KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government

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KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government
DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TRADITIONAL
AFFAIRS
MUNICIPAL INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLANS MARCH
2006 DURBAN
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OBJECTIVES OF THE SESSION

• TO DISCUSS THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL CONTEXT
  OF IDPs
• TO CLARIFY THE IDP CONCEPT AND
• PROCESS
• TO INFORM ON THE IDP PROCESS AND
• FRAMEWORK PLANS
• TO HIGHLIGHT THE ROLEPLAYERS OF THE IDP PROCESS
  
• TO DETERMINE THE WAY FORWARD FOR
• IDPs IN MUNICIPALITIES

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CONTENTS OF PRESENTATION

• CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR IDPs
• IDP CONCEPT AND PRODUCT
• PROCESS AND FRAMEWORK PLANS
• IDP ROLEPLAYERS AND STRUCTURES
• THE WAY FORWARD

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• CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR IDPs

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SPHERES OF GOVERNMENT
INTERDEPENDENT
INTERRELATED
NATIONAL
LOCAL
PROVINCIAL
DISTINCT
COOPERATIVE
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POST 1994 SPHERES OF GOVERNMENT
PROVINCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY FUNCTIONS
NATIONAL SERVICE DELIVERY FUNCTIONS
LOCAL SERVICE DELIVERY FUNCTIONS
NATIONAL
PROVINCIAL
LOCAL
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THE PROVINCE OF KWAZULU-NATAL
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CONSTITUTION SECTION 152

• The objectives of local government
• To provide democratic and accountable govt
• To ensure the provision of services in a
  sustainable manner
• To promote social and economic development
• To promote a safe and healthy environment
• To encourage the involvement of communities and
  community organisations in local govt

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CONSTITUTION SECTION 153

• A municipality must
• Structure and manage its administration and
  budgeting and planning process to give priority
  to the basic needs of the community, and to
  promote the social and economic development of
  the community and
• Participate in national and provincial
  development programmes

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RELEVANT LEGISLATION AND POLICIES (1)

• Constitution, Act 108 of 1996
• Municipal Systems Act, Act 32 of 2000
• Municipal Structures Act, Act 117 of 1998
• White Paper on Local Government, March 1998
• Municipal Finance Management Act, Act 56 of 2003
• Ward Committee Hand Book and Resource Book, 2006

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RELEVANT LEGISLATION AND POLICIES (2)

• The Development Facilitation Act (DFA), Act 67 of
  1995
• The National Environmental Management Act (NEMA),
  Act 107 of 1998
• The National Land Transportation Transition Act,
  Act 22 of 2000

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RELEVANT LEGISLATION AND POLICIES (3)

• Spatial aspects
• The White Paper on Spatial Planning and Land Use
  Management, 2001
• The National Land Use Management Bill
• The National Spatial Development Perspective
  (NSDP)

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DRAFTING, REVIEW AND AMENDMENT OF IDP

• MSA makes provision for
• DRAFTING
• Every 5 years broadly covers Council term of
  office
• REVIEW
• Annual review
• Submit to MEC for assessment
• AMENDMENT
• Well motivated amendments, as and when required

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• IDP CONCEPT, PROCESS, PRODUCT

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WHAT IS AN IDP?

• A single, inclusive and strategic plan giving
  direction to all Development Initiatives
• Identifies Development and Service Delivery
  priorities for whole municipality
• Supports optimal allocation of scarce resources
• Forms basis for National, Provincial and
  Municipal Budgeting alignment (DORA and MTEF)

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IDP Minimum requirements

• Vision for long term development
• Assessment of existing level of development
• Development priorities and objectives, incl. LED
  aims and internal transformation needs
• Dev. strategies, aligned with national or
  provincial sectoral plans and binding planning
  requirements
• SDF, incl. LUMS guidelines
• Operational strategies
• DMP
• Financial plan, incl. budget projection for at
  least the next 3 years
• KPIs and performance targets

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PRINCIPLES OF IDP

• Participatory
• Structured and systematic
• Strategic, focused, priority-driven
• Optimises scarce resources
• Action and delivery orientated
• Inter-sectoral, co-coordinating, aligning and
  integrating

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IMPACT OF MUNICIPALITY WITHOUT IDP

• No strategic management tool
• No development vision, programmes and projects
• Ad hoc project implementation
• Lack of budget alignment
• Meaningful IGR impossible
• No community participation in needs
  identification
• Co-ordination and monitoring of planning and
  development impossible

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UNCOORDINATED DEVELOPMENT
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INTEGRATED/COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT
IDP
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SECTORAL PLANNING
Horizontal integration
WELFARE
IDP
MUNICIPAL AREA OF IMPACT SDF, LUMS, BUDGET, OPMS
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IDP PROCESS
INTEGRATION AND ALIGNMENT
PHASE 1 ANALYSIS
PHASE 2 STRATEGIES
PHASE 0 PREPARATIONS
PHASE 3 PROJECTS
PHASE 7 ME ANNUAL REVIEW
PHASE 4 INTEGRATION
PHASE 6 IMPLEMENTATION
PHASE 5 APPROVAL
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IDP CONTENTS
VISION, STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND SPATIAL FRAMEWORK
WELFARE
TRANSPORT
WATER SANITATION
ROADS
HEALTH
HOUSING
EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENT
LEGAL POLICY FRAMEWORK
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
AGRICULTURE
PUBLIC WORKS
CONSERVATION
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SPATIAL PLANNING LAND USE MANAGEMENT
URBAN RENEWAL STRATEGY
LAND REFORM
PERF. MGT. SYSTEM BUDGET
OTHER RESOURCES
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SPATIAL PLANNING

• SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
• A framework that seeks to guide overall spatial
  distribution of current and desirable land uses
  within a municipality in order to give effect to
  the vision, goals and objectives of the municipal
  IDP

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SPATIAL PLANNING MANAGEMENT

• SDF with
• Spatial policies
• Spatial action areas
• Implementation plans for programmes and projects
• Land Use Management Schemes and by-laws
• Transportation Plans
• Landscape Management Plans

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SDF AND LUMS

• SDF sets context for Scheme
• Scheme facilitates implementation of SDF
• Scheme give rise to and manages rights pertaining
  to land use and development

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STRATEGIC BUDGETING
IDP Priorities driving the budget
Strategic Financial Decision-making
Forward Financial Planning
Regularly challenging the status quo
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• FRAMEWORK AND PROCESS PLANS

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FRAMEWORK AND PROCESS PLANS
PROV IDP MGT PLAN
ALIGNMENT
DM FRAMEWORK PLAN
IDP REVIEW
BUDGET
OPMS
DM PROCESS PLAN
LM PROCESS PLAN
IDP PHASES
PREP ANALYSE STRATEGIES PROJECTS
ALIGNMENT APPROVAL
PREP ANALYSE STRATEGIES PROJECTS
ALIGNMENT APPROVAL
STRATEGIES
ANALYSE
PROJECTS
ALIGN
APPROVE
IMPLEMENT
PREP
ME
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RELATIONSHIP DISTRICT AND LOCAL IDPs

• All municipalities prepare IDPs
• DM IDPs give strategic direction for family of
  municipality IDPs
• DM and LM IDPs drafting process to be
  co-ordinated
• DM and LM IDPs contents to be aligned and in
  support of each other, e.g. DMs SDFs informs LMs
  SDFs and vice versa

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• IDP ROLEPLAYERS AND STRUCTURES

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PROPOSED ORGANISATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
Council
Executive Committee/Mayor or Appointed Councilor
Office of the Municipal Manager
IDP Steering Committee
IDP Representative Forum
Stakeholder Structures
Ward Committee
Project Task Team
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MUNICIPAL COUNCIL (1)

• Political decision-making body of
• Municipality, Council
• Considers and adopts DM Framework
• and Process Plan
• Considers and adopts LM Process Plan
• Determines project prioritisation criteria
• Considers, adopts and approves the IDP and IDP
  Reviews

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MUNICIPAL COUNCIL (2)

• Critical Generic IDP dates
• March - June 2006 Finalises and adopts 2006/07
  IDP Review
• July - Sept 2006 Finalises DM Framework and
  Process Plan for new IDP
• March Submits draft IDP/budget to Treasury and
  LGTA
• June Council adopts new IDP

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

• Senior governing body of the Municipality

• Responsible for overall management, co-ordination
  and monitoring of the process and drafting of the
  IDP
• Approves nominated persons to be in charge of
  different roles, activities and responsibilities
  of the process and drafting

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WARD COUNCILORS

• Link between municipal government and residents

• Link the planning process to their constituencies
  and/or wards
• Responsible for organizing public consultation
  and participation

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VALUE OF IDPS FOR COUNCILORS

• Guide priority ward/community needs
  identification
• In Council decision-making on
• Vision, strategies, programmes, projects and
  budget of municipality
• Implementation and monitoring
• Decision-support tool to argue in favour of
  decisions on IGR, budget alignment priority
  projects at meetings

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WARD COMMITTEES

• Ensure community input in IDP
• Participate through ward committee chair in IDPRF
• Consist of ward representative members and ward
  councilor

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKERS AND IDPs

• Promote community participation in IDP activities
  such as meetings and projects
• Disseminate information to communities on IDP
  drafting/review and implementation status
• Co-ordinate sectoral integration
• Give feed-back on community needs to inform IDP
  drafting
• Assist with monitoring and evaluation of projects

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ROLE OF MUNICIPAL/IDP MANAGER

• Chairs IDP Steering Committee
• Prepares Framework and Process Plan
• Overall management and co-ordination of IDP
  process
• Responds to comments on IDP documentation
• Avails documents to inform IDP process
• Promotes involvement of all stakeholders
• Adjusts IDP according to MEC proposals

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IDPSTEERING COMMITTEE

• Technical and Secretarial support to IDP
  Representative Forum
• Commission research studies
• Considers and comments on inputs from task teams
  / sector departments and from service providers
• Takes guidance from the IDPRF
• Drafts IDP document, i.e. processes, summarize
  and document outputs
• Makes content recommendations
• Appoints project / task teams

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IDP REPRESENTATIVE FORUM

• COMPOSITION
• Executive Committee
• District Council Councilors
• Ward / Citizens Committees
• IDPSC members / HODs
• Traditional Leaders (where applicable)
• Organized groups / business
• Chaired by ExCo member or nominated councilor

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RESPONSIBILITIES OF IDPRF

• Guides / directs IDPSC
• Represents community / citizens interests
• Mechanism for discussion, negotiation and
  decision making
• Ensures communication between and among
  stakeholders
• Monitors performance of the planning and
  implementation process

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• THE WAY FORWARD

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IDPS THE WAY FORWARD
2006/07 IDP REVIEW 2006/07 IDP REVIEW 2007/08 IDP 2007/08 IDP
1 March Premier sign-off - -
7 April DLGTA /Treasury - -
2 -11 May IDP Forums (11) - -
May Advertise - -
June Adopt - -
July -DLGTA/Treasury/ - SDIP - Initiate Process Plan
Aug/Sept Assessment - Prepare Process Plan
- - Sept 06 Adopt Process Plan
- - 31 March 07 DLGTA/Treasury
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THANK YOU

• Questions?