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The Dagbon Chieftaincy crisis predates modern Ghana and its current political institutions. The crisis revolves around the two family lines, or ‘gates’, to the kingship, the Abudu and Andani families, which have pitted children from the same royal ancestry against each other in an internecine conflict for the past 200 years. A significant episode in this struggle was the 27 March 2002 murder of Ya Na Yakubu Adani II, the ruler of Ghana’s the Dagbon Kingdom (Dagomba), along with more than 40 other high-profile individuals who served and advised in the palace.
Documentation of experiences constitutes an invaluable source of information for future research on CSOs’ interventions. It helps actors within the sector learn about the factors that inform CSOs’ interventions and the strategies to be adopted, modified and avoided to enhance impact in society. An enhanced culture of documentation in the long-term reduces unnecessary duplication of initiatives, provide information on the appropriateness of particular techniques and maximise results.
Documentation of CSO’s experiences gives credible evidence of the relevance of civil society. It provides governments, donors and partners of CSOs with tangible information on the contributions CSOs make to governance and development processes.
La documentation des expériences constitue une source très utile d’information pour les recherches futures sur les interventions des OSC. Elle permet aux acteurs du secteur d’être au courant des facteurs qui sous- tendent les interventions des OSC et les stratégies à adopter, à modifier et à éviter en vue d’améliorer leur impact sur la société. Une culture améliorée de documentation réduit à la longue la duplication inutile des initiatives, fournit de l’information sur la pertinence des techniques spécifiques et permet d’optimiser les résultats.
La documentation des expériences des OSC fournit des preuves crédibles de la pertinence de la société civile. Elle met à la disposition des gouvernements, des bailleurs de fonds et des partenaires de la société civile des informations concrètes sur les contributions des OSC aux processus de gouvernance et de développement.
En Afrique de l’Ouest, la société civile a joué un rôle central dans l’amélioration des processus démocratiques. En fait, plusieurs OSC ont contribué à la professionnalisation de l’observation des élections dans la région. Cependant, il existe peu d’information sur l’impact de leur participation à ces processus. Il incombe donc à WACSI compte tenu de son mandat en tant que centre de ressource des OSC de documenter ces expériences.
The West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF) is in the process of restructuring its internal systems, structures and operations. To ensure that the process responds to and reflects the needs of its partners and members, WACSOF requested the West African Civil Society Institute (WACSI) to provide technical assistance in the restructuring process. The nature of the technical support was two pronged; 1) WACSI was commissioned to carry out a comprehensive needs Assessment of WACSOF and its activities’ within the fifteen (15) member states of West; and 2) provide targeted capacity building to address potential gaps.