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COLLOQUIUM – International Meeting Process for Debates and Proposals on Governance

From 12 to 14 March

Tunis, Tunisia

Perspectives from North Africa

Following the colloquiums of Bamako (2007), Polokwane (2008), Arusha (2009) and Yaoundé (2010), the Tunis Colloquium is the last stage of the “International Meeting Process for debate and proposals on governance” for Africa. It will focus on the five North-African countries represented in our colloquium (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia). As for our previous colloquiums, we searched out a crossing of views, cultures, fields and actors. About fifty civil society, private sector, religious, political and institutional representatives and leading figures etc. will come from the North African region, Turkey, Europe, Southern and Northern America, Sub Saharan Africa to share their experiences. The current climate in the region confirms the emergency of identifying the process and vectors of a legitimate democratic governance. The program will be released on the website in the coming days.

في أعقاب ندوات من باماكو (2007)، بولوكواني (2008)، أروشا (2009) وياوندي (2010)، ندوة تونس هو المرحلة الأخيرة من "عملية الاجتماع الدولي لمناقشة وعرض مقترحات بشأن الحكم" لأفريقيا وسوف يركز على بلدان شمال أفريقيا الخمسة الممثلة في الندوة ) الجزائر، مصر، ليبيا، المغرب وتونس)

أما بالنسبة للندوات السابقة لدينا، فقد بحثنا في وجهات النظر والثقافات ومجالات العمل والفاعلين فيها.

حوالي خمسين ممثل عن المجتمع المدني، والقطاع الخاص، وممثلين السياسيين والدينيين والمؤسسات والشخصيات وما إلى ذلك سيأتون من مناطق شمال أفريقيا وتركيا وأوروبا، وجنوب وشمال أمريكا لتبادل خبراتهم، المناخ الحالي في المنطقة يؤكد خطورة وضرورة تحديد العملية، والاتجاهات لحكم ديمقراطي شرعي. وسوف يتم اطلاقالبرنامج على الموقع الالكتروني خلال الايام المقبلة.

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International SEMINAR- Juridical pluralism in multicultural societies: the stakes in terms of democratic governance
Latin American experiences

From 12 to 14 December 2011

Lima - Peru

The IRG is a partner in this international encounter co-organised by the Andean Commission of Jurists, Andean Regional Co-operation, and the French Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs..

In the course of three days some thirty participants will discuss the issues at stake in juridical pluralism. The seminar will bring together a range of actors mostly from the Andean region but also from Europe, Africa and the Arab world: academics, specialists, leaders of indigenous communities, members of national or international institutions (e.g. the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights) and high ranking national politicians. At all levels, whether regional (inter-American human rights system) or national (new constitutions, juridical policies), Latin America is noted for going to great lengths in taking juridical pluralism into account in its institutions, policies and standards. It is the ambition of this encounter to find out about the implementation of juridical and normative pluralism on the Latin-American continent in parallel with European and African experiences and current processes in the Arab world.

• Presentation in Spanish (PDF - 49,7 Ko)
• Presentation in French (PDF - 49,7 Ko)

The programme and the terms of reference for the seminar will be published shortly on the IRG site.

International SEMINAR – Governance and Responsibility
Proposals for humane and solidary development

From 8 to 9 December 2011

Auditorium du Musée du Quai Branly - Paris - France

The IRG is a partner in this event organised by CCFD-Terre Solidaire on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

Download the detailed programme and registration form from http://ccfd-terresolidaire.org/coll...

WORKSHOP – Reforming Public Administration in Serbia: what outside support in the context of integration into the European Union?

From 15 to 16 November 2011

Belgrade, Serbia

Following those of the Andean countries in Colombia and The Republic of Guinea, this was the third in a series of regional meetings co-ordinated by IRG. In association with the French embassy in Serbia and the Serbian Association of Municipalities and Towns (SKGO), these exchanges facilitated a greater understanding of the challenges and stakes involved in the context of integration within the European Union. Using examples relating to justice, decentralisation and customs operation, debates were centred around three themes: the challenges implicit in outside support in relation to the reform of public administration, the identification of requirements and mechanisms for improving partnership in administration co-operation.

WORKSHOP  - Reform of public adminstration in the Republic of Guinea: what external support?

Wednesday 19 October 2011

Conakry, Guinea

In association with the High Commissariat for State Reform and Administration Modernisation and the French embassy in Guinea, this workshop brought together the key actors in administration reform in Guinea: public authorities, civil society and international co-operation. The wide-ranging discussion was centred around three axes: the reasons for seeking external support in relation to administration reform, ways in which needs could be assessed in the light of that external support, and proposals for improving practice in co-operation from a perspective of democratic governance.

