Workshop Expectations and Outcomes
People credited with this course are able to:
. Collate and distribute to those involved in the planning process, the range of identified local economic development objectives in own work context.
. Participate actively throughout the planning process to ensure that the local economic development objectives are appropriately integrated into the planning process.
. Provide input to the mechanisms for implementing monitoring and evaluating the local economic development objectives in the IDP.
COURSE OUTLINE
LEARNING UNIT 1
INTRODUCTION TO INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING (IDP)
. THE FRAMEWORK FOR IDP
. THE SPECIFIC ROLES AND DIFFERENTIATED STRENGTHS OF THE DISTRICT AND LOCAL IDPS
. THE ROLE AND NATURE OF IDPS
. LOCAL SPATIAL PLANNING
. IDP CO-ORDINATE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION IN MUNICIPALITIES
LEARNING UNIT 2
DESIGN THE PROCESS TO ENSURE AN IDP IS DRAWN UP
. DESIGNING AN IDP DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW PROCESS IN LINE WITH THE IDP PRINCIPLES
. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
. PRIORITISATIONS METHODOLOGIES, PROCESSES, MECHANISMS AND EVENTS ARE DESIGNED
. MUNICIPAL ENTITIES, INCLUDING SERVICE UTILITIES
. INTERNAL MUNICIPAL SERVICE DISTRICTS
LEARNING UNIT 3
IDP IMPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW PROCESS
. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
. IMPLEMENTATION STEPS
. MUNICIPAL PLANNING, BUSINESS PROCESSES, SYSTEMS AND TOOLS
. CORE ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITIES TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT
. THE THREE SPHERES OF GOVERNMENT
LEARNING UNIT 4
MUNICIPAL STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM
. THE ROLE AND SPHERES OF GOVERNMENT
. THE STRUCTURES OF COUNCIL
. DEVELOPMENTAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT
. CREATION OF LIVEABLE, INTEGRATED CITIES, TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS
. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCES AND BUDGETS