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The Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, invites you to its second webinar in a series on ‘Student Hunger and COVID-19’. This series is organised by the Access to Food for Students Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence in Food Security. It seeks to address food insecurity in tertiary institutions nationwide through research and advocacy.

Appointment of Ms Sapto as Coordinator: Communications / Project Support

The Dullah Omar Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Keathélia Sapto as Coordinator: Communications / Project Support.

Call for Applications: Post-doctoral Research Fellowship in Multilevel Government 2021 - 2022

The South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Multilevel Government, Law and Development, based at the Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights (DOI), University of the Western Cape, is pleased to announce a full-time post-doctoral research fellowship in multilevel government for 2021.

African School on Decentralisation: Postponed to 2021

Due to the impact of COVID-19, the hosting of the African School on Decentralisation has been postponed to next year (2021).

Webinar: 2021 Local Elections, Governance and Stability

Friday, 4 September 2020, 10h00 - 12h00 (SAST)

By Jaap de Visser and Tinashe Chigwata

Adv Sibonile Khoza appointed to DOI Advisory Board

We are proud to announce that Adv Sibonile Khoza has been appointed as a member of the Dullah Omar Institute's Advisory Board.

The Dullah Omar Institute will be offline from 24 July 2020 until 28 July 2020.

WEBINAR SERIES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COVID-19

TOPIC for 15 July 2020: Transparency in local government procurement during COVID-19

The following articles/publications are available in this issue:

Webinar: Our Voices Matter - Impact of Covid-19

The Socio-economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape is organizing a webinar titled ‘Our Voices Matter’ to discuss the impact of the measures adopted by the government to address COVID-19 pandemic on the lived experiences of people in informal settlements in Cape Town.

The South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, situated in the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI), offers high quality Masters and PhD programmes in multilevel government and local government. These programmes deal with questions such as: how are multilevel states designed? how are powers divided? how are the finances allocated to provincial and local governments? how does national government supervise subnational governments? They also deal with pertinent issues relating to the rule of law and good governance. Both programmes combine legal and constitutional studies with other disciplines, such as political science, public administration and finances. Applications are open for both admission and financial support in 2021.