http://www.ddp.org.za DDP continues to capacitate and empower members of civil society and organizations in order for them to fulfill their roles of representing the interests of their respective communities. More than 57 organisations, which focus on democracy, human rights and community participation, received training in 2005. After the training, DDP monitors the organisations’ activities in order to asses the impact and effectiveness of the training. daily 1 2010-04-19T11:41:45Z http://www.ddp.org.za/programme-events/civil-society/capacity-building/promoting-democracy-through-increased-community-participation-in-democratic-processes-a-multi-media-approach Co-funded by the EU and KAS, DDP is working with civil society organisations and community radio stations to promote participation in democractic processes. This report is from the first workshop, held in KZN on 7-9 September. No publisher Sarah 2011-09-28T11:00:39Z Page http://www.ddp.org.za/programme-events/civil-society/capacity-building/understanding-the-consumer-protection-act-and-its-implications-for-non-profit-organisations 30 August 2011 - The Consumer Protection Act No 68 of 2008 came into effect during April 2011. The Act has implications for the non-profit sector. No publisher Sarah 2011-09-08T11:50:02Z Page http://www.ddp.org.za/programme-events/civil-society/capacity-building/child-justice-act 26 August 2011 - In partnership with Childline, DDP offered a training session on the Child Justice Act. No publisher Sarah 2011-09-08T11:07:13Z Page http://www.ddp.org.za/programme-events/civil-society/capacity-building/human-rights-day-march 21 March 2011, Durban - The Right2Know campaign was invited to be part of a mass march that was being planned for 21 March 2011, Human Rights Day. Various organizations were invited to participate in this event which for the sake of organizing was under the banner of the Durban Social Forum. No publisher Manju 2011-04-08T14:08:09Z Page http://www.ddp.org.za/programme-events/civil-society/capacity-building/freedom-of-expression-2013-right2know-campaign-access-to-information-workshop 15 March 2011, Diakonia Conference Centre - The Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) partnered with a number of organizations and created material to inform people about their Right to Access Information. They then took it a step further and through their networks and partners set up workshops in various parts of South Africa to disseminate this information and to hear what challenges communities and organizations faced accessing information. No publisher Manju 2011-04-08T14:30:50Z Page http://www.ddp.org.za/programme-events/civil-society/capacity-building/kzn-adoption-coalition 11 March 2011, Diakonia Centre - DDP was honored to host the inaugural meeting of the KZN Adoption Coalition which was held at Diakonia Centre on 11 March 2011. Participants included representatives from Childline, Durban Child Welfare, various children’s homes and adoption agencies and private social workers. With the number of orphaned and vulnerable children in South Africa estimated to be in the region of 2 million, DDP applauds the work that these dedicated individuals and organizations are doing to protect the rights of children. No publisher Manju 2011-03-16T08:02:41Z Page http://www.ddp.org.za/programme-events/civil-society/capacity-building/kzn-civil-society-workshop 8 March 2011, Diakonia Centre - As the funding environment becomes increasingly difficult there is a need for those organizations who work within the broad arena of active citizenship (good governance, accountability, and citizen mobilization, service delivery) to get together and discuss in earnest, Province wide programmes that we could jointly fundraise for and implement effectively. The DDP recently hosted a workshop with local selected partners to share information about the work being done and to brainstorm ideas on how we could work collaboratively. No publisher Manju 2011-09-08T10:46:00Z Page http://www.ddp.org.za/programme-events/civil-society/capacity-building/strategic-planning-workshop-with-comboco-provincial-network-of-cbo2019s 24 February 2011, DDP Seminar room - COMBOCO has been in existence for the past seven years and has in recent times suffered a leadership crisis that seriously damaged the credibility of the organisation. In our past dealing with the organisation we saw the potential of a partnership that would take our programmes into the heart of communities in deep rural areas. This is the constituency of most of the network partners. This workshop served to re-engineer the organisation in order to meet the new challenges and to be quite specific about their purpose and identity. No publisher Manju 2011-03-16T10:28:46Z Page http://www.ddp.org.za/programme-events/civil-society/capacity-building/international-human-rights-day 9 December 2010, Southern Sun, Elangeni - This year’s IHRD seminar, Justice Mohini Murugasen, who is a judge in the KZN Provincial Division was invited as a speaker. She was allowed to give a talk in line with the theme for IHRD. The United Nations has themed this year’s celebrations “speak up... stop discrimination” thus we saw it befitting that we do the same. In this regard, the Honourable Judge in her address covered the history of South Africa and the new dispensation and the new Constitution. No publisher Manju 2011-01-10T09:45:59Z Page http://www.ddp.org.za/programme-events/civil-society/capacity-building/ddp-hrc-legislative-series-childrens-act 29 November 2010, Diakonia - The South African Human Rights Commission together with the Democracy Development Programme hosted a seminar on the Children’s Act 38 of 2005, as Amended. Due to the various debates emanating in public forums and in the media about the Act it was decided that it would be beneficial to host a seminar on the Act. Mrs. Joan van Niekerk, the national advocacy Director for Child-Line South Africa, and an expert within the children’s sector, who has worked very closely with Act, was invited to present and facilitate the session. No publisher Manju 2010-12-13T09:04:09Z Page http://www.ddp.org.za/programme-events/civil-society/capacity-building/right2know-campaign-kzn The Right2Know campaign was formulated in response to the Governments proposed Protection of Information Bill and the ANC’s proposed Media Appeals Tribunal Bill. The campaign was initiated in the Western Cape by the Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC) in August 2010. A call was made for civil society groups to support this initiative. No publisher Manju 2010-11-30T10:00:56Z Page http://www.ddp.org.za/programme-events/civil-society/capacity-building/ddp-hrc-legislative-series-promotion-of-equality-and-prevention-of-unfair-discrimination-act 18 November 2010, Diakonia - This seminar formed part of the legislative series, whereby we would identify pieces of legislations that have recently been passed or Bills that were before the national legislature and debate on pressing issues that emanated from these legislations. No publisher Manju 2010-12-13T09:26:53Z Page http://www.ddp.org.za/programme-events/civil-society/capacity-building/ddp-hrc-seminar-consumer-protection-act 21 October 2010, Diakonia - The Commission together with DDP held a seminar on the new legislation that is meant to protect consumers. The Black Sash was very instrumental in assisting to plan and organise this seminar as part of the legislative series. No publisher Manju 2010-12-13T09:32:28Z Page http://www.ddp.org.za/programme-events/civil-society/capacity-building/democracy-development-programme-ddp-social-outreach-programme 1 October 2010, Southern Sun, Elangeni - As part of the Democracy Development Programme (DDP) Social Outreach Programme and Women’s Month the DDP has decided to collaborate with The Highway Hospice to salute the 35 hard working caregivers who voluntarily dedicate their time and love to those that are less fortunate than themselves whom require more care and love than anyone else during their time of grave illnesses. No publisher Manju 2010-10-27T11:46:43Z Page http://www.ddp.org.za/programme-events/civil-society/capacity-building/imatu-leadership-and-strategic-teambuilding-workshop 21-23 September 2010, DDP Seminar Room, Durban - IMATU is one of the best organised Unions in KZN and is located to the centre of the spectrum rather than the extreme left. The request from the training officer was to bring the Executive team and the Board together for three days to talk about communication protocols and conflict management. The team acquired a deeper insight into the nature of their organisational structure and built greater team trust. Conflict resolution models were explained and modified for organisational use. No publisher Manju 2010-10-20T10:37:38Z Page