EASD presentation 2004

EASD: 

EASD EASD Strategy 2004 - 2007 Mobilising People and Knowledge for Sustainable Development in Africa

Vision: 

Vision EASD’s vision is a network of empowered people leading a new and powerful process of sustainable development in Africa that eliminates poverty and conserves the environment.

Mission: 

Mission EASD develops people, technologies, projects, processes and institutions that enable sustainable development in Africa and globally.

EASD Core Areas: 

EASD Core Areas EASD focuses on research, development and service provision in the following areas: Poverty, environment and development. Environmental information & knowledge management systems. Capacity Building, coaching and mentoring. Facilitation and strategy development.

Poverty, Environment & Development: 

Poverty, Environment & Development Provide new models for sustainable development focusing on poverty alleviation that provides significant environmental co-benefits. Develop projects and initiatives that create jobs and provide human development while conserving the environment in South Africa.

Environment Information & Knowledge Management Systems: 

Environment Information & Knowledge Management Systems Facilitate the development of environmental information & knowledge management systems for environmental management, development & poverty alleviation. Produce and disseminate multimedia environment & development information products that support the sustainable development process.

Capacity Building : 

Capacity Building Provide services for the design & evaluation of capacity building programmes for environmental management. Produce a package of capacity building materials for Environmental information systems, Knowledge Management & State of the environment reporting. Provide training, mentoring, coaching, networking, evaluation & knowledge management services for Environmental strategy development, Environmental information & KM systems, Management of environmental organizations & State of the environment reporting. Develop ways of increasing personal & professional competencies using the natural environments as a key component.

Facilitation & Strategy Development: 

Facilitation & Strategy Development Provide facilitation and meeting management services for environment and development processes. Provide strategy and organisational development services for environment and development organisations and programmes.

Organisation: 

Organisation EASD is a private non profit organization. EASD works through associates, interns, partners and networks to ensure use of the most relevant African expertise for our work. EASD works to create opportunities through internship programmes for Africans to grow and develop, particularly those who have been oppressed by systems such as apartheid and gender bias.

Organisation: 

Organisation EASD is a learning organization. EASD is based in Cape Town, South Africa, and mobilises African expertise for sustainable development. EASD is funded by projects with the United Nations System, African institutions and governments, and other clients. EASD works to promote networking to enable effective use of African capacity.

Organisation: 

Organisation Ownership is vested in the projects and initiatives developed by EASD and not in EASD itself. The intellectual property rights and financial benefits and liabilities are defined for each project or initiative with the core participants. EASD values its partnership with fellow NGO’s, the United Nations System, Universities, African governments and the private sector. EASD believes that the use of indigenous knoweldge, combined with digital technology (including the Internet, film, video and multimedia) are powerful tools that enable us to provide high quality services to our clients and partners.

Values: 

Values Respect for the dignity of all people. Commitment to personal development, the development of the EASD team and Africa. Creativity, fun, family and a balanced life. Integrity. Professionalism and high quality service. Passionate about people and the environment. Open communication, dialogue and exchange of ideas.

Geographic Focus – W Cape: 

Geographic Focus – W Cape Develop projects and programmes that provide jobs, alleviate poverty & conserve the environment. Develop environment based economic development projects. Provide, and assist in the development of creative models for education as a key element for breaking the poverty cycle.

Geographic Focus – West Coast: 

Geographic Focus – West Coast Propose alternative sustainable development models and projects that eliminate poverty and conserve the environment in the West Coast region. Provide a strategic knowledge base for environment and development in West Coast Region.

Geographic Focus – South Africa: 

Geographic Focus – South Africa Provide knowledge management solutions for environmental management. Assist in the development of effective state of the environment reporting. Assist the development of effective environmental information systems. Support the professional development of women managers in environmental organizations.

Geographic Focus – Africa: 

Geographic Focus – Africa Provide capacity building packages, knowledge bases and training for the development of environmental information and knowledge management systems and state of the environment reporting. Provide an effective African environmental information service to support African decision making processes. Provide services to improve the design, implementation and evaluation of capacity building programmes. Support the development of the capacity of women in management positions in African environmental organizations. Provide evaluation, training, mentoring and strategy development services to improve the effectiveness of African environmental organizations. Provide programme review and evaluation services.

Geographic Focus - Global: 

Geographic Focus - Global Support the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the development of effective global and regional programmes. Work in partnership with the UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre to develop effective biodiversity information systems. Work in partnership with the UNEP and other partners to promote the development of effective integrated environmental assessments and environmental information systems at global and regional levels. Support the development of environmental assessment and environmental information capacity and systems in the Arabian Gulf.

Associates: 

Associates Dave MacDevette – Environmental Information & KM, Capacity building, facilitation & strategy development. Samantha Payne – Poverty & Environment. Karen Goldberg – Personal growth & Environment. Catherine Morris – Video Production. Rowena Hay – Capacity building, education & training. Dan Claasen – environmental planning and assessment. Koffi Kouakou – Strategy, information, communication. Ciaran MacDevette – Digital video production. Joanne Boulton – Poverty and environment – housing.

Interns: 

Interns Nosisa Mhlathi – Communication and law. Jill Oliver – Development models. Sue Moses – Development models.

Partners: 

Partners United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Umvoto Africa. Network for Environment & Sustainable Development in Africa (NESDA). War on Malnutrition, Tuberculosis & Hunger (WARMTH). Weave Productions. From the Hip (video production). University of Cape Town. Environment & Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA) – Abu Dhabi. UNEP – World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). African Association for Remote Sensing of the Environment. EIS – Africa. Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME – Arabian Gulf). Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), South Africa. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa. City of Cape Town. IUCN.

Service Providers: 

Service Providers Pacit – Computer Services. Gomedia – Web and Internet. Cape Rose –Administration & Bookkeeping. Stirling Accounting – Accounting & Auditing. DR Designs – Design and illustration.

Network: 

Network Wilderness Action Group, South Africa. World Water Assessment Programme. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. University of Costa Rica. Centre de Suivi Ecologique, Senegal Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region & Europe (CEDARE), Egypt. International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). IUCN - The World Conservation Union. South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). World Resources Institute (WRI). The World Bank. UNEP GRID Arendal. United Nations Education and Training Institute. UNEP Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific. Department of Agriculture and Environment Affairs, KwaZulu Natal. Southern African Development Community. Periphery Development Media. Umvoto Africa. Weave Productions UNEP GRID Geneva. Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), The Netherlands. National Environmental Management Authority (Uganda). Musokotwane Environment Resource Centre for Southern Africa (IMERCSA) University of Botswana. Indian Ocean Commission (IOC). Seychelles Department of Environment. UNEP GRID Sioux Falls. Institute of Natural Resources, University of Natal. European Environment Agency. Department of Environment Affairs and Tourism, South Africa. Department of Environment and Development Planning, Western Cape. National Botanical Institute, South Africa. Southern African Institute for Environmental Assessment. Western Cape Nature Conservation Board. Cape Action for People & the Environment.