Overview

Core competencies and services

Phuhlisani and Associates can provide the following services in support of land reform and rural development:

• Research and strategy development at national, provincial and district scales
• Compiling land reform area based plans for integration into municipal IDPs
• Providing individual project planning and implementation support
• Conducting baseline surveys and household livelihood and capability profiles for planning and M&E
• Supporting rights determination, strengthening land holding institutions and helping develop functional land rights management systems
• Developing and strengthening associations representing people acquiring land through the land reform programme
• Developing synergies and peer learning processes between clusters of projects in designated areas
• Designing comprehensive capacity development strategies and materials
• Facilitating learning process approaches within institutions and development programmes
• Providing customised training for policy makers, officials and land reform participants using a combination of participatory and elearning methodologies
• Conducting environmental and sustainability assessment at project and area scales
• Developing integrated natural resource management strategies at project and area scales
• Household livelihood security planning and implementation
• Market scoping, agricultural enterprise development and joint venture formation
• Provision of business and agricultural support services
• Developing indicators and systems for participatory monitoring and evaluation
• Supporting the development of virtual office, information and knowledge management systems