The summit will be held under theme "Working Together to Fight Poverty, Unemployment and Inequality". The Department of Social Development is working with non-profit organisations to develop and improve the quality of service delivery throughout the country. This summit is the culmination of provincial dialogues that were conducted in all nine provinces.
The purpose of the summit is to provide a platform for effective partnership between government and non-profit sector as mandated by the Non-profit Organisations Act 1997. The summit is also aimed at ensuring coordination and integration among all the stakeholders.
• Funding and Resource Mobilisation;
• Ten Point Plan and other priorities for partnership, and
• Capacity Building for NPOs.
Minister Dlamini will be accompanied by the Deputy Minister, Maria Ntuli, the Premier of Gauteng, Nomvula Mokonyane, and MECs for Social Development.
The summit will take place as follows:
Date: 15-17 August 2012
Time: 0830
Venue: Grace Bible Church, 1478 Dlebelendlovo Street, Zone 1, Pimville, Soweto
For more information on the department's work go to http://dsdgov.wordpress.com/.
