About Us

Document Actions

Vision

Communities in which capable leaders and strong civil society structures cooperate to promote community development and participation in development processes that address priority community needs.

Mission

To build capacity in marginalized communities and civil society by enhancing leadership, strengthening structures and expanding networks that facilitate development and mobilize communities to participate in processes that address priority needs.

Programme Area

FCR’s programme work has previously been organised across two programme areas, namely: Participatory Democracy (Good Governance) and Developmental Partnerships (Municipal-Community Partnerships).
 
However, in response to community needs, changes in the political landscape, and increases in service protests, FCR has decided to combine the value achievable through its previous programmes with its new objectives to implement a single integrated programme, namely the Community Leadership and Civil Society Capacity Building Programme.
 
The overall strategic aim of FCR having this single integrated programme is to work towards having representative and competent leaders, structures and networks facilitating development and mobilising and organising communities to participate in democratic participatory procesess that address priority needs.

History

The Foundation for Contemporary Research (FCR) was started by academics at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and the erstwhile Peninsula Technikon (Pentech)who wanted to support civic struggle against apartheid in the late 1980s...

Areas of work

Most of FCR’s work is conducted in the Western Cape Province. This map shows the thirty municipalities in the Western Cape and the municipalities in which FCR is currently working.

Constituencies

FCR work with the following constituencies in order to alleviate poverty and promote democracy...

Who we are

Meet the team behind the Foundation of Contemporary Research.

Search