Providing tools to build resilient democracies.
Promoting resilient democracies in Southern Africa
Programme duration: November 2023-November 2028
Programme Overview
Political Parties for Resilient and Inclusive Democracy in Southern Africa is a five-year regional programme that DWF is implementing with the support of USAID (Southern Africa).
The programme presently covers Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia and South Africa, recognising that inclusive, issues-based democratic political parties are critical to a successful democratic system. This is because political parties provide the main channel for articulating issues of public concern, linking the public to their government.
Overall Goal
To support a trend toward representative multiparty systems with political parties that are responsive to citizens while providing targeted assistance to promote electoral integrity.
This is a successor project to the Southern Africa Political Parties and Dialogue (SAPP&D) Programme, which DWF implemented between 2017 and 2023 in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi and Zambia, focusing on similar objectives.
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