Leadership & Governance
HESS adopted the following activities in regards to leadership and governance;
- Engaging local government in local analysis, planning and implementation of governance and development projects and programmes, and sharing comparative advantages in leadership, resources and capacities;
- Building social capital by mobilizing citizens full participation in determining local priorities and contributing to their implementation and monitoring;
- Engaging in policy development, both at local and national level; by participation in local and national consultations, identification of issues and acting as opinion makers; capacity development through human resource development, other resources and institutional capacity building in most of the basic social services areas, such as education, health, water, HIV/AIDS, rural infrastructure, etc.;
- Advocating initiatives that are participatory, pro – poor and community level centered, such as promotion of sound / good governance, observance of human rights, rights to development and the rule of law;
- Monitoring and evaluation of local and national government policy making and implementation with focus on such governance themes of: demand accountability, transparency, corruption, fair economic governance, elections, procurement and sub – contracting; all these leading to improved delivery of public goods and services.
- Motivating people to participate in political and electoral processes through civic education, election monitoring, training for effective local leadership in local governments and parliament and promoting an enabling environment for political and civic engagement and level playing field.