RCE KwaZulu Natal-2012

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Submitted by RCEkwazulunatal on Fri, 2012-08-10 00:00
1. General Information
Contact Name(s): 
Dick Kachilonda
Jim Taylor
Organizational Affiliation : 
Members of RCE associated with WESSA and SADC-REEP
Role in the project: 
Coordinators
E-Mail Address(es): 
dick@wessa.co.za
jt@wessa.co.za
Project-relevant information: 
www.sadc-reep.org.za
www.wessa.org.za
2. Project Information
1. Project title: 
SADC Building capacity for enhancing sustainability
2. Project Description: 
Increasing regional cooperation for environmental sustainability through Agriculture, environment, water and natural resources
3. Project Status: 
In Planning
4. Key Words
Key Words: 
Biodiversity
5. Project categories
Project categories: 
Education
Research
Awareness building
Influencing policy processes
Networking and partnership development
Material production
6. Expected outcomes:: 
Greater sustainability and international cooperation in natural resource management
7. Duration of the Project:: 
2013 - 2015
3. Project Leadership & Vision
8. Project coordination (e.g. teams): 
SADC-REEP, WESSA SADC-FANR
9. Leadership structure
a. Administration: 
3
b. Transactional: 
3
c. Transformational: 
4
4. Project results
10. Project results : 
N/A
11. Contribution to reforms and innovations: 
Stepping up to sustainability, social media (information portal) flikr and u-tube
12. Unexpected / unplanned results: 
N/A
13.Core Partners: 
SADC-REEP, WESSA, FANR, ReCOPE
5. Partnership and networking
14. Project Network
a. Information network: 
3
b. Knowledge network: 
3
c. Innovation network: 
4
6. Participation
15. Type of involvement: 
Collaborative writing, learning, policy processes and networking
16. Participation opportunities
a. Informational participation: 
3
b. Consultation participation: 
4
c. Decision influencing participation : 
3
7. Education & Learning
17. Educational activities: 
Training courses, capacity building
18. Learning activities: 
We build on participants prior knowledge and understanding through social profiling, articulation of ideas, fieldwork investigations, action taking and knowledge sharing. We seek to place 'practices' first, theory later!
19. Educational activities
a. Theory: 
2
b. Discussion: 
4
c. Interactive and Multidimensional "action oriented education": 
4
8. Research Integration
20. Research & Development (R&D): 
Literature surveys, workshops, investigations and experimentation through pilot case studies.
21. Research partners: 
University, NGO's and public - sometimes school children too!
22. Description of research
a. Disciplinary: 
3
b. Interdisciplinary: 
4
c. Transdisciplinary: 
3
Type: 
Project Reports
Region: 
Africa and Middle East
Community: 
Capacity Development
Issue: 
Capacity Development
Country: 
South Africa