SALGA annual report 2016/17 SALGA ANNUAL REPORT 201617 PRINTED FINAL | Page 69

Performance information Goal 3: Planning and economic development at a local government level The goal looks at various planning and economic development initiatives to build safer communities, healthier communities and environmentally aware and active communities. SALGA’s role in achieving this goal is to provide support and advise municipalities in initiatives that aim to improve or build municipal capacity to create conditions necessary for the development of economic and job opportunities. The activities in goal three addressed the following SALGA mandates: • • • Lobby, advocate and represent; Support and advice; and Knowledge and information sharing. Highlights of performance Spatial planning and land use management trainings Following the operationalisation of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (Act No. 16 of 2013) (SPLUMA) on 1 July 2015, SALGA, in collaboration with provincial partners, organised training in the North West, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Eastern Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. The purpose was to strengthen the capacity of municipal officials and councillors to ensure municipal readiness for implementation. The interactive training focused on the chapters of the SPLUMA to encourage participation and engagement around practical implications for municipalities. economic development in targeted sectors and spaces. The new generation land use schemes should contain a suite of tools and incentives to accelerate decision making processes and promote certain types of development in specific spaces, as well as empower municipalities to negotiate with developers for specific development outcomes. NDP, IUDF and IDPs dialogues The national development plan (NDP), adopted in September 2012, aims to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality by 2030. The goals of the NDP can be realised through collaboration, public policy implementation alignment and joint efforts by all spheres of government, society and the private sector in growing an inclusive economy, building capabilities, enhancing the capacity of the state, and promoting leadership and partnerships throughout society. The integrated urban development framework (IUDF), approved on 26 April 2016, and the 2016-2019 IUDF implementation plan aim to cultivate a common understanding across all spheres of government and society about how best to manage urbanisation and achieve the goals of economic development, job creation and improved living conditions for the country’s people. In preparation for the next generation of IDPs, SALGA convened a dialogue on the alignment of the NDP, IUDF and IDPs with municipalities in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and the Western Cape. The dialogues assisted municipalities in the following: • • From the training, SALGA gained an understanding of the challenges experienced by municipalities, most notably on the aspects of land use management systems. SALGA undertook the development of guiding strategies for municipalities to develop a new generation of land use schemes and other tools and techniques that facilitate and promote 69 • • Determining the value proposition and policy recommendations of the NDP and IUDF; Reflecting on the enablers and disablers of synergy between the conceptual framework of IDPs and the resultant impact; Reflecting on the intergovernmental challenges inhibiting seamless coordination; and Highlighting the mutual stakeholder expectations for implementing the NDP, IUDF and IDPs. SALGA ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17