Community of Practice
About this program
Purpose: To support and nurture community development practitioners that DDP has trained as community facilitators, using our connecting communities approach.
Why?
Most community facilitators do not have the support to continue their learning, share their best practices and be mentored. So, they begin to change their perception of real community centered development. Without support, chances of a significant shift in how they work in communities are limited.
How?
- Convening community facilitators annually to engage in peer learning and sharing
- Building an archive of best practices and resources that can be shared by the community
- Continue to add innovative new techniques and methods that add value to their work
- Encourage collaboration amongst facilitators to help each other
- Use the services of these facilitators to increase the reach and depth of our work as an organisation
August 12, 2022
The Rivonia Circle, in partnership with DDP and 9 other organizations hosted an Activist Exchange on 9 August 2022. This is an event for 600 activists […]
May 25, 2022
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in partnership with the Democracy Development Program (DDP) and the Outreach Unit of the IEC, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) hosted […]
May 20, 2022
The DDP hosted a 2 day District Development Model workshop for civil society practitioners, political parties and ordinary citizens at Elangeni Hotel on the 17-18 May […]
February 16, 2022
Understanding the role of parliament, parliamentarians, and parliamentary committees The Democracy Development Program hosted a day capacity-building workshop for members of the KwaZulu Natal Legislature Women’s […]
October 6, 2021
The Democracy Development Program will be conducting an election observer refresher training. Election observers play a crucial role in ensuring that the elections are transparent, free, […]
September 23, 2021
The National Youth Development Agency invited DDP to partner with in the above outlined workshop, which was done on the 21st of September 2021. It […]
September 20, 2021
The Democracy Development Program hosted a 2 day District Development Model Workshop (DDM) unpacking the role of Civil Society at Elangeni Hotel in Durban on 16-17 […]
May 26, 2021
The Local government act and the municipal systems act both enshrines the importance of an active citizenry that can fully participate in the political sphere, however, […]
May 19, 2021
The National Development Plan argued that ethical leadership and good governance are the cornerstone to creating a state that is capable of delivering developmental outcomes to […]
March 1, 2021
New digital technologies, including social media, create a new paradigm in political campaigns. Movements powered by social media have toppled governments and helped others to win […]
February 26, 2021
DDP and The Migration Project recently partnered with Internews on the Durban leg of their week-long media training workshops for journalists from different parts of South […]
September 23, 2020
The Democracy Development Program hosted a Webinar on Co-Production in Local Community on the 22nd September 2020. This engagement was delivered by Dr. Dirk Brand an […]
September 10, 2020
DDP in partnership with Africa Unite hosted a Virtual Webinar unpacking Police violence and accountability. This engagement was hosted on the 09th September 2020.
August 26, 2020
It is a well-known fact that most municipalities in the country have serious financial problems, which inter alia contribute to bad or no service delivery. The […]
March 19, 2020
There are various political concepts that provide the ideological framework of political parties across the world, including South Africa. Concepts such as capitalism, socialism, a social […]
March 9, 2020
The Democracy Development Program hosted a 3 day Advocacy and Lobbying Workshop at the Blue Marlin Hotel in Scottburgh. The workshop was facilitated by DDP’s Senior […]
October 17, 2019
The Democracy Development Program hosted a 3 day Social Entrepreneurship Workshop at the DDP Seminar Room. The workshop was held from 14-16 October 2019. Facilitated by […]
August 23, 2019
Democracy Development Program hosted a report writing workshop on 21 -22 August 2019 at Marine Parade Hotel in Durban. Facilitated by Marisol Gutierrez, the aim of […]
June 6, 2019
By Daniel Dunia and Sthabiso Mdledle: The workshop focused on the art of leading people through processes towards agreed-upon objectives in a manner that encourages participation, […]
May 27, 2019
This article first appeared in the Good Governance Learning Network (GGLN) journal titled: Navigating Accountability and Collaboration in Local Governance (2017) Introduction Accountability and collaboration in […]