Institute of Research and Debate on GovernanceNewsletter November/December 2010
This last quarter was a special time for IRG. On the 31st of July 2010, Michel Sauquet, our former Director, retired and joined the advisory board of the Institute. He was replaced by Séverine Bellina. A PhD in Public Administration, Séverine Bellina has served as a consultant and special assistant to the Development Program of the United Nations and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, France, on questions of governance. She has coordinated and participated in various publications on governance and teaches at Sciences Po Paris.
To see a detailed bio of Séverine Bellina: institut-gouvernance.org/severine_bellina
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Séverine Bellina
Director -
Martin Vielajus
deputy director -
Claire Launay-Gama
Latin America program
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Elisabeth DAU
Programme officer -
Rita Savelis
Logistics Assistant -
Thomas Weiss
Webmaster / Publication Officer
To see the composition of IRG’s advisory board: institut-gouvernance.org/equipe
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From 28 to 29 October 2010 PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM: Constitutions and Rule of Law in Africa since Independence: An African Dialogue
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.
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From 22 to 24 November 2010 SYMPOSIUM: International Meeting Process for debate and proposals on governance
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.
Link to short version of film (8 min) Discussions and proposals on governance in Africa |
link to the short film version(8 min) Process of debate and proposals on the legitimacy of power in the Andean region |
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Proceedings
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Non-State Actors and Public Health Policies
The role of civil society in the co-production of health services and in defining public health policies
Experiences in China, the United States and France
Meeting of March 21 to 23, 2010
Download: Proceedings of the meeting (in French) ( pdf - 355.4 kb )
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Take Part in Public Policy
Capitalization of the Program "Civil Society and Participation" of the CFSI and its partners
Claire Launay Gama, Michel Sauquet, Martin Vielajus
Access to films (only in French) : http://blip.tv/file/4326606 (Film1)
http://blip.tv/file/4326720 (Film2)Download: Capitalization CFSI (in French) ( pdf - 371.8 kb )
The Challenge of "accountability" of development agencies in their countries and towards their peers
Martin Vielajus (IRG) in collaboration with Linnea Jonsson, Alan Hudson (Overseas Development Institute-ODI) and Daniel Neu (Group for Research and Technological Exchange - GRET), June 2010
Download: AFD Accountability Study (in French) ( pdf - 2.3 Mb )
Chile: Institutional and Governance Assessment
Appearances and Realities
By Angel Saldomando, December 2009
Translation in French: Thomas Mouriès
Evaluacion institucional y gobernanza chile (In Spanish - PDF 300 Kio)
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Just published
Gobernanza y conflicto en Colombia (Governance and Conflict in Colombia)
Claire Launay-Gama and Fernán E. González González
IRG - CINEP Program for Peace
Javeriana Publishing House (Colombia)
Book Launch November 2, 2010
Info: cinep@cinep.org.co