Public Awareness

In 2008 Afesis-corplan decided to elevate its existing information dissemination activities to a programme level. The purpose of the Public Awareness Programme is to raise awareness, share information and generate debate around topical issues of local governance, sustainable settlements and development facilitation. Afesis-corplan uses print and electronic communication tools as well as discussion forums to publicise its project lessons and principles to a broad target group and build relationships with key stakeholders.

Seminars

The organisation facilitates opportunities for information sharing by conducting a popular quarterly seminar series that deals with emerging issues in local government, housing and urban development. The seminars attract high profile speakers and audiences from the private and public sectors as well as the academia.

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Journal

First published in 1996, the Transformer continues to be an interesting and thought-provoking read. With six issues produced per year, Afesis-corplan’s team of mainly in-house writers aim to inform, entertain and challenge readers to reflect on issues relating to development, ethical governance and public participation in the Eastern Cape and beyond. Our readership base is growing with hard copies distributed bi-monthly, free of charge, as well as being made available online and electronically.

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Website

The design and development of the Afesis-corplan website is guided by an understanding of the value of the internet as a tool for information sharing, marketing the organisation and building relationships with various stakeholders. Our online presence complements the core development focus and activities of the organisation. Since being recognised for an award by SANGONeT in July 2007, traffic to our website has continued to show encouraging growth even beyond our expectations.

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