ESARP

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Key components of ESARP include the following:

a) Regional conferences: Holding of regional conferences remains characteristic of
ESARP. They are the climax of that forum for parties where they come together,
interact, share experiences and address common challenges jointly.

b) Bilateral (country to country) exchange programmes: As part of enriching the
regional programme, political parties had recommended strongly that the regional
conferences should be complimented by tailor-made and carefully planned country to
country visits whereby representatives of political parties from one country would visit
political parties in another country with the view of deepening their cooperation and
also share experiences on specific issues of interest.
 

c) The Regional ‘Knowledge Centre’: The regional programme also acts as a
regional ‘knowledge centre’ through the offering of comparative information and
lessons within the region for both political parties and other interested actors on
themes that are of relevance to the institutional strengthening of political parties in
particular and democratisation in general. This is done by, among other ways,
conducting of research and analyses on selected themes and sharing the findings with
political parties themselves and their partners. In this way, the regional programme is
also key to the development of the NIMD Knowledge Centre at the NIMD
headquarters;


The Round Table

As a Round Table, this meeting is a platform where matters related to the regional
programme are reflected upon jointly and consultatively. Specifically, the meeting aims
at reviewing the programme activities of ESARP 2008 as well as looking into the
forthcoming programme year 2009. In this regard, the meeting will, among other
things pay special attention to the outcome of the ESARP 2008 conference and
discuss issues which are being or can be further pursued in the respective country or
by the regional programme.

Furthermore, in the light of the 2008 conference outcomes and other regional developments, the meeting will jointly reflect on and consider key themes for the ESARP conference 2009 so that a thorough preparation for the same can begin in earnest. Based on the experiences of Malawi and Tanzania, the meeting will also critically reflect on the peer-review programmes (exchange programmes) and discuss ways in which these programmes can be improved upon. Consistent with its basic idea of acting as a regional knowledge centrer, the regional programme’s round table will be concluded with a discussion of preliminary results of the comparative study on the role of the Centre for Multiparty Democracies (CMDs) in electoral processes- the case studies of CMD-K and
CMD-M
 

ALSO SEE

• Regional Conferences
   
• Cross Country Exchange Programmes
   
• Regional Knowledge Centre