Transcript National Development Plan

National Development Plan
Prepared by:
Anton Groenewald
Renee` Pereira
Ganief Elloker
Emeraan Ishmail
Edwin Groenewald
Nazima Parker
Runan Rossouw
US116358
23-25 January 2013
Facilitator: Dr Len Mortimer
Chapter 1 Policy making in a
complex environment
Chapter one Review
– rate of change and scale of change
1. 50% of all new future jobs in the next ten years have not been created –
80’s – internet
2. 90’s cellphones, 00’s – social media and networking
2.Economy - slow, growth rates, high skills,etc
3.Demography and Employment – high and rising unemployment and youth
unemployment – remember thandi
4.Urbanisation – rate of urbanisation
5.Science, Technology and Innovation, Education
6.Geo political shifts
7.Domestic and National regulation
8.Environment and Resources – Energy, Oil, electricity, water, bio fuels, etc
9.Health – 1 bn dying of hunger, 1 bn chronic lifestyles diseases
1.Change
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Chapter 1 Policy making in a
complex environment
City Policy response
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City Development Strategy (inc)
Economic growth and Social Development strategy
Broadband policy
Sector development strategy (???)
Human Development strategy (???)
Human settlements policy – rapid settlement?, informal settlement policy
Health (HIV policy, Strategy?)
International Relations – BRICS
Green strategy (???) – solar water heater panels
Energy policy ( no explicit alternative energy program)
Youth as a key response area -
Chapter 2 Demographic trends
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HIV/AIDS – higher prevalence of HIV/Aids
Young growing population – opportunities for employment, skills
transfer, employment equity
Migration of people within and across borders, rural to cities
and African countries – impact services
Movement of people implication for planning and budgeting of
services – insufficient data and Municipalities lack of capacity
resources, reprioritise resource provision
Chapter 3 Economy and
Employment (EI)
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Distorted pattern of ownership & economic exclusion – Gini high
Economic growth low / Employment low
Constraints: natural resources/energy/spacial distribution/access to
markets
Areas of comparative advantage
Global economic performance impacts on SA
Develop flexible human settlements
Lower costs of transport & communication
State spending on infrastructure required
Lower barriers to entry for business
Grow service-oriented industries – eg. Finance, business & tourism
Chapter 3 Economy and
Employment (NP)
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Create environment for sustainable employment and
economic growth
Promote employment in labour absorbing Industries
Promote exports and competitiveness
Strengthening the capacity of the government to
implement its economic policy
Demonstrating strategic leadership among stakeholders to
mobilise around a national vision (single vision by
implication references a common goal across all spheres
of government).
ie. common futuristic cohesive goal.
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Chapter 4 Economy infrastructure
– The foundation of social and
economic development (EG & RR)
Key Strategic Focus areas:
 Establish effective, safe and affordable public
Infrastructure.
 Ensure that all South Africans have access to affordable
services
 Make high-speed broadband internet universally
available at competitive prices
 Priority should be given to infrastructure programmes that
contribute to global & regional integration and needs
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Chapter 4 Economy infrastructure
– The foundation of social and
economic development (EG & RR)
Key IDP areas:
Areas of the NDP related to Infrastructure should be address
under the following IDP strategic Focus areas:– Provide economical & social Infrastructure by means of
amortisation principles
– User to pay the bulk of cost with protection of the poor
– Shift towards regional integration
– Promote sustainable environment through resources
– Improved service in informal settlements & backyarders
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Thank you
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