Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev)
Website: http://www.africa-platform.org/
The Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness is an initiative by NEPAD and the African Union. Its aim is to bring consultation, coordination and a common voice to Africa's development perspectives, strategies and policies focusing on capacity development, aid effectiveness and south-south cooperation. The website acts as an online platform for policymakers and communities of practice to exchange knowledge such as best practices and success stories to promote development effectiveness in Africa.
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TradeMark Southern Africa
Website: http://www.trademarksa.org/
The TradeMark SA programme will address current constraints to trade and propose solutions for Southern Africa. Assisting African countries and their Regional Economic Communities to raise and sustain higher growth rates, deepen economic integration, reduce trade barriers, build better infrastructure, increase levels of investment, increase competitiveness, expand exports to regional and international markets, and create more productive jobs for women and men.
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South African AIDS Trust
Website: http://www.satregional.org/
The Southern African AIDS Trust (SAT) established in 1990, is an independent regional NGO that supports community responses to HIV and AIDS through community capacity strengthening and in-depth partnerships to enhance community HIV and AIDS competence. The website provides stakeholders with relevant news, events, publications and highlights about SAT's country and regional programmes and activities.
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Non-Tariff Barriers
Website: http://www.tradebarriers.org/
Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) refer to restrictions that result from prohibitions, conditions, or specific market requirements that make importation or exportation of products difficult and/or costly. The online system facilitates the resolution of such problems in three African Regional Economic Communities; COMESA, EAC and SADC. This project is supported by Trade Mark Southern Africa.
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Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) -online
Website: http://heqc-online.che.ac.za/
Octoplus developed and maintains the HEQC-online system which allows South African higher education institutions to submit applications for accreditation of programmes to the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) of the Council on Higher Education (CHE). This on-line system was launched in 2004 and not only allows the internal staff to manage their work processes on-line but also facilitates the management of committee meetings.
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Aurum Institute for Health Research
Website: http://www.auruminstitute.org/
Aurum is an internationally recognised, specialist research and health systems management organisation.
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AfricaScope
Website: http://www.africascope.net/
AfricaScope is unique in that it brings together a team of reputable, experienced and professional business analysts that provide access to a distinct set of research approaches and market sectors in South Africa and Africa. Over the past decade these team members have participated in some of the most important projects undertaken in South Africa and on the African continent.
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sayXchange
Website: http://www.sayxchange.org/
SayXchange is a southern Africa youth exchange programme between community-based and non-profit organisations in South Africa and Mozambique.
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Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
Website: http://www.fanrpan.org/
FANRPAN's mission is to promote, influence and facilitate quality agricultural and natural resources policy research, analysis and dialogue at the national, regional and global levels.
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Southern Africa Trust
Website: http://www.southernafricatrust.org/
The Southern Africa Trust supports processes to deepen and widen participation in policy dialogue with a regional impact on poverty.
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Africa-wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues (ACCID)
Website: http://www.africaclimatesolution.org/
ACCID's vision is to reduce climate change impacts and enhance community resilience; to enhance access to rural energy and empower rural populations, leading to increased agricultural productivity and improved food security.
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African Management Development Institutes' Network (AMDIN)
Website: http://www.amdin.net/
AMDIN is a network of Management Development Institutes (MDIs), Public Sector Training Institutes (PSTIs) and other Public Administration Institutions (PAIs) based in Africa.
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South African Waste Information Centre (SAWIC)
SAWIC provides the public, business, industry and government with access to information on the management of waste in South Africa. The Waste Information System (SAWIS) is a system used by government and industry to capture routine data on the tonnages of waste generated, recycled and disposed of in South Africa on a monthly and annual basis.
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Urban Environmental Management Programme (UEMP)
Website: http://www.uemp.org.za
The UEMP aims to alleviate poverty through improved service delivery within the environmental management of urban areas.
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Council on Higher Education (CHE)
Website: http://www.che.ac.za
The CHE is an independent statutory body with the responsibility to advise the Minister of Education on all matters related to higher education policy issues and quality assurance within higher education and training.
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Affiliated Network for Social Accountability (ANSA) - Africa
Website: http://www.ansa-africa.net/
ANSA-Africa is a network, jointly created by the World Bank and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in 2007, to be a leading African advocate of citizen involvement in demand-side governance initiatives. The ANSA-Africa Secretariat is hosted by Idasa.
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African Geo Information Research Network (AGIRN)
Website: http://www.agirn.org
AGIRN provides the geo-information research community a mechanism to publish and access high quality work, to share in geo-information knowledge and to engage in discussion through a widely accessible web based medium.
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Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA)
Website: http://www.liasa.org.za
LIASA is a non-profit organisation uniting and representing all institutions and people working in libraries and information services in South Africa.
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Wahenga
Website: http://www.wahenga.net/
wahenga.net promotes awareness and advocacy on social transfers and social protection in southern Africa.
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Information and Learning Network (ILN) - Africa
Website: http://www.iln-africa.net
ILN-Africa addresses development information and knowledge access needs in Africa, at the community level.
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