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Inclusive Cities
Presentation Outline
• Context: Our Inherited City Form• Understanding Inclusive Cities• Our Strategic Approach• eThekwini’s Inclusivity Program• Social Inclusion• Economic Inclusion• Political Inclusion• Cultural Inclusion• Concluding Comments
•2300 Sq km
•14% of the Area of the Province
•60 % economic activity of KZN
•Population of approx 5 million
people
•Unemployment rate 24%
•Port Based Economy
•Manufacturing sector dominant
•Diverse population
•Significant rural areas
•Sprawling suburbs – topography
•Large a private car transport
system
•47% depend on taxi (minibus)
•33 % on Bus
•20% on Rail
Apartheid City
Fragmented Segregated
Biased Exclusivity
Social Inequality
Unsustainable
Inclusive City
Social Inclusion
PoliticalInclusion
EconomicInclusion
CulturalInclusionOur C
hallenge: BRIDGING THIS DIVIDE
Context: Inherited City Form
Understanding Inclusive Cities• In an inclusive city citizens take an active part in the decision making that
affect their daily lives, and are the cornerstone of city-making
• Our developmental local government mandate is premised on being inclusive, democratic and empowering sphere of government that continually creates opportunities for its citizenry.
• More specifically, our role is to ensure that we:
– promote access to decent housing and basic services
– create an interconnected transportation infrastructure & allows access to effective public transport
– facilitate access to communication technology and forums for communication
– expand and maintains economic infrastructure thereby increasing employment opportunities
– supports the expression of culture and religion
– enables all residents to develop and achieve their full potential
City’s Developmental Approach is underpinned by the inclusivity principle
Projects
Vision
Values, challenges and choices
Strategic focus areas
Programmes
8 Point Plan
eThekwini Municipality’s Inclusive City Program
• The municipal response to Inclusivity is largely driven through the Municipality’s Integrated Development Plan (IDP)
• The IDP is the strategic 5 year development plan that has its roots in the Long Term Development Framework
• The IDP covers the 4 key issues of inclusion namely:– Social Inclusion (Plan 3: Quality Living
Environments)– Economic Inclusion (Plan2: Economic Development and
Job Creation)– Political Inclusion (Plan 7: Good Governance)– Cultural Inclusion ( Plan 6: Embracing our Cultural
Diversity)
Social Inclusion
• Delivery of Social Facilities and Basic Service by: – Providing access to housing (Even though it is Provincial /National
government mandate): an average of 13 000 units a year– Provision of descent basic services, access to social amenities and
opportunities for all citizens– Provision of a effective public transport system – Accessing health and educational opportunities– Developing skills level of both the employees and citizens – Facilitating a learning environment, through establishing a Municipal
Institute of Learning (MILE)– Thinking about how we can actively make engage children by making our
city more CHILD-FRIENDLY (soon to embark on a UNICEF project)– Provision of interim services to informal settlement
• Water, sanitation, electricity, refuse removal, fire and emergency service, footpaths and access etc
Economic Inclusion
• Developing Economic Inclusivity through: – Access to economic activities in the city– Promoting tourism and community based tourism projects– Providing opportunities for networking and expanding businesses– Rates Life-Line to households with a value of less than R120 000 (USD 15
600) exempt from rates and services– Pensioners (both spouses over 60 years) first R400 000 (USD 52 200) of
property value is exempt from rates– Exemption for child headed households R280 000 (USD 36 500)– Using an expanded public works programme to create Jobs– Using catalytic projects eg Stadium development and 2010 programmes as
learnerships opportunity
Inclusive Governance
• “Political” inclusion by:– Decentralised management of the city ( Regional Centres and Regional
Offices)– Developing skills of the ward committee– Public participation at ward levels through ward mobilisers– Providing opportunities for the citizenry to participate in council process eg
Budget Hearings, IDP hearing and Performance Management– Facilitating dialogue and exchange with civil society through Imagine
Durban’s OPEN FORUMS– Building learning networks on the continent and beyond: SACN, PLUS
Network, UCLG,ICLEI, and have 3 sister city agreements with over 50 active projects!
Cultural inclusion
• Cultural inclusion developing by:– Promoting a diverse range of culture and heritage activities and events– Fostering development of cultural and heritage through the promotion of
tourism related projects– Developing an arts and culture policy – Acknowledging the importance and value of arts and culture
Concluding Comments
• We acknowledge that whilst we have come a long way in building an inclusive city, we agree that we still have a long way to go
• In our city, there have been some voices from civil society that have expressed their anger and disappointment at our municipality
• We have encouraged these voices of protests, and allowed them to express themselves, for we believe that this too is part of being an inclusive city