Performance information
African municipalities that are part of the small
town regeneration programme, as well as
ministers and mayors from the SADC region. The
conference took stock of how far LED practice
has evolved over the last few years and how local
authorities in the region should approach social
and economic development in the context of
localising sustainable development goals (SDGs).
It is thus likely to have a significant bearing on
future Commonwealth local government forum
(CLGF) led programmes and to influence the
localisation of SDGs in the region and elsewhere.
SALGA prepared the background paper for the
conference, entitled “Igniting sustainable and
people centred socio-economic development in
sub-Saharan Africa”. in our neighbouring countries, which has several
and direct consequences for the South African
economy and our municipalities. Stronger local
government and their representative associations
is thus of strategic interest to South Africa as a
whole, and SALGA in particular.
In collaboration with municipal institute of
learning (MILE), SALGA supported Namibian
municipalities through the Association of Local
Authorities in Namibia (ALAN) and the municipal
managers’ formation (NALAO) with conducting
a knowledge management workshop, from
19-21 April 2016 in Swakopmund, Namibia. The
workshop served to share lessons and assisted
in developing Namibian local capacity to build
knowledge management systems within their
municipalities. In so doing, SALGA profiled
several South African municipalities’ good
practices which could be utilised by the Namibian
counterparts, thus contributing to building a
stronger network of knowledge management
capability in the south. SALGA and Mozambican Local Government
Association
SALGA supported the Uganda Local Government
Association (ULGA) with hosting its LED
conference on 17-18 August 2016 by facilitating
key sessions in the programme. This was part
of a process to consolidate collaboration which
was eventually effected through the signing of
an MoU at the SALGA national conference held
in Johannesburg from 28 January to 2 December
2016.
International Programmes and Partnerships
SALGA has established several partnership
to facilitate service delivery in municipalities
and ensure there is a range of support in the
implementation of SALGA programmes. Some of
the partnerships concluded in this financial year
are:
European Union
SALGA, Mile and Nalao delegation at the local
knowledge management for local leadership
SALGA conducted capacity building workshops
with
the
Swaziland
Local
Government
Association (SWALGA) from 16-17 June 2016 and
the Mozambican Local Government Association
(ANAMM) on 30 June 2016 to strengthen
decentralisation and the role of local government
in the SADC region. This aims to contribute to
more stable social and economic development
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SALGA is currently implementing a three-year
“Strengthening governance and capacity in
local government” programme funded by the
European Union to the value of R7 875 000. The
programme commenced implementation in
2016 and aims to strengthen SALGA’s capacity
to support member municipalities and improve
local government’s performance in the area
of service delivery and good governance,
technology and innovation. The project aims to
improve and strengthen local government aimed
at delivering excellent service.
SALGA ANNUAL REPORT
2016/17