Executive summary
Mandate 6: Knowledge and information
sharing
The sixth mandate on which SALGA acts is as the
custodian of knowledge and information sharing.
SALGA conducted a baseline survey to identify
the service authority research support needed by
municipalities to effectively fulfil their functions.
The resulting report was used to concretise the
relevant support for municipalities and develop
a support programme with implementation
phases.
The launch of the local government knowledge
hub is a significant step in the improvement
of the management of SALGA and the sector’s
knowledge resources. The outcome over time
of the hub is to build a body of knowledge
(institutional memory) that will serve as the local
government reference source for the future.
The Knowledge Hub accessible on the SALGA website
The SALGA municipal barometer provided
data and intelligence support to a number of
stakeholders. Several socio-economic profiles
have been developed and shared with end users.
It is envisaged that the outcome of the municipal
barometer will be to provide socio-economic
profiles with the necessary information and
intelligence to enable informed discussions and
decision making processes.
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