Governance and Civic Engagement

The Governance and Civic Engagement programme seeks to strengthen democratic institutions, enhance governance transparency, foster active citizenship, and promote sustainable development.

  • • Governance Innovation Lab: Experimenting with new approaches and technologies to enhance domestic accountability in line with local democratic contexts.
    • SDG Collaborative Action Forum: A platform for collaboration on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), involving a variety of stakeholders that include government, the private sector, and civil society.
    • Civic Engagement and Rights Protection Initiative: Supports journalists and activists, fostering public dialogue on civic rights and responsibilities to ensure active participation in governance.
    • Citizen-Led Accountability Initiative: Provides physical and virtual platforms for citizen-led action to promote accountability in Nigeria.
    • Strategic Convenings: High-level national and international dialogues focused on addressing the most difficult policy, democratic, and nation-building challenges facing Nigeria and Africa.

Content Aggregation System for Elections (CASE 2019)

The Office of the National Security Adviser commended the Yar’Adua Foundation for its significant contribution to the ONSA Crisis Centre during the 2019 elections.

Support for CASE 2019 was generously provided by the UK Department for International Development (DfID).

Download Report: http://yaraduafoundation.org/CASE_2019_Report.pdf

MyINEC Mobile App

An upgraded version of the MyINEC mobile app includes personalised content and features designed to appeal to young voters, improve responsiveness, service delivery and civic engagement.

Accreditation Portal

The Foundation developed a web-based platform for INEC that facilitated on-line registration and accreditation of observers for the 2019 election. Link: http://observers.inecnigeria.org

 

Social Media Tracking Centre

The tracking centre facilitated management and escalation of reports from civil society and citizen observers deployed across the country using the CASE mobile app.