of Cooperative they serve, further increasing the Governance and deficit” challenge. “trust Traditional Affairs. COMMITMENT 4 OVERVIEW CHALLENGES Develop an The portal will Development of a centralised integrated and integrate spatial data depository for environmental data publicly accessible on biodiversity, that can provide the public with portal of ecosystems, water, access to information on sensitive environmental agriculture, protected environments management areas, conservation information areas, air quality priority areas, important bird areas and other environmental data to identify and map environmentally sensitive areas at a national level. Users of the portal will be able to view and interrogate the data in map format: Department of Environmental Affairs COMMITMENT 5 OVERVIEW CHALLENGES Institutionalisation of Community Advice This commitment Institutionalisation of Community Offices as part of the seeks to strengthen Advice Offices as part of the wider wider Justice network the advice office justice network, making the advice sector by ensuring that offices a permanent feature at the sector has the grassroots level in communities as skills to lead advocacy a means to advance access to and communications justice at the coalface and frontline initiatives critical for of community engagement. long-term sector sustainability. Skills and knowledge in networking and engaging civic groupings and government are critical for shaping policy and
of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. they serve, further increasing the “trust deficit” challenge. COMMITMENT 4 OVERVIEW CHALLENGES Develop an integrated and publicly accessible portal of environmental management information The portal will integrate spatial data on biodiversity, ecosystems, water, agriculture, protected areas, conservation areas, air quality priority areas, important bird areas and other environmental data to identify and map environmentally sensitive areas at a national level. Users of the portal will be able to view and interrogate the data in map format: Department of Environmental Affairs Development of a centralised depository for environmental data that can provide the public with access to information on sensitive environments COMMITMENT 5 OVERVIEW CHALLENGES Institutionalisation of Community Advice Offices as part of the wider Justice network This commitment seeks to strengthen the advice office sector by ensuring that the sector has the skills to lead advocacy and communications initiatives critical for long-term sector sustainability. Skills and knowledge in networking and engaging civic groupings and government are critical for shaping policy and Institutionalisation of Community Advice Offices as part of the wider justice network, making the advice offices a permanent feature at grassroots level in communities as a means to advance access to justice at the coalface and frontline of community engagement.
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