Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy

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2012 Africa Regional Conference on Political Party Financing

group picture ARP Conference 2012
12 July 2012

From 10-12 July 2012, the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) in partnership with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the Tanzania Center for Democracy (TCD) convened a conference on the “Legal framework governing political parties: the Case of Party Financing”, at the White Sands Hotel, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

The Conference, which was opened by His Excellency the Vice-President of the United Republic of Tanzania, the Honourable Dr. Mohammed Gharib Bilali,brought together representatives of political parties from 11 countries: Burundi; Ghana; Kenya; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; South Sudan; Tanzania; Tunisia; Uganda; and Zimbabwe. It provided a unique forum for NIMD and its partners to discuss the increasing importance of money in politics, share experiences on the various models of party financing and identify best practice on its regulation, modalities, and enforcement mechanisms.