The Minister for Rural Development and Land Reform Gugile Nkwinti cordially invites members of the media to the Policy Dialogue on Sustainable Rural Development to be held at Cape Sun, Cape Town on 18 to 19 February 2011.
This dialogue will begin to unpack common problems such as job creation and solutions such as community driven development facing rural development policymakers and practitioners in relation to the creation of sustainable rural livelihoods and agency amongst the rural poor.
The dialogue objectives are therefore four-fold:
- To share experiences and discuss options and constraints to sustainable rural livelihoods in developing and emerging countries such as South Africa, Brazil, China and India
- To provide recommendations for improved policies and practices in supporting South Africa’s comprehensive rural development programme
- To enhance cooperation amongst policy makers, academics and development practitioners working in the field of rural development and land reform
- To continue south-south learning initiatives initiated in New Delhi, India in April 2010 emerging from the International Conference on The Dynamics of Rural Transformation in Emerging Economies.
The media briefing will be held under the following details:
Date: 19 February 2011
Venue: Cape Sun, Cape Town
Theme: Creating sustainable rural livelihoods
Time: 13h00-14h00
The prestigious event will also be attended by the Deputy Minister for Rural Development and Land Reform Thulas Nxesi, Professor Julio Berdegue from Chile and Ms Felicity Proctor Independent Consultant from London, Dr Shaohua Chen of the World Bank from Washington, Professor Zuo Ting from China Agricultural University, Beijing, in China and senior officials from the Departments.
Accreditation: Journalists who will be attending the media briefing will be required to provide their Press Cards for their media organization or any form of Identity.
To RSVP and for further information regarding the briefing kindly contact the following officials:
Mr Sehloho Mphati:
Communication Services
Tel: 012 312 8112
Cell: 083 977 4040
Mr Tshepo Diale:
Communication Services
Tel: 012 312 8532
Cell: 071 850 1751
Inquiries:
Mr Eddie Mohoebi
Head of Communications Services
Tel: 012 312 9648
Cell: 082 550 1445
