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Uganda Programme 2017 1. Political update 2017
The 2016 General Elections remain significant for the 2017 political landscape. The elections maintained a dominant political party with weak polarised opposition parties. With the power balance in favour of the ruling party and the realization that the parliamentary configuration makes it even more challenging for reforms, calls for political protagonists to engage and dialogue have been widespread. 

2. Programme & Theory of Change Update
These calls for dialogue have increased demand on the NIMD and IPOD to spearhead some constructive engagement. In 2017 the programme will continue to build on the reconstituted IPOD council and aims to implement the revisions in the IPOD MOU to build stronger commitment to a political reform agenda. The need for more significant political and electoral reforms remains, as observed by Elections Observer missions. However change can also be ignited from below if political parties become better organised and better able to articulate policy alternatives. The strategic planning process for political parties foreseen in 2017 intends to assist political parties to better position themselves and be able to define their capacity development needs.
The programme intends to build on increasing trust and relationships among political parties as key actors in the process of political bargaining. It further builds linkages between political and civil actors to realise a shared agenda for dialogue. This multipronged approach is anticipated to increase the space for diverse actors to influence the process so as to contribute to the realisation of an enabling environment, responsive political parties and a culture of inclusive and accommodative politics. Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Ukraine Programme 2019 Ukraine Programme 2019 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Knowledge Agenda 2019 Knowledge Agenda 2019 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
SP PME 2019 SP PME 2019 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
International Lobby & Advocacy 2020 International Lobby & Advocacy 2020 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Ethiopia One Percent Fund Pogramme 2017 Ethiopia One Percent Fund Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Zimbabwe Programme 2020 Zimbabwe Programme 2020 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Strategic Partnership 2018 NIMD - Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Strategic Partnership 2018 NIMD - Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Mozambique Programme 2020 Mozambique Programme 2020 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
DfS Positioning programme 2020 DfS Positioning 2020 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
SP PME 2020 SP PME 2020 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation 2016 Measuring concrete results of programmes aimed at strengthening capacities of political actors and democracy has over time shown to be rather challenging. Despite substantive investments made in the last decades, instruments and methodologies remain limited. NIMD attaches great value to Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) and continuously invest in developing and refining tools and innovative approaches to improve their ability to measure results. Trial-and-error is needed to strengthen the measurement of the results of our programmes because the work we do is, due to the many external (political) factors that influence it, not easily planned or measured. NIMD will carefully follow innovations in the field and invest in research and development of new ways to capture change brought about by their programmes. In addition to that, NIMD will invest in the capacity building of local partners for PME and the development of new tools and instruments for data collection. Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Kenya Programme 2017 1. Political update 2017
With the presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for August 2017, politics in Kenya are already heating up. Issues surrounding the integrity and partisanship of the electoral commission in Kenya, the IEBC, sparked large public protests during the summer especially among supporters of the opposition coalition Cord. The stalemate ended with a negotiated outcome between the government and Cord leaders and the IEBC members were finally replaced in October. With only months to go before the elections there are many important issues the new IEBC still needs to tackle to ensure free and fair elections which are accepted by the population and the political parties. 

The party landscape in Kenya always turns volatile before the elections. New parties are founded and coalitions are formed. Although this process is only just starting the biggest change in the party landscape is the merger of government coalition Jubilee. The merger was planned by the leadership and it is yet to be seen how the merger will play out in the lower ranks of the parties. Reconciling some of the different interests and the always lingering ethnic tensions between the parties seems to be the biggest challenge ahead for the new party. 

The formation of the Jubilee party further polarizes the political landscape where Kenya now has one big party going up against a large opposition bloc, Cord. Although it is known that Cord is also exploring the possibilities of merging the expectation is than Cord is too diverse to become one party. Expectations are that this polarization between the two blocs will increase in the run up to the elections and could possibly turn nasty reminiscing of the protests in the summer and further back the 2008 catastrophe. 

2. Programme & Theory of Change Update
The SP programme will focus on lobbying political parties, government bodies, civil society and the public in the run up to the elections to promote relations between them and to defuse the tension. Implementation will be at the beginning of the year to ensure that relevant actors participate in the activities and be in time to come up with results before the elections. 

WPR will focus on supporting female candidates by making the parties’ candidate nomination process more gender sensitive and by directly supporting high potential female candidates by providing them with capacity support. It is expected that in this final year, the WPR programme will be augmented with an extra UNWOMEN project executed by CMD-K. Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Colombia Programme 2020 Colombia Programme 2020 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Honduras Programme 2020 Honduras Programme 2020 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Dialogue for Stability (DfS) 2018 Dialogue for Stability (DfS) 2018 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Myanmar Programme 2020 Myanmar Programme 2020 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Benin programme 2017 1. Political update 2017 
Benin continues to enjoy a stable democratic regime. The presidential elections of March 2016 recorded a high number of candidates, of the 36 a large number were businessmen. The election took place in a peaceful climate and resulted in the victory of Patrice Talon Athanasius William, a multimillionaire businessman who made his fortune in the cotton sector.
In April of this year, the Talon administration announced its intention to initiate profound structural reforms which has since dominated the political news cycle. To do this, it established a political and institutional reform commission. The results of the work of this commission to revise the constitution were shared with the government recently, however the public are awaiting for the recommendations and results to be published. The reforms are expected to go to referendum after a vote in the national assembly. 
In the national assembly parties are yet to confirm their allegiance with the new government or announce their opposition and for this reason the parliamentary minority and majority are still unclear.

