EDEN DISTRICT NEWS - The Integrated Development Planning (IDP) unit of Eden District Municipality (Eden DM) hosted the Western Cape Districts Integrated Forum on 3 August. The meeting was attended by IDP managers from the Eden, Overberg and Cape Winelands district municipalities, as well as a representative of the Auditor-General South Africa.

The aim of the meeting was to achieve the cross-district alignment of key performance areas in terms of integrated development planning and to share challenges faced by the IDP function. Best practices pertaining to the function itself, the readiness of the IDP process as per the legislative framework, as well as the establishment of an inter-district IDP support platform, were also discussed at the engagement. 

During the meeting, the IDP managers exchanged their process plans and time schedules, and agreed that future Western Cape integrated forum meetings will take place prior to the provincial IDP managers' forum meetings. 

The change in schedule will ensure that better outcomes can be expected and more effective decisions can be made at the provincial managers' meetings.

Manager of the IDP unit at Eden DM, Mzukisi Cekiso, was pleased with the results of the meeting. 

"It was an excellent provincial IDP budget and performance management system alignment engagement, which focused on the importance of districts offering support to one another and finding solutions to common challenges. This is paramount for the progress of the Western Cape as an entirety," he said.

It is envisaged that the forum meetings will take place on a quarterly basis to continue with the progress of proper integrated development planning across districts in the Western Cape.

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