Rural Sustainable Villages Impact Report 2021

ROLE-PLAYERS

Theaccountableagency: Department of EconomicDevelopment, Environment Affairs and Tourism , who will assign project control and administration to the Eastern Cape Development Corporation’s (ECDC’s) Project Development Agency .

PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE

A project steering committee will be established with the following key members :

• Eastern Cape Education Department; • Environmental Health Representatives from the relevant District Municipalities; • Eastern Cape Public Works Department.

During the pilot phase an impressive body of interested and affected people offered their support, most notably the MEC of the Province and other Parliamentarians

PSC membership will be extended to the following organisations:

• Eastern Cape Provincial Department of Economic Development’s Renewable Energy Division; • Dept. of Human Settlements; • Relevant District Water Service Authorities; • National Department of Education (responsible for the National Schools Nutrition Programme); • Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs; • Department of Health; and the • Provincial Dept. of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform. During the pilot phase an impressive body of interested and affected people offered their support, most notably the MEC of the Province and other Parliamentarians. The District, themselves, continued to support the pilot project through various means – annual conferences, hosting dignitaries from all over the world, and entering the project in the All Africa Public Service Awards, of which the project won in 2 separate years, and in two categories (Best Partnership Project, and Best Project overall). The CHDM has continued to develop an impressive list of role-players. A full list is attached in APPENDIX