Transcript Session 3: South Africa’s experience of Spatial Targeting

Session 3: South Africa’s
experience of Spatial Targeting
Part 1: Departmental Presentations
Part 2: Parallel Sessions
Part 3: Report back from parallel
sessions
Session 3: Programme
• Part 1: Overview of current spatial initiatives
across government (14h00 – 15h15)
• Purpose: shared understanding , improved coordination and alignment
• Inputs by the national departments –
reflections on objectives and rationale, policy
instruments, institutional approach, risks
Session 3: Programme
• Presentations and presenters:
– Economic Development Programmes
• Alfred Tau, DTI
• Wendy Mapira, EDD
– Urban Networks Strategy
• David van Niekerk, NDP Unit, NT
– Rural Development Strategy
• Elsona van Huyststeen , CSIR obo DRDLR
Session 3: Programme
• Part 2: Parallel session (15h15 – 16h30)
• Purpose: drill more deeply into the experience
and lessons learnt from South Africa’s
experience in the different contexts; good and
bad lessons/ practice
Parallel Sessions
• 1. Industrial Development Zones and Special
Economic Zones
– Facilitator: Prof Mark Oranje
• 2. Urban Development Programmes
– Facilitator: Ivan Turok
• 3. Rural Development Programmes
– Facilitator: Bea Drost
• 4. NSDP and corridor
– Facilitator: Khulekani Mathe
Questions to address
• What were the distinctive features of the local
context ?
• What was the key policy instrument that
made a difference?
• What were the main achievements?
• What are the things that should have been
done differently?