Prof Narnia Bohler-Muller: Director of Reserach: Social Science, Africa Institute of South Africa, Mr Shingirirai Mutanga: Research Specialist, Science and Technology Africa Institute of South Africa and Dr Martin Kaggwa Senior Lecture Tshwane University of Technology.
NOW ON: Dr Byron Price, Research Fellow at the Africa Institute of South Africa presenting Seminar: “Local Government 2.0: The Global Perspective” at AISA Offices. The Seminar will provide an overview of various e-governance strategies used to help governments allocate thier resources better utilizing the latest Web 2.0 technologies.
Prof NARNIA BOHLER-MULLER - Director of Research: Social Sciences at Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) will be speaking about Somalia, discussing the current situation on SA fm - Wednesday, 10 August 2011, between 14h30-15h00 Live (CAT)
The Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) has launched a research program to evaluate and develop the capacity of local municipalities for delivering public services.
South Africa has one of the highest rates of public protests in the world. Ongoing service delivery protests threaten the legitimacy of South African democracy. In fulfilling its mandate to produce knowledge aimed at informing sustainable political and socio-economic development in Africa, AISA’s response was to establish an international collaboration that will deliver the most advanced knowledge production aimed at informing sustainable political and socio-economic development in Africa.
The international collaboration has been established between experts from Rutgers University—Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration and the National Center for Public Performance, and the Barbara Jordan Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, Texas Southern University.
AISA’s Good Governance and National Productivity project, performed in collaboration with scholars the afore-mentioned institutions, is a five-year project that begins this month with field visits in the City of Tshwane, North West and Limpopo provinces.
Along with Rutgers University—Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration and the National Center for Public Performance, AISA recently rolled out the Research program to examine the operational level of services offered, challenges and prospects, and the various ways in which South African municipalities can provide these services in an affordable and efficient manner. Both institutions will also collaborate on research tools designed to promote Social Media as a democratic tool. The research on social media is another good governance project which is being implemented in partnership with the City of Tshwane.
The Product-Process Spectrum model will be one of the research techniques implemented as it includes factors such as workforce and equipment characteristics, management challenges, and the specific kinds of performance indicators associated with different categories of product-process.
This Research initiative is headed by Dean March Holzer: School of Public Administration at Rutgers University and Professor Narnia Bohler-Muller, Director: Social Sciences at the Africa Institute of South Africa. The Research undertaking is currently led by Professor Quintus Jett, and a Research team inclusive of Ms Yazini Funeka April, Project Coordinator and Research Specialist: Governance and Democracy at AISA; and Professor Byron Price, Southern Texas University.
About AISA:
The Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) is a Science Council, which conduct socio-economic and political research in Africa. AISA’s 2011-2015 Research Agenda is “Seeking African solutions for African challenges and sustainable development through the lens of government and DST priorities. The institute is currently ranked 7th think-tank in Sub Saharan Africa in the 2010 GLOBAL “GO-TO THINK TANKS” rankings of the Leading Public Policy Research Organisations in the World.
About Rutgers University:
Rutgers University is the flagship public institution for research and higher education in New Jersey. It’s School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) is known for its entrepreneurial spirit and forward-looking initiatives and collaborations to develop public-sector capabilities, within the United States and internationally. Public Performance and Governance are significant priorities and capabilities for SPAA. Furthermore, the school hosts and manages the National Center for Public Performance (NCPP) - a research and public service organization devoted to improving productivity in the public sector.
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Africa is no longer perceived solely as the land of natural and humanitarian disasters. It has now a new position in the international agenda as the land of possibilities. There is a growing competition between major and emerging powers on this continent that has become the center of a set of conflicting interests. Ms Gabriela Carnevali - Research Fellow, AISA, presenting ‘The African response to the Venezuelan African agenda’ seminar.
| — | Mr Neo Lekgotla laga Ramoupi - Research Specialist in the Knowledge Transfer and Skills Development unit at the Africa Institute of South Africa presenting Seminar: ‘Deconstructing Eurocentric Education: Teaching African-Centred Curriculum at the Universities of Fort Hare and Cape Town. A Comparative Study with the University of Ghana, Legon’ |
