with less” has almost become a cliché. How is CIGFARO and this conference going to show us how to practically add value? As Roger Duncan once said, and I quote “Most anyone can do less with more. That’s a no-brainer. Doing more with less requires strategic sorting of priorities. It’s fairly common for business people to tell me that in their organizations “everything is a priority so, therefore, nothing is a real priority.” That’s the equivalent of saying you’re too busy driving to stop and get gas.” Unquote. Accordingly, it is clear we need to prioritise. To me that is the delivery of basic services, job creation, housing and transport to stimulate economic growth through nodal development. In the current economic state it is not easy being in government whilst we must do all we can to ensure we spend sustainably and for long term benefit, we must not forget about the importance of our mandate and the need to provide services to our communities. As eThekwini Municipality, we take viability and sustainability very seriously. We have embedded these two crucial elements into Plan 8 of our Integrated Development Plan (IDP) which is to ensure a Financially Accountable and Sustainable City. Our IDP is the guideline that speaks to the direct needs of communities and our budgets are aligned with this. The ultimate achievable goal of this plan is to maximise the Municipality’s financial resources, thus ensuring long term financial viability and sustainability. This, in turn, will boost
with less” has almost become a cliché. How is CIGFARO and this conference going to show us how to practically add value? As Roger Duncan once said, and I quote “Most anyone can do less with more. That’s a no-brainer. Doing more with less requires strategic sorting of priorities. It’s fairly common for business people to tell me that in their organizations “everything is a priority so, therefore, nothing is a real priority.” That’s the equivalent of saying you’re too busy driving to stop and get gas.” Unquote. Accordingly, it is clear we need to prioritise. To me that is the delivery of basic services, job creation, housing and transport to stimulate economic growth through nodal development. In the current economic state it is not easy being in government whilst we must do all we can to ensure we spend sustainably and for long term benefit, we must not forget about the importance of our mandate and the need to provide services to our communities. As eThekwini Municipality, we take viability and sustainability very seriously. We have embedded these two crucial elements into Plan 8 of our Integrated Development Plan (IDP) which is to ensure a Financially Accountable and Sustainable City. Our IDP is the guideline that speaks to the direct needs of communities and our budgets are aligned with this. The ultimate achievable goal of this plan is to maximise the Municipality’s financial resources, thus ensuring long term financial viability and sustainability. This, in turn, will boost
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