Policy Advocacy
Direct engagement in the legislative and regulatory processes where continental commitments become — or fail to become — national law and funded budget lines.
From continental commitment to enforceable law.
African governments have signed landmark commitments — the Maputo Protocol, the Abuja Declaration, the Addis Ababa Immunisation Agenda. The gap is domestication: converting those signatures into national legislation, regulation and budget allocations.
We work inside specific legislative moments — committee hearings, budget review windows, AU Assembly sessions — with decision-ready briefs rather than general awareness campaigns.
Three modes of engagement.
Each mode targets a different point in the policy cycle — from drafting to appropriation to accountability.
Treaty Domestication
Supporting parliaments and ministries to translate signed commitments into enforceable national law and funded programme allocations.
- Draft legislation aligned to continental treaty obligations
- Budget line creation and appropriation tracking
- Comparative domestication briefings across countries in the same regional bloc
Evidence Placement
Producing and placing decision-ready briefs at the specific committee windows where technical evidence shapes final legislative and budget text.
- Parliamentary committee submissions timed to reading and review schedules
- Rapid-turnaround technical briefs for AU Assembly and regional body sessions
- Legal submissions to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Coalition Convening
Building coalitions of civil society organisations, parliamentarians and technical specialists around shared legislative priorities at the AU and regional level.
- Pre-session coalition alignment across civil society organisations and parliamentary caucuses
- Joint submissions and coordinated testimony at continental decision-making bodies
Cross-country learning exchanges on domestication strategies that have secured budget outcomes
Applied across all three pillars.
The tools and institutions differ by pillar — the logic of working inside legislative moments is constant.
Gender Equality
Maputo Protocol domestication
Supporting national parliaments to pass enabling legislation aligned to the Maputo Protocol's gender equality and reproductive rights provisions.
Health Equity
Abuja Declaration budget commitments
Converting the 15% health budget pledge into enforceable appropriation schedules through parliamentary budget committee engagement.
Socio-Economic Justice
African Continental Free Trade Area implementation
Working with trade committees on regulatory harmonisation and domestic implementation legislation for African Continental Free Trade Area corridors.
See the approaches in action
Explore the three pillars to see how policy advocacy, health financing and active citizenry apply in each thematic area.