Development Facilitation

Description

• Facilitating development processes that typically occur on farms
  
• Facilitating and/or co-ordinating the public participation of advice offices and unions in campaigns and conferences
  

Objectives

• To ensure development processes on farms are participatory and democratic and gender inclusive
  
• To ensure 'the interest of farm workers are protected and promoted in the development process
  
• To build capacity of farm workers and their organisations to participate meaningfully and drive development processes that affect them

Methods

• Facilitating meetings and/or process facilitation; providing information and advice; mediating conflict; building consensus; source training and support services around the following areas:
• Employment equity plans for farmers and farm workers;
  
• Long term tenure security options for farm workers;
  
• Share equity schemes
  
• Negotiations around labour codes on farms
  
• Meeting with unions and advice office to give information and assisting to prepare input around for example:
  
• A minimum wage campaign in Agriculture,
  
• Conferences,
  
• Participating in setting up a consultative forum to engage with the Ethical Trade Initiative