Research
National Skills Fund - Research and Innovation Window
Dena is currently completing the Project on Best Practice Implementation of the Skills Development Act for the Department of Labour, Research and Innovation window. We have identified 10 companies in 5 different sectors that can be held up as examples for others to follow. The case studies have been written up in such a way that they can be used for stimulating discussions in teaching and learning situations. This is an initiative of the National Department of Labour (European Union).
Department of Labour - Dena is currently writing the report for a research project conducted on worker's perceptions of Skills Development. The project involved workers on structured learning programs in the chemical, transport and tourism & hospitality sectors. The purpose of the research was to evaluate the effect of the National Skills Development Strategy on workers & their experiences in their organisations. This was done in order to inform & improve future planning.
City of Cape Town -
Dena is currently involved in managing a project of the Development of a Stakeholder and Community Relations Policy and Strategy.
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Salesian Society Southern Africa Projects Office - As part of her external monitoring and evaluation consultant position, Dena has conducted a participatory planning workshop with the Southern Africa Projects Office Team. The aim of the workshop was to identify strategic focus areas and action plans from Mid-term to End of Project, which is in 2006. The project has received core funding from USAID.
Thohoyandou Victim Empowerment Trust (TVET) - The Organisational Capacity Assessment (OCAT) and the Programme
Evaluation for TVET are now complete and the findings have been accepted by the organisation. A job grading and salary review still needs to be conducted. We would like to thank the three lead consultants, Dena Lomofsky, Tamarie Magaisa and Clare Mbizule for their excellent work and insight on this project. TVET has received core funding from DANIDA.
Dena is Evaluating the training of traditional leaders in HIV and Aids for the POLICY project.
Facilitation
Thohoyandou Victim Empowerment Programme (TVEP) -
Reckson & Andries have facilitated a four-day strategic planning workshop for TVEP from 12 to 15 July, which involved both staff and board members.
Training
Daniel has been training in Creative Conflict Resolution at the Training of School Directors of Rincón as well as at the Office of Poor Communities for the Puerto Rico government.
DOCKDA Rural Development Agency - in house training in Developmental planning, monitoring & evaluation.
Other Projects
Dena is also managing two other projects for the City of Cape Town namely the identification of panelists for a social dialogue series on racism and integration in the City of Cape Town (for the Mayors Office), as well as the Development of a Mayoral Youth Awards.
Department of Recreation and Sports (DRD) - Daniel and Zayra are currently in the process of designing a Model of Community Conflict Management aimed at creating alternatives, besides administration meetings, where community commitees and sports clubs and committees that use the park can sit at leat once a month to discuss all issues of conflict.
Accreditation as a training provider:
Southern Hemisphere is currently going through the arduous but very useful process of becoming an accredited training provider with the Services Seta. Once this process is complete, we will accredit our training courses as well.
Farewell Gail...
After being with SHC for four years, Gail Smith will be leaving to take up her Nelson Mandela Scholarship to complete an MA (and hopefully a PhD) in Global Political Economy at Sussex University. Gail joined Southern Hemisphere as an intern after completing her Honors degree in Sociology at the University of Cape Town. She has grown with us and has contributed much to the development of the organisation. We'd like to say farewell even though she'll remain with Southern Hemisphere as an Associate. Best of Luck with your studies Gail, we know you will do us proud!!!
Welcome to our new team members!!!
We would also like to welcome our new interns Anette Ivsett from Norway who is currently working at our Cape Town office, and Veronika Kohler from Germany who has joined the San Juan office.
Their presence here will be valued and we hope their experience will be as rewarding as it has been for past interns we’ve had!!
We'd also like to welcome our new Senior Consultant, Nana Davies, who has been employed at Southern Hemisphere as from the 1 September 2004!!! Nana has a Masters in Law, specialising in Human Rights Law from University of Copenhagen, Denmark. As part of her Masters programme she was an ERASMUS student (EU exchange programme) at University of Rennes in France. In 1993 she was sent out by DanChurchAid for 6 months as an intern to work with the Black Sash Advice Office in Cape Town. She subsequently worked for Danish Red Cross Youth as an International Youth Coordinator, where she managed a Development project in Uganda and youth exchange programmes in Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa and Denmark. She also participated in various advocacy initiatives on human rights issues.
When moving to South Africa, she free-lanced as a consultant and worked for the Centre for Socio-Legal Research, University of Cape Town. At the centre she researched African countries’ Parental and State Maintenance Systems to provide for solutions for South Africa’s maintenance problems.
In 1998 she co-founded Nielsen & Klein Consulting. The consultancy focused on providing services to the government, university, donor and particularly the NGO sector on project planning, evaluation, facilitation, organisational development, mentoring and applied research in the field of social economic justice. The main clients were the Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture, Gender Advocacy Programme, DanChurchAid, Western Cape Provincial Administration, Department of Finance and Department of Economic Affairs, Catholic Welfare and Development, Foundation for Contemporary Research, Lawyers for Human Rights, and University of Cape Town (RICSA, Institute of Criminology and Staff Association).
Southern Hemisphere is very excited to have Nana with us and look forward to a new range of expertise she'll be bringing with her!!!
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