The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) in partnership with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the Tanzania Centre for Democracy (TCD) convened a conference on 10 to 12 July 2012, in Tanzania, whose theme was: “The legal fr
Cooperation between Dutch political parties on the issue of internal party elections has been applied in Burundi, to the benefit of local parties there.
This EISA report on political parties in South Africa elaborates on the institutional framework as well as the internal functioning of South African political parties. It includes discussion on leadership selection, policy development, membership, candidate selection, campaigns, external relations and funding. It compares parties on the extent to which they include rank and file in decision making of leadership selection and policy development.