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Background, Improvements, Setbacks, Disappointments and Threats

Why Electrol Democracy Fails to Meet Stakkeholder's Expectations in Tanzania Compared to Some Growing Democracies in Africa

Tanzania's transition to multi-party democracy in the 1990s was a milestone in its governance history. While it set the stage for citizen participation and regular electoral cycles, significant challenges persist in meeting stakeholders' expectations. Improvements such as increased voter awareness and enhanced electoral infrastructure demonstrate progress. However, the dominance of ruling parties, limited political space for opposition, and low trust in electoral processes highlight systemic flaws. In contrast, growing democracies like Ghana and Botswana have embraced more inclusive practices, robust electoral commissions, and strengthened accountability measures, fostering higher public confidence. Setbacks in Tanzania include frequent allegations of voter suppression, manipulation of electoral laws, and inadequate civic education. These issues have led to stakeholder disappointments, with many questioning the credibility of elections and the fairness of outcomes. The threats of political instability, suppression of dissent, and erosion of democratic norms further hinder Tanzania’s progress. To rebuild trust, Tanzania must prioritize transparent governance, enhance civic participation, and ensure an even playing field for all political actors. By addressing these gaps, Tanzania can draw lessons from Africa’s thriving democracies and move closer to realizing the true potential of electoral democracy.

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Rediscovering Forests

KCDE’s Commitment Amid a Warming Climate

Forests are essential to life on Earth, supporting ecosystems, regulating the climate, and providing resources for both humans and wildlife. At a recent conference in Arusha, KCDE with the support of KAS Tanzania brought together faith-based organizations, eco-stakeholders, and environmental advocates to address the urgent need for forest preservation as a proactive step toward COP29. This gathering emphasized the role of forests in climate resilience, biodiversity, and sustainable development.

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Youth-Led Climate Action and Business Innovation Training Program

Empowering Tanzania’s Young Entrepreneurs

The Youth-led Solutions for Climate Action and Business Innovation Training Program, held in Iringa, Tanzania, equipped 25 young Tanzanians, aged 18–25, with essential skills to address climate challenges through sustainable entrepreneurship. This five-day program, organized by Launchpad Tanzania (LP Digital) in collaboration with Restless Development, targeted youth from agricultural and climate-focused backgrounds across Iringa’s districts, empowering them to become leaders in climate-responsive business ventures.

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A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

COP 28 AND TANZANIA’S NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS (NDC’s)

The United Nations’ Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC), Conference of Parties (COP28) is scheduled to take place in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai from 30th November to 12th December, 2023. It’s major goal is to critically reassess the real implementation of 2015 Paris Climate Agreement as the COP 26 Glasgow Climate Pact and COP 27 Shamel Sheikh’s Implementation Plan. The main COP 28 Agenda will be: Loss and Damage, Climate Finance and Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETP). Climate Science shows that the Current Emissions and Global Warming Projections are reaching catastrophic proportions and levels particularly in Greenhouse gasses emissions whereby last year 2022 the warning levels reached 1.15oC. Undoubtedly, these facts pose untold and unprecedented critical quantitative and qualitative humano – economic, existential, health, educational, social, nutritional, political, infrastructural dilemmas, challenge, risks and vulnerabilities both to people, planet and biodiversity to thousands of years to come. Hence, threatening common wellbeing, peace and security of humanity the planet locally and globally than ever before. It is an undeniable fact that Africa (including) Tanzania is the most affected continent. In response to this the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) in Tanzania collaboration with the Kilimanjaro Consortium for Development and Environment (KCDE) based in Kilimanjaro, deemed it relevant and critical to engage Pre-COP 28 Stakeholders, academia, policy makers and climate experts for round table discussions and consultations as effective spaces and opportunity for collective awareness, accountability and action. More urgent and critical, in order to adequately achieve the Goals of the 2015, Paris Climate edifice, the following fundamental pillars and regimes in particular, need urgent evaluative focus and prioritization in particular: (A) Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC’s) general and specific status in Tanzania. (B) Tanzania recent Nationally Contributions in particular: a critical post- mortem and deep analysis on: - Adaptation Contributions - Mitigation Contributions (C) Tanzania’s Critical Gap’s Weaknesses and Discrepancies: Calibrating: - Ambition gaps - Budgetary gaps - Policy gaps - Managerial/Leadership gaps - Organizational and Planning gaps - Technical resilience and expertise gaps - Human Resource mobilization gaps - Non-human resource mobilization gaps (D) The Critical role of Cities and Urban Contents in Climate Change Mitigation.

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Scholar’s networking breakfast meeting.

Building bridges between Scholars

Online seminar

Tanzania Agency in the international System

On 24 November 2022, the Chatham House Africa Program, in partnership with KAS, convened a public webinar event on Tanzanian foreign policy.

The Webinar explored Tanzania’s international partnerships and external engagements in a context of global geopolitical change marked by war in Ukraine, climate change and the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. It also marked the first in a series in partnership with KAS on Tanzania’s Foreign Policy Agenda: Economic Diplomacy and International Agency.

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Youth Workshop on Peace Making and Conflict Resolution.

A series of presentations along with in-depth discussion, questions and answers sessions on peace and conflict resolution.

Three-day workshop which exposed youth in-depth discussion on peace building and conflict resolution. Youth were empowered to understand how to keep peace and resolve conflicts from personal, group, community to state level.

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EU-Project Launch "Together for peace"

KAS Tanzania in partnership with ZAFELA is implementing an EU funded project, contributing to conflict resolution and a peaceful political environment in Zanzibar

“Together For Peace” will focus on capacity building, strengthening dialogues between targeted members of political parties, religious leaders and CSOs as well as engaging in an exchange of opinions towards resolving any political conflicts spearheading peace building in Zanzibar.

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CETA WORKSHOP ON YOUTH PEACE MAKING AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION.

KAS in collaboration with Civic Education Teachers Association (CETA) convened a Youth Workshop on Peace Making and Conflict Resolution in Bukoba .

Peace and conflict are interesting and cross-cutting topics of discussion, they are pervasive and they affect different aspects of human life, be it political, economic, social or cultural aspect. Young people are among the major category of human population who are affected positively or negatively by pervasiveness of peace and conflicts respectively. In many parts of the World, particularly in Great Lakes Region of Africa which includes; Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and South Sudan.

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Youth Workshop on Peace Keeping, Conflict Prevention, and Resolution

Civic education as a tool for promoting peace and security

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Ethical Leadership and Sustainable Development

Expectations and Challenges after the 2015 Elections

On the 01st of February 2016 KAS Tanzania convened a symposium on "Ethical Leadership and Sustainable Development; Expectations and Challenges after the 2015 Elections". The event took place in Dar es Salaam and addressed political and religious leaders as well as representatives from governmental and non-governmental organizations, academia and the media.

Climate Change, Renewable Energies and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources in East Africa

The Role of Climate Finance

On the 23rd of November 2015 the East African Community (EAC), Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and ForumCC jointly convened a one-day conference on “Climate Change, Renewable Energies and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources in East Africa – The Role of Climate Finance”. The event took part in Arusha. Representatives from all five East African Community’s Member States participated.

Soccer Match between Religious Leaders and Members of the Diplomatic Corps for Peaceful Elections

In order to support democratic, peaceful, free and fair elections the members of the diplomatic corps accredited to Tanzania and religious leaders from Tanzania took part in a soccer match in the National Stadium of Dar es Salaam on the 17th of October 2015 using the strong and uniting language of this sport. The symbolical friendly match between the teams "Amani" (religious leaders) and "Mshikamano" (members of the diplomatic corps) was played as a pre-match to the official TFF league match between Young Africans and Azam FC.

Peaceful Campaigns and Elections

The Position of Religious and Political Leaders

On the 14th and 15th of September 2015 the Interreligious Council for Peace Tanzania (IRCPT), the Tanzania Centre for Democracy (TCD) and KAS Tanzania convened a Maendeleo Dialogue on "Peaceful Campaigns and Elections – the Position of Religious and Political Leaders". The event took place in Dar es Salaam.

Christian – Muslim Partnership in Germany

Experiences, Similarities and Differences from a Tanzanian Perspective

On the 9th of September 2015 the Interreligious Council for Peace Tanzania (IRCPT) and KAS Tanzania jointly convened a conference on the "Christian – Muslim Partnership in Germany: Experiences, Similarities and Differences from a Tanzanian Perspective". The event took place at New Africa Hotel in Dar es Salaam.

Free and Fair Elections - Challenges, Opportunities and Responsibilities of Young Citizens

PERSPECTIVES OF THE YOUNG GENERATION IN TANZANIA AND GERMANY

On the 17th of August 2015, KAS Tanzania together with FES Tanzania and PAMOJA, an intercultural exchange programme, jointly conducted a one-day workshop in Dar es Salaam. Students from Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy (Tanzania) and Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster (Germany) participated in the event.

Free and Fair Elections - Your Vote Your Choice

Rights and duties of youth during elections

On the 13th and 14th of August 2015 the Civic Education Teachers Association (CETA) and KAS organized a two-day symposium on Free and Fair Elections for secondary, college and university students as well as secondary school teachers. The symposium dwelt on two topics in particular, namely: the principles of Free and Fair Election; and the role of youth in enhancing Free and Fair Elections. The event took place at the National Museum in Dar es Salaam and was attended by more than 800 participants.

Round Table Discussion on BVR, Free and Fair Elections

THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS

On the 03rd of July 2015 KAS carried out a round table discussion on Biometric Voter Registration (BVR), free and fair elections. Tanzania is holding general elections in October 2015 and for the moment is conducting the respective registration process. Therefore, this topic is highly important to the population and respective leaders and gains much attention. The discussion addressed the particular role of religious leaders within the matter. The event, which was held at Karimjee Hall in Dar es Salaam, was attended by the Prime Minister Hon. Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda as the Chief Guest.

THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF WOMEN LEADERS IN THE SOCIETY, POLITICS AND ECONOMY

LEADERSHIPTRAINING WITH THE CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORGAISATION WAWATA

On three weekends in May (08.-10., 15.-17. & 22.-24. May 2015) about 50 women that are active in their parishes as leaders of the catholic women group “Wanawake Wakatoliki wa Tanzania” (WAWATA) came together to learn about leadership in general and the social, political and economic roles and responsibilities of women leaders in specific. The event, which was organized by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in cooperation with the WAWATA-Leadership of the arch-diocese Dar es Salaam, aimed at strengthening the organizational structure of the women group and increasing their involvement in the community.

World Press Freedom Day 2015

MEDIA STAKEHOLDERS OF TANZANIA PROTEST AGAINST NEW MEDIA LAWS

From the 2nd to the 3rd of May, about 250 journalists and media stakeholders seized the World Press Freedom Day in Morogoro as an opportunity to take a stand against the increasing restrictions on the freedom of opinion and expression as well as the press freedom in Tanzania. The event, which in this year was co-organised by KAS, addressed the topic “Media Safety in the Digital Age: Better Reporting, Gender Equality & Privacy“. In the context of the restrictive media acts that were recently passed by the National Assembly, the event gained much importance as well as attention.