On 4 September 2014, SERI hosted a workshop to present the findings of the Community Practice Notes: Informal Settlement Series published in August. SERI's first series of community practice notes documents how community-based organisations (CBOs) in four informal settlements have organised and mobilised in their struggles for development, particularly around in situ upgrading of informal settlements. In doing so the series analyses the relationship between evictions, development, community organisation and mobilisation, local politics, protest and the use of courts. The four settlements included in the series are: Makause, Rooigrond, Thembelihle and Slovo Park.
Approximately 20 representatives from the CBOs profiled in the series participated in the workshop, which aimed to discuss and evaluate the tactics and strategies employed by CBOs, as well as unpack the challenges faced by communities fighting for development.
