Urban Indicators Programme Presentation at SA Cities Network Launch 8 October 2002

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Urban Indicators ProgrammePresentation at SA
Cities Network Launch 8 October 2002
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Why urban indicators?

• Monitor conflicting policy challenges resulting
  from
• Globalisation
• Urbanisation
• Improve efficiency of government through
  performance management
• Required by national legislation

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Programme Goals

• Co-ordinated and integrated management of cities
  through the use of indicators as urban policy and
  management tools
• Information-driven decision making through the
  use of indicators as tools in strategic planning
• Greater transparency and accountability in urban
  government through the use of indicators as
  communication and reporting tools

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Programme Objectives

• Promote shared learning and co-operation between
  member cities with respect to the development and
  use of indicators
• Build capacity within member cities in the
  collation and analysis of information and to
  promote the use of information analysis as a tool
  in policy and strategy formulation
• Ensure the development of indicators that will
  allow for the comparison of the performance of
  various cities and monitor urban development from
  a national perspective
• Lobby and liaise with national government and
  other agencies to ensure that the cities needs
  are taken into account with regard to data
  collection, indicators etc.

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Strategic Focus
Quality of Life Urban Management

• Policy/Strategy Focused
• Intersectoral
• Intergovernmental

IDP Performance Management
Planning Environment Economy

• Traditional Core Business of LAs
• Sectoral
• Operational

Basic Service Community Services Regulatory
Services
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Gini-Coefficient
Urban Centre Gini--Coefficient
Johannesburg 0.601
Cape Town 0.569
Port Elizabeth O,54
Bloemfontein 0,501
Kimberley 0.48
Source DPLG Poverty Research Project
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City Development Index

• Developed in 1997 by Urban Indicators programme
  of UN-Habitat
• Measures average well-being and access to
  facilities by urban residents
• Based on 5 sub-indices
• Infrastructure
• Waste
• Health
• Education
• City Product

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City Development Index
Source DPLG Poverty Research Project
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City Development Index
JOHANNESBURG
CAPE TOWN
ETHEKWINI
TSHWANE
Source DPLG Poverty Research Project
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City Development Index
BUFFALO CITY
MANGAUNG
MSUNDUZI
Source DPLG Poverty Research Project
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City Development Index
Source DPLG Poverty Research Project
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Key Activities

• DPLG Poverty Research Project
• Further Develop CDIs and Core Set of Urban
  Indicators
• Liaise with national agencies
• Link to other SACN themes and programmes
• Web-enabled Database
• Programme of Shared Learning

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Knowledge-sharing

• Audit and Peer Review

• Programme of workshops and seminars
• Increase use of information
• Showcase projects of member cities

• Placement programmes
• Membership of UN-Habitat GUO