PROGRAMMES

Key development systems

The EDP works to achieve a better quality of life for all through sustainable development. Our team enhances the capabilities of civil society and government to engage in collaborative and adaptive governance within specific key development systems. These key systems -reflected in the EDP’s programmes - abound in opportunities to partner and have a high payoff of collaboration.

Energy & Climate

Partnering for energy security, sustainability and equity

Water Resilience

Building water resilience to strengthen water security

Built Environment

Collaboration for inclusive infrastructure delivery

Local Economic Development

Partnering for inclusive economic growth and employment

Wellbeing & Safety

Enhancing safety boosts economic growth and promotes community well-being.

EDP PROGRAMMES

Wellbeing & Safety

Enhancing safety boosts economic growth and promotes community well-being. The EDP uses collaborative, area-based approaches to enrich public sector capabilities and foster co-created solutions that address crime and violence. These approaches are founded on strong partnerships that focus on holistic, adaptive methods.

Examples of our work:

Urban–Rural Food Systems Governance

The EDP, WWF South Africa, and Southern Africa Food Lab are piloting inclusive food systems governance in Langa, Worcester and Knysna. Through mapping, agroecology training and collaborative learning processes, the project strengthens formal and informal food actor networks to enhance climate resilience and drive sustainable, adaptive urban–rural food governance.

Two women walking in a Philipi village. Credit: Ashraf Hendricks.  

Areas-based approaches look at safety from a holistic perspective, which includes how communities use public spaces. Credit: Ashraf Hendricks.  

A group of people play basketball at a public court in Green Point, Cape Town. Credit: Ashraf Hendricks.  

Person on a skateboard at a local skatepark in Cape Town. Credit: Ashraf Hendricks.  

Insights from this programme