Development Bank Of South Africa (DBSA)

DBSA is one of several development finance institutions in South and Southern Africa. Its purpose is to accelerate sustainable socio-economic development by funding physical, social and economic infrastructure.DBSA’s goal is to improve the quality of life of the people of the region.

The Bank plays a multiple role of Financier, Advisor, Partner, Implementer and Integrator to mobilise finance and expertise for development projects.The DBSA will advance development impact in the region by expanding access to development finance and effectively integrating and implementing sustainable development solutions.The Development Bank’s strategy is under-pinned by two major themes:

• Generating investment in assets, hard (physical) and soft (human & institutional), that serve the poor, directly and indirectly, and that support broad-based wealth creation (infrastructural and productive capital)
• Mobilising, developing, applying and sharing knowledge in support of greater development effectiveness, innovation and an enabling developmental environment.Given the scope of the development challenge, limited resources and many role players, the strategy is focused on the Development Bank acting as a catalyst, integrator, centre of excellence and strategic implementer.Engineering News is South Africa’s premier source of weekly real economy news on projects, products, policies, personalities and technoeconomic progress, covering a wide range of industries, from agroprocessing to information technology mainly in South and Southern Africa.

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South African Cities Network

In conducting its work, the South African Cities Network secretariat is guided by a programme framework that encourages cities to define city development strategies that adopt a long term view on urban challenges. SACN promotes an inter-governmental approach to planning; and a strategic focus on mobilizing city partners. The objective of any city development strategy is to ensure an integrated approach to development and economic growth in SA cities.

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The Presidency

Strategic objectives defined by South Africa’s Presidency include:
• Coordination, monitoring and communication of government policies and programmes
• Fostering nation building
• Enhancing an integrated approach to governance for accelerated service delivery and supporting and consolidating initiatives for building a better Africa and a better world
• Bringing government closer to the people
• Facilitating a Developmental State through accelerating economic growth; interventions in the second economy, elimination of poverty, and fostering nation buildingIn line with these objectives, the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for SA (AsgiSA) was launched in July 2005.The initiative is lead by the Presidency. The aim of the initiative is to guide and improve South Africa’s economic growth, with the aim of halving 2004 levels of poverty and unemployment by 2014. Initiatives being undertaken by AsgiSA fall into six broad categories; a massive investment in infrastructure, targeting economic sectors with good growth potential, developing the skills of South Africans, and harnessing the skills already there, building up small businesses to bridge the gap between the formal and informal economies, beefing up public administration and creating a macroeconomic environment more conducive to economic growth.

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Business Trust

Business Trust combines the resources of business and government in areas of common interest to accelerate the achievement of national objectives. It focuses on creating jobs, building capacity and combating poverty.The partnerships of the Business Trust are structured through:

• The corporate partners who fund the Business Trust. Over 140 of South Africa’s leading companies have committed over R1billion to the Business Trust since 1999
• The board of the organisation, made up of cabinet ministers and the heads of the major corporations who support the Business Trust
• Sector specific partnership committees made up of business and government leaders, who oversee project implementation
• A series of implementing partnerships with the agencies that implement Business Trust programmes.The current programmes include:
• A partnership with the Department of Public Works for the expansion of the public works programme
• A partnership with the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs for the development of South Africa’s poverty nodes
• A partnership with the Presidency (in association with the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs for the development and National Treasury) to accelerate infrastructure development
• A partnership with the Presidency to finance the secretariat of the Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition
• A partnership with the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism to develop enterprises in the tourism sector
• A partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry to develop the Business Process Outsourcing sector as a job creator for young unemployed South Africans.

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Business Trust Support Programme for Accelerated Infrastructure Development (SPAID)

SPAID was established by the Business Trust at the request of the President’s Big Business Working Group in order to develop innovative ways of combining the resources of business and government to accelerate the achievement of the Government’s infrastructure development targets. SPAID is an initiative of the Business Trust in partnership with the Presidency of the South African Government.
SPAID aims to mobilise an increased private sector contribution to meeting the AsgiSA infrastructure targets, so as to ensure that under-serviced communities have access to infrastructure.  SPAID’s objectives are that:

• Private Sector support accelerates public sector delivery by mobilising:
• private sector initiative
• private sector systems and delivery approaches- focused strategic support dialogue and understanding between senior public and private sector stakeholders in the infrastructure sector improves.

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