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SAPS members, representatives from women’s organisations, the Commission on GenderEquality and the Independent Complaints Directorate. The workshop was repeated inOudtshoorn for the benefit of station commissioners in the south Eastern Cape, where apart of the research took place. The Project also presented its findings to the SAPS provincialcommissioner of the Western Cape and two senior staff members.CSPRI hosted a seminar in Pretoria releasing its research report, An assessment of the impactof HIV/AIDS on correctional system governance with special emphasis on correctional servicesstaff, and it was well attended by DCS staff from all nine provinces. In order to stimulatedebate, CSPRI also hosted three roundtable discussions with stakeholders, focusing onprison oversight, the annual report of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services andthe White Paper on Corrections in South Africa.The Centre also responded to the needs of practice. By 1 July 2010, every municipalityhad to implement the Municipal Property Rates Act of 2004. In the run-up to this importantdeadline, the Local Government Project hosted an international seminar on municipalproperty rates that attracted municipal officials, property valuers, academics and students.In celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Local Government Bulletin, the Project broughttogether key stakeholders at a conference to discuss the future of local government. TheConference, opened by the acting Director-General of the Department of CooperativeGovernance and Traditional Affairs, reading the speech of Minister Sicelo Shiceka, drewtogether politicians and officials across the three spheres of government, academics andcivil society representatives to debate political accountability, parliamentary oversight,community participation and district municipalities. The Conference concluded with asession on international comparisons of systems of local government, with particularemphasis on decentralisation in Ethiopia, Uganda and Zimbabwe.The international dimension of the Project’s work was further evidenced by the Project’shosting of a Policy Dialogue on the Future of Local Government in Zimbabwe, in Harare,which brought together a diverse spectrum of local government practitioners and politiciansto discuss local government reform in Zimbabwe. This seminar, opened by the Minister forLocal Government, was aimed at complementing the constitutional review process currentlyunderway in that country. The seminar was a key milestone in an ongoing research project,involving the compilation of a book on the future of local government in Zimbabwe.At times, training of officials and politicians was the Centre’s explicit aim. Nico Steytler andJaap de Visser conducted training on federalism for Sudanese academics and governmentofficials in two separate training sessions in Khartoum. They also conducted training forthe Western Cape Provincial Parliament on the functioning of provincial parliamentsand supervision of local government respectively. Jaap de Visser conducted training formunicipal councillors and officials in George, Oudtshoorn and Mossel Bay, focusing on thedelineation of responsibilities within municipalities.The Centre also used seminars to build networks and common agendas between civilsociety organisations. The Socio-Economic Rights Project hosted a seminar on litigatingsocio-economic rights at the international level and introducing the OP-ICESCR. Its objectiveswere to raise awareness of the OP-ICESCR and various procedures it establishes; to provide aforum where institutions and organisations working on socio-economic rights can discuss,reflect and share experiences on enhancing the implementation of socio-economic rightsOutreach activtitiesAnnual Report 2009 29
and effective litigation strategies; and to provide a forum for networking and to initiatefuture collaboration among the participating institutions and organisations. A secondseminar was held on gender, HIV and AIDS in South Africa that aimed at taking stock ofrecent developments and reflecting on progress, setbacks and challenges on dealing withHIV and AIDS in a women’s context. It thus fostered conversation between the differentcategories of stakeholders involved in work and efforts around HIV/AIDS in South Africa.FundersCore funding and project activitiesChildren’s Rights Project:CSPRI:Local Government Project:Socio-Economic Rights Project:LLM in Human Rights &Democratisation in AfricaDullah Omar Memorial LectureFord FoundationSave the Children SwedenUnited Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)Open Society Foundation for SouthAfrica (OSF)Embassy of FinlandOpen Society Foundation of SouthAfrica (OSF-SA)Open Society Institute for SouthernAfrica (OSISA)Rockefeller Brothers FundICCOAustrian Development CooperationCharles Stewart Mott FoundationNorwegian Centre for HumanRights, University of OsloCentre for Human Rights(University of Pretoria)Webber Wentzel30COMMUNITY LAW CENTRE
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