Integrated Development Planning

Definition of Integrated Development Planning

Integrated Development Planning is:

………………………………..………………………………..………………………………..………………………………..………………………………..………………………………..

Integrated Development Planning applies to the ………………level of government.

(First answer this question in your own words. Then if you use a quote to support your answer, ensure that you put it in quotation marks and provide the reference.)

G. Audouin

Purpose of Integrated Development Planning

The purpose of Integrated Development Planning is the following:

• Eradicating the development legacy of the past – ………………………… …………………………

• Making the notion of developmental local government work – ………………………… …………………………

• Fostering co-operative governance – ………………………… ………………………...

(In your own words expand on each of the points listed above)

Integrated Development Plans were made a legal requirement in terms of the………………………………..Act. Other policy and legal documents that contain important elements related toIntegrated Development Planning are the following:

……………………….. ( )………………………. ( )

(In brackets after each of the documents listed above, provide an example of the type of information related to IDPs that each provides – for example does it give guidance on the procedure to be followed, or the contents of an IDP or does it provide principles?)

Legal and Policy Context

G. Audouin

The objectives of each municipal IDP is guided by thepolicy guidelines and principles contained in the White Paper on Local Government and the Development Facilitation Act, amongst other documents. The principles in the White Paper can be summarised as follows:• ……………………• ……………………• ……………………• ……………………• ……………………• ……(See the IDP Guide Pack, Guide I, Section 3)

The specific spatial development principles contained in the Development Facilitation Act include the following:• ……………………….• ……………………….• ……………………….• …… (See the IDP Guide Pack, Guide I, Section 3)

G. A

udouin

The minimum content requirements of an IDP, in terms of theMunicipal Systems Act No 32 of 2000, are the following:• ………………………………• ………………………………• ………………………………• ………………………………• ………………………………• ………………………………• ………………………………• ………………………………• ……………………………… (Consult the Chapter 5 of the Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 – you can download the Act at the following website:http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:vB6ycDQFgJYJ:www.gov.za/gazette/acts/2000/a32-00.pdf+Municipal+Systems+Act&hl=en)

Content Requirements of an IDP

J. Vergeer

What are the main steps in the IDP process?

(You can obtain information for your answer from the IDP Guide Packs and from the Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000. Try and present your answer graphically)

(Once you have completed this task it is important that you view IDPs that have been undertaken in practice. You can do this by going to the IDP Nerve Center athttp://www.idp.org.za)

The IDP Process

The Glossary

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Make a list of the new terms that you have encountered through your research on IDPs