The groups said in a joint statement that considerable progress had been made around public works, sectoral strategies to create jobs and strengthening local government ahead of the summit.
Representatives of the affiliates of the organisations, including women's, rural and other NGOs and individual unions and church groups also attended the meeting.
Participants in the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) task teams preparing for the summit, presented reports on progress.
The government, business and trade unions are expected to attend the June summit, which is being organised by the Department of Labour. The venue and date for the gathering have yet to be announced.
The statement said that agreements on specific projects and programmes to contribute to social welfare as well as employment were also reached at yesterday's meeting.
There was concern, however, at the lack of progress around proposals to ensure better and more affordable basic services, improve social security and review housing programmes, it said.
The civil society organisations also agreed to, among other things: -take the views of the meeting to the civil society team participating in the Nedlac process in order to support and strengthen their intervention in that process, -hold broad consultation with civil society in the week before the summit, -campaign for the summit agenda to be open to all issues of concern to all the constituencies, including the issue of HIV/Aids, and -monitor and assess the implementation of the decisions of the summit. – Sapa.
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