Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu (INK) KwaZulu ... - Business Trust

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡GovernanceImpact areasFour impact areas guide the INK Office’s effortsNodal Economic Profiling ProjectBusiness Trust & dplg, 2007INKIntegratedgovernanceDesired Outcome: To ensure well-established systems, capacity and processesthat facilitate sustainable integrated service delivery, government policy and actionCore Initiatives:– Joint Government Technical Forum (once monthly), INK CommunityStakeholder Forum (once monthly), councillor meetings, and many othersINK OfficeProjectManagerLivingenvironmentimprovementIncomeenhancementDesired Outcome: To improve the living environment and the quality of life of theINK residents (covers crime, HIV, environment and other social issues)Core Initiatives– Victim Trauma Support Centres, Safer Cities Project, Home-based Care,Sports Facilities Upgrade, Cultural Renaissance Programme, City Greening,Housing and othersDesired Outcome: To improve the capacity of INK residents to generate incomeand wealth, and to ensure that systems are in place to retain those incomesCore Initiatives– Job Shops, Co-operatives Development Programme, Business SupportProgramme, INK Business Fair, Business Against Crime and othersInfrastructureinvestmentDesired Outcome: To coordinate infrastructure delivery (especially via spatialplanning and urban design) in the INK areas and budget / fund infrastructureprojects not adequately funded out of line department budgetsCore Initiatives:– Town Centre Rejuvenation, Bhejane Rd., P577 (highway) and othersSource: GTZ, Comparative Overview of Institutional Arrangements in Urban Renewal Nodes, their Effectiveness and Emerging Lessons, November 2004;INK Political Champions Presentation, March 2005; INK 2005/2006 Annual Business PlanUUP-WRD-INK Profile-301106-IS24