Towards a Sustainable Development Implementation Plan for the Western Cape

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Towards a Sustainable Development Implementation
Plan for the Western Cape by Mark Gordon DEADP


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Outline of Presentation
Conceptual Framework International
Architecture Evolution of SD Discourse
International National Context WCape
Strategic Context Key Elements of SDIP Way
Forward
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WSSD 2002
Planet
People
Prosperity
Social equity qnd Social well-being
Ecological Integrity Healthy Environment
Economic aspirations Economic growth
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STRATEGIC CONTEXT FUNCTIONAL SUPPORT
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES SOUTH AFRICA

• RDP - Reconstruction and Development Programme
• ISRDS Integrated Sustainable Rural Development
  Strategy
• URP Urban Renewal Programme
• IGFR

• GEAR
• Medium Term Environmental Sector Implementation
  programme (10 year)
• Ikapa Ehlimayo

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Constitutional Imperatives

• Social Issues access to productive natural
  resources, equitable and sustainable
  participation in development opportunities
  towards poverty alleviation
• Economic Issues address unsustainable
  productive and consumption pattern compete
  globally, hi-tech innovative products
• Ecological Issues improving and/or maintaining
  environmental resource integrity and productivity

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Key Challenges and Constraints

• Current approaches fail to address socio-economic
  and environmental problems
• Govt commitment to SD not mainstreamed into
  policy and action-oriented programmes
• Lack of effective mechanisms to translate policy
  provisions into action in the public and private
  sector
• Lack of integration across depts and sectors
• Need for transversal co-ordination structures
• SD not an add-on but integral to core functions
  of departments

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Dual Economy

• Unsustainable patterns of production and
  consumption in a developed economy
• Inequitable access to resources and ownership and
  unsustainable social development patterns (human
  settlement, poverty etc) developing economy

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Economic Challenges

• Neo-classical Approach
• view the environment as a source of natural
  resources for economic production
• Alternative Approach
• Provision of wider range of functions and
  services sink for wastes, aesthetic,
  educational, ecological and climatic cycles and
  functions, habitats FREE GOODS

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Why is the deterioration of the environment not
seen as a serious economic problem ?

• the basic functioning of a market system is that
  property rights have to be well defined, secure,
  exclusive and transferable.
• Market system involves the exchanging of goods
  and services.
• Market failure assigning ownership to public
  goods -environment under-valued, challenge to
  realistically quantify

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Ikapa Ehlihumayo

• The Growing Cape A Home for All
• Vision for the future development of WCape
• 8 lead strategies which primarily focus on
  building social human capital, economic growth
  and a seamless governance system for improved
  service delivery.
• Urgent need to embed SD principles into the lead
  strategies
• Challenge to finalise 5 lead strategies which
  form the hallmark of this vision

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STRATEGIC CONTEXT Key Elements
Transport SIP
Economic Development MEDS
Spatial Development PSDF
Key Growth Drivers for the Province
Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development
HRDS
Investment
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Policy Framework
PGDS

• IKAPA Lead Strategies
• Provincial EIP District/ Municipal SDF
• Policies
• Frameworks Municipal SDPs, IDPs

PGDFA
NSDP MTSF
SDIP
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• Conference Outputs
• Declaration of Intent
• A commitment towards the formulation of the
  Western Cape Sustainable Development
  Implementation Plan (SDIP)
• SDIP Over-arching strategic plan for the
  province to feed into PGDS integrating
  departmental lead strategies ie. Ikapa Strategies
• Post conference roll-out strategy-
• to finalise SDIP
• Engagement with key stakeholders
• to develop Institutional Arrangements to
• - support SDIP
• - co-ordinate SD indicator reporting
• - monitor compliance with targets
• - facilitate transversal reporting (NSSD, Ikapa
  Elihlumayo)
• - inputs for IGFR, Environment MTSF

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Key Elements of the Multi-stakeholder Process
May 2005
Concept Paper
May Sep 2005
Situational Analysis
Sustainable Development Conference
June 2005
Declaration of intent
Draft Sustainable Development Implementation
Plan (SDIP)
June 2006
(PGDS) Stakeholder Process
Dec 2006
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EXPEDIENCY AND UNIQUE POSITION

• Western Cape is uniquely positioned
• Need for integrated approach
• Need for cohesively aligned strategy ito JPoI,
  MDGs
• Need to evaluate the strategic position of the
  province to translate and incorporate the
  international SD targets (JPoI and MDGs) into
  implementable and tangible provincial
  implementation targets
• SDIP provides a fundamental framework to chart
  a sustainable development course of action for
  the WCape

DEADP SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE JUNE
2005
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SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS

• Issues of energy security , generation options,
  DSM climate change
• Cape Town water shortage
• Cape Town WWTWs under standard
• No. of cars 2 x in 25 years in Cape Town
  sustainable transport
• Many tip sites nearly full
• Housing backlog only 38 funded and slow delivery

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SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS

• High levels of migration to continue
• Settlement building approach still similar to
  pre-1994
• Veld carrying capacity decreasing
• Long lead times and lack of co-ordination on
  decision making
• Link between crime and development
• Low levels of education and skills

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SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS

• W Cape economy diversified and growing as a whole
  (uneven in places) 4 2005
• Lowest unemployment rates in SA 26
• Potential growth sectors agriculture, tourism,
  financial services
• Major bio-diversity and scenic resources
• Good roads and ports (rail underutilised)
• Highly urbanised province 90
• 14,3 to GDP 3rd highest

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Rethinking Policy for Sustainability

• Smart Policy for Sustainable Development
• Certainty - shared vision reflected in long term
  goals
• Greater internalising of costs through incentives
  / charges
• Market-based instruments - ecological tax reform
• Demanding results-based stds with realistic
  phase-in
• Regulate close to end-user, encouraging up-stream
  solutions
• Process based on transparency and trust
• Innovative re-design options

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Policy Framework
PGDS

• IKAPA Lead Strategies
• Provincial EIP District/ Municipal SDF
• Policies
• Frameworks Municipal SDPs, IDPs

PGDA
NSDP
SDIP
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Key Elements of Process
May 2005
Concept Paper
May August 2005
Situational Analysis
Sustainable Development Conference
June 2005
Declaration of intent
Draft Sustainable Development Implementation
Plan (SDIP)
Dec 2005
Provincial Growth and Strategy Development (PGDS)
March 2006
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magordon_at_pgwc.gov.za
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