AFROBAROMETER, 2018-2022 AFROBAROMETER 2018-2022 - AFROBAROMETER 2018-2022 core support The Afrobarometer (AB) is a network conducting surveys on popular perceptions concerning democracy and governance in Africa. AB currently works in  35 African countries and intends to cover some 40. The objectives are to voice and visualize the public opinion in the debate on important development issues and to build institutional capacity for scientific reasearch. AfroBarometern (AB) är ett nätverk som gör undersökningar av allmänhetens uppfattning av läget för demokrati och samhällsstyrning i Afrika. AB arbetar nu i 35 länder och planerar växa till 40. Målet är att synliggöra den allmänna opinonen, bidra till offentlig debatt om angelägna utvecklingsfrågor samt bygga institutionell kapacitet för vetenskaplig forskning. The Afrobarometer's mission is that "African Citizen's opinions about democracy and development are heard and made part of the public policy debate". To achieve that the Afrobarometer's long term goal is to produce data on public attitudes that can:
1. help citizens and civil society hold governments accountable;
2. increase government responsiveness to public opinion;
3.  and provide insights to policy makers, democracy advocates, donors and others about the state of democracy and governance and its key drivers in order to inform the design and implementation of policy interventions.
Specific goals for 2018-2022, broken down into the core sectors of surveys, communication/dissemination, capacity building/analysis and organizational development, are:
Within the surveys program to continue building the Afrobarometer database on African public opinion on democracy, governance, and economic development.
- Completing Round 7 surveys in 14 additional countries during 2018 for a total of 35 countries
- Delivering data sets for two additional rounds of national surveys (R8 and R9), each in
approximately 35 countries
- Restoring approximately one-quarter of countries to n=2400 sample size to facilitate subnational disaggregation, a key tool for engaging new and especially country level users
- Conducting additional pre- and/or post-election surveys and post-conflict surveys in selected countries (resources permitting)
- Further enhance the quality of Afrobarometer data by training partners and fully implementing EDC capabilities for real-time monitoring of fieldwork
- Conduct an internal assessment of AB sampling skills, protocols, processes and partnerships to produce recommendations for enhancements in R8, as well as guidance regarding the potential for increasing collaboration with national statistical offices
The communications program will focus on expanding the reach and impact of Afrobarometer data and products within the African policy ecosystem by:
- Develop reciprocal relationships for data use with at least two major governmental, intergovernmental or non-governmental users at the national, sub-regional or continental levels each year
- Conduct pilot stakeholder mapping exercises in at least four to six countries and work with national partners to develop more context-specific, demand-driven approaches to AB communications
- Activate an issues and events radar and respond to a growing number of identified topics in each successive year
- Increase network skills and output in data visualization, mapping tools and related methods to increase visibility
- Develop methods to improve tracking of use of AB data, especially within African governments and regional organizations
The capacity-building program will focus on building skills for production, analysis and communications of public opinion data to new users both within the network, and among a growing network of external partners by:
- Restoring at least one Afrobarometer Summer School per year
- Restoring at least one Afrobarometer training workshop per year
- Holding a Round 7 Debrief/Round 8 planning meeting, and doing the same between R8 and R9
- Building ongoing mentoring relationships with at least five participants in each workshop to ensure that the skills used are consolidated, put into practice, and produce results
- Where possible, opening up to one-third of training opportunities for participants from outside the network (students, media, state officials, civil society staff, staff of regional and sub-regional bodies, etc.)
- If resources permit, conducting a capacity needs assessment that identifies targeted and specific needs of national partners, core partners, and AB staff for skill and capacity development

The key goals and deliverables for Afrobarometer's organizational development process during 2018-2019 include:
- Formalizing current financial and administrative management practices through further development of financial management and human resources handbooks for the network and providing appropriate training for network partners, as well as development of bylaws the govern institutional decision making processes;
- Updating Afrobarometer’s strategy and theory of change to establish a suitable framework for AB’s work over the next five ears
- Securing appropriate OD expert services, reviewing OD recommendations, agreeing on a plan for implementation of recommended changes, and implementing the adopted plan
- Engaging legal expertise to undertake formal registration of Afrobarometer as a non-profit organization with a clear institutional address and home
- Securing fundraising expertise to assist in the development of a fundraising strategy and securing the support of a skilled development officer to assist the network in implementing it
- Re-establishing an international advisory board with clear role and mandate to support the network on both technical and fundraising issues; convene an annual meeting of the advisory board.