Nkomazi Local Municipality 20 - Co-operative Governance and ...

9.2.6. Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South AfricaThe Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa (AsgiSA) is a national strategy that seeks to halve poverty andunemployment by 2014 through the steady improvement in the economy’s performance and job creation capacity.In compliance with the national targets and interventions outlined in the AsgiSA, the Nkomazi Local Municipality through itsIDP will support the following objectives:oooooTo improve the availability and reliability of infrastructure services;To promote and facilitate private sector investment in its area of jurisdiction;To raise the level of skills in areas needed by the economy through education and skills development programmes;To eliminate deep-seated inequalities of the past by targeting the marginalized and poor by leveraging the FirstEconomy to address the Second economy;To improve in institutional planning and project development, implementation and maintenance capacities throughskills development.9.2.7. Millennium Development GoalsSouth Africa is guided by international protocols and agreements as it has adopted the Millennium Declaration, which equallyguides planning across the three spheres of government. The Nkomazi IDP, through its various programmes has attempted tocomply with the following eight Millennium Development Goals: Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger,Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education;Goal 3: Promote gender equity and empower women;Goal 4: Reduce child mortality;Goal 5: Improve mental health;Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases;Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability;Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development.9.3. The main aim and Objective of the Integrated Development PlanThe purpose of IDP is to foster more appropriate service delivery by providing the framework for economic and socialdevelopment within the municipality. In doing so it contributes toward eradicating the development legacy of the past,operationalises the notion of developmental local government and fosters a culture of co-operative governance9.3.1. The main Objective of IDPNkomazi Local Municipality strives to continue to develop the IDP as an effective management tool for the Municipality,this include:o Creating a greater level of focus and thereby improving on the strategic nature of the document;o Aligning this strategic document with the realities of the resources, both financial and human, available;o Alignment of the IDP with the activities of the sector departments and other service providers (and vice versa i.e.influencing their planning); ando Alignment of the IDP with the various sector plans.NKLM Integrated Development Plan 2012_2013 46