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Consultant profile: Rick de Satg�

Personal information

Date of birth: 7/1/1954

Professional background & work experience

Independent training and development specialist with twenty-five years experience in the rural and urban sectors in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Developmental Services May 1996 +

Founding partner in an independent consultancy specialising in training, participatory research and organisational development.

Key work areas: Training, project-based learning, participatory research, monitoring evaluation and materials development for sustainable livelihoods and integrated development.

Selected assignments

2004

	Working on contract as part time Training Development Advisor for DFID/Department of Water Affairs and Forestry Support Programme to institutionalise, align and rationalise all existing training courses for Forestry and Veld Fire
	Facilitation of SADC Fisheries MCS programme planning workshop for the development of a mixed mode distance and face to face qualification for Fisheries Inspectors and Observers from South Africa, Namibia, Tanzania, Mozambique and Angola
	Design of in field livelihood assessments for SPP

2003

	Contribution on linkages between water poverty and household livelihood security as part of DFID/DWAF Water and Forestry Support Programme, Water Resource Management Component in partnership with PLAAS, Ninham Shand and lead agency Mcintosh, Xaba and Associates
	Facilitation of joint Ukuvuka Operation Firestop and City of Cape Town workshop to review the impacts of the Ukuvuka programme
	Presentation of a paper on The contribution of livelihoods analysis to the complex challenges of post conflict recovery at an experts workshop convened by the Institute of Strategic Studies entitled Supporting Sustainable Livelihoods: A Critical Review Of Assistance In Post-Conflict Situations
	Design and facilitation of 2 day workshop to assess elearning materials developed to promote the National Veld and Forest Fire Act
	Facilitation and evaluation of six day Disasters and Development Course for the Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Programme (DIMP), University of Cape Town
	Introducing livelihoods analysis and integrating the livelihoods approach into the work of the Foundation for Contemporary Research (FCR)
	Introductory workshops for the Surplus People Project on the livelihoods approach
	Facilitation of joint SPP/PLAAS workshop on tenure reform processes in terms of the Transformation of Certain Rural Areas Act (TRANCRAA) in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape
	Guest lecturer on University of Stellenbosch Conservation Ecology course on land and resource rights and sustainable resource management
	Guest lecturer on Adult Education and Development Course, University of Cape Town History, poverty and livelihoods - what's education got to do with it?
	Completion of social team evaluation of the National Working for Water programme
	Development of a one day workshop on participatory planning for the Department of Architecture and Planning at University of Cape Town
	Facilitation of training courses for DWAF on Enforcing the National Forests Act in a Context of Participatory Forest Management in association with Lawyers for Human Rights
	Course designer and facilitator for joint IUCN, PLAAS, CASS five week SADC course entitled People, poverty and natural resource management to be held in Cape Town in August 2003

2002

	Guest speaker at DMISA conference on Disaster management - Challenging the Future on the the 'Livelihoods and vulnerability reduction - the sustainable livelihoods approach'
	Preparation of WSSD briefing paper for Urban Sector Network on The dynamics of urban poverty in South Africa
	Course designer and facilitator for DWAF three day course entitled Enforcing the National Forests Act
	Co-ordinator of the social team conducting an independent evaluation the national Working for Water programme
	Materials development for training package on the National Veld and Forest Fire Act

2001

	Workshop sessions for DLA provincial managers on the strategic implications of operationalising the Guidelines on integrating environmental planning into land reform
	Guest lecturer on Livelihoods and Integrated Development Planning for PLAAS post graduate Diploma in Land and Agrarian Studies, University of Western Cape
	Co design of 5 day training course for Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, School of Government, UWC and Centre for Applied Social Studies, University of Zimbabwe on Governance in Community Based Natural Resource Management.
	Consulting to the Multimedia Education Group (MEG) on rural village online assignment for First Year engineering students, University of Cape Town
	Project formulation team member for Nordic Consulting Group and DANCED for Phase 2 of DANCED programme on the Integration of Environmental Planning into Land Reform
	Co-author of Learning about livelihoods: Southern Africa � a training manual on livelihoods and vulnerability assessment for the Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Project, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, UCT. Published by Oxfam and Peri Peri publications 2002.
	Proposal development for SCAPE programme for a partnership between PLAAS, EDA and the Ukahlamba District Council to integrate household livelihood security into the IDP planning process

2000/1

	Training needs assessment for Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) for design of postgraduate Masters and Diploma programme in Land and Agrarian Studies, UWC.
	Training manager for the DANCED/DLA training programme for the Integration of the Environment into Land Reform planning designing and facilitating training in Mpumalanga and Free State on: Environmental issues in land reform (5-day course) The environmental dimensions of LDO/IDP planning (3-day course) Guidelines in action (3-day course) Natural resource management and sustainable resource use (5-day course)[1] The environmental and livelihoods dimensions of the Harrismith LDOs (3-day course) Sustainable commonage management (3-day course) Integrating livelihoods and environmental issues into the Lowveld District Council LDOs (3-day course) Issues for managers (2-day course)
	Design and co facilitation of 4-day course on the National Forest Act � Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) and DFID.
	Design and co facilitation of 2-day course for DWAF senior managers on Participatory Approaches for Forestry
	Design of 3-day course in Participatory Approaches for Community and Conservation Foresters � Department of Water Affairs and Forestry and DFID.

