Health Service Design Project
Tahirih Michot worked with a team of public health staff at a municipal clinic (Albow Gardens) for over a year as part of a larger Health Service Design Project within the City of Cape Town. The project was funded by the Dutch Consulate. The focus of the project was exploring the potential impact of service design and design thinking on the ability of the team to improve their service delivery.
PDP for Economic Development Practitioners (KZN)
A 6 month professional development programme (PDP) for economic development practitioners took place through SALGA with a group of municipal officials in the KwaZulu Natal from October 2014 to February 2015. The impact of the course on the participants was dramatic, shifting the way they perceived themselves as individuals as well as professionals working in the field of economic development.
PDP for Economic Development Practitioners (NW)
A 6 month professional development programme (PDP) for economic development practitioners took place through SALGA with a group of municipal officials in the North West Province from July to December 2014. The impact of the course on the participants was dramatic, shifting the way they perceived themselves as individuals as well as professionals working in the field of economic development.
Advocacy and Results for Municipalities (WC)
A special 2 day programme focusing on "Advocacy and Results" took place in the Western Cape for Local Municipal Officials and Councillors through SALGA.. At the end of the 2 day programmes, there was a great deal of excitement and enthusiasm about what was possible.
Professional Development Programme (PDP) Pilot
A professional development programme (PDP) was developed and piloted in 2012 in response to research conducted during the formal five year review of Aspire, the Amathole Development Agency in the Eastern Cape Province. It involved a group of CEO's from other economic development agencies in the Eastern Cape and partnering institutions. The outcome of the pilot was extremely positive. A decision was made to develop the programme so that it could be offered to practitioners around the country.
PDP Train the Trainer
A new PDP train the facilitator programme was created and implemented with the economic development team at SALGA. This training programme was implemented to support SALGA's internal cacpity to roll out of a professional development programme (PDP) for economic development practitioners.