The MEC for the Department of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs, Honourable Mcebisi Jonas cordially invites you to the stakeholder briefing that will take place at the Osner Hotel, East London on the 12 October 2010.
A brief
In its 2010 to 2015 strategic plan, the provincial Department of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs (DEDEA) identified a number of projects and opportunities to be pursued by the department and its parastatals as informed by the nature of and identified viable economic sectors in the province.
A pre-requisite to realising these opportunities is the adoption of a more expansionary macroeconomic policy with significant resource mobilisation (as envisaged in the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (ASGISA), through a significant increase in state investment in economic infrastructure such as energy generation, water resource management and transport.
As the result, the province has clustered the necessary infrastructure investments into logistics; water and energy; telecommunications; renewable energy; forestry and agriculture and environmental management.
Strategic projects in each cluster are further organised into four geographic development zones: Port Elizabeth and surrounds (Coega Industrial Development Zone); East London and surrounds (East London Industrial Development Zone); the Wild Coast Development Zone; and the Central hinterland. Green initiatives are also clustered geographically. Related support requirements are also presented in the document.
Accompanying a briefing by the MEC, a detailed report revealing the priority projects based on the clusters listed above will be presented and distributed to all the stakeholders on the day.
The projects report will among other things state the purpose, status, the proposed interventions and the anticipated impact of each project in the province.
Details of the event:
Venue: Osner Hotel East London
Date: 12 October 2010
Time: 07h00 to 10h00
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