Workshop : Reforming public administration in the Andean countries ; What are the implications ? With what provisions and what external support?

From 27 to 28 September 2011

Bogota, Colombia

In the Andean region, administrative reform is currently at the heart of a broad debate, notably against the background of transformation of the State. The 2008 and 2009 constitutions in Ecuador and Bolivia for instance have set off major state reforms and the instauration of a “new public management”.

This evolution forces “public affairs” policy-makers to adjust and often to modify their approach and their thinking framework. It also induces the transformation of approaches and practices adopted by external cooperation actors towards backing the renewal of public administration.

The French Ministry of Foreign and European affairs, the service of Andean regional cooperation, the French Embassy in Colombia, the Esternado University, Bogota and the institute for Research and debate on Governance offer the Andean actors implementing public administration reform and the international cooperation coordinators in the region a platform where to discuss, from personal experience, the reforms introduced in the region as well as the mechanisms and implications of cooperation in this field.

WORKSHOP: Reforming public administration in the Andean countries : What are the implications ? With what provisions and what external support?

From 27 to 28 September 2011

Bogota, Externado University of Colombia

This workshop, set up and co-ordinated by IRG, was organised by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the regional Andean co-operation service, the French embassy in Colombia and Bogota Externado University. Around thirty guests from a variety of professional backgrounds, (universities, representatives of social organisations, civil servants) and geographical locations, (Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, France) spent two days debating what is at stake in public administration reform in the Andean region and its implications in relation to co-operation.

VIEW THE PROGRAMME

A summary of the discussions will shortly be available on the IRG website Bogota, Externado University of Colombia

Symposium on regional governance

From 27 to 28 May 2011

Vancouver, Canada

Symposium on regional governance organised by the School of Public Administration of the University of Victoria, Vancouver, Canada

The IRG has been invited to set forth its multi-cultural approach to governance along with its working methodology in the framework of the symposium on regional governance organised by the University of Victoria-Vancouver on 27 and 28 May 2011. European and American academics will get together in order to exchange on the theme of regional governance. They will turn their attention to territorial structures, citizen’s involvement, the implications of regional policies and the new sorts of metropolitan conurbations. This symposium is organised by the School of Public Administration of the University of Victoria-Vancouver.

For further information: http://publicadmin.uvic.ca/professi...

International workshop - Comité français pour la solidarité internationale CFSI [French Committee for International Solidarity]. Civil society and participation programme

From 26 to 27 May 2011

Paris, France

Ever since 2006, the Institute for Research and Debate on Governance (IRG) has supported the CFSI in the capitalisation of its Civil society and participation programme. This programme (SCP2), which has been retained for the period 2010-2013, lies at the core of the issues arising between civil society and the authorities, in France as well as in partner countries. It aims to share and further innovative cooperation practices between CFSI members and their partners towards a constructive dialogue between civil society and the authorities. The international workshop planned for the 26 and 27 May revolves on these issues in background to the presentation of a capitalisation process hinging on two major lines of enquiry: arriving at a collective voice and joining in the dialogue with the authorities. This workshop will be held in Paris and will rely on the participation of CFSI members, stakeholders in pluriannual and annual projects supported by the SCP2 programme, members of the stirring committee, and CFSI and IRG teams

Read the PDF file : https://institut-gouvernance.org...

Launch of two IRG books at the French Alliance in central Bogota

Wednesday 18 May 2011

Bogota, Colombia

From the end of the eighties on, the reference to governance has become more and more significant in a range of political domains and has been used by remarkably diverse actors. Here are two studies on the implementation of this concept in Colombia. The first piece, Gobernanza y conflicto en Colombia (in English Governance and Conflict in Colombia), proposes to consider the diverse kinds of legitimacy in a Colombian context. The second book, Prácticas de evaluación en América Latina (in English Evaluation practices in Latin America), weighs up the relevance and the usefulness of institutional evaluation.

13th Franco-German dialogue – Thinking tomorrow’s Europe

From 5 to 6 May 2011

European Academy of Otzenhausen (Germany)

An opportunity for the IRG and its partners to set off critical thinking on issues of power in Europe.

In the framework of the 13th edition of the Franco-German dialogue – Thinking tomorrow’s Europe, the Institute for Research and Debate on Governance (IRG) facilitates, with the Deutsch-Französisches Institut (http://www.dfi.deenstart.shtml) the workshop focusing on “The comeback of the Nation-State, populism and political disenchantment: the issues of EU legitimacy and traditional democratic models in Europe”

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SYMPOSIUM: International Meeting Process for debate and proposals on governance

From 22 to 24 November 2010

Yaounde, Cameroon

Prospects in Central Africa

This symposium is the fifth meeting of the "International Meeting Process for debate and proposals on governance" whose objective is to try to understand, for each sub-region of the world (Africa, Latin America, Europe and Asia) , the sources of legitimacy and the process of legitimation of political power.

PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM: Constitutions and Rule of Law in Africa since Independence: An African Dialogue

From 28 to 29 October 2010

Johannesburg, South Africa

Program:
 Review of the History of the development of African constitutions and their transformations
 Recent news on Constitutions in Africa: Legitimacy and Ownership
 Screening / discussion, "Cuba, an African adventure" in the presence of the author Jihan El Tahri
 Looking to the future: What role for old and new powers in the affirmation of the rule of law in Africa?

Symposium co-hosted by IFAS (French Institute of South Africa), the Embassy of France, ConstitutionHill, IRG, the ARGA (Alliance for Rebuilding Governance in Africa) and CultureFrance.

Debate France24: Africa faced with the challenge of Democracy

Tuesday 20 April 2010

France24, Paris

Ousmane Sy, Vice-President of the IRG, took part in the debate “Africa faced with the challenge of Democracy” organised by the television Channel France24. Clips of the debate are available on the site www.france24.com.

Clips of the debate are available on the site www.france24.com

Part 1

Part 2

International Seminar : “taking part in public policies”

From 25 to 26 March 2010

Paris, France

Last December, the CFSI (Comité français pour la solidarité internationale) invited the IRG to take part, in 2010, in a project capitalising the experience from a huge programme on “civil society and participation” conducted with the backing of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. This programme was notably aimed at increasing the participation of civil society organisations in the devising and implementation of public policies on development. Some fifteen CFSI member organisations were involved in some forty initiatives involving some twenty countries and offering an extraordinarily broad range of themes, methods, scales of intervention, advocacy issues, cooperation tools, etc.. The IRG chose to narrow its scope of observation to five case studies relating to initiatives conducted by four CFSI members with their Southern partners in two countries, Colombia and Madagascar. These case studies benefited from a number of filmed interviews and many other NGOs involved were interviewed. During a seminar co-organised by the CFSI and the IRG and bringing together representatives from Africa, Brazil, Haiti and Europe on 25 and 26 March in Paris, the main observations arising from the capitalisation of experience were debated. First and foremost the distinct evolution of North-South relations and the Southward shift of the partnerships’ centre of gravity was observable, along with a new definition of the legitimacies to intervene and the progress towards autonomization of a growing number of Southern partners. Second, it was possible to analyse the growing momentum, on the part of Southern NGOs, of political involvement models that are more and more frequently slotting in networks and alliances reinforcing their collective voices and enabling them to join, invite, create consultation forums in which to dialogue with the authorities.

The acts of this meeting and the capitalisation of experience report will shortly be available on both the IRG and the CFSI sites

Non-State actors and public health policy

From 21 to 23 March 2010

Charlottesville, United States of America

The role of civil society towards co-producing health services and framing public health policies. In the framework of the “Co-production of public goods and multi-actor partnerships” programme, this seminar organised by the IRG and the University of Virginia with the support of the UNDP and the French embassy in Washington brought together some thirty participants from China, France and the United States. Researchers, students, patients’ association representatives, NGOs and consultants met together to share their experience and analyses concerning the governance of national policies on public health. They chose to focus their critical analysis on two themes that warranted a strong mobilisation from non-State actors in the three countries involved: The fight against HIV/AIDS and access to health for the most deprived populations. The debates addressed the positioning of non-State organisations towards the State and public policies, notably on potential tensions between partnership and independence, on the establishment of State and non-State actors’ legitimacy and, beyond, on dialoguing modalities and forums between authorities and civil society. The steps following this meeting will be the object of a publication in the autumn of 2010. This seminar was organised as part of the AGI, the Africa Governance Institute’s, activities towards political dialogue and advocacy for developmental governance in Africa. It follows the AGI’s inaugural workshop that took place in November 2009.

Seminar: “Current Conceptions of Governance and Development in Africa”.

From 10 to 12 March 2010

Dakar, Senegal

This seminar was organised as part of the AGI, the Africa Governance Institute’s activities towards political dialogue and advocacy for developmental governance in Africa. It follows on the AGI’s inaugural workshop that took place in November 2009.

