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Towards a Sustainable Development Implementation Plan for the Western Cape
by Mark Gordon – DEA&DP
Outline of Presentation
Conceptual Framework
International Architecture
Evolution of SD Discourse
International & National Context
WCape Strategic Context
Key Elements of SDIP
Way Forward
Social equity qnd Social well-being
People PlanetEcological IntegrityHealthy
Environment
ProsperityEconomic
aspirations:Economic growth
WSSD 2002
STRATEGIC CONTEXT FUNCTIONAL SUPPORT
International Obligations
WSSD (JPoI, GD)
Int. Conventions& Protocols
Agenda 21
National Strategic Obj’s
Social Economic
Environmental
W.Cape’s Strategic Obj’s
iKapa Elihlumayo
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
Transport
SIP
Key Growth Drivers for the
Province
Economic Development
MEDS
Social
Capital
Spatial Development
PSDF
Investment
HRDS
Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development
STRATEGIC CONTEXT – Key Elements
Policy Framework
IKAPA Lead Strategies
Provincial EIP District/ Municipal SDF
Policies
Frameworks Municipal SDP’s, IDP’s
SDIP
PGDS
PGDFA
NSDP + MTSF
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
Declaration of intent
Draft Sustainable Development Implementation Plan (SDIP)
(PGDS) Stakeholder Process
Concept Paper
Situational Analysis
Sustainable Development Conference
June 2006
Dec 2006
Key Elements of the Multi-stakeholder Process
May 2005
May – Sep 2005
June 2005
D:EADP ~ SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE JUNE 2005
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
EXPEDIENCY AND UNIQUE POSITION
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
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
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
• 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
Rethinking Policy for Sustainability
Policy Framework
IKAPA Lead Strategies
Provincial EIP District/ Municipal SDF
Policies
Frameworks Municipal SDP’s, IDP’s
SDIP
PGDS
PGDA NSDP +
Declaration of intent
Draft Sustainable Development Implementation Plan (SDIP)
Provincial Growth and Strategy Development (PGDS)
Concept Paper
Situational Analysis
Sustainable Development Conference
Dec 2005
March 2006
Key Elements of Process
May 2005
May – August 2005
June 2005