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PRODUCTIVE CITIES: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT



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The central question behind the Productive Cities programme is whether the local economy can provide a majority of residents with the means to earn a reasonable living? The programme objective is to facilitate local co-operation to enhance economic competitiveness.

Projects
  • Skill development project
  • Network and cluster for economic development
  • Economic information project
  • Urban poverty project
  • Knowledge project
  • Transportation project


TOOLKIT

Skills development strategies for inclusive and productive cities
Download in PDF format [2Mb]


APRIL 2006

ICMA City Links / SACN Local Economic Development (LED) symposium
3-4 April 2006


MARCH 2005

South Africa's economic development trajectory: implications for skills development
This is an article by Marina J. Mayer and Miriam Altman published in the "Journal of Education and Work".
Acrobat document [174kb]


OCTOBER 2004

Constructing a developmental nation
- the challenge of including the poor in the post apartheid city
The paper was presented by Sue Parnell at conference titled "Overcoming underdevelopment in South Africa's economy" which was hosted by DBSA, HSRC and UNDP on the 28-29 October.
[Word document]


APRIL 2003

Economic Development Workshop
The South African Cities Network organised and hosted a 4 day training workshop for economic development officials and leaders from South African cities in early April 2003.
[City Economic Development report]
[PowerPoint Presentation by Greg Clarke]
[Summary of Outputs 2003-2005]


JUNE 2002 WORKSHOP

Key economic issues facing cities
The chairperson (Andrew Boraine) gave a presentation on the objectives of the SA Cities Network and sets out the context of the Economic Development Programme by referring to the key economic issues facing major cities world-wide
[Download Word document]


18-21 Nov: THINK TANK

City Economic Development Strategies
Focus: Redefining metropolitan economic strategy. Includes presentation by Dr Marc Weiss, Prague Institute for Global Urban Development
Venue: Cape Town Lodge (bookings: Theresa Williams 021 422 0030, ref. 4171)
Participants: Economic development councillor and senior economic development official from each city, DTI, DPLG, Provincial Government Western Cape, SALGA
Contact: Lindiwe Ntsabo, ODA, 021-422 2970; Lindiwe@oda.co.za
[Programme]
[Thinktank presentations]

ALSO:

  • Local economic development:
        A review assessment of its current status in South Africa
  • Evaluating local economic development initiatives in South Africa:
        evidence from the cities
  • State policy approaches to promote metropolitan economic strategy
  • Further reading: National Governors' Association reports


    TSHWANE

    LED strategic framework
    There are many threats and challenges faced by the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (CTMM) in its search for social and economic equity for its constituents (April 2002)
    [Download Word document]


    TERMS OF REFERENCE

    Boosting cities' competitiveness
    The programme aims to increase national economic growth and development by strengthening the competitiveness of major South African cities through mutual support, learning and cooperation on economic development
    [Download Word document]


    SEPTEMBER

    Quarterly Meeting
    Notes of the Economic Development Programme quaterly meeting held at Ceasars Gauteng on 19 and 20 September 2002
    [Download Word document]


    PRO-POOR INTERVENTIONS

    The case for sectoral targeting
    Overall, it is becoming apparent that, across urban areas of the developing world, there is growing recognition of the imperative for evolving a pro-poor focus in LED planning, writes Christian M Rogerson of the University of Witwatersrand
    [Download Word document]


    INTERNATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE OF THE ILO

    Workshop Invitation: Nairobi, 14-17 October
    Sub-regional workshop for the promotion of tools and good practices in improved urban service delivery and employment creation in Eastern and Southern Africa
    [Download Word document]


    POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

    From the 8 October workshop
    [To view a powerpoint presentation click here]


    LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    Current status in SA
    In recent years Local Economic Development (LED) has become a widely practised development strategy in the countries of the North at both the local government and community levels
    [Download Word document]


    AUDIT PROJECT

    Draft proposal call
    The objective of the City Audit Project is to determine the economic development resource capacity, operational arrangements and initiatives of the participating SACN cities relative to one other
    [Download Word document]


    DATA AND INFORMATION PROJECT

    Prioritised system
    of data acquisition
    One of the collective problems facing cities is the lack of reliable, accurate and appropriate data and information to enable proper policy formulation, project implementation and resource allocation
    [Download Word document]



  • Calendar
    SACN calendar of events
    Annual Report 2007
    Annual Report 2007

    Download [pdf, 1.7Mb]
    State of City Finances Report 2007
    State of City Finances Report 2007

    Renewable Energy City Summit - 13, 14 May 2008
    Renewable Energy City Summit
    KMRG meeting
    February 2008
    Notes and presentations are available online.
    Dynamics of Global Urban Expansion
    Visit the Cities Alliance website to download this report.
    Special focus on HIV and Aids
     
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    Aids Advise workplace solutions
    This programme was developed by HealthInSite in partnership with the SACN and sponsored by Nedbank.
    SA Cities Network Reports
    Urban Renewal Report
    Part 1 [.pdf]
    Part 2 [.pdf]


    State of the Cities Report


    Annual report
    2006 [pdf]
    2005 [pdf]


    South African Cities and HIV/Aids:
    Challenges and Responses
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