1999+

	Design and facilitation of 3-day course in Participatory planning of Legal Entities for Land Reform (x6) for Department of Land Affairs (DLA).
	Co design & facilitation of 11-day Land Use & Livelihoods training course for National Land Committee affiliates, EDA and DLA in partnership with PLAAS.
	Design and facilitation of 4-day Training of Trainers Course for local government trainers from the Urban Sector Network.
	Design and facilitation of 5-day course Implementing ESTA (Extension of Security of Tenure Act) for DLA and partner NGOs (x3).
	Design and facilitation of 5-day Redistribution Policy and Systems course for DLA and partner NGOs (x6).
	Design and facilitation of 3-day course on Presentation Tools And Techniques for local government trainers from Urban Sector Network.
	Design and facilitation of 6-day Tenure Basics training course for the Department of Land Affairs in partnership with PLAAS, UWC School of Government. Redesign of five day and two day versions of course for DLA and EDA. (X6).
	Evaluation of gender training course developed by Foundation for Contemporary Research (FCR).
	OD and communications support to Sakhumzi Trust, Lwandle and hostels to homes Local Negotiating Group.
	Facilitation and documentation of the Lwandle 2000 local development strategy.
	Evaluation of Built Environment Support Group housing training programme.
	Strategic planning for PLAAS.
	Strategic planning for the Urban Sector Network (x2).
	Provincial needs assessment for the Northern Cape PDLA.
	Development of training needs assessment and training design for Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal for upgrading of informal settlements with particular emphasis on tenure security - commissioned by DLA.
	Co design and facilitation of initial 5-day Restitution Training Course for DLA and Commission staff.
	An examination of local government�s housing role � research report or Western Cape Housing Trust.
	Training design and facilitation of briefing workshops for the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Housing to familiarise MPs with housing policy and problems.
	Design and facilitation of 2-day course on housing policy and subsidies for Helderberg RDP forum.
	Facilitation and upgrading of 11-day certificate course in Community management of low-income housing projects for Development Action Group (x2).
	Strategic planning for Carehaven Shelter for Battered Women (x2).

Development Action Group 1994 - April 1996

Training and materials development specialist focusing on housing policy, housing subsidies and the planning and implementation of low income housing projects.

	Design and facilitation of 11 day certificate course in Community management of low income housing projects � certificated by Peninsular Technikon
	Design and facilitation of 3-day certificate course in A practical guide to housing subsidies - certificated by Peninsular Technikon
	Design and facilitation of outcomes based training courses targeted at community-based organisations, development trusts, local development forums and local authorities.
	Co-ordinator of the USN education and training focus group
	Briefing sessions and submission to parliamentary standing committee on housing
	OD and communication specialist on hostels-to-homes project team
	Issue editor of Reconstruct
	Drafted project proposal that re-established Reconstruct as a weekly newspaper supplement

Planact 1993 - 1994

Information, Education & Training manager

	Training course design and delivery on urban development, local government transition and low-income housing
	Design and delivery of community based strategic planning workshops used as basis for Plan & Act strategic planning manual
	Participation in Hostels-to-homes project team in Mohlakeng, West Rand
	Writing and design of public information materials decoding Johannesburg Metropolitan Chamber's spatial development framework Building Tomorrow Today
	Contributor to Reconstruct � a supplement to Work in Progress

Training Aids Development Group (Zimbabwe) 1983 - 1992

Founder and co-ordinator

Specialist in development of training materials and participatory planning methods

	Design and facilitation of training programmes for collective and Model B resettlement co-operatives as part of post independence Zimbabwean land reform programme
	Founder and publisher of Read On -a bimonthly popular education magazine, and Working in Groups co-op education series
	Co-publisher of Workteam magazine serving South African production co-operatives together with CORDE, Botswana
	Editor of A hundred furrows � a cartoon history of the land struggle in Zimbabwe 1890-1990
	Author: A co-op guide to poultry production
	Evaluation of EDA on behalf of NOVIB

Environmental & Development Agency 1978 - 1982

Rural fieldworker, based in Sunduza village, Herschel district, former Transkei

	Initiator of the Herschel Project, a community based rural development programme integrating primary health, a farmer service centre offering credit, inputs, land preparation and milling services, participatory extension, OD and training.
	Contributor to the People�s workbook

University of Cape Town 1977

Student organiser

Organiser in informal settlements co-ordinating community programmes of SAVS, SHAWCO and Envirac in Cape Town and former Transkei

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