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3 Integrated Development Plan (IDP) asmeans to Cooperative GovernmentAn IDP is a plan that gives an overall framework for development of an area. It aims to coordinate the work ofall spheres of government in a coherent manner to improve the quality of life for all the people living in anarea. According to the Municipal Systems Act, no. 32 of 2000, all municipalities have to produce and adoptan IDP. The municipality is responsible for the coordination of the IDP and must draw in other stakeholders who canimpact on and/or benefit from development in a specific area (see Figure 1 below). Once the IDP is drawn up allmunicipal planning and projects should happen in terms of the IDP.Figure 1National Provincial MunicipalArea of ImpactSource: Towards Integrated Development Planning in Gauteng: The Origins and Transformation of IDPTSC; DLG - 2008Furthermore the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) developed a LocalGovernment Turnaround Strategy (LGTAS) which places emphasis on the essence of an IDP as an expression of allof government’s work within a municipal space. Thus there is a need to improve systems and processes to create anenabling environment for the IDP to play the coordination role. Given the cooperative nature of IGR, hierarchicalpractices of the different spheres of government have hitherto borne little result. What is required is a system ofGauteng IntergovernmentalRelations Framework17