Another example how the Social Employment Fund adds value to grassroots community activities and helps to multiply impact through partnerships between government, civil society and community networks Economic Development Partnership (EDP) DGMT IDC South Africa

Citizen and government partnership delivers services- great article by my colleague Linda Daniels dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-1…

JOIN the Western Cape Food Forum’s first meeting of 2023, to share learnings and plans for #CollectiveAction towards improved #FoodSecurity in the province and nationally. 🕘 Thursday, 26 January 2023, 2–3:30pm 💻 Join: bit.ly/WCFoodForumJan…

Contributing to positive change social change by uplifting and empowering recyclers and wastepickers! Vision: to improve the livelihoods of the informal sector through building the recycling economy.

This week, partners contracted to rollout the #SocialEmploymentFund as part of the #PresidentialEmploymentStimulus shared stories of hope and optimism at the first national in-person #learningnetwork meeting in Johannesburg hosted by IDC South Africa Economic Development Partnership (EDP) DGMT

Changing mindsets starts with challenging/ changing outdated and inaccurate language. This is a good example.

There are many ways across a mountain. At the ‘4 passes’ viewpoint in the Garden Route, I symbolically handed over the EDP leadership to my successor, Nishendra Moodley. A new chapter awaits Economic Development Partnership (EDP) Alan Winde

Bottom line- no one actor can solve complex water challenges on their own. Here’s a great water partnering case study

🎥 #Resilience is about how human beings embrace change. The EDP’s former CEO Andrew Boraine Boraine outlines how Cape Town communities responded to the COVID-19 crises through networks of solidarity in globalresilience.bsky.social’s new #ResiliencePerspectives series youtube.com/watch?v=NOB3cA…

Relationships matter! If the relationships you are in with your development colleagues are halfhearted, one-sided, toxic or abusive, you won’t influence them and they won’t influence you. A recipe for stuckness and low impact.

Initiatives that make a difference to the lives of young people. The outcomes of the South African presidential employment stimulus programme explained youtu.be/-XybQNf8QFY via YouTube

Discovering visual redress in Stellenbosch

I was interviewed by Annelisse Escobar Valle from the Blavatnik School of Government on some of my experiences as a change-maker in South Africa over the past 40 years. lnkd.in/dybtjudJ

How are South African adverts - Clicks, Footgear, Tekkietown, CTM, etc, shown at Wembley during FA Cup final? Are they superimposed on the hoardings in real time for SA viewers?

Another useful article on the SA energy transition by Carol Paton. Ramokgopa could potentially use his position to play a collaborative intermediary role to pull together a shared energy vision and common agenda for government and society news24.com/fin24/opinion/…

Twelve reasons why you should consider incorporating partnering and collaboration into your implementation strategy, with five easy steps to start the process.ipa-sa.org.za/public/purpose…

Getting from Good Intentions to Effective Action: A Proposal for a Just Transition Partnering Implementation Model in South Africa afd.fr/en/ressources/…

Path-shifting thinker on development for so many.

In South Africa, we tend to associate public space & economic activity with informal practices & therefore imperfect, even dangerous. Nothing could be further from the truth #informaleconomy #globalsouth #localsouth Andrew Boraine Jodi Allemeier 🌇 dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-1…

Are you an unlocker, enabler, catalyser, or caretaker? Learn about Centre for Public Impact (CPI)'s Stewardship Matrix and explore your stewardship approach. centreforpublicimpact.org/insights/intro…