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International Events
The DDP has over the years been invited to be an active participant in a number of international events and conferences in the field of democracy and governance. Some of these include the World Economic Forum, the Pan African Civic Educators Network, CIVICUS, LOGOLINK , the World Movement For Democracy and more recently the India-Brazil-South Africa local Governance Forum. The DDP has a number of ongoing engagements with several international partners both on the continent and in other parts of the world.
Citizens’ Education Training Workshop by Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations, DENIVA
4-8 June 2009, Uganda - Nompumelelo Shezi on behalf of DDP attended a citizens’ education training workshop for civil society representatives and community trainers in Eastern and Southern Africa, held in Kampala, Uganda, from 4th – 8th June 2009. The training workshop was organised by the Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations, DENIVA, based in Uganda, with support from the Commonwealth Foundation.
Training Workshop for Civil Society Organizations on Monitoring and Reporting Corruption
10-11 November 2008 (The Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala, Uganda) - The workshop was organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York in collaboration with United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Ethiopia. It falls on the scope of Governance and Public Administration division of UNECA whose aims and objectives are in line with DDP’s core activities, particularly their work on Local Government, hence the acceptance of this invitation.
World Movement for Democracy - Fifth Assembly – Kiev, Ukraine
06 -09 April 2008 (Ukraine) - The World Assembly meets once every three years and brings together struggle activists, civil society institutions, researchers and grant makers to talk about the state of democracies in the world. The theme of this Assembly focused on MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK - FROM THEORY TO PERFORMANCE. The Assembly was held from 06 -09 April and was attended by 500 delegates from 110 countries.
Institute of Social Sciences
11-19 January 2008 (New Delhi) - Trip to India to visit local village councils and to gauge the extent of public participation at local government level. The visit coincided with the launch of the India-Brazil-South Africa Local Governance Forum (IBSALGF).
Colloquium
22-23 October 2007 (South Africa) - DDP, in partnership with CORUS (a French research co-ordination body), hosted a three day international colloquium in October 2007 to discuss the issue of territorial and regional re-structuring. Twenty four delegates, including experts from France, Morocco, Germany and South Africa - were present. Research papers presented various aspects of regional restructuring. The colloquium elicited a lot of questions around the demarcation process in South Africa as well as the issues of the regional autonomy and the role of provinces in this matter.
Seminar: MEDIA FREEDOM UNDER THREAT?
