Forum Meeting
Community Forums on In-Situ Informal Settlement Upgrading
A series of public forums are being held around Cape Town, aimed at bringing together government, professionals, academics and communities to discuss a wide range of important and pertinent issues relating to the development of poor communities, including in-situ informal settlement upgrading.
The Partners include:
The
Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC) is a nucleus of professionals and grassroots activists who think independently yet plan and act collectively. It is the hub of a new synergy between intellectual pioneers and collective action. CORC provides support to networks of urban and rural poor communities who mobilize themselves around their own resources and capacities. CORC's interventions are designed to enable rural and urban communities to learn from one another and to create solidarity and unity in order to be able to broker deals with formal institutions especially the State.
iKhayalami is a non-profit organisation whose primary aim is to upgrade informal settlements. It focuses on designing and manufacturing affordable housing solutions that are easy to transport, quick to erect and offer a range of opportunities for future upgrading. This is primarily an immediate solution to the crisis of inadequate shelter, but also provides an effective and rapid response in the event of township hazards such as fire and flooding.
The
UCT African Security & Justice Programme (ASJP) of the Centre of Criminology actively explores ways to integrate effective mitigation and adaptation activities, related to climate change, with developmental benefits among poor constituencies. They aim to support poor entrepreneurs and the communities they work within and to promote environmentally beneficial outcomes that contribute to income generation, development and an improvement of welfare.
The report of the 1st Forum held on the 5th March 2009 in the Guguletu Comprehensive School, Cape Town. Click here.
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