APPROVED IDP DOC 2011-16.BA PHALABORWA.pdf

• ASGISA (Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa).
Relevant guidelines / principles:
• Poverty alleviation through creation of employment opportunities by primarily utilizing local
resources
• Introduction of LED support programmes through strategies
• Focal economic sectors for promotion;
• Basic principles of promotion;
• Major instruments of promotion;
• Major target groups and intended beneficiaries;
• Focal geographic areas.
• LED should aim at creating employment opportunities and redistribution of economic resources and
opportunities for the benefit of all residents (thereby contributing to alleviation of poverty) through
economic growth and development based primarily on local resources. Local government is supposed
to play a crucial role in promoting LED.
• IDP is considered to be the tool to plan LED support programmes, assuming that some of the socio-
economic needs (i.e. priority issues) will be best addressed through LED initiatives.
• IDP has to ensure proper consideration of LED objectives in other strategies and initiatives (e.g.
infrastructure development);
• IDP should provide guidelines for the promotion of sector-specific or location-specific economic
development initiatives (such as tourism development strategies) in the municipal area.
Application of principles:
The strategies for LED should incorporate the following elements:
• The vigorous identification and sourcing of resources, public and private, for LED enhancement (i.e.
attraction of investment, lobbying for government allocations etc.);
• Consideration of employment creation possibilities for municipal projects; and
• The advancement of facilitation of development of local economic potential.
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