{"id":13097,"date":"2026-05-20T20:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-african-renaissance.org\/new\/?page_id=13097"},"modified":"2026-05-23T19:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:10:03","slug":"active-citizenry-new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/the-african-renaissance.org\/new\/active-citizenry-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Citizenry New"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13097\" class=\"elementor elementor-13097\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8e772b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8e772b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-105791f\" data-id=\"105791f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-918dab2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-art-subhero\" data-id=\"918dab2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"art-subhero.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"subhero\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container reveal in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eyebrow\">Programme Approach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Active Citizenry<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"rule\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">Building the data tools and community capacity that make accountability possible \u2014 so continental commitments are visible, trackable, and demandable at the subnational level.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab3ea5f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab3ea5f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-967790d\" data-id=\"967790d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3747369 elementor-widget elementor-widget-art-two-col\" data-id=\"3747369\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"art-two-col.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section style=\"background: var(--sand);\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"two-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prose reveal in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eyebrow\">The approach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Commitments are only as strong as the communities that can demand them.<\/h2><p>Policy advocacy and health financing work inside institutions. Active citizenry ensures that civil society organisations, community leaders, and ordinary citizens have the data and tools to hold institutions to account between major continental decision moments \u2014 not just during AU summits.<\/p><p>We invest in three things: open data infrastructure that shows what has been committed where, tracking tools that measure domestication progress, and the civil society networks that deploy both.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ea4e4c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ea4e4c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef09c4e\" data-id=\"ef09c4e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb4774e elementor-widget elementor-widget-art-stage-list\" data-id=\"eb4774e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"art-stage-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-head reveal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eyebrow\">How it works<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Three elements.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Data infrastructure, tracking tools, and the networks that put both to use.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"reveal stage-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">01<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Renaissance Vault of Continental Maps<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An open data atlas with twenty indicator layers across all 55 African Union member states \u2014 from gender parity indices to health budget allocations to trade corridor access.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"stage-points\"><li>Twenty thematic indicator layers, updated after each major AU data release<\/li><li>Downloadable by country and indicator for use in parliamentary briefs and civil society reports<\/li><li>Designed for use without technical data skills \u2014 civil society organisations and journalists included<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">02<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>GEYSI Toolkit Domestication Tracking<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A tracking layer for civil society organisations and parliamentary actors to monitor how commitments from the Gender Equality and Youth Social Inclusion framework are being translated into national action.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"stage-points\"><li>Country-level domestication scorecards updated at each AU review cycle<\/li><li>Pre-formatted evidence packages ready for parliamentary committee submissions<\/li><li>Shared across civil society networks to coordinate advocacy without duplicating research effort<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">03<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Civil Society Network Support<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sustaining the national civil society networks that carry accountability work between the high-profile moments of continental summits and AU Assembly sessions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"stage-points\"><li>Coordination support for civil society coalitions in target countries across all three pillars<\/li><li>Capacity building on using continental data and legal frameworks in domestic advocacy<\/li><li>Regional convenings that connect civil society actors across country boundaries on shared legislative priorities<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a833f82 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a833f82\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6beeab9\" data-id=\"6beeab9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-030b770 elementor-widget elementor-widget-art-vault-feature\" data-id=\"030b770\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"art-vault-feature.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"vault-feature-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vault-feature reveal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Renaissance Vault \u2014 Continental Maps<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Vault is publicly accessible \u2014 a free resource for civil society organisations, researchers, parliamentarians, and journalists across Africa.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn-gold-on-maroon\" href=\"https:\/\/the-african-renaissance.org\/new\/renaissance-vault-new\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExplore the Vault <span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vault-layers\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vault-layer\">Gender parity indices \u2014 all 55 AU member states<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vault-layer\">Domestic health budget allocations \u2014 Abuja Declaration tracking<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vault-layer\">Immunisation coverage \u2014 subnational disaggregation<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vault-layer\">Trade corridor access \u2014 African Continental Free Trade Area implementation<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vault-layer\">Maputo Protocol domestication \u2014 country-level status<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19382e2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19382e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1b057a\" data-id=\"f1b057a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85fc252 elementor-widget elementor-widget-art-pillar-application\" data-id=\"85fc252\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"art-pillar-application.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section style=\"background: var(--sand);\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-head reveal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eyebrow\">Pillar application<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Applied across all three pillars.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The data and tools differ by pillar \u2014 the goal of enabling community-level accountability is constant.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pillar-application reveal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"app-card ge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"app-pillar\">Gender Equality<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>GEYSI tracking for civil society<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Civil society organisations use the GEYSI Toolkit to track Maputo Protocol domestication and prepare submissions for national parliamentary gender committees.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"app-card he\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"app-pillar\">Health Equity<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Health budget visibility<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Renaissance Vault health budget layers enable community health advocates to compare domestic allocations against Abuja Declaration commitments at the country level.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"app-card se\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"app-pillar\">Socio-Economic Justice<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Trade and fiscal data access<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Open data on trade corridor access and public expenditure supports civil society arguments on economic inclusion and African Continental Free Trade Area benefit distribution.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59475b8 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59475b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-101862a\" data-id=\"101862a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cab1ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-art-cta\" data-id=\"4cab1ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"art-cta.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"cta-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container reveal in\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>See the full programme approach<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Health financing works alongside policy advocacy and active citizenry across all three thematic pillars.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"actions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn-maroon\" href=\"https:\/\/the-african-renaissance.org\/new\/programme-approach-new\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProgramme Approach <span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the-african-renaissance.org\/new\/health-equity-new\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHealth Equity pillar\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Programme Approach Active Citizenry Building the data tools and community capacity that make accountability possible \u2014 so continental commitments are visible, trackable, and demandable at the subnational level. The approach Commitments are only as strong as the communities that can demand them. Policy advocacy and health financing work inside institutions. 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