Centre for Local Capacity Building

European Union (EU) Day
2019-05-20 08:00 - 17:00 (Africa/Johannesburg)
20 May 2019 was what has been marked in history as EU day (European Union day). EU delegations together with the European Investment bank, South African counterparts in Government, Civil Society Organizations, and the Business Community all gathered to celebrate the existence of the EU.

Mining Law in Africa (MLiA)
2019-02-12 08:00 - 2019-02-13 17:00
CLCB started the year off by attending a Mineral Law in Africa Workshop (MLiA) hosted by The University of Cape Town’s Department of Mineral Law, which took place from 12th -13th February 2019. It was a great honour for CLCB to be part of the workshop for the second time. The MLiA Workshop brings together stakeholders from local government and the mining industry to discuss and share ideas and solutions concerning the governance of minerals in South Africa from an academic and practical perspective.

Municipal – Mining Guideline and Toolkit Creation Workshop
2018-10-09 08:00 - 17:00
The Municipal –Mining Guideline and Toolkit Creation Workshop was held on 9 October 2018, and aimed to grant an opportunity to the EU-LA Mining Programme’s beneficiary municipalities and other selected mining municipalities in South Africa to highlight their expectations for the toolkit.

Mineral Law in South Africa Workshop
2018-08-21 08:00
The South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARCHi) and the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) in collaboration with the EU-LA Mining Programme held a workshop to introduce the Mineral Law in Africa (MLiA) Research Project. The workshop was themed Coordinating Mineral Regulation and Compliance across different organs of state, and aimed to evaluate the involvement of different South African Government Departments in the mining sector.

Thabazimbi Mining Forum
2018-06-25 08:00 - 17:00
The EU-LA Mining Programme partnered with Thabazimbi Local Municipality for their second mining forum. The aim of the forum was to create a platform for the municipality and the mining companies within their jurisdiction to identify ways to respond to the common interests of both parties for socio-economic development in Thabazimbi.

Europe Day
2018-05-09 08:00 - 17:00
On 9 May 2018, CLCB was part of the Europe Day celebrations. This is a day set aside to celebrate the existence of the European Union (EU) and to network. The event was attended by a multitude of African and European delegates.

EU-LA Mining Programme Launch
2018-04-24 08:00 - 17:00
The EU-LA Mining Programme was officially launched by CLCB and its partners VNG-International and Musina Local Municipality on 24 April 2018. The purpose of the launch was to introduce the programme to the broader public, particularly the government, and the mining sector and development practitioners.

Give a Girl Child a Smile Campaign
2017-08-24 08:00 - 17:00
Give a Girl Child a Smile Campaign is a campaign that was initiated by CLCB in partnership with Tim Du Toit Attorneys in September 2016. With this campaign, CLCB aimed to make a girl child smile by collecting sanitary towels for under privileged girls at Pretoria Central High School. A ceremony to handover the gifts to the girls, accompanied by a motivational speech and lessons based on womanhood took place on 24 August 2017 at the school.

Business Trade Fair
2017-03-30 08:00 - 17:00
To close off the Business Climate Benchmark Project, CLCB in Collaboration with the Holland Business Chamber hosted a Business Trade Fair. The trade fair enabled a networking platform for the participating municipalities and various South African based Dutch owned businesses to interact and establish relations that could potentially lead to great partnerships and investments.

Business Climate Benchmark Meeting
2016-11-30 08:00 - 17:00
The aim of the meeting was to create a platform for municipalities and businesses to discuss how the municipality business environment can be improved to accommodate effective municipal-business collaboration and increase foreign investment.

Making All Voices Count Community of Practice Meeting
2016-05-24 08:00 - 2016-05-25 17:00
CLCB attended the Making all Voices Count Community of Practice Meeting. The meeting centred on Open Government Partnership, particularly the third OGP National Action Plan under the theme P4Partnership- Strengthening Partnership in fostering OGP Commitments. The session was attended by officials from various Civil Society Organisations, tertiary institutions and government departments.

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Meeting
2016-05-04 08:00
The meeting took place in Cape Town where Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) discussed their concerns with how the South African Government has been managing the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The meeting was very informative and various issues and possible solutions on how best CSOs and the South African Government can work together to achieve open government were discussed.
