The Integrated Development Plan (IDP) is a 5 year plan that shows the municipality’s development objectives, key strategies and projects that will be implemented to achieve these objectives. It also details which projects will be done in year one, year two, three, four and year five.
The Municipal Systems Act of 2000 says that an IDP is ”…the principal strategic planning instrument which guides and informs all planning and development, and all decisions with regard to planning, management and development in the municipality.”
The Municipal Systems Act also says that “a Municipality must encourage and create conditions for the local community to participate in the affairs of the Municipality”, including in “the preparation, implementation and review of its Integrated Development Plan”.
Integrated Development Planning Videos
IDP Process
IDP Thandi’s Story – English
IDP Thandi’s Story – Xhosa
IDP Information developed by Afesis-corplan
Documents
- Scripts: IDP Process and Thandi’s IDP story
- Poster: IDP process
- Learning brief 1: Back to Basics and the IDP
- Learning brief 2: Spatial Transformation and the SDF
- Learning brief 3: Spatial planning and the IDP
- Book Chapter: Responsive planning and responsible implementation: improving good local governance in the IDP process
The Buffalo City Municipality (BCMM) IDP
IDP Information developed by others
- What is an Integrated Development Plan (local government action)
- Integrated Development Planning for Local Government (Education and Training Unit)
- IDP Guide Pack (Department Provincial and Local Government)
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