Transcript Sustainable Development in Provincial Growth & Development

Sustainable Development in
Provincial Growth &
Development Strategies
Presentation to the Western Cape
Sustainable Development Conference
June 2005
By Sibusiso Xaba
Deputy Director General: Economic & Development Planning
Gauteng Department of Finance & Economic Affairs
Outline
• Sustainable Development;
• Growth Strategies;
• The Growth & Development Strategy for
the Gauteng Province;
• Some challenges;
• Possible solutions;
• Conclusions.
Sustainable Development
• Meeting the needs of the present
generations, without compromising (&
perhaps even creating a better platform)
the ability of future generations to meet
their needs;
• Balancing the needs for economic growth,
social development and environmental
integrity.
Provincial Growth &
Development Strategies
• Prepared by agreement in the President’s Co-ordinating
Council;
• Prepared and adopted in various fashions, responding to
the specific condition of each Province;
• PGDS’s take various forms and emphases as per the
needs of each Province;
• Most Provinces have completed or are completing their
PGDS processes;
• In 2004, the President announced the initiatives to align
the NSDP, the PGDS’s and IDP’s, essentially to realize a
better aligned planning system in the country;
• DPLG is currently in a process of preparing guidelines
on PGDSs.
Provincial Growth &
Development Strategies
• However, some common emerging issues:
– PGDS’s should be strategic development frameworks;
– PGDS’s should make choices on growth trajectories & cannot be
everything we do;
– PGDS’s should give direction & a level of predictability to various
sectors of society regarding growth and development;
– PGDS’s should seek to harness the energies, skills and
resources of all the sectors of society towards the achievement
of the Provinces development priorities;
– PGDS’s should be linked to National (International) development
priorities;
– PGDS’s are not spatial plans, but are development plans with
spatial elements (large or small, depending on the choices that
are made).
The Growth & Development Strategy
for the Gauteng Province
• In May 2004, Gauteng EXCO decided to develop the
GDS;
• It has its foundation in the Gauteng Trade & Industry
Strategy, the Gauteng Integrated Development Plan, the
Gauteng Local Economic Development Strategy, and the
Gauteng State of the Environment Report, etc;
• The GDS is a plan not just the Provincial Government,
but for the Gauteng Province as a whole;
• Seeks to:
– Coherent visionary 8 year growth & development perspective;
– A framework to guide government actions;
– A statement of purpose as a basis for partnership.
The Growth & Development Strategy
for the Gauteng Province
• Gauteng in context
– The economic & industrial heartland of the country;
– Home to almost 20% South Africans on only 1.4% of
the SA surface area;
– Contributes around 34% of the country GDP and
Africa’s 4th largest economy;
– Accounted for 49% of all remuneration in the country
and 52% of organizations’ turnover in 2003;
– Largest recipient of in-migration in the SADC;
– One of the most unequal societies in the world;
– Produces 80% of South Africa’s industrial waste;
– Emerging as Africa’s first Global City Region.
The Growth & Development Strategy
for the Gauteng Province
• Recognize achievements over the past
decade;
• Acknowledge current socio-economic fault
lines;
• Present a framework for strategic
intervention;
• Demonstrate commitment through the use
of credible strategic levers;
• Commit to ongoing monitoring and review.
The Growth & Development Strategy
for the Gauteng Province
• The GDS outlines:
– A shared vision for growth & development in the
Province for the next 10 years;
– Strategic objectives that we are working towards
achieving;
– Strategic mechanisms, which are choices on how we
can achieve our objectives;
– Strategic levers, which are instruments that we can
use to turn things around;
– Gauteng’s contribution to the achievement of the
National goals of halving unemployment & poverty by
2014.
The Growth & Development Strategy
for the Gauteng Province
• Sustainability issues:
– Ensuring faster, sustainable and shared growth;
– Addressing poverty in the short to long term &
providing appropriate levels of services to all
Gautengers;
– Densification, urban renewal & better located human
settlements;
– Ensuring good governance and partnership;
– Focus on the most vulnerable sectors of society;
– Upholding environmental governance.
Challenges
• Not adequate emphasis on environmental
management principles;
• Dichotomy between growth and
environmental management not
completely resolved;
• Lack of appropriate tools;
• Better integration of environmental and
development management governance
systems;
Possible Solutions
• Promotion of pro-active environmental
planning instruments;
• Better co-ordination between economic/
development planning & environmental
management authorities;
• Information sharing, eg monitoring
systems & tools.
Thank you