Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy

Tanzania

The NIMD programme in Tanzania focuses on electoral and constitutional reform, accountability and leadership.

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Programme news

Interview with TCD Chair John Nathan Nkolo

Video - 2008

Chair of the Tanzanian Centre for Democracy (TCD) talks about the impact of NIMD in Tanzania.

Youth Politics in East Africa

News Article - 21 October 2008

An interview with researcher Josh Maiyo on the role of youth in East African democracies. "Youth are frustrated with how things are, since they see no avenues.”

Africa: new birth of democracy

News Article - 15 October 2008

A governance monitor finds democratic governance to be steadily improving in 31 out of 48 sub-Saharan African countries.

Tanzanian electoral reform process gets a boost from South Africa

News Article - 18 August 2008

From 27 – 31 July 2008 the Tanzania Centre for Democracy (TCD) undertook a study visit to South Africa to enrich their own national reform debate.

Dutch consultancy firm supports NIMD

News Article - 02 October 2007

In order to strengthen the Centres for Multiparty Democracy in Zambia and Tanzania NIMD entered into a public-private-partnership with the consultancy agency Berenschot Group.

Dealing with the generation gap in Africa

News Article - 28 September 2007

They have a huge membership but – outside elections - only little influence. African youth wings struggle for a larger role in politics.

Programme information

Through the work of the Tanzania Centre for Democracy (TCD), the NIMD programme in Tanzania is focusing on electoral and constitutional reform. TCD has been instrumental in lobbying for an amended Political Party Act, which provides for a more even political playing field. TCD’s political party capacity-building programme is fostering political accountability and ethical leadership.

Political parties in parliament

• Chama Cha Mapinduzi – Revolutionary State Party (CCM)
• United Civic Front (CUF)
• Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo – Party of Democracy and Development (Chadema)
• United Democratic Front (UDF)
• Tanzania Labour Party (TLP)

Key achievements in 2008

• The Tanzanian Centre for democracy (TCD) has helped put forth a review of the existing Political Parties Act.
• The TCD has become a partner in the launch of the African Peer Review Mechanism under the UNDP’s Deepening Democracy Tanzania Programme (DDTP).

Key national partners

• Tanzanian Centre for Democracy (TCD).
• Electoral Commission
• Media Houses of Tanzania
• Eastern and Southern African Universities Research Programme (ESAURP)
• University of Dar es Salaam
• Research for Education and Democracy in Tanzania (REDET)
• Media Institute of Southern Africa – Tanzania
• Tanzania Election Monitoring Committee (TEMCO)

Key international partners

• Royal Netherlands Embassy
• Finnish democracy assistance organization DEMO
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• National Democratic Institute (NDI), United States of America