We welcome you all back from a well-deserved rest. As we start 2010, we recall the challenges, hopes, gains and lost opportunities in 2009. We still hope that our region remains challenged to resolve crises in Madagascar, DRC, Angola, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. 2010 must provide us with confidence and will to address these challenges with resolve and urgency to enable our people and the region to focus on more pressing issues – post conflict reconstruction, poverty reduction and development.. ...
The Southern Africa Development Community Council of Non Governmental Organizations (SADC-CNGO) is the lead and membership based apex body of non-governmental organizations operating in all SADC Countries. SADC-CNGO was formed in 1998. It however officially started operations in 2004. Its legitimacy lies not only in the mandate bestowed upon it by the membership - drawn from the 15 SADC Countries, but also in the signed Memorandum of Understanding with the SADC Secretariat for the purposes of promoting constructive dialogue and engagement with civil society.
The second edition of ChangeMudança is now out! Profiling new approaches by government, business and civil society to address regional dimensions of poverty, the latest edition shares views on Malawi's journey from one of the world's poorest countries to one of
Africa's fastest economies. ChangeMudança also unpacks the SADC Protocol on the facilitation of movement of persons; how child migrants fend for themselves; UK DFID's renewed focus on growth, infrastructure and drivers of vulnerability; and more.
For further information, Contact: SADC Council of NGOs, Plot 18682 Phase 2, Gaborone, Private Bag 204, Gaborone, Botswana.Telephone No.: +267-3912982; Fax: +267-3912954, E-mail: sadc-cngo@sadc-cngo.org.bw
