Friends at IDS (Sussex) tell me that I am a "knowledge intermediary". With their encouragement I hope this blog will highlight some issues in the African knowledge and networking field. Reflective, well written articles on these issues will be profiled - found in my daily trawl for material to populate various websites (ANSA-Africa, FANRPAN and others in the pipeline).
Friday, October 31, 2008
Transparency and the APRM
Steven Gruzd, Africa's pre-eminent APRM watcher, has filled in some of the details of the APRM meeting held in Benin last weekend (see my earlier post). In so doing, he also pointed to the difficulties of getting meaty details on the process: "Tracking progress and highlighting achievements is currently almost entirely left to the national level. Transparency would be enhanced if these reports were routinely lodged on APRM websites and distributed in hard copy as well, including to national and regional parliaments, and to the media." Read his comments!
Hi Richard
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the new intiative - putting your talents to good use. I will follow avidly.