library and in house publications)

Funding

EISA lists the following organizations as donors:Donors
, EISA. Accessed July 29, 2009 *

Belgian Government The Federal Government of Belgium ( nl, Federale regering, french: Gouvernement fédéral, german: Föderalregierung) exercises executive power in the Kingdom of Belgium. It consists of ministers and secretary of state ("junior", or deputy-mini ...

* Canadian High Commission (CIDA) *

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is a private foundation founded in 1926 by Charles Stewart Mott of Flint, Michigan. Mott was a leading industrialist in Flint through his association with General Motors. The foundation administers funds ...

* Conferences, Workshops and Cultural Initiatives (EU-CWCI) * Department for International Development (DIFD) *

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

(EU) * Finish Embassy, Pretoria * Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) * Irish Embassy *

Konrad Adenauer Foundation The Konrad Adenauer Foundation (german: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, KAS) is a German political party foundation associated with but independent of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The foundation's headquarters are located in Sank ...

(KAF) * New Zealand Embassy * Royal Danish Embassy *

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) is a directorate under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In matters regarding Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI), Norad reports to the Norwegian Ministry ...

(NORAD) * Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) * Norwegian Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) * Open Society Foundation South Africa (OSF-SA) * Open Society Initiative (OSI) * Open Society Institute for West Africa (OSIWA) *

Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) is a Southern African organization which "collaborates with other organizations on issues surrounding the rule of law, democracy building, human rights, economic development, education, the media, ...

(OSISA) *

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is an office-level agency in the federal administration of Switzerland, and a part of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Together with other federal offices, SDC is responsible for o ...

(SDC) *

Swedish International Development Agency The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency ( sv, Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete, ) is a government agency of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sida is responsible for organization of the bulk of Sweden ...

(SIDA) *

USAID The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. With a budget of over $27 bi ...

RCSA

Activities

In 2004 EISA deployed an observation mission to Malawi for the presidential and legislative elections. Found a
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African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the Africa ...

Democracy and Electoral Assistance Unit (DEAU).African Union

IFES The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) is an international, non-profit organization founded in 1987. Based in Arlington, Virginia, the organization provides assistance and support for elections and electoral stakeholders in ne ...

, 2009. Accessed July 9, 2009. Support in 2008 was done in conjunction with the Carter Center and the

International Foundation for Electoral Systems The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) is an international, non-profit organization founded in 1987. Based in Arlington, Virginia, the organization provides assistance and support for elections and electoral stakeholders in ne ...

(IFES).

Kader Asmal

When

Kader Asmal Abdul Kader Asmal (8 October 1934 – 22 June 2011) was a South African politician. He was a professor of human rights at the University of the Western Cape, chairman of the council of the University of the North and vice-president of the A ...

, a member of the ANC, accused the

Parliament of South Africa The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa is South Africa's legislature; under the present Constitution of South Africa, the bicameral Parliament comprises a National Assembly and a National Council of Provinces. The current twenty-seve ...

of wasting money by not monitoring chapter nine institutions such as the

South African Human Rights Commission The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) was inaugurated in October 1995 as an independent chapter nine institution. It draws its mandate from the South African Constitution by way of the Human Rights Commission Act of 1994. Commissioner ...

and the Commission for Gender Equality, EISA hosted the conference.MATABOGE, MMANALED
Asmal takes on Parliament
Mail and Guardian, July 20, 2009. Accessed July 29, 2009.

References

External links

Official website
{{Election Organizations Organisations based in Johannesburg