1. May 2003SESDNW 1 North West Province Support to the Environment and Sustainable Development

2. May 2003SESDNW 2 Background NWPG initiated and negotiated the Project with DEAT and the Embassy of Finland. The Project Agreement between the Governments of South Africa and Finland was signed on 11 December 2001

3. May 2003SESDNW 3 Purpose The purpose is to correctly address environmental issues in development planning and implementation, to simplify and speed up development processes and to strengthen the capacity of the involved organisations

4. May 2003SESDNW 4 Beneficiaries The primary beneficiaries are the people of the North West Province The secondary beneficiaries will be the officials dealing with land use planning and environmental management from DACE, DDLG&H as well as all the municipalities.

5. May 2003SESDNW 5 Principal Outputs Provincial Integrated Environmental Management System. Provincial Spatial Development Plan and Zoning Plan. Capacity Building for IEMS and PSDF in provincial departments and municipalities North West Eco Fund supporting environ- mental projects initiated by municipalities, NGO’s and CBO’s

6. May 2003SESDNW 6 Secondary Outputs Public Consultative Process Biodiversity Site Inventory and Database Development

7. May 2003SESDNW 7 Additional Outputs There are pilot projects in order to test and pioneer various Environmental Management instruments and methodologies : –Completed: Assessment of IT and GIS capacity of NW Municipalities –Ongoing: SEA for ( part of) Rustenburg Municipality IEM programmes for municipalities in the Kgalagadi District Municipality Integrated Waste Management Plan for Bojanala Platinum District Municipality Environmental Rights Awareness Raising.

8. May 2003SESDNW 8 Integrated Environmental Management System The Service Provider is Centre for Environmental Management of Potchefstroom University. Works started 31/11/2002 Inception report, February 2003 Status Quo report, June 2003 Draft IEMS proposal, August 2003 Final IEMS report November 2003 The approved IEMS will be part of the Provincial Legislation

9. May 2003SESDNW 9 Provincial Spatial Development Framework and Zoning Plan Service Provider is Maxim Planning Solutions Ltd. –Project started 15 September 2002 –Inception Report 15 November 2002 –Status Quo report May 2003 –Final SEA July 2003 –Final PSDF Proposal October 2003 –Approved PSDF part of the Provincial Legislation

10. May 2003SESDNW 10 Capacity Building Skills Requirements workshops with DACE, DDLG&H and municipalities in cooperation with SALGA-NW Contract for the completion of skills profiles and draft capacity building plan was signed with Diporojeke(Pty) Ltd Capacity Building Plan completed May 2003 Capacity Building Programme to start in January 2004 after procurement of main service provider. (MULTA ?)

11. May 2003SESDNW 11 North West Eco-Fund Eco Fund Operational Policy was approved in September 2002 District fund co-ordinators was nominated in all four district Municipalities. Project planning course was attended by 20 applicants and district co- ordinators Applications are being received and 5 projects have been approved

12. May 2003SESDNW 12 Biodiversity Study Strategic Environmental Focus was selected after a tendering procedure and work started 1 September 2002. Inception report was submitted 15 October 2002 Final report was submitted in May 2003 Database on existing species etc information Recommendations for protection Database development also applicable to other provincial information services needs

13. May 2003SESDNW 13 Consultative Processes Service Provider for PCP facilitation is Diporojeke(Pty) Ltd. The Consultative Process Plan was approved in consultation with consultants for the IEMS and the PSDF –Grand Launch in February 2003 –13 consultation meetings with stakeholder groups –3 newsletters

14. May 2003SESDNW 14 Project Management The responsibility of the project lies with the North West Provincial Government The Project Management Team is situated in the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment The Finnish Environment Institute was selected to render the support service Website www.nwpg.org.za/sde/www.nwpg.org.za/sde/

15. May 2003SESDNW 15 Cost and Timing The total budget is some 3,700 000 Euro with 67 % from Finland and 33 % from SA The project will be completed in 2005 –2002 -> project mobilisation; start up of basic national studies and proposal –2003 -> completion of studies and proposals –2004 – 2005 -> implementation of proposals, capacity building

16. May 2003SESDNW 16 IEMS, Actual Situation South Africa has modern environmental legislation – however some legislation is still old order Implementation and enforcement are fragmented There are numerous Laws, Permits, Certificates, Authorisations and Institutions involved Land use and environmental permitting processes completely separated Confusing, costly and time consuming and hampers investment and job creation

17. May 2003SESDNW 17 Sustainable Development? Prosperity for NW through Sustainable Development Sustainable development you get by INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Integrated Environmental Management is: Integration of Land Use Management with Environmental Management (permits, licensing etc & monitoring)

18. May 2003SESDNW 18 The IEMS task Formulate a provincial IEMS proposal, that is: Make proposals for provincial regulations, procedures and institutions to clarify permitting and monitoring Propose an efficient system relating to all official environment and land use related permits etc. Propose a legislative framework and efficient mechanisms for environmental and land use permits

19. May 2003SESDNW 19 IEMS Preliminary Findings Insufficient Knowledge of laws and procedures Protection of mandates, internally conflicting mandates Co-operative government not functioning Consultant driven, incapacitated consultants Insufficient information to developers Separate processes for different media (water, air, soil, waste) Lack of resources and sometimes will to enforce regulations

20. May 2003SESDNW 20 IEMS, Possible Solutions One-stop shop for decision-making probably not feasible (constitution) Interdepartmental work groups and forums MOUs Informal Co-operation agreements Information Technology, use of Intranet/Internet Capacity Building/Institutional Restructuring One stop shop for information Clarification of roles and mandates

21. May 2003SESDNW 21 SDF vs. Zoning Plan The SDF is policy document for distribution of activities in space guiding land use of departments and municipalities The ZONING PLAN is a regulatory document for land development and property use including regulatory conditions

22. May 2003SESDNW 22 Assessment of IDP SDFs Formats of SDFs differ both in content and presentation Most SDFs do not fully comply with directive/DFA principles Rural areas not sufficiently addressed No incorporation of Environmental Impacts Lack of integration and alignment with naighbouring municipalities and provinces Lack of integration of transportation and land use planning Basic SDF guidelines needed

23. May 2003SESDNW 23 LUM, General Problems Lack of law enforcement capacity in Local Government Overlapping processes and procedures/ expensive and lengthy processing of applications Long approval times have a negative economic impact on municipalities and developers Land reform processes are not yet integrated into the planning in the municipal sphere