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DEVELOPMENT ACTION GROUP
Development Action Group (DAG) is a non-profit,
non-governmental organisation, established
in 1986 with the mission to co-create,
implement and support opportunities for
community centred development and advance
socio-economic rights. As an organisation,
its most significant achievement is in
strengthening the leadership capacity of
community members to interface and dialogue
with a diverse range of government and
nongovernment actors to meet their basic
needs. It uses very specific, concrete
intervention; namely housing, settlement
upgrading and neighbourhood development in
order to organise community actors to
realise active citizenry. Through targeted
learning, training and capacity building
programmes, its practice puts people at the
centre of development.
Over the years, DAG has unlocked development
opportunities for 7,896 new low-cost houses;
improved tenure security for 27,000 people;
provided direct assistance in securing
community services to 100,000 households in
over 80 projects; secured and unlocked R270
million for housing projects; and
strengthened capacity of more than 2,000
civic leaders, with a focus on women and
youth.
DAG current programme seeks to:
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Support civic leader’s and community
based organisations to advance their
socio-economic rights and
participate meaningfully in decision
making processes affecting their
neighbourhoods and the city; |
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Strengthen delivery and
implementation, through a Contractor
and Developer Academy, a range of
basic services, land and housing
rights in partnership with
development actors such as small
scale emerging contractors,
backyarder groups, finance
institutions, state institutions
etc; |
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Advocate for an enabling urban
environment in the form of
legislative policy frameworks,
financial models and democratic
governance processes. |
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