South African Cities Network
The Paper
series aimed to: “Inform and encourage city stakeholders to engage critically and practically on improving urban
governance and translate this understanding into practice. The working papers were intended to outline and capture
a set of perspectives that forms the basis for robust debate and engagement about the state of urban governance in
South Africa, and how it can be improved.
Overall Objective
The objective of the Urban Governance Paper Series was to explore different issues that affect the ability of cities to deliver on their mandate, ranging from institutional strength and capacity, to financial management and administrative efficiency, and people, power and politics.
The papers were aimed at the following audiences:
Overall Objective
The objective of the Urban Governance Paper Series was to explore different issues that affect the ability of cities to deliver on their mandate, ranging from institutional strength and capacity, to financial management and administrative efficiency, and people, power and politics.
The papers were aimed at the following audiences:
- Provincial Governments
- National Government
- Local Governments
- Research and academia
- Civil Society
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:
- Research
- Literature Reviews
- Developed a paper relevant of engagements between the private sector and urban governance, and the institutional capacities and practices of urban governments that make for an enabling environment in which the private sector can engage and invest efficiently in urban cities.