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Urban Indicators Programme P resentation at SA Cities Network Launch 8 October 2002

Urban Indicators Programme P resentation at SA Cities Network Launch 8 October 2002. Why urban indicators?. Monitor conflicting policy challenges resulting from: Globalisation Urbanisation Improve efficiency of government through performance management Required by national legislation.

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Urban Indicators Programme P resentation at SA Cities Network Launch 8 October 2002

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  1. Urban Indicators ProgrammePresentation at SA Cities Network Launch 8 October 2002

  2. Why urban indicators? • Monitor conflicting policy challenges resulting from: • Globalisation • Urbanisation • Improve efficiency of government through performance management • Required by national legislation

  3. Programme Goals • Co-ordinated and integrated management of cities through the use of indicators as urban policy and management tools • Information-driven decision making through the use of indicators as tools in strategic planning • Greater transparency and accountability in urban government through the use of indicators as communication and reporting tools

  4. Programme Objectives • Promote shared learning and co-operation between member cities with respect to the development and use of indicators • Build capacity within member cities in the collation and analysis of information and to promote the use of information analysis as a tool in policy and strategy formulation • Ensure the development of indicators that will allow for the comparison of the performance of various cities and monitor urban development from a national perspective • Lobby and liaise with national government and other agencies to ensure that the cities needs are taken into account with regard to data collection, indicators etc.

  5. Strategic Focus Quality of Life Urban Management • Policy/Strategy –Focused • Intersectoral • Intergovernmental IDP Performance Management Planning Environment Economy • Traditional Core Business of LA’s • Sectoral • Operational Basic Service Community Services Regulatory Services

  6. Gini-Coefficient Source: DPLG Poverty Research Project

  7. City Development Index • Developed in 1997 by Urban Indicators programme of UN-Habitat • Measures average well-being and access to facilities by urban residents • Based on 5 sub-indices: • Infrastructure • Waste • Health • Education • City Product

  8. City Development Index Source: DPLG Poverty Research Project

  9. City Development Index JOHANNESBURG CAPE TOWN ETHEKWINI TSHWANE Source: DPLG Poverty Research Project

  10. City Development Index BUFFALO CITY MANGAUNG MSUNDUZI Source: DPLG Poverty Research Project

  11. City Development Index Source: DPLG Poverty Research Project

  12. Key Activities • DPLG Poverty Research Project • Further Develop CDIs and Core Set of Urban Indicators • Liaise with national agencies • Link to other SACN themes and programmes • Web-enabled Database • Programme of Shared Learning

  13. Knowledge-sharing • Auditand Peer Review • Programme of workshops and seminars • Increase use of information • Showcase projects of member cities • Placement programmes • Membership of UN-Habitat GUO

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