SOUTH AFRICA

AT A GLANCE
Official Name: Republic of South Africa
Chief of State: President Jacob Zuma
Next election: 2014
Capital: Pretoria (administrative capital), Cape Town (legislative capital), Bloemfontein (judicial capital)
Population: 50.11 million (UN, 2009)
Independence: 1910 from the United Kingdom
Human Development Index: 129 of 182 countries (UN, 2009)
Gender Gap Index: 6 of 134 countries (World Economic Forum, 2009)
Gross National Income per capita: US$5,820 (World Bank, 2009)

Promoting a Food Secure Southern Africa

Status: On hold
Local Organization: Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
Canadian Expert: Frank Schwartz
Presentation: Stimulating Sustainable Economic Growth: Can we help by supporting Strategic and Business Planning? by Frank Schwartz

FANRPAN is a regional policy research and advocacy network that works to promote a food secure southern Africa free from hunger and poverty. With a regional secretariat in South Africa and nodes in 12 member countries, FANRPAN facilitates links and partnerships between government and civil society, and builds capacity for policy research, analysis and dialogue in southern Africa. FANRPAN has requested assistance from Deployment for Democratic Development (DDD) in revising its eight-year Strategic Business Plan (which defines its mission, objectives, planned activities and human/financial resources), and in assessing its governance and management structures. This DDD initiative will help FANRPAN put its plan into operation, strengthen its country nodes, provide additional information on financing and human resource needs, develop monitoring and evaluation elements, and attract additional donor funding.