A round-table learning about what works and what doesn't work for holding governments to account through direct citizen engagement in Africa, based on the experiences of the Mwananchi Programme.

The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) hosted a panel discussion on the newly published report “Search for Common Ground: Civil-Military Relations in Afghanistan, 2002-12”, presented by Ashley Jackson, a co-author of the report. The event also provided an opportunity to reflect on lessons learned over the past 10 years in Afghanistan with a roundtable of experts stemming from the research, military and NGO communities.

This conference organised by The Cordoba Foundation and The Sharq Forum  reviewed and examined the achievements and failures of a decade’s long intervention in Iraq by Western-led forces and regional powers. Eva Svoboda chaired a session on "The humanitarian costs of the last decade in Iraq".

This conference brings together key figures from research, politics, donor organisations and civil society to explore what motivates African governments to invest in different kinds of agricultural development, the influence of domestic politics, external donors and pan-African networks have as well as examining how successful civil society can be in pushing for more pro-poor agricultural policy in Africa. David Booth, will present research findings exploring policy and governance in Africa’s economic transformation.