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The aim of the Policy Engagement programme is to ensure public participation in the formulation of social service, welfare and development policies. The ultimate goal is to not represent civil society but to facilitate the process for members to coordinate and represent themselves.
The Forum monitors the development of policies that affect poor and marginalised people in South Africa and lobbies for these policies to ensure that work done in the social welfare sector is relevant to the service beneficiaries.
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Rights of Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Latest: 22 January 09 - Make Youth Policy Work
Chronic Diseases Grant (Proposal)
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Conditions of Social Workers
The Forum lobbies for improved conditions for social workers in collaboration with a range of partners, including trade unions. The draft Social Service Professions Bill, currently under consideration, is a key piece of legislation in this respect.
Latest: 22 Feb 08 – Forum Resolution on Social Service Professions Bill
Financing the Sector
Ensuring adequate and appropriate funding for the social welfare and development sector is a key platform of The Forum’s policy engagement. This includes lobbying the government on its budget allocations and its Policy on Financial Awards to Service Providers (PFASP) as well as other campaigns such as that on the Lottery Fund.
Latest: 03 October 08 - PE Workshop on accessing Lottery Funding
Gauteng Welfare Summit Process
The Gauteng Welfare Summit was launched in 2006 as a step in the process of redefining the partnership between NGOs and government in social service delivery. The Forum co-hosted the first Summit with government on 26-27 October 2006, and is part of the Steering Committee for the post-Summit process towards a follow-up Summit late in 2008.
Click here for The Forum’s Report on the 2006 Summit.
Dialogue with the Portfolio Committee on Social Development
The Forum's Submission on DoSD Annual Report 2006-7
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Policy Engagement 
