Partners in South Africa
The
Democratic Alliance (DA) is a member party of Liberal International and the main political partner of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in South Africa. The Democratic Alliance is the official opposition in South Africa’s national parliament having achieved 12, 3% of the vote in the most recent national elections in 2004. The party is represented in all of South Africa’s nine provincial legislatures and in the majority of South Africa’s municipalities.
The Foundation works closely with the national parliamentary caucus of the party, and with the provincial parliamentarians through the DA Members of Provincial Legislatures’ Network. In the local government sphere the Foundation works with the party’s councillors through the Association of Democratic Alliance Councillors which has been one of the Foundation’s most successful partners in South Africa. The Foundation also works with women in the party through the DA Women’s Network and with the party’s younger members through the DA Youth on an ad hoc basis.
The
Association of Democratic Alliance Councillors' (ADAC) objective is the promotion of the vision, core principles and ideals of the Democratic Alliance in local government. It is one of the Foundation’s most active political partners in South Africa. The ADAC offers its members a dedicated support service focused on local government issues, so as to ensure efficient and cost-effective governance for all residents of South Africa’s 284 municipalities.
The organisation focuses on capacity building for DA councillors, sharing ideas and information between councillors, communicating between councillors and other spheres of the DA, local government policy development; focused research on local government topics, advocacy support on local government issues and councillor concerns. Through its website the organisation has built a databank and resource base for its members on local government issues and legislation that is not found anywhere else in the country.
The ADAC also provides members of the public with a convenient information source on DA local government policy.
The
South African Institute of Race Relations(SAIRR) established in 1929, is today South Africa's leading research and policy organisation. The Institute is independent of government and all political parties and sees its role as to serve its members and the country at large in order to make South Africa the political and economic success of the continent.
We investigate the facts surrounding social and economic conditions in South Africa and disseminate these facts as widely as possible, thereby promoting best practice and policy to address issues such as poverty and inequality, and promote economic growth.
The Institute is unique in that it tracks trends in every area of South Africa's development ranging from business and the economy to crime, living conditions, and politics. The result is the best data and analysis on South Africa from an organisation that has been in the business of sourcing and analysing data and trends for almost 80 years. The Institute also operates one of the largest bursary schemes in South Africa.
The
Helen Suzman Foundation(HSF) believes that a free society is the best guarontor of good governance, stability, economic growth and human development.
Established to honour the work of its patron-in-chief, The Helen Suzman Foundation has the aim of strengthening South Africa's relatively new democracy by prompting the principles of liberty, equality of opportunity, individual human rights and respect for the needs of the poor, cultural minorities and the powerless. These principles apply not only in the political sphere, but also in the spheres of development and poverty reduction. Protecting liberty and choice is especially important in counteracting the effects of one-party dominance in emerging democracies like South Africa.
The
Strategic Business Partnership for growth in Africa (SBP), previously Small Business Project,
is an Independent Private Sector Development & Research Company. SBP works with the private and public sectors to promote a policy, regulatory and operating environment conducive to business growth in Africa. This overarching objective is underpinned by their core work streams– research and policy advocacy, the promotion of strategic partnerships between business, governments and donor organisations, and the facilitation of practical business development programmes.
THE
Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) is an independent policy research and advocacy organisation. It is one of South Africa's leading development think tanks, focusing on critical national development issues and their relationship to economic growth and democratic consolidation. Through examining South African realities and international experience, the CDE formulates practical policy proposals outlining ways in which South Africa can tackle major social and economic challenges. CDE has a special focus on the role of business and markets in development.
The
Free Market Foundation(FMF) is an independent policy research and education organisation founded in 1975 to promote the principles of limited government, economic freedom and individual liberty. Funding is received from members (corporate, organisational and individual), sponsorships and the sale of publications. Training and entrepreneurship development is provided in co-operation with the Foundation for Economic and Business Development
Regional Partners
