Good Governance And Peace Building
Governance has a direct bearing on the quality of life of the people. The escalating poverty, conflicts and disease on the continent is mainly due to bad governance. CAPA recognizes that the current mismanagement on the continent by political leadership could be due to greed and lack of proper orientation and constant pastoral care and guidance by the churches. It is for this reason that CAPA is focusing on the area of Good Governance and Peace Building.
Under the good governance and peace building program, CAPA’s main objective is to contribute to the consolidation of constitutional governance and promotion of a culture of peace in the continent. CAPA will work with Provinces, National Council of churches and other organizations such as the African Union and Common Wealth secretariat to contribute to the consolidation of constitutional governance; transforming and compassionate leadership and nurturing a culture of peace in the continent.
The key result areas under this program include facilitating the relevant governance institutions i.e. state and church to deliver on their mandate with integrity and promotion of a culture of peace in the continent. CAPA will promote transformative and compassionate leadership for good governance. CAPA will participate in enhancing capacities and integrity of institutions charged with management of elections and the electoral environment by sending representatives to monitor elections. CAPA will send representatives or group of African eminent persons as resource persons to facilitate conflict management, transformation and national reconciliation. CAPA will design plans and strategically position itself for conflict transformation and risk analysis/planning.
CAPA plans to realize the following outputs from the good governance and peace building program:-
- Enhanced culture of free and fair elections in Africa;
- People’s faith and confidence in public institutions enhanced i.e. electoral processes, electoral commissions, police, parliament, and these institutions uphold human rights and promote good governance at all levels;
- Human rights and good governance upheld
- Increased pastoral attention to political leaders (i.e. Presidents, MPs, leaders of political parties);
- National frameworks for conflict management and reconciliation established in all member Provinces and capacity of religious leaders and key state institutions strengthened to address conflict;
- Countries and churches tackling conflicts in a timely and peaceful manner through national frameworks for conflict management resolution and reconciliation. CAPA is proactive and sensitive to conflict prevention by developing and implementing national programs/policies.