To enable those involved in the planning, implementation and decision-making associated with 2010 and other large sporting events to implement the strategies and actions outlined in the Greening Guidelines.

• capacity building workshops held for DEAT officials
• Production of print ready Volunteer Training Manual for DEAT
  

• UK regulatory experts and DWAF counterparts to share UK regulatory expertise and understand the priority challenges of water regulation in South Africa
• UK regulatory experts teaming up with their South African counterparts in the water and sanitation sector in South Africa to prioritise areas for potential long term support
  

• An increased capacity in environmental compliance monitoring and enforcement will enhance environmental protection and sustainable development in South Africa through a mix of modern approaches to prosecution, compliance assessment and communications work .
• This will raise the profile of the prosecuting institutions, the general awareness of environmental crime and reinforce the concept that the polluter will pay for causing damage to the environment.
• This, in turn, will reduce the amount of activities that take place which are detrimental to the environment in South Africa and users will opt for more environmentally friendly practices and respond to incentives that encourage these practices.
• South Africa is becoming one of the lead authorities for managing and regulating the environment, and prosecuting against its misuse.
  

The CITES Appendix III listing of Abalone – what impact has it had on the illegal harvest and trade in the species, and is it being implemented effectively in South Africa?

• To evaluate the impact of the CITES Appendix III listing of abalone Haliotis midae on the illegal harvesting of and trade in this species.
• To provide the South African government with an independent, iterative evaluation of how effectively it is implementing the CITES listing, towards ensuring that the legal trade is not compromised, and that the potential impact of a CITES listing in reducing illegal trade is fully exploited through comprehensive permitting, monitoring and enforcement measures.

• To develop a manual and associated training programme on the collection and analysis of data for the international trade in fish and fish products.
• To build the capacity of South African fisheries resource management and compliance officials to monitor the international trade in fish and fish products

• Capacity building - Improved capacity at national, provincial and local level to facilitate the development of more inclusive, democratic and adaptive governance processes for water management, particularly Catchment Management Agencies, and Water User Associations involving historically disadvantaged communities.

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• Promote dialogue between public (national, provincial, district and local level) and private sector agencies about sustainable economic development
• Encourage government policies to promote socio-economic development in the arid areas
• Bring new black entrepreneurs in the arid areas into the mainstream economy, and thereby address poverty
• Promote desert-oriented agricultural and tourism development in arid areas, in a context of climate change and increasing aridity.
• Promote co-operation across municipal, provincial and national boundaries (South Africa, Namibia and Botswana)
  Promote economic development in small towns and their hinterlands

To establish a culture of evidence-based policy-making in South Africa, in support of environmental management, and unpack how this can be translated into practice.

A two day conference was held on the 19th and 20th of November in Pretoria. It was a collaborative event between DST, DEAT and Defra –UK. Speakers from Canada, UK and Australia were invited to share their experience on evidence-based policy making. The two-day interactive event was aimed towards:

• Having a sound understanding of the concept of evidence-based policy-making through relevant and informative presentations on the topic
• Coming up with a practical way forward that can be applied to the scientific knowledge production and policy-making processes in South Africa
• Participants from scientific and policy-making backgrounds engage in co-learning and establish a common understanding and a basis of trust, which could subsequently impact on their professional interactions with each other
• Identifying a core team or group to take forward evidence-based policy making agenda in South Africa

A detailed report on the conference is available upon request or through the link below:
http://globalchange.grandchallengeonline.org/evidence-based-policy

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