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Project: Strengthening Democracy Through LGBT Political Participation in South Africa
Evaluation Date: August 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Clarity around how, and who, to engage within political party structures is important for targeting interventions at those most likely to embed learning in the structure. But even when internal learning structures within political parties are engaged – like the ANCs OR Tambo School of Leadership, a lack of resources to cascade learning can limit the number of indirect beneficiaries.

Theme: Rule of law

South Africa approach, beneficiary, change, Coordinate, coordination, impact, motivate, motivation, objectives, participation, politics, project design, results, seminar, stakeholder, sustainable, training, workshop

Project: Strengthening Democracy Through LGBT Political Participation in South Africa
Evaluation Date: August 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Financial obstacles remain a significant barrier to building community networks and grassroots movements on LGBTQI+ rights issues in challenging economic contexts. Support to empower grassroots mobilisation of resources should be part of efforts to mitigate this challenge which risks impacting on an intervention’s sustainability.

Theme: Rule of law

South Africa

Project: Strengthening Democracy Through LGBT Political Participation in South Africa
Evaluation Date: August 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Efficient communication between project and finance management staff, and between grantees and implementing partners, is key to ensuring the delivery of projects in challenging conditions, such as during a global pandemic or when significant staff changes take place, especially when adaptive programming is required.

Theme: Rule of law

South Africa budget, collaborate, communicate, complex, Coordinate, decision making, funding, monitoring, outputs, partnership, planning, project management, resources, results, Risks, transparency

Project: Strengthening Democracy Through LGBT Political Participation in South Africa
Evaluation Date: August 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Building cross-party networks of LGBTQI+ activists can ensure that key issues are retained on the agenda and more substantively engaged across the political spectrum.

Theme: Rule of law

South Africa change, community, Coordinate, dialogue, engagement, human rights, impact, motivate, motivation, needs, networking, outputs, participation, policy, politics, reform, relationships, relevant

Project: Strengthening Democracy Through LGBT Political Participation in South Africa
Evaluation Date: August 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Access to online training and engagement activities are limited by financial and logistical obstacles, a challenge sharply accentuated for marginalized groups in rural communities. Such activities should remain in-person where possible, and in scenarios where this is not an option, resources should be set aside to encourage grassroots participation.

Theme: Rule of law

South Africa beneficiaries, budget, community, digital, disadvantaged, finance, include, inclusion, inclusive, logistical, motivate, motivation, outputs, participants, planning, regional, remote, seminar, training, virtual, workshop

Project: Strengthening Democracy Through LGBT Political Participation in South Africa
Evaluation Date: August 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Supplementing training through follow-up coaching and mentoring and by creating platforms for ongoing dialogue and engagement can build and sustain networks that are driven by shared understandings on key human rights and LGBTQI+ issues across the political spectrum.

Theme: Rule of law

South Africa collaborate, continue, continuous, Coordinate, include, inclusion, inclusive, motivate, motivation, needs, networking, outputs, participation, politics, relationships, sustainable, training

Project: Strengthening Democracy Through LGBT Political Participation in South Africa
Evaluation Date: August 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

In-person training conducted through a series of shorter sessions over a period of several months, rather than one training condensed into a short period of time, can improve learning and support the building of connections and networks between participants, which is important to recognize and leverage.

Theme: Rule of law

South Africa beneficiaries, capacity, impact, knowledge, networking, outputs, participants, plan, planning, project design, relationships, results, seminar, sustainable, training, workshop

Project: Strengthening Democracy Through LGBT Political Participation in South Africa
Evaluation Date: August 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Engagement with, and mapping of, prospective national institutional stakeholders in advance of a project taking place is critical to ensuring that the activities proposed align with their interests and priorities and are feasible in the timeframes proposed.

Theme: Rule of law

South Africa approach, beneficiaries, beneficiary, change, commitment, Coordinate, coordination, engagement, goals, impact, needs, objectives, outputs, planning, project design, proposal, reform, relevance, relevant, results, scope, stakeholder

Project: Strengthening Democracy Through LGBT Political Participation in South Africa
Evaluation Date: August 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Project design processes must carefully think through the outputs required for outcomes to be achieved and be realistic in what transformation training can bring in a relatively short period of time to a political party, which is not just a technical entity, but a political body. One training on LGBTQI+ issues for a political party is unlikely to trigger significant policy or legal changes in a two-year period.

Theme: Rule of law

South Africa change, effective, goals, impact, law, parties, planning, policies, politics, project design, reform, results, seminar, stakeholder, training, workshop

Project: Promoting the African Charter on Democracy, Elections, and Governance
Evaluation Date: June 2012
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

A thorough inventory of the websites of six participating national NGOs was disappointing. Only one referred to the project, and then only in a brief summary identifying UNDEF as the funder. More worrisome, none of the websites made reference to the African Charter at all. This suggests that the empowerment that undoubtedly occurred was more an empowerment of individuals than an empowerment of institutions. It also underscores the point that most (not all) African democracy NGOs are focused on national issues.

Theme: Community activism

Burundi, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa democracy, regional

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