Implemeting action and integrating plans

Implementation and integration are the ‘results’ stages of a CDS when the visions of your CDS translate into actual outcomes for city development and poverty reduction. This building block is about making best use of your CDS and of available resources to maximise benefits for your city.

Implementation and integration are related aspects of the CDS. Implementation is the process by which the action plan of a CDS is put into effect. Ideas for implementation may be built into the action plan or a strategy may be developed by the CDS team parallel with development of the action plan in collaboration with relevant city authorities and institutions.

Integration is a challenging but crucial part of the CDS process. The integration phase refers to the integration of CDS plans, strategies and actions into relevant city institutions and existing city plans. These institutions include local government, provincial government and national government and the various ministries or departments within each of these levels of government. Relevant plans include the Socio-economic Development Plan and the Construction Master Plan.

Implementation can be a discrete set of steps intended to put into effect specific CDS actions. Integration refers to the longer term, ongoing implementation and updating of a CDS. Effective integration depends upon the CDS becoming an integral part of the way the city and its partners go about their business.

When planning the integration phase of your CDS, it is important to note that the CDS is not separate from existing city planning processes – it must be linked to and complement existing plans and processes. CDS is a city planning tool for improving the integration of existing city plans and for enabling more effective implementation.

Why is ‘Implementation and Integration’ Important?

Implementation and integration are the action components of the CDS. It is only through implementation and integration of your CDS that measurable improvements in poverty alleviation and city development can be achieved.

Implementation enables realisation of actions developed in other CDS building blocks. Integration enables ongoing implementation of CDS principles and initiatives as well as necessary updating of your CDS in line with environmental change, social change, economic change and changes in available resources.

Integration of the CDS within city level authorities is in accordance with the Government Resolution No. 08/2004/NQCP which aims to develop the creativity, autonomy and self-accountability of local authorities at all levels in their management and implementation of socio-economic development targets.