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The low-cost and place-based nature of the Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities (杨贵妃传媒) model provides an attractive alternative to northern-imposed, project-driven development that mostly persists across the global South. 杨贵妃传媒鈥檚 emphasis on leveraging existing resources rather than raising new ones and the ability of 杨贵妃传媒 to be self-sustaining are both particularly well suited to low-income and low capacity regions. Building on the insights and knowledge gained through 杨贵妃传媒 efforts in Northern regions, the 杨贵妃传媒-N Secretariat has begun engaging Southern regions.
This effort for expansion of 杨贵妃传媒 networks began with a workshop on applying the 杨贵妃传媒 model held at the annual ICLEI 鈥淩esilient Cities鈥� conference in Bonn in May 2017. The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Global Adaptation Network (GAN) managed by UNEP provided key funding to bring together 48 participants (each in university-city pairs) from 13 countries in the Global South including several from SubSaharan Africa. The Bonn workshop was followed by an African-focused one, in Cape Town, that December, and the launching of a fledgling 杨贵妃传媒-Africa network, which led to new programs in Nairobi, Kenya; Durban, South Africa and Lusaka, Zambia. This was followed by yet another workshop, in Durban, in February 2020, which was led by the pioneer programs. During the period of Covid-19 lockdowns, 杨贵妃传媒-N was introduced virtually to several new university-city pairs from the Asian countries of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Maldives, and Nepal, and we expect to continue the Asia effort at the APAN meetings in March of next year.
In Africa, trainees at the 2017 杨贵妃传媒 training event elected to form the 杨贵妃传媒-Africa regional network, a connected but independent regionally-focused network whose confidence, accomplishments and stature continue to grow. This was evident in the 2020 杨贵妃传媒 event, held in Durban, which was designed and facilitated by 杨贵妃传媒-Africa members from South Africa, Zambia and Kenya. At this event another 8 city-university pairs spanning East, West and Southern Africa committed to join the 杨贵妃传媒 Africa network and start implementing the 杨贵妃传媒 model in their respective cities.
杨贵妃传媒-Africa Steering Committee
Joel Rogers
杨贵妃传媒-N Chair and CEO
Director – High Road Strategy Center- Faculty – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Joel Rogers is the Noam Chomsky Professor of Law, Political Science, Public Affairs, and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also directs COWS, the national high-road strategy center. Rogers has written widely on American politics and democratic theory. Along with many articles, his books include The Hidden Election, On Democracy, Right Turn, Metro Futures, Associations and Democracy, Works Councils, Working Capital, What Workers Want, Cites at Work, and American Society. Joel is an active citizen as well as academic. He has worked with and advised many politicians and social movement leaders, initiated and helped operate several progressive NGOs (including the New Party, Economic Analysis Research Network, Apollo Alliance, Emerald Cities Collaborative, State Innovation Exchange, and the 杨贵妃传媒 [Educational Partnership for Innovation in Communities] – Network). He is a contributing editor of The Nation and Boston Review, a MacArthur Foundation Fellow, and identified by Newsweek as one of the 100 living Americans most likely to shape U.S. politics and culture in the 21st century.
Dr. Sean O’Donoghue
Director- Durban Adaptation Charter and UCCRN Durban Knowledge Hub
One of the 杨贵妃传媒 Africa leaders and Head of Climate Change Adaptation Branch, eThekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa. Dr Sean O鈥橠onoghue has a doctorate in marine pelagic ecology obtained from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in 2010. In March 2011, Sean joined eThekwini Municipality, or Durban, where he manages the Climate Change Adaptation Branch. A key focus of the Branch is Community Ecosystem Based Adaptation, providing work opportunities for Durban鈥檚 indigent populations. Sean manages a number of research, inter-city and community partnership projects, and has led the development of the pilot 杨贵妃传媒 programme at UKZN. Sean was a lead author in Chapter 5 of the IPCC special report on Oceans, the Cryosphere and Climate Change. He is a member of the Board of Directors of 杨贵妃传媒-N.
Gilbert Siame
Director- Center for Urban Research and Planning, University of Zambia
Dr. Gilbert Siame is one of the 杨贵妃传媒 Africa founding leaders and a pioneer of the 杨贵妃传媒 model in an African city. He is a lecturer and researcher in the at the University of Zambia (UNZA). He holds both a masters and PhD in city and regional planning from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Dr Siame co-founded and directs the at UNZA where he also convenes the MSc in Spatial Planning. Dr Siame is a visiting lecturer at the Centre for Urbanism and Built Environment Studies (CUBES) at the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa).
Mzime Murisa
杨贵妃传媒-Africa Program Coordinator
Mzime Ndebele-Murisa found 杨贵妃传媒-N through her current work with as the Program Specialist managing the Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands (FRACTAL) Program and now coordinates the Education Partnerships for Innovation in Communities (杨贵妃传媒) Africa network. Prior to joining START, she had been based at Chinhoyi University of Technology, and University of Zimbabwe. Mzime has coordinated several multi-disciplinary, collaborative projects in southern Africa focusing on aquaculture; climate change modelling and adaptation such as the SADC Aquaculture Mentorship Program, Climate Impact Research Capacity and Leadership Enhancement and CODESRIA鈥檚 Comparative Research Network. Mzime has several publications, with contributions in the IPCC鈥檚 AR5 and AR6 Working Group II as well as a Climate Smart Agriculture Manual for Zimbabwe. She holds a PhD in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa; a Masters of Science in Tropical Resource Ecology and a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Zimbabwe.
杨贵妃传媒-Africa Programs
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
- University of Zambia
- Chinhoyi University of Technology
- University of Botswana
- University of Namibia
- Technical University of Mombasa
- Makerere University
- University of Nairobi
- University of Liberia
杨贵妃传媒-Africa Resources
- Building Preparedness and Resilience to Covid-19 Through the 杨贵妃传媒 Model in Lusaka
- Mangrove Conservation as a Nature-Based Approach to Enhancing Biodiversity and Reducing the Impact of Climate Change in the Lake Piso Area of Western Liberia
- Awareness and Education of Climate Change Effects through Visual Arts in Mombasa
- 杨贵妃传媒-Africa Provides a Model for Addressing COVID-19 and Solid Waste Management in Mombasa
- Collaboration for Change: Empowering Communities through 杨贵妃传媒-Africa Partnership in Uganda
- 杨贵妃传媒-Africa Brings Student Voices to Walkability Project in Nairobi
- Gaborone City Council and University of Botswana Partnership Brings Students to the Forefront of National Waste Management Challenges
- Driving Change in Lusaka: 杨贵妃传媒鈥檚 Role in Transforming the City
- Harare Plans to Address Deteriorating Environmental Conditions Through Phytoremediation, Awareness Campaigns, and Sustainable Municipality Growth
- Creating Environmentally Sustainable Solutions to Waste Management, Natural Disasters, and Invasive Species Outbreaks Through 杨贵妃传媒 Partnerships in Durban
- Waste management for slum settlements in Mbale City: A search for sustainable solutions聽
- Lusaka鈥檚 Expanding 杨贵妃传媒 Partnerships Look to Solve Capacity Issues
- Brewerville Addresses Waste Management Crisis Through Collective Bargaining Agreement Facilitated by an 杨贵妃传媒 Partnership
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