Events - Foundation Office South Africa
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Symposium
Reframing Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
The conference aims to discuss various models of CSR, comparing the notions and practice of CSR in Germany and South Africa. Issues that will be addressed include the role of CSR, guidelines for CSR as well as international standards.
Seminar
Summer Academy Southern Africa
The main objective of the Summer Academy series is to capacitate political parties in Southern Africa, provide them with relevant party management and communication skills and to foster a network of political parties in the region.
Expert talk
Supporting government policy making: Sharing South African and German think tank experiences on the UN Security Council
How is the relationship between Think Tanks and Governments? Does the expertise of Think Tanks influence policy making? These are the questions of an expert meeting, jointly organised by ISS, SAIIA, HSS and KAS with the support of the German Embassy.
Seminar
Exploring the content and the nature of the right to basic sanitation
The seminar, jointly organised by KAS, SAIFAC and the University of Johannesburg, explores international and local perspectives on the legal right to basic sanitation for poor and vulnerable citizens.
Symposium
African Constitutionalism: Present Challenges and Prospects for the Future
This conference on African Constitutionalism is intended to provide an opportunity to reflect on constitutionalism in Africa countries in a comparative perspective.
Book presentation
Launch of Host City Cape Town Green Goal Legacy Report
The report documents the process through which the Cape Town developed and implemented the environmental concept "Green Goal" for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. It includes recommendations that can assist future Host Cities of such Mega Events.
Expert conference
Strengthening the UNSC: Tapping into Germany's and South Africa's experience
The conference aims to unpack the mechanisms for building consensus on key issues that are brought before the UNSC. Presentations focus on how effective permanent and non-permanent members in their engagement on polarising issues are.
Event
Bullets or Ballots: The ultimate solution to crime and unemployment in South Africa
Ubuntu Business Networking Breakfast
The Ubuntu Breakfast Series, organised by the SA Ubuntu Foundation aims to promote social cohesion and build social capital. KAS in partnership with Woolworths sponsors the breakfast briefing with Ruben Richards, who will talk about his latest book.
Seminar
Between Law and Politics
Seminar on Constitutional Court
What is the influence of politics on judgments by the Constitutional Courts in Germany and South Africa? This is the fundamental question of this seminar, jointly organised by the KAS-Rule of Law Programm and SAIFAC.
Symposium
Conference:"The Things That Unite Us"
Nation Building in South Africa
The conference forms part of an annual conference series commemorating the groundbreaking speech by FW de Klerk on 2.February 1990 that marked the end of Apartheid. The conference focusses on the constitution as the foundation for national unity.