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The Heritage Institute for Policy Studies (HIPS) was established in Mogadishu in January 2013 as an independent, nonprofit, and nonpartisan research center dedicated to informing and influencing public policy and practice in Somalia. HIPS produces original research on strategically important issues related to Somalia’s peacebuilding and socioeconomic development, including policy briefs, research reports, commentaries, and blogs. The Institute’s work is anchored in three core pillars:...

The Kagiso Trust hosted a Strategic Workshop under the theme “From fragmented efforts to coordinated Civic Infrastructure for Democratic Participation”. The strategic workshop event held at the Velmore Conference in Centurion was well attended by various organizations with delegates descending from across the 9 (nine) South African provinces, out of the 50 organizations invited 48 were in attendance. Attended by delegates that were multicultural, diverse age groups and different backgrounds....