The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) in partnership with the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) will this week, hold the 2nd Local Government Week under the theme:
“Developmental Local Government in a Capable State: Celebrating Achievements and Exploring Opportunities”
The Local Government Week is aimed at providing an opportunity for national reflection on issues affecting local government, in order to improve the lives of South Africans through accelerated service delivery.
The sessions will include reflection on progress made from the resolutions of last year’s seminar from the local government perspective and the NCOP oversight work.
Other topics to be discussed include the national development plan, local government fiscal framework, good governance, accountability and sound financial management.
Parliamentarians, senior members of the national and provincial SALGA leadership, Cabinet Ministers and MECs, the Auditor-General, independent analysts and strategic entities have been invited.
The objectives of the Local Government Week are as follows:
- To facilitate dialogue on local government issues and foster a common understanding on the challenges at hand, as well as to propose short-term, medium term and long-term solutions.
- To showcase successes and contextualise the challenges confronting municipalities in the execution of the developmental mandate.
- To assess the adequacy of the support framework from national and provincial government, as envisaged by the Constitution.
- To explore means of enforcing the constitutional support framework.
This initiative will serve as an important means towards fulfilling the constitutional requirement that national and provincial government must support and strengthen the capacity of municipalities.
Details of the event:
Date: 6 to 7 August 2013
Time: 08h30
Venue: Old Assembly Chamber, Parliament of RSA, Cape Town
Programme
Members of the media wishing to attend the sessions should forward their details to:
Mlindi Mpindi
E-mail: mmpindi@parliament.gov.za
Khuthala Noah
E-mail: knoah@parliament.gov.za
Monday, 5 August 2013 at 16.00.
Details required are full name, ID or passport number, name of media house, designation (photographer, journalists for example).
