South Africa

2010 African Incubation Conference: "Growing Economies through Incubation"

17 Mar 2010 - 19 Mar 2010

Where: South Africa

http://www.infodev.org/en/Event.476.html

Durban incubators led rural incubation technology incubation Women

Shared by ledna-team - 08/03/2010

Benchmarking tool to assess LED readiness of municipalities

Capacity to implement Local Economic Development

We are ‘eating’, but we are not building any new factories or plants!

Has South Africa fallen prey to the same ‘bling’ culture that has so much eaten into the economic productive capacity of elite and middle class in most African states; the ‘eating without producing’ culture Claude Ake referred to as the bane of Africa? Has this eating without working culture became the popular culture in post-apartheid South Africa too?

Prof. William Gumede in a well written piece published in Panbazuka News says yes! As he puts it:  A new ‘bling’ culture has risen among South Africa’s ruling political, business and public administration elite… “It is one of getting rich quickly, using shortcuts. Once one has made it, one feels entitled to live lavishly – the ‘bling’ lifestyle. This ‘bling’ lifestyle has now become the new standard for achievement: A sign that one has made it. These shortcuts could be attaching oneself to a sugar daddy, or in politics to a political party boss, or attaching oneself to a crime boss. The more unfortunate, who do not have the connections or looks, try their luck by addictively playing the Lotto. They dream one lucky draw will bring fabulous wealth. Others resort to crime to reach their dream of ‘bling’. Nobody needs to work or study hard anymore. Everyone is looking for a shortcut....This ‘bling’ culture will break down South Africa’s productive capacity. We are ‘eating’, but we are not building any new factories or plants that can create jobs.”

Read the entire article here. See also a c succinct comment of the article : Where nobody needs to work or study hard anymore

Study to develop a SACU industrial development policy framework

The SACU Secretariat wishes to appoint registered and certified consultant(s) who have proven experience in research on the formulation of industrial development policies, especially at ...more

Shared by ledna-team - 29/12/2009

Training Course: Managing for Impact in Development

8 Mar 2010 - 19 Mar 2010

Where: South Africa

http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/events/managing-for-impact-...

evaluation of project impact Managing for Impact (M4I) pro-poor project-assessment

Shared by ledna-team - 26/11/2009

Training: Facilitating Community-based Planning

15 Feb 2010 - 26 Feb 2010

Where: South Africa

http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/events/training-facilitatin...

community-development municipal Integrated Development plan planning

Shared by ledna-team - 26/11/2009

Training Course: Sustainable Livelihoods for Development

1 Feb 2010 - 4 Feb 2010

Where: South Africa

http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/events/event.2009-06-12.173...

pro-poor Sustainable livehoods approach

Shared by ledna-team - 26/11/2009

Expert in local governance

CIDEAL, a Spanish INGO specialised on research, training and technical assistance in developmental cooperation, is recruting an expert in local governance for South Africa.

Canditates must ...more

Shared by ledna-team - 24/11/2009

The State of Entrepreneurship in South Africa

17 Nov 2009 - 19 Nov 2009

Where: South Africa

https://www.fnb.co.za/promotions/GEW.html

entrepreneurship Global Entrepreneurship Week

Shared by ledna-team - 10/11/2009