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Encourage different communities to appreciate and understand each other and the
resources they are custodians of. This could be achieved through the organisation of cultural
festivals and indigenous breed shows.
Build the capacity of communities to get involved, understand, own and use the BCP.
Training for paralegals and on institutional arrangements was suggested.
Explore possibilities of negotiating and collaborating with other communities to expand
coverage and resources and exchange experiences and knowledge via learning visits and
dialogue.
Develop and validate the BCPs that should cover among other community processes, issues
of lands and governance and, very importantly, links to national and international laws.
Develop mechanism for legal recognition of BCPs. This will necessitate holding regular
stakeholder workshops, building alliances and synergies with other communities, planning for
media campaign and developing linkages at all levels.
Group n°3: South Africa and Namibia
South Africa
The Bushbuckridge Traditional Health Practitioners Association’s ‘Dream Time BCP Project’: The Next
Steps
This ‘Dream Time Project’ aimed at:
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Extending the existing BCP to deal with
government
Link to formal health systems.
Empowering organisational structure
Developing
strategies
for
the
supplementing income
To achieve the above, the following actions
were planned:
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Develop a Code of Conduct for the
whole group
Finalise
the
constitution
of
the
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association
Register the Association as a Section 21/ Non-Profit Organisation under the South African law
Complete a quality assurance performance assessment
Engage income generation projects
Set up functional office
The Southern African Endogenous Development Programme’s Dream Time Project: The Phomolong
BCP
SAEDP focused on the development of a BCP for the Phomolong Community located in the Free
State Province of South Africa. The process will seek to emphasise the importance of:
1 - Empowerment for self-development in livestock development, endogenous animal
husbandry and bio-cultural diversity.
2 - A home grown approach to social, economic and cultural well-being.
3 - The protection of indigenous knowledge with regard to livestock development
4 - The protection of indigenous structures such as traditional institutions, healers and spiritual
leaders.
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