West Coast District Implementation Plan 

Central to the Western Cape's JDMA is the principles of co-planning, co-budgeting, co-implementation and its translation into service delivery to communities. As such an initial JDMA Implementation Plan for the West Coast was developed in 2020 which DCoG advised met the requirements for a 1st Generation One Plan. Version 1 represents a revised version of the JDMA Implementation Plan and will be referred to as Revised District Implementation Plan.

The WCD Implementation Plan is formulated jointly by all three spheres of government. The plan is approved and adopted by all three spheres of government. The Western Cape Government plays a leading role in respect of the Province.

The eight-phase process will be guided and report into the established IGR forums and structures. Progression from one stage to the next will depend on political approval of the technical outcomes.

The WCD Implementation Plan cannot and does not replace existing prescribed development, departmental strategic and annual performance plans that each government sphere, department and state entity is responsible for. It is rather informed by these plans and once adopted it will guide the review of these plans and budgets. The plan will not necessarily detail or cover the full range of responsibilities that each sphere, department and entity must execute. It focusses on the major commitments and changes required to catalyse and advance socio-economic transformation.

The plan is also not a simple summation of entity plans but a strategic collaboratively synthesised plan that articulates development outcomes, targets and commitments. It is not in the same form or detail as existing long-term plans (sector plans, IDPs, PSPs or GDSs) and does not play the same role as these plans. It is an intergovernmental framework not belonging to any sphere or department. It is in the form of an intergovernmental and social compact that sets the broad direction, targets and synergies to inform all planning