SARDC Profile
Vision
SARDC is an independent regional information resource centre which seeks to enhance the effectiveness of key development processes in the SADC region through the collection, production and dissemination of information, and enabling the capacity to generate and use information.
Mission
SARDC's objective is to improve the base of knowledge about economic, political, cultural and social developments, and their implications, by making information accessible to governments and policy makers, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, regional and international organizations, development agencies, parliaments, and media.
Programme
SARDC has five main areas of focus which are pursued by separate specialist departments for environment and water resources, gender, democracy and governance, regional economic development, and human development, in partnership with other institutions including the Southern African Development Community (SADC) secretariat and sectors, IUCN-The World Conservation Union, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and networks of national partners in SADC member states.
Methodology
Reliable and accessible information relevant to the SADC region is generated through a process of participation, networking, wide consultation and ownership, and targeted dissemination, reaching into national, regional and global policy processes.
Databases
SARDC has an information resource centre containing over 12,000 subject files on regional issues, a library of books and periodicals, and computerized databases in WIN-ISIS; and is establishing a “virtual library” of internet access to its resources.
Institutional capacity
SARDC has 15 years of institutional experience in documenting, analysing and communicating trends in regional development, in publishing and distributing the results, and monitoring impact, as well as recognized financial accountability, a range of qualified staff from the SADC region and an extensive network of partner organizations and contacts. Language capacity in English and Portuguese.
Contact SARDC
Southern African Research and Documentation Centre
15 Downie Avenue
Belgravia
Box 5690
Harare
Zimbabwe
Tel (263-4) 791141 / 791143
Fax (263-4) 791271
Email: sardc@sardc.net
Centro de Documentação e Pesquisa para a África Austral
Rua D. Afonso Henriques, 141
Maputo
Moçambique
Tel (258-21) 490831
Fax (258-21) 491178
Email: sardc@maputo.sardc.net
Website: www.sardc.net
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