The Planning Commission resolved on the GDS principles of:-
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Eradicating poverty
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Building and growing an inclusive economy
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Building sustainable human settlementsEnsuring resource security and environmental sustainability
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Achieving social inclusion
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Promoting good governance
Kindly advise on the preferred GDS Theme by ticking on the preferred box in the questionnaire at the end of the page:
1. Health and poverty
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Towards zero deprivation
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Scale up early childhood development
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Reduce burden of disease
2. Economic growth
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Balanced spatial economic development
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Strategic and employment intensive sectors
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Support skills acquisition
3. Natural resources
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Invest in urban rainwater harvesting systems
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Scale-up water conservation and demand side management
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Develop green infrastructure
4. Transition to a low carbon economy
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Retrofitting the city
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Scale-up a range of energy-saving interventions
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Building a recycling economy
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Separation at source
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Reduce, reuse and recycle
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Building adaptive strategies for climate change
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Ensure climate adaptation and mitigation
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Develop innovative solutions for storm water management
5. Transport
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Scale-up provision for mass public transit
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Promoting non-motorised transport
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Making our streets safe
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Facilitate transit-oriented development
6. Liveable communities
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Reduce urban sprawl
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Increase small scale rental supply
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Transform the townships
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Building an inner city of the future
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Promote compact and dense CBDs across the city
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Access to cultural, recreational, education & other life sustaining services
7. Community safety
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Integrated city strategy
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Effective policing and enforcement
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Social crime prevention
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Crime prevention through environmental design
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Road safety
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Effective partnerships for the promotion of safety
8. Smart city
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Building city competitiveness and smart industries
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Bridging the digital divide
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Scale-up e-Government
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Provision of smart infrastructure
9. Governance
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Strengthening good governance
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Sustain the city’s financial position
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Support and improve oversight structures
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Enhance participatory planning and budgeting
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Building a new cadre of local government activists
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Entrench Batho Pele principles in the workforce
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Intergovernmental alignment, innovation and partnerships
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Promote social cohesion and moral regeneration
