Mid Term Report - Gauteng Online

ernment in the APRM provincial governing councilwhich conducted a widespread public participationprocess. Gauteng residents from all walks of life andregions were given an opportunity to participate ina review of the province in the areas of Democracyand good political governance, Economic governanceand management, Corporate governance andSocio-economic development. Door to door work,public meetings, workshops and two consultativeconferences were held as part of the process, whichculminated in a Gauteng Assessment Report. Thereport formed part of the country assessment report.Stakeholders also interacted directly with the AfricanUnion country review mission which visited theprovince.The development of the Gauteng Global City RegionPerspective (GCR) also saw widespread consultation,with 13 stakeholder briefings and engagementsinvolving mayors, the Premier and MECs.A number of key provincial government strategieshave been subjected to participatory democracyforums and summits involving a wide range of civilsociety stakeholders. These include high level strategiessuch as the Provincial Growth and DevelopmentStrategy, the competitive sport strategy, the HumanResource Development Strategy; the GautengSocial Development Strategy; the Creative IndustriesStrategies, the infrastructure investment strategy andthe Gauteng strategy on sustainable development,among others.The engagement process around these and manyother strategies, for example, included a wide rangeof stakeholders ranging from academia and institutionsof higher learning, the media; civil societyinterest groups, science institutions and businessorganisations. This high level stakeholder participa-Midterm Report - 2004/06 • 47