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Democratic, fair and inclusive practices guide the Institute’s processes, policies and operations The fifth is the most recently formulated objective, committing the IJR to, in layman’s terms, ‘practise what it preaches’ and apply its values and work ethics within the organisation as well. The work of the Institute is organised into three programmes. The Justice and Reconciliation in Africa Programme (JRA) works with and within fragile African states and cooperates with international, continental and regional organisations to promote mechanisms that facilitate peaceful political transition in these states. It has sustained engagement in three regions in Africa: • The Great Lakes – Burundi, The Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda; • The Greater Horn – South Sudan and Uganda; • Southern African – South Africa and Zimbabwe; and • Kenya and International Justice. Its work incorporates comparative analysis, policy briefings, capacity building and collaborative political intervention, specifically with a view to promote justice and reconciliation in post-conflict settings. The programme also hosts an Annual Regional Consultation with key continental stakeholders, and a Transitional Justice Fellowsin-Residence Project that offers practitioners from across the African continent a reflective space along with the opportunity to engage more directly with perspectives from the South African transitional experience. The programme also engages with the African Union (AU), the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the United Nations (UN). The Institute’s Policy and Analysis Programme (PA) provides the IJR with the required research and analytical insights to execute its vision. Through its publications and presentations, it disseminates these insights amongst policy stakeholders. The unit’s footprint can therefore be tracked in forums that span community organisations and university classes, right through to government departments which subscribe to its publications. It is structured along the lines of its two core projects, the Reconciliation Barometer Project (RBP) and the Inclusive Economies Project (IEP). The RBP is a national survey-based project that measures public opinion on socio-political change and its impact on national unity and social cohesion, while the IEP looks at the same questions through a socio-economic lens, focusing on four key areas, namely the macro-economy; the labour market; skills and education; and poverty and inequality.
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• Reconciliation Barometer Project • Inclusive Economies Project The Building an Inclusive Society Programme (BIS) works towards the building of societies that are at peace with themselves and their neighbours. In broad terms, this involves a pursuit of more inclusive communities and more effective institutions. In practical terms, it does this through the prioritisation of five focal areas, namely: • Oral history as a tool for reconciliation; • The identification of conversations; • Inter-generational dialogue; • Exposing the youth to issues related to social justice and reconciliation; and • Inclusive community development. The insights gained from these processes are fed into the policy-making environment, to ensure that policies around social cohesion incorporate the latest practical lessons that have been learned.
The Logic Model underpins the Monitoring and Evaluation System of the IJR The IJR has developed the logic model (see page 06) which guides the monitoring and evaluation processes of the Institute. The graph of the impact model shows how a programme’s activities link to its outcomes. As a monitoring and outcome measurement tool, the model assists in developing appropriate indicators against which to measure outputs and outcomes on a continuous basis, which in turn feeds back into the fine-tuning and feedback for the design of interventions. The IJR impact plan shows how each of the short-term objectives identified contributes towards the achievements of the mediumterm objectives. It also indicates how these, collectively, lead to the accomplishment of the Institute’s long-term vision. This institution-wide logic model, broken down to programme and project level, ensures accurate monitoring, evaluation and reporting functions. It also acts as the basis from which the Institute develops theories of change for its work.