2. Programme & Theory of Change Update
The main problem analysis in the ToC focusses on a lack of mutual trust, little political ambition, a deeply conservative political culture and a number of technical mismatches between the legislative system and the political system that prevents democratic transformation. In 2015 and 2016 a new speaker of parliament and president both vocal about democratic reform offers a window of opportunity to address some of the democratic deficits holding the countries reforms back such as a constitutional reform.
In this sense the ToC is still very relevant to the political context. This translate into a programme that specifically aims to improve trust among youthful political stakeholders and thereby influencing the political culture, at the same time the programme is working towards interparty dialogue by supporting interparty activities to address political reform. Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Sahel Programme 2020 Zimbabwe Programme 2020 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
DfS Positioning programme 2019 DfS Positioning 2019 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Tunisia Programme 2017 Tunisia Programme 2017 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Indonesia Programme 2019 Indonesia Programme 2019 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Guatemala Programme 2019 Guatemala Programme 2019 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Uganda Programme 2019 Uganda Programme 2019 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Ethiopia Pogramme 2020 Ethiopia Pogramme 2020 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
El Salvador Programme 2020 El Salvador Programme 2020 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Ethiopia Pogramme 2019 Ethiopia Pogramme 2019 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
DfS Positioning programme 2017 In 2017, NIMD will continue to leverage the current programme (results) to attract new funding. The new fundraising strategy identifies key donors to target including United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada and Switzerland, while the ongoing efforts aimed at the EU will hopefully result in the submission of a successful proposal for the expected EU global call for support to political parties. The increased focus on positioning NIMD in Brussels will continue, but expand to the aforementioned donors. Also, research will be done into potential non-Western donors, for NIMD programmes in South East Asia. The target will be to generate 28% of the NIMD funding income from other sources than the Ministry. Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Ethiopia Pogramme 2018 n/a Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
DfS Peer leaning programme 2017 DfS Peer leaning programme 2017 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
International Lobby & Advocacy 2018 The ultimate goal of the ILA efforts within the context of the SP Programme is to reinforce the in-country lobby and advocacy capacities and activities of implementing partners in the countries that AWEPA and NIMD work in, with the aim to influence the enabling environment for effective policy influencing. By creating interlinkages between lobby and advocacy activities at the various levels (national, regional and international) and strengthening the policy influencing capacities of local actors, the impact of lobby and advocacy on issues that emanate from national policy agendas is sought to be maximised. Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Ukraine Programme 2020 Ukraine Programme 2020 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
MENA region 2019 MENA region Programme 2019 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Learning Agenda 2016 In the Strategic Partnership (SP) between AWEPA, NIMD and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), joint learning is a key priority. The learning agenda under the SP refers to the creation, documentation and transfer of knowledge in relation to the main subject of the SP: the role of political parties and parliaments in creating an conducive environment for policy influencing. The learning agenda for the SP intends to ensure that the experiences, knowledge and best practices that are accumulated in the programme countries are not only tracked and systematically documented, but also deliberately showcased and shared between the MFA, AWEPA, NIMD and their local implementing partners. This is achieved through research and development, monitoring and evaluation, sharing of best practices, peer learning and a continuous reflection on the programme interventions in terms of effectiveness and efficiency. The learning agenda under the SP provides an unique opportunity to combine and capitalise on the individual experiences of the partners, with the aim to strengthen the country programmes and where applicable, the International Lobby and Advocacy (ILA) agenda. Three general learning objectives have been identified for the SP Programme: Objective 1) To increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the programmes and the innovation of programme intervention strategies Objective 2) To strengthen country programmes by deepening our knowledge base on the following three themes: - the political party-parliament nexus - the shrinking democratic space - the role of parties and parliaments in the national budgeting and policymaking cycle. Objective 3) To maximise impact through peer learning, partnerships and networking Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
DfS Knowledge programme 2017 After the consolidation phase in 2016 using the existing knowledge and (re)capturing and updating this, the year 2017 will focus on developing several new tools and knowledge products. The start-up programmes in the Middle East will benefit from support to designing tailor-made instruments that will be based on the regular NIMD toolkit, while the FCAS approach will see deepening of knowledge in 2 of the 6 focus areas (conversion of (former) armed movements into political parties and fostering inclusive political settlements) combined with new communication products (animation and documentary). Under the innovating democracy programme two more pilots will be organised (most likely Myanmar and Georgia) plus a follow-up ‘hackathon’ in Colombia related to developing a democracy app. Moreover, building on the 2016 Innovation symposium, an expert network will be set-up that will link academia, civic-tech practitioners and politicians to focus on new forms of representative democracy and the role of political parties in this. Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Honduras Programme 2019 Honduras Programme 2019 Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Strategic Partnership 2020 NIMD - Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Strategic Partnership 2020 NIMD - Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.
Kurdistan Programme 2016 Kurdistan programme 2016 - exploration phase Political actors are defined as the combined main target group of the Strategic Partnership: - (representatives of) political parties - politicians - (Members of) Parliament and its Committees - Other elected representatives at local levels. NIMD will primarily focus on political parties.