programmes

This project will especially seek to promote a conducive framework of engagement between SADC as well as individual governments and civil society within the SADC region. The projet will draw upon the various CSO's in the region and also build upon CIVICUS and other CSO's experience in conducting interventions to protect the space for civil society to exist.

CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME
The building training is designed to strengthen existing institutional and organisational structures of local NGOs, to improve their capacity to deliver services, and to continue making a contribution into the future. NGO's need continuous capacity buildig training on selected areas. The areas for training and strengthening should be based on the periodic needs assessment. Issues of NGO governance, management, leadership, financial management, record keeping are an intergral part of the capacity building office. To achieve the above, as stipulated in the strategic plan the capacity building office engages in the following:



		The Executive Secretary is the overseer of all the functions of the secretariat. Apart from exercising his executive duties,The executive Secretary has in the past roped into BOCONGO voluteers and trainees from other stakeholder such as the United Nations and SADC when such projects have been seen as furthering the aspirations of the civil society and the nation at large. POLICY ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING PROGRAMME The Policy, Advocacy and Lobbying Programme allows NGOs to work as a united front on issues of national interest. Advocacy and lobbying, especially on broad policy issues. This programme is based on issues that emerge from desk studies and researches undertaken through this programme. At the moment, Mr. Ketlhomilwe Moletsane has pushed to get the NGO Policy approved. The other project under this programme is the Civil Society Index study which is funded by United Nations through CIVICUS. This study aims at strengthening CSO's role in participatory government. The principal purpose of the project is to support and promote the develoment of effective and sustainable relations between governments, regional bodies and the civil society









		This project will especially seek to promote a conducive framework of engagement between SADC as well as individual governments and civil society within the SADC region. The projet will draw upon the various CSO's in the region and also build upon CIVICUS and other CSO's experience in conducting interventions to protect the space for civil society to exist. CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME The building training is designed to strengthen existing institutional and organisational structures of local NGOs, to improve their capacity to deliver services, and to continue making a contribution into the future. NGO's need continuous capacity buildig training on selected areas. The areas for training and strengthening should be based on the periodic needs assessment. Issues of NGO governance, management, leadership, financial management, record keeping are an intergral part of the capacity building office. To achieve the above, as stipulated in the strategic plan the capacity building office engages in the following: