CSO Mentoring and Strengthening Program
About this program
Purpose: To contribute to the development of an effective and united voice of civil society in KwaZulu Natal, through supporting and capacitating the KZN CSO Coalition.
Why?
Civil society remains fragmented and has been unable to effectively engage government as partners about the implementation of a transformational development agenda. As a result, the voice of CSOs has been relegated to a few co-opted organisations that often speak on our behalf without a mandate.
How?
- Hosting an annual conference that brings CSOs together to talk about
- Building partnerships between CSOs and government at all levels
- Debate critical policy issues affecting civil society
- Supporting the network of CSOs in the province through providing a space for dialogue and discussion at DDP
- Offering capacity building programmes to strengthen the work of members of the coalition
July 19, 2024
On July 18, 2024, the Democracy Development Program’s Local Governance Learning and Advocacy Network (DDP LGLAN) hosted a pivotal workshop at the Edward Hotel in Durban. […]
May 28, 2023
The Democracy Development Programme hosted a workshop titled: A Reflection on the Nature of electoral participation, and Interrogation of the Typical South African Voter and their […]
May 12, 2023
The Democracy Development Programme hosted a workshop titled: A Reflection on the State of South African Coalitions: Building for 2024. The workshop aimed to take a […]
March 27, 2023
Local government is the sphere of government closest to the people. Many basic services are delivered by local municipalities and local ward councilors are the politicians […]
March 1, 2023
The Democracy Development Program hosted a 2-day Fundraising workshop at Elangeni Hotel on 27-28 February 2023. This workshop was attended by civil society fundraisers and was […]
November 25, 2022
Democracy Development Program in partnership with Africa Check hosted a 2 day fact-checking and verification workshop for journalists and bloggers in KwaZulu Natal. The workshop was […]
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 […]
April 19, 2022
DDP hosted the Asset-based community development workshop for political parties in Durban at Elangeni Hotel on the 12-13th April 2022. The workshop was facilitated by Khanya […]
April 7, 2022
DDP hosted the Participatory Municipal Budgeting workshop at Elangeni Hotel on 5-6 April 2022. This workshop looked at the Local government municipal systems act 32 of […]
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 […]