Resources 'Africa'
This Manual expands upon UNEP Guidelines on Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements. The Manual complements the Guidelines by providing specific examples from around…
This overview paper deals with issues of women’s representation and political participation in Africa. It sketches the kinds of strategies that have been advanced in African countries and examines…
The African Peer Review Mechanism is an instrument voluntarily acceded to by 25 African Union Member States meant to function as an African self– monitoring mechanism. Its primary purpose is to…
On the initiative of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, an International Workshop on Biosafety and Ethics was held in Accra, Ghana, from 16 to 20 January 2006. Presentations and debates centred…
A high-level conference organised by Transparency International (TI) brought together government ministers, parliamentarians, diplomatic missions, the private sector and the media to promote the…
This brief article introduces the platform as the main recommendation of the international conference organized by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe in Marrakech (Morocco) on 23-24…
Associated with the growing demand for quantifying the governance performance of countries, localities, and institutions, there has been a proliferation of datasets measuring quality of institutions…
A Project Description of the CIVICUS Civil Society Index: A Participatory Needs Assessment & Action-Planning Tool for Civil Society, this publication provides details of the CIVICUS Civil Society…
The current handbook is intended to provide a quick reference guide to assist headquarters- and field-based actors from the United Nations, Governments and civil society working to promote greater…
In 2001 the Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GMEF) convened an Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or Their Representatives on International Environmental Governance to report on…
