Sustainable Livelihoods and Community-driven development: Empowering communities or promoting livelihoods?

As part of an international series, Khanya-aicdd is hosting a seminar bringing together practitioners, policy-makers and academics to explore the links between Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches (SLA) and Community-driven Development (CDD).  The seminar will be held on Thursday, 26th March 2009, 09.00 - 17:00 and will explore the following questions:

• What are the lessons from the Southern & East African region of linking decentralised governance models to sustainable livelihoods?
• To what extent can SLA contribute to understanding links between local and macro level processes?
• To what degree can local level initiatives be scaled up to increase impact and sustainability?

Keynote Speakers to include:

• Mrs. Sadi Luka, Chief Director - Community Development,  Department of Social Development, South Africa
• Professor Hans Binswanger-Mkhize, Independant Consultant on Community-driven Development
• Mr. Absolom Masendeke, Regional Team Leader, Reducing Vulnerability Programme, Practical Action Southern Africa

Book Launch:
Scaling up Local Community-driven Development  by Professor Hans Binswanger-Mkhize

To Register:

Registration Fee: ZAR 250. To register, download a form here or send an email to: admin@khanya-aicdd.org. Deadline: 17th March 2009.

You can also participate in this, and other seminars in the series, through online discussions by joining the Livelihoods Seminar Group.

We encourage postgraduate students to present their work in poster format on Sustainable Livelihoods and Community-driven Development at this seminar. For more information please send an email to rahel@khanya-aicdd.org

Thursday, 26th March 2009
09.00 - 17:00
DBSA -  Midrand,
South Africa

To download a registration form and for more details, go to our website..

This seminar series is funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council. It has been co-convened by the IDS-Livelihoods Network