Brief Overview of Provincial Growth and Development Strategy

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Brief Overview ofProvincial Growth and
Development Strategy
Western Cape IDP Hearings 2005
02 June 2005
Presented by Dr. GA Lawrence Director-General
Western Cape Provincial Government
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Introduction

• iKapa Elihlumayo is our provincial growth and
  development strategy, which is geared towards
  achieving the Provinces vision A Home for All.
• Responds to challenge of unemployment and
  poverty.
• iKapa Elihlumayo will be driven through Holistic
  Governance, based on the needs of a developmental
  state.
• Elements which underpin Holistic Governance
• Integrated Governance, Cooperative Governance,
  Responsive Governance and Globally connected
  Governance.
• Features of a Developmental State
• Must be people-orientated, partnership-based,
  interventionist and well-managed.
• Capable of addressing the socio-economic needs of
  all its people (poor, marginalised and
  historically disadvantaged).

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iKapa ElihlumayoINTEGRATED GOVERNMENT
Different Jobs Same Goals One Plan
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iKapa ElihlumayoINTEGRATED GOVERNMENT
Different Jobs Same Goals One Plan
Economic and spatial improvements
Building knowledge and skills
Improved human relations
Institutional improvements
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Implementing iKapa Elihlumayo
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Alignment of iKapa Elihlumayo to MTSF

• Increasing the rate of growth and productive
  investment
• Promoting economic and social mobility,
  encouraging links between the first and second
  economies through employment and enterprise
  development
• Social development, income support and mobilising
  human resources
• Improving the states capacity to promote growth,
  broaden development and combat crime and
• International relations for growth and
  development.

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Striking the balance
DIRECT INCOME SUPPORT (i.e. social grants)
PUBLIC SERVICESIMPROVEMENTS (i.e. education,
health municipal services)
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT(i.e. housing,
water,sanitation, roads public transport).
Importance of inter-governmental alignment
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Municipal-Provincial engagement

• Ongoing mutual responsibility facilitated
  through
• Existing grants and transfers to municipalities
• Certain departmental or municipal forums-
  IDP-related forums,- One-on-one annual
  engagements,- Existing statutory committees
  (health, social services, safety)
• ISRDP URP forcing engagement per geographic
  area.
• Departments signing agreements with
  municipalities.

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• The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa,
  1996 (Schedule 4 and 5)
• Clear areas of Provincial Departments
  involvement
• Infrastructure (Transport, Waste Management)
• Housing
• Economic development and tourism
• Urban Agriculture
• Health and Educational facilities
• Social and poverty alleviation projects
• Sport and cultural development
• Spatial Development Planning
• Community safety

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Provincial Sector Department Overview

• Basic Infrastructure
• Department of Transport and Public Works
• Road Maintenance and upgrading
• Public Transport Planning
• Community based public works targeting job
  creation (Access roads / Zenzele Projects
• Saamstaan Project
• Health Facilities
• Education Facilities

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Provincial Sector Department Overview

• Basic Infrastructure
• Department of Local Government and Housing
• CMIP / MIG Funding
• Human Settlements
• Department of Education
• -Early Childhood Development
• -Primary and Secondary Education
• -Further education and training opportunities
• -Special programmes e.g. Safer Schools, substance
  abuse, HIV and AIDS

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Provincial Sector Department Overview

• Community Involvement
• Department of Community Safety
• Community Safety Forums (Khayelitsha, Mitchells
  Plain and Tygerberg).
• Taxi Road Safety Project together with Department
  of Transport and Public Works (Strand Street,
  Nyanga and Khayelitsha)
• Traffic Safety
• Arrive Alive Traffic Safety Campaign
• Cape Renewal Strategy
• Bambanani Unite Against Crime
• Neigbourhood Watch Training

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Provincial Sector Department Overview

• Community Involvement
• Department of Social Services and Poverty
  Alleviation
• URP Node (Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain)
• Community-base Care and Support (Youth and
  grandmothers)
• HIV and AIDS
• Life Skills
• Training of Women
• Emergency Food Relief Programme
• Youth Skills Development
• - Multi Purpose Centres
• - Food Security Projects
• - Poverty Alleviation Projects
• - Disaster Management

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Provincial Sector Department Overview

• Community Involvement
• Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport
• URP Node (Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain)
• Community Games
• Education and Training
• Indigenous Games Project
• Coaching Clinics
• Inter-School Activities
• Emergency Food Relief Programme
• Sport facilities
• Sport improvement School Sport Facilities

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Provincial Sector Department Overview

• Community Involvement
• Department of Health
• Community Based Services
• Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Health Care
• Community Health Centres
• Community Health Clinics
• Special programmes e.g. Anti-retroviral rollout.

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Provincial Sector Department Overview

• Economic Infrastructure
• Department of Economic Development
• Economic Participation
• Consumer protection
• Support to events, enterprise and trade promotion
• Tourism development and promotion

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Provincial Sector Department Overview

• Managing Land
• Department of Agriculture
• Urban Agricultural Development
• Technology Research and Development
• Agricultural Economics
• Land reform support

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Provincial Sector Department Overview

• Alignment of Coordination
• Dept. of Environmental Affairs and Development
  Planning
• Spatial and Integrated Planning
• Pollution and Waste Management
• Provincial Spatial Development Framework
• Environmental Management

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Provincial Sector Department Overview

• Institutional Capacity
• Transversal Platform
• Dept. of Local Government and Housing -
  Facilitate and coordinate intergovernmental
  forums
• Provincial Treasury - PFMA and MFMA as well as
  provision and updated Socio-Economic Review
  (2003) and Provincial Economic Review and Outlook
  (PERO), 2004
• Department of the Premier - Centre for strategic
  leadership. Re-engineering (e.g. Central Policy
  Unit and Provincial-wide Monitoring and
  Evaluation Unit).transform from support
  department to a leading department

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General Comments

• Realistion of iKapa Elihlumayo requires
• Sharing concepts and capacity for economic
  development within municipalities demand further
  attention and linking to provincial-wide
  initiatives
• Shared approach for monitoring progress and
  impact
• Involvement of all provincial departments in IDP
  processes
• Shared commitment with the City (politicians and
  officials at all levels)

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Western Cape A Home for All

• A Home for All is the only guarantee of a
  sustainable and harmonious future, where the deep
  societal cleavages, can be overcome, where
  violence is banished, where we dont call each
  other offensive names, and where suspicion and
  mistrust do not lurk on every sports field, in
  every office, at the workplace and in our
  communities.
• (Premier Ebrahim Rasool)