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From Results to Learning: The RBM Approach for CSOs

How can better management lead to better service delivery? This essential question at the heart of public service reforms in many countries, also directly concerns civil society organizations (CSOs), including those in Chad, that are key players in driving social change and promoting inclusive development. The answer to this question inevitably requires a profound transformation […]

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How a Project Management workshop reshaped the strategic thinking of civil society organizations in Chad

In today’s development practices, the shift from traditional project management to strategic project management marks a profound evolution in how organizations perceive their role and engage in social transformation. This was the guiding spirit of a recent workshop on project management for civil society organizations (CSOs), which turned out to be more than a training. […]

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From chaos to compass: How CSOs are giving meaning to their practices through formalization

In the daily whirlwind of civil society organizations, one truth is becoming increasingly clear: good intentions and intuition are no longer enough. To endure, grow, and be accountable, organizations need to equip themselves, structure their work, and formalize their processes. It is around this essential need that a dynamic workshop was held on formalization, the […]

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From Observation to Action: Rewriting Sustainable Rules Together

For the first time in Chad’s electoral history, the main citizen electoral observation missions (EOM) have joined forces around a shared goal: to collectively lay the groundwork for recommendations aimed at sustainably improving the country’s electoral and institutional processes. A landmark workshop was held in N’Djamena on 12, 13, and 17 May 2025, marking a […]

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Leadership as a catalyst for change, today and tomorrow

With the objective of empowering leaders of civil society organisations, the EISA Chad office kicked off the ACTE project partners’ capacity building training series with a session on associative leadership and management. From the outset, facilitator Gilbert Morba set the tone: “What makes an associative leader? A leader is not merely someone who manages day-to-day […]

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Electoral Capacity Building in Chad: BRIDGE Train the Facilitators’ Workshop 

In Koundoul, about 25 km from N’Djamena, EISA successfully concluded a BRIDGE Facilitators’ Training (TtF) workshop. This initiative aligns with one of EISA’s key strategic objectives in the post-electoral period: strengthening the capacities of civil society organizations and democratic support institutions to better prepare them for future electoral cycles. As polling stations for the senatorial […]

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Chad: A Historic Step Towards Electoral Inclusion with the Voter’s Guide in Braille

In an effort aimed at fostering inclusive democracy, the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), have developed a Voter’s Guide, now adopted by the National Election Management Agency (ANGE). Designed to equip voters with comprehensive knowledge of the electoral process, this guide has become […]

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Chad: A Successful Union of Culture and Democracy

As part of its commitment to fostering widespread and responsible citizen participation in the upcoming elections on December 29, 2024, the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) organized a series of cultural events across several provincial capitals in Chad. Held on December 6, the eve of the electoral campaign set to run from […]

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Is the Chadian Parliament Open to Women?

At a conference titled “Is Parliament Open to Women? An Assessment” held in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 28-29, 2009, the Inter-Parliamentary Union gathered 80 parliamentarians and administrators from 38 countries to assess the progress in women’s parliamentary participation. This event, focused on parliamentary committees working towards gender equality and women’s rights, highlighting the persistent challenges […]

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Chad combined elections: Candidate submissions open despite calls for postponement

Chad’s political landscape is heating up as the country prepares for legislative, provincial, and municipal elections set for December 29, 2024. While the Agence Nationale de Gestion des Election (ANGE) is moving forward with preparations, several opposition parties, including Les Transformateurs and those grouped under the Groupe de Concertation des Acteurs Politiques (GCAP), are raising […]