Thanks to the generosity of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, in March 2010 LSE played host to scholars and students from Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Malawi and Senegal who participated in a workshop, organised by the Centre in partnership with the Foundation.
Designed to explore issues surrounding governance and global civil society in Africa and to support the work of the Foundation to strengthen impact in these fields, participants spent six days engaging with LSE lecturers from Global Governance and the Methodology Institute. Additional guest speakers from King's College London, the Brookings Institution, the Hertie School of Governance and a range of civil society organisations also took part.
The workshop's ultimate aim was to equip researchers with the ability to take ownership of the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, an annual ranking of governance quality in African countries designed to inform and empower citizens to hold their governments and public institutions to account. Sessions were created to enhance the statistical knowledge and software skills of participants in collating indices with quantitative and qualitative data, as well as improve their understanding of governance and civil society.
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