Document: West Rand DM: IDP 2011-2016

On 01 July 2011 a new five-year Integrated Development Plan (IDP) will commence for the West Rand District Municipality. This five-year plan (2011/12 to 2015/16) informs the period of office for the elected public representatives. This Integrated Development Plan is one of the key tools for Local Government to achieve its developmental role and seeks to arrive at decisions on issues, such as municipal budgets, promotion of local economic development and institutional transformation in a consultative, systematic and strategic manner. An IDP is a single inclusive strategic plan for municipalities that: 

• Integrates and co-ordinates service delivery within a municipality; 
• Forms the general basis on which annual budgets must be based; 
• Aligns the resources and capacity of the municipality within the implementation of the plan; 
• Assists a municipality in fulfilling its constitutional mandate as a developmental local government, and
• Facilitates the process of democratization through vigorous public participation.

The IDP, however, is prepared in alignment with the budget and performance management plan objectives of the municipality, resulting in the development and submission of the Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan (SDBIP). The development of this IDP is in consultation with the national, provincial departments and the constituent local municipalities as well as the community in the area of jurisdiction of the WRDM.