Lahti City-Bojanala Platinum District Municipality Co-operation Summary
2 Overview on the Integrated Development Plan and the Project Plan for
This Chapter gives a short introduction to the 2009/2010 Reviewed Integrated Develop-
ment Plan of the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality (BPDM) and the objectives,
results and activities of the Lahti-Bojanala Platinum District Municipality co-opera- tion project plan for 2010.
The 2009/2010 Reviewed Integrated Development Plan (IDP) of the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality (BPDM) consists of:255
Executive Summary
– Introduction and overview of Bojanala District Municipality – Demographics
– Population Growth Rates in the Bojanala Platinum District – Literacy levels
– Affordability – Unemployment
– Powers and functions of the municipality – The 2009/10 Review Process;
Situational Analysis: Status Quo Analysis per Key Performance Area (KPA)
– Key Performance Area (KPA) 1: Basic Service Delivery & Infrastructure Investment. Includes water; sanitation; roads & transport; housing; education; health; social development; sports, arts & cultural issues; disaster management; fire and rescue services; safety and security; land and environmental manage- ment; waste management.
– KPA 2: Municipal Transformation and Organisational Development – KPA 3: Local Economic Development
– KPA 4: Municipal Financial Viability and Management – KPA 5: Good Governance and Public Participation – KPA 6: Spatial Rationale;
Vision;
Mission;
Strategic Objectives and Development Strategies (summary of district strategic
objectives aligned to the Key Performance Areas 1-5);
Municipal Priorities. A list of district priorities as informed by the priorities of
local
municipalities developed during after conducting community needs analysis.
These
priorities were taken into consideration during projects phase: 1) water and
sanitation; 2) roads and storm water; 3) electricity; 4) land and housing; 5) economic development; 6) institutional development; 7) municipal health; 8) social services; 9) 2010 FIFA World Cup;
Projects: provides information on the projects that will be implemented in all
local municipalities within BPDM in the next financial years.
The Status Quo Analysis per Key Performance Area reflects the Key Performance Areas (KPAs) of the Local Government Strategic Agenda 2005-2011. Each KPA indicates status quo, challenges, objectives as well as the programmes for issues relating to it. In short, the sections on the KPAs set the priorities for each KPA.
In the Lahti-Bojanala Platinum District Municipality (BPDM) co-operation project in 2010 the co-operation partners are the City of Lahti and the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality with its five local municipalities of Kgetleng Rivier, Madibeng, Moretele, Moses Kotane and Rustenburg. According to the project plan for 2010, “BPDM is a District wide organisation, its mandate is to provide support, facilitation and co-ordination functions to develop and capacitate its five local munici- palities which all have their own administrations”.256 The Municipality of Hollola from
the Lahti region has been an additional partner from 2008 onwards. The municipal- ity of Hollola and Moses Kotane Local Municipality started to form a municipal-to- municipal partnership in 2008.257 In 2010 similar development opportunities will be
255 Bojanala Platinum District Municipality 2009.
256 City of Lahti and Bojanala Platinum District Municipality 2009, p. 6. 257 City of Lahti and Bojanala Platinum District Municipality 2009, pp. 5–7.
explored between Nastola Municipality in the Lahti region and one of the BPDM Lo- cal Municipalities.258
The Lahti-Bojanala Platinum District Municipality co-operation project plan for 2010 describes the overall objectives of the whole co-operation in 2008–2010:259
The main overall objective
as a long term development goal of the co-ope- ration is to strengthen the local environmental administration, more precisely the capacity building of the municipal environmental authorities and the deve- lopment of better systems and practices in the administrations;
Promotion of sustainable development and tolerance education are other
overall objectives. The co-operation aims to increase capacity and raise awa- reness in the administration specifically on the importance of environmental protection and sustainable development. It is also important to strengthen and broaden the ownership in the partner municipalities. Technical expertise is transferred and best practices are shared between the partners. Emphasis is put on mutual learning and reciprocal activities;
The objectives that work both ways are
developing environmental manage-
ment, increasing awareness of citizens about environmental issues and sustai- nable development, transferring and exchanging technical expertise (water ma- nagement and monitoring, air quality and monitoring, climate protection as- sessment and implementation of methods, waste management as well as further development of information technology by video conferences and upgrading of the existing web sites with staff training).
The objectives and expected results of the co-operation in 2010 include: General Objectives260
Raising awareness in the administration on the importance of environmental
protection and sustainable development; Technical expertise transfer on:
– Local Agenda 21, water and air quality and waste management and communication technology (North to South);
– Regional level environmental administration and integrated develop- ment planning as a tool for better environmental management (South to North);
Increasing the awareness of citizens about environmental issues through Local
Agenda 21 activities implemented by local governments;
Promoting good governance and improving the capacity of the partners in glo-
bal co-operation and project administrational practices;
Improve and develop communication practices and technology between the
partners and raise transparency in communication towards public. Results261
Continuous process in BPDM to develop and enforce the environmental policy;
Improved capacity in staff and administrational systems and practices to mana-
ge waste, water and air quality;
Continuous Local Agenda 21 programmes and increased level of awareness on
sustainable development;
Raised transparency in the administration, better accessibility to different fun-
ding sources and increased capacity to administrate projects;
Regular and accurate communication between the partners and public aware-
ness about the co-operation and its topics.
258 City of Lahti and Bojanala Platinum District Municipality 2009, p. 14. 259 City of Lahti and Bojanala Platinum District Municipality 2009, p. 5. 260 City of Lahti and Bojanala Platinum District Municipality 2009, p. 8. 261 City of Lahti and Bojanala Platinum District Municipality 2009, p. 8–9.
Expected results of the co-operation from North to South262
Building capacity of the local environmental administration;
Raising awareness in the local administration on the importance of environ-
mental protection and sustainable development;
Raising awareness in the local administration on the climate change and global
warming;
Searching new approaches to fight and adapt the climate change and global
warming;
New approaches of technical expertise transfer on Local Agenda 21, water and
air quality and waste management and communication technology; Waste management and lake remediation cooperation;
Local Agenda 21 activities to increase the awareness of citizens about environ-
mental issues.
Expected results of the co-operation from South to North263
Raising awareness in the local administration on the importance of environ-
mental protection and sustainable development;
Raising awareness in the local administration on the climate change and global
warming;
Searching new approaches to fight and adapt the climate change and global
warming;
Increasing know-how on the district level administration to Lahti Regional ad-
ministration;
IDP as a tool for better environmental management;
Awareness raising regarding new and different methods and practices on the
environmental field as part of the sustainable development globally
– Community driven and grass-root level approach in environmental issues and activities
– Tolerance education.
The activities of the co-operation in 2010 include:264
1. Development of sustainability and environmental management. BPDM has