Towards a Sustainable Development Implementation Plan for the Western Cape by Mark Gordon – DEA&DP.

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

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