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Welcome to the website of the Good Governance Learning Network (GGLN)
| The GGLN is a network of
South African non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that aims to
promote participatory, effective, accountable and pro-poor local
governance. The network was established in 2003 in order to provide an interface for civil society organisations working on issues of local governance and citizen participation to network and share information towards strengthening local democracy in South Africa. Other objectives include the documentation and dissemination of good practices, building the capacity of practitioners, advocacy, as well as creating awareness about the value of participatory local governance. |
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Afesis-corplan and the Project for Conflict Resolution and Development (PCRD) are organising a regional learning event on improving pro-poor information dissemination by municipalities. Current municipal dissemination of information trends have shown
that municipalities have not put a great deal of effort to ensure that
the poor have access to vital information. In most cases municipalities
do not have information dissemination strategies that consider the
disempowerment of communities by apartheid. They seem to communicate
above the majority of service consumers/residents who still cannot read
and write. The learning event will strive to find ways on how pro-poor
information will be disseminated effectively to previously
disadvantaged communities. Participants at the learning event Event to be held on the 15th August 2008 at the Health Resource
Centre, Cheltenham Road, Amalinda, East London. Contact person: Bonginkosi Masiwa at Afesis-corplan |
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| Local Democracy in Action: A Civil Society
Perspective on Local Governance in South Africa This year marks the tenth anniversary of the 1998 White Paper on Local Government. Under the guidance of this document, the form and substance of local government and governance in South Africa has been fundamentally reshaped. As a network of civil society organisations active in the field of local governance, we have been witnesses to the development of South Africa’s new system of local government over the past decade, and have observed its successes and shortcomings as they unfolded. This report provides the GGLN’s perspective on the local governance environment, of what has been achieved, and the priorities and challenges that lie ahead. Click here... |
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Legislative amendments to scrap floorcrossing