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SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENT REFERENCE GROUP Presentation by Ms Hilda Ndude Chairperson JUNE 2005. CONTEXT. September 2004 National “Breaking new ground” plan on Sustainable Human Settlement Western Cape identified as an implementation Province. MODUS OPERANDI.

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  1. SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENT REFERENCE GROUP Presentation by Ms Hilda Ndude Chairperson JUNE 2005

  2. CONTEXT • September 2004 • National “Breaking new ground” plan on Sustainable Human Settlement • Western Cape identified as an implementation Province

  3. MODUS OPERANDI

  4. PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES FORTHE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

  5. REFERENCE GROUP • Appointed by the Minister of Housing & Local Government to advise on the operationalisation and implementation of the Sustainable Human Settlement Plan for the Western Cape • Reference Group introduced during a seminar held in March 2005 • Consists of leaders in the field of development

  6. KEY ISSUES IDENTIFIED RELEVANT TOTHIS CONFERENCE • Inter Government Collaboration • Social Integration • Racial • Economic • Cultural • Religious • Integration of Services • Public Transport • Public Spaces • Health • Education

  7. KEY ISSUES IDENTIFIED RELEVANT TOTHIS CONFERENCE Effective Communication • Reach out to people, don’t talk to yourself • Participation by stakeholders • Environmental Awareness and Ownership by Communities • Green Issues not only for suburbs • Change townships into suburbs • Revisit existing constraints • Remove redlining by Financial Institutions • Title Deeds to allow upgrading • Greening program and public space making. • Changing certain regulations to allow upgrades & development

  8. KEY ISSUES IDENTIFIED RELEVANT TO THIS CONFERENCE • Management of Government Owned Land and Assets • No consistency across government departments on disposal • Current policies favour best price and not best social return. See as a short term gain • Well located, under utilised government buildings are being sold off on the basis of market criteria and not social return again • Current Uprisings are essentially about access to affordable land and displacements displacement of established communities.

  9. Way Forward • Critical success factors in moving forward • Communication • Buy in by stakeholders • Make Land available for sustainable human settlement including inner city. • Alignment of government departments • Funding & funding mechanisms • Integrated development • Policy & process • Remove Bottlenecks & Streamline Beaurocracy

  10. CONCLUSION • Our work will be tested through strategically identified pilot projects • Currently the group is looking at two or three Pilot Projects that will be presented in September at the Sustainable Human Settlement Summit • This will also form a test for Inter Governmental co-operation • This can then fulfil the dream of our Premier of a Western Cape Home for All in the true sense of the word

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