Proceedings PDF (fr)

Proceedings PDF (en)

International colloquium “Debate and proposals on governance in Africa”

From 30 November 2009 to 2 December 2009

Arusha, Tanzania

This colloquium is the third conference in the series “Meeting process for debate and proposals on governance in Africa”, a cycle of conferences that started in 2007 in Bamako-Mali. After the meeting in Polokwane-South Africa (June 2008), the Arusha colloquium gathered during three days (Nov.30th to Dec.2nd 2009) about sixty participants coming from five countries of the Eastern African sub-region (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania), from Southern Africa, and West Africa, as well as representatives from Latin America, the United-States, and France. The themes of the debate: sources of power legitimacy, constitutional processes, and the management of collective public goods. The participants are researchers, representatives of national and international public institutions, traditional and religious authorities, civil society leaders, trade unionists, media professionals, and representatives of the private sector. For the IRG and its partners, the challenge of this type of meeting is to highlight the benefits of a reflection on legitimacy in the evolution and reform of national and international public policies.

IRG/OFAP round table discussion at the annual conference of the Latin American Centre for Development Administration (CLAD)

From 27 October 2009 to 2 November 2009

Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

The IRG, in collaboration with Lausanne’s Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP) and Paris’ Sciences Po University, will be leading two sessions at CLAD’s upcoming annual conference: a round table discussion on training in public affairs and a presentation of the programme offered by WOTPA (The World Observatory for Training in Public Affairs) a workshop reserved for WOTPA’s various partners, with the participation of representatives from the Externado University of Colombia, the National University of Colombia, the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Ecuador and Bolivia’s College of Plurinational Public Administration. WOTPA hosts a collection of resources and research on training in public affairs around the world. Its publicly accessible database lists and analyses more than 160 training programmes across all five continents and offers a range of analytical texts and presentations on training issues.

Latin American debate on "Democracy in Tatters"

From 20 April 2009 to 8 May 2009

Colombia: from 20 to 28 April, Ecuador: from 29 April to 1 May, Chile: from 2 to 4 May, Peru: 5 and 6 May, Uruguay: 7 and 8 May

Pierre Calame author of La démocratie en miettes (Democracy in Tatters), visited South America from 20 April to 8 May to mark the publication of the Spanish version of his book in Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay and Argentina. For associated texts, and photos of Pierre Calame’s visit please click here BLOG : http://wwww.institut-gouvernance.org/blog

The access of self-help networks to the international arena

From 24 to 26 March 2009

Rambouillet (France)

The seminar will focus on a specific actor in civil society : the "self-help network", defending the rights of marginalised populations.

The defining characteristic of these networks is that members are personally concerned by the issue they defend. The IRG/Ford Foundation seminar is bringing together these networks in order for them to share their experiences in the establishment of advocacy strategies at the transnational level and to help evaluate strategies for developing alliances with others working in their field.

Strengthening state legitimacy in fragile situations

Monday 16 March 2009

Paris, France

What role and which policies for donors ?

Workshop of the OECD INCAF Task Team on Peacebuilding, State Building and Security

Co-organized by SciencesPoBordeaux (CEAN) and the Institute for Research and Debate on Governance (IRG) with support of BMZ, DFID, French MFEA, NORAD and OECD

 See program (PDF - 50 Kio)
 See terms of reference (PDF - 50 Kio)

Colloque : Les différentes sources de la légitimité du pouvoir dans la région andine

From 16 to 17 February 2009

Lima, Peru

La rencontre de Lima s’inscrit dans le programme "Légitimité et enracinement des pouvoirs" et fait suite aux rencontres du parcours gouvernance en Afrique: celle de Bamako, au Mali, en janvier 2007, et celle de Polokwane, en Afrique du Sud, en septembre 2008. Avec une trentaine de participants d’origines socioprofessionnelles diverses (administration publique, sphère politique, secteur privé, communautés indigènes, coopération internationale, etc.), venant de pays de la région andine (Équateur, Pérou, Colombie et Bolivie) mais aussi d’Europe et d’Afrique, le colloque de Lima vise à élargir et à approfondir la dynamique de réflexion et de débat entamée en Afrique sur les sources de la légitimité des pouvoirs. La perspective est à la fois inter-acteurs, interculturelle et interdisciplinaire. Trois thèmes seront privilégiés sur la région andine:
 1. Les différentes sources de légitimité du pouvoir dans la région andine;
 2. Les processus d’intégration et d’articulation de ces diverses sources de légitimité;
 3. L’étude d’un cas concret d’application: celui du foncier, considéré comme un bien public

Meeting Process for Debate and Proposals on Governance - Southern African Perspectives

From 17 to 20 June 2008

Polokwane (South Africa)

 Programme (PDF - 150Ko)

Movies of the meeting