NGO Pulse 12-April-07 #71

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 Issue No 71          ^-^-^  NGO Pulse  ^-^-^        12 April 2007
                                                                                          
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New on the Home Page: www.sangonet.org.za  

Development consultant, Frank Julie, offers us a new article this week, which outlines the 23 sins of non-profit management. Amongst them, read about poor objective planning, reactive approaches to funding gaps and inconsistency between organisational image and identity. To read his article, please click here.

Our second article this week follows up on an earlier call to lobby for changes to the Lotteries Act. This article arrives in the wake of the month long suspension of the National Lottery. However, there is still a huge amount of grant funding that needs be distributed to NGOs and Ricardo Wyngaard of the Non-Profit Consortium as well as Rajesh Latchman of the National Welfare Social Services and Development Forum argue that civil society must come together in a unified movement with a legitimate mandate to propose changes to the grant making arm of the National Lottery. To read their article which highlights inconsistencies between the regulation and administration of this funding agency, please click here.

Finally, I call your attention to SANGONeT's 3rd Annual ICT's for Civil Society Conference which will be taking place from 17-18 July 2007. To visit the conference website, please click here.

- Fazila Farouk, editor@sangonet.org.za    

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Contents:

1. New jobs, proposals and events this week.
2. Quote of the week.
2. Top local and international news flashes.
3. Non-profit research and other new literature sources.

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1.  JOBS, PROPOSALS AND EVENTS:
 
---> Vacancies:
The Centre for Development and Enterprise seeks to recruit a Research and Project Executive. The application deadline is 15 April 2007. For more information, click here. The application deadline for the positions of Trainer and OD Facilitator advertised by the Community Based Development Programme is 20 April 2007. Both positions require people who are passionate and committed about working in townships and informal settlements. For more information, click here. The Afrobarometer Network, which undertakes research in various African countries to assess perceptions of citizens on governance issues, is looking to fill the Deputy Director position. The application deadline is 23 April 2007. For more information, click here.

---> RFPs and other Opportunities:
The nomination deadline for the John Humphrey Freedom Award, which is presented every year to an organisation or person who has made an outstanding contribution to the promotion of human rights and democratic development is 15 April 2007. The Award consists of a grant of $25,000. For more information, click here. The Poynter Institute for Media Studies is seeking five fellows for the 2007 Foster Davis Fellowships for African Journalists who are accomplished journalists. The application deadline is 16 April 2007. For more information, click here. Agenda is calling for abstracts for the first journal of their New Technologies Trilogy, looking specifically at what is commonly called ‘green biopolitics’. The submission deadline is 25 April 2007. For more information, click here.

---> New Events:
The African Institute for Corporate Citizenship invites all civil society organisations to attend a presentation on Corporate Accountability and Sustainability Reporting on 17 April 2007 in Johannesburg. For more information, please click here. From 23-27 May 2007, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation will host the 7th CIVICUS World Assembly in Glasgow, Scotland. For more information, click here. The 3rd South African AIDS Conference, aimed at bringing together activists, community workers, policy makers and media representatives to reach a consensus on prevention, treatment and care, will take place from 5-8 June 2007 in Durban. For more information, click here.

---> Training:
The Centre for Resource and Funding Training invites NGO directors and senior staff to its one-day workshop on Governance and Accountability for Boards of Civil Society Organisations. The workshop takes place on 10 May 2007 in Durban. For more information, click here. From 23-27 July 2007, the Community Development Resource Association will run a five-day non-residential course exploring the principles, values and practices of effective developmental supervision, mentoring and performance appraisals, in Cape Town. For more information, click here.
 

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               How can a society that exists 
               on instant mashed potatoes, 
                   packaged cake mixes, 
         frozen dinners, and instant cameras
               teach patience to its young?
                        -Paul Sweeney

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2.  TOP NEWS ITEMS:

(i) Recent LOCAL news items:

---> SA CSOs May Soon Have One Voice
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/622)
---> Friedman Questions Merits of Poverty Line
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5yw)
---> Court Rules in Favour of Human Rights
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5yt)
---> NGOs Concerned by Mbeki’s Stance on AIDS Donors
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5zs)
---> SA's Rural Women Prepare for International Congress
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5yu)
---> ANC Questions Motives of Achmat’s New Party
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5yv)
---> President Speaks out Against Corruption
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5yx)
---> Zim Refugees Unable to Access Health Care Services in SA
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5yy)
---> NGO Director Raises Concerns over Bad Nationalism
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5zt)
---> BEE is Flawed says Finance Minister
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/623)

 
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(ii) Recent INTERNATIONAL news items:

---> Top Musicians to Feature on Amnesty International CD
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5zj)
---> Chinese Government Experimentally Engages with NGOs
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5zv)
---> Amnesty International Appeals to Chad to Accept UN
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5yz)
---> NGOs Challenge DRC & Partners over Resources
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5zk)
---> African NGOs Criticise AU Health Ministers' Strategy
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5zu)
---> No Quick Fix for World Economy – IMF
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5zx)
---> New Online Mapping Project Confirms Genocide in Darfur
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/625)

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3. NONPROFIT ANALYSIS, TOOLS AND OPINIONS:

---> Letter: Our Shame
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5z2)
---> Case Study: Mainstreaming Local Govt Response to HIV/AIDS
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5z3)
---> Journal: Journal of Information Technology in Social Change
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5z7)
---> Book: A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5zw)
---> Paper: Assessing the Performance of Foundation Programme Officers
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5z4)
---> Paper: Arguing Against Civil Society
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5z5)
---> Paper: Foreign Aid has Failed Africa
(Visit: http://www.sangonet.org.za/url/5z6)

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NGO DIRECTORY
 
Is your NGO listed on the Prodder NGO and Development Directory? Take five minutes to update the details for your NGO, CBO or other development-related initiative on the PRODDER database so that anyone interested in your activities can contact you easily, go to www.prodder.org.za.

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SANGOTeCH

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