Summit 2014: Chobe District Council Centre Of Excellence

A learner to a model of excellence in gender mainstreaming and development. Chobe District begun in 2009, however, because of the patriarchal statuesque that was, the COE delayed in the implementation of its action plan. In 2012 the COE was then revived by the current gender champion to the model that it is. Consultations were made with the key stakeholders to assist the COE in sensitizing its employees and the community on issues of gender and gender based violence, policies and laws that protect the marginalised groups. This has since seen the COE with employees who are aware on gender issues in and outside the organisation that they have been become the extended arm of the gender committee together with the Social and community development who are the main drivers in the arm of the community welfare. The COE has since also assumed position one in the SADC regional arena in one of the categories, has uprising women entrepreneurs who are also training other women in the community to become self-sustainable. The COE has also taken part in all summits, national and Regional in different categories from 2012 to date.