Monday Theme: City economic development strategy and implementation

09.30 Opening Alderman Clifford Sitonga, City of Cape Town

09:40 Towards a strategic agenda for economic development
Presentation by Dr Marc Weiss on `Productive Cities, Inclusive Cities' with a response from Mr Andrew Boraine followed by a brief responses from each participating city and discussion.
Documents:

• 'Productive Cities and Metropolitan Economic Strategy' (Weiss UN speech from Morocco).
• Boraine: Key Themes for Discussion

11:45 Case study: The Washington Economic Development Plan
Presentation by Dr Marc Weiss followed by discussion
Documents: Washington case study review word document

14:30 Aligning policy and strategy - Cape Town case study.
Presentations on the economic development thinking and strategies for Cape Town by the three spheres of government followed by discussion on what this means for alignment between policy, strategy and implementation: Kim van Deventer, Director, Economic Development and Tourism: City of Cape Town; Dr Laurine Platzky: Head of Department, Economic Development, Provincial Administration Western Cape, and Stefan Pretorious, DTI.
Documents:

• Economic development framework & strategy for Cape Town
• CT case study provincial perspective
• CT case study national perspective

16:30- 17:30 Aligning policy and strategy - Cape Town case study (continued)
A broader discussion on the methodologies and processes being used to align and integrate city economic policy and strategy with national and provincial policies and initiatives, the municipal IDP and private sector initiatives.
No documents

09:00 The content of policy and strategy - poverty alleviation
A discussion of different approaches to poverty alleviation as part of an economic development strategy and an evaluation of their appropriateness in different contexts
Inputs on poverty alleviation research project by Professor Sue Parnell & input on research by Dr Chris Rogerson by Tim Mosdell, followed by discussion
Documents:

• Parnell presentation
• Rogerson presentation

11:30 Localising government economic strategy
A discussion on 'localising' national government economic policy and the need for cooperative strategies
Inputs by Yusuf Patel, DPLG and Mamesti Masemola, DTI, followed by discussion

• DPLG presentation
• DTI presentation

14:00 Local economic development policy and strategy responses
Panel discussion with Dr Marc Weiss and Dr Etienne Nel
Documents: Nel paper

16:00 Knowledge Economy
Presentation by Dr Harold Wesso on the Provincial Administration Western Cape White Paper on the Knowledge Economy
Documents: Knowledge economy ppt (to follow)

18:00 Social event at V&A Waterfront Visitors Centre with Cape Town Mayor Ms Nomaindia Mfeketo
Download text of Nomaindia Mfeketo's speech

09:00 Case study: Cape Town Joint Marketing Initiative
An example of partnership and co-operation between provincial and city government and other economic stakeholders
Kim van Deventer and Laurine Platzky with response from Mameetsi Masemola, DTI
Documents: Joint Marketing Case Study

11:00 - 16:00 Project tour
Option of one of two guided tours of Cape Town economic development showcase projects (1. Cape Town International Convention Centre and Sivuyile Community Tourism Centre, Guguletu. 2. Small Business Week ) including lunch

09:00 An initial approach to economic development impact assessment.
A discussion different approaches to measuring economic development impact
An overview of the SA Cities Urban indicators project by Keith Smith, coordinator of the Urban Indicators Programme.
Cape Town's approach to economic development impact assessment by Carol Wright, followed by discussion.
Documents:

• Urban indicators presentation
• CT impact assessment presentation

11:00 Wrap-up and way forward

• Summary of conclusions
• Recommendations for draft City Economic Development Framework