Edward Shalala

Note: Edward Shalala is a former member of staff.

Job Title: Head of DDIP Programme

Joined International IDEA in 2007.

Programme: Secretary-General's Office

Office: Stockholm (HQ)

Experience:
Previously, he was the Sector Advisor for Resource Based Industries in the Department of Economic Development and Tourism of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape in South Africa. Mr Shalala served as Election Manager for the African National Congress in the central Cape Town area for the first democratic election in South Africa (1994). He was also the Head of the Community Liaison Department of the country’s Constitutional Assembly (1994-1996). Mr Shalala developed the communication strategy of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of the Republic of South Africa. He also conceptualised and implemented the national media campaign to launch the Commission’s first public hearings. Mr Shalala’s other professional experience includes positions as manager, public policy adviser, researcher, legal adviser and lobbyist especially in the area of Marine Living Resources.

Publications:
As a Research Fellow at the Institute of Defence Studies in Oslo in 2004 and 2005, he wrote a paper titled “Peace and Security in Africa: Basic Structural Changes in the Governance of Peace and Security on the African Continent”. Mr Shalala has also co-written a chapter called ‘A People’s Constitution’ about the Public Participation Programme of the Constitutional Assembly for the Danish publication Festskrift om Menneskerettigeher til Carl Aage Norgaard. He has a Bachelors Degree in Law, an Honours Degree in Political Science and a Masters Degree in Public Law.

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