Planact is a non-governmental development organisation working mainly in the urban areas of Gauteng. The organisation is committed to local development for the poor within an intergrated framework.

We aim for strategic interventions in the areas of local government transformation, and community development that can result in social upliftment.This we do through networking with like-minded organisations, training, technical advice and assistance, research and advocacy at policy levels.

Planact supports and mobilises community processes that enhance good governance at the local level to improve people's habitable environments in ways that alleviate poverty.

People that lack access to habitable environments will be able to defend existing gains and advance the collective interest of the poor and marginalised.

Planact held a conference: 'NGOs as Innovators and Agents of Change: a history interpreted by development practitioners' in August 2006. The conference sought both to reflect on the organisation's history and the relevance and impact of NGOs today. To see the summary conference report, click here.

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Planact Annual 2004-2005 [868 KB]