As part of an international series, Khanya-aicdd hosted a seminar that brought together practitioners, policy-makers and academics to explore the links between Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches (SLA) and Community-driven Development (CDD). The seminar was held on Thursday, 26 March 2009.

The event was attended by over 40 people from the region covering Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe and was held at the Garden Place in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Many thanks to Mr. Lechesa Tsenoli for chairing the seminar; to our speakers: Ian Goldman, Mr. Alfa Mahlako, Absolom Masendeke, Margaret Sikwese and Hans Binswanger for their presentations; and to all who actively participated in the discussions.

Following the seminar, we’ve posted the key presentations, and related material from the seminar as follows:

• Presentation: Sustainable Livelihoods and Community-driven Development by Dr. Ian Goldman, CEO, Khanya-aicdd
• Presentation: Department of Social Development (DSD) and the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach by Mr. Alfa Mahlako, Community Development Directorate, Department of Social Development, South Africa
• Presentation: Promoting Community Driven Development Approaches for Sustainable Livelihoods in Zimbabwe: Threat or Opportunity? by Absolom Masendeke, Practical Action Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
• Presentation: Sustainable Livelihoods and Community-Driven Development: Livelihoods & Vulnerability – linking theory and practice by Dr. Margaret Sikwese, Researcher & Lecturer, Bunda College of Agriculture, Malawi
• Presentation: Scaling Up Local & Community Driven Development: a real world guide to its theory and practice by Dr. Hans Binswanger, Independent Consultant
• E-book: Scaling Up Local & Community Driven development: a real world guide to its theory and practice. Edited by Hans Binswanger-Mkhize, Jacomina de Regt and Stephen Spector. To download the e-book, click here....

This seminar series is funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council and has been co-convened by the IDS- Livelihoods Network.