- Program Civil Society
- Program Area Special Initiatives
- Grant Amount $180,000
- Grant Period June 1, 2006–May 31, 2008
- Location Cape Town, South Africa
- Geographic Focus Western Cape, Province of the
About this grant
This grant will enable the Foundation for Contemporary Research to enhance citizen participation in decisionmaking processes at the local level; facilitate partnerships between communities, municipalities, the private sector and other spheres of government in the implementation of poverty alleviation projects; and extend this work to other communities in the province.During the past two years, funding has supported efforts to strengthen the capacity of community-based organizations to engage with local government and to facilitate municipal-community partnerships aimed at alleviating poverty in the Western Cape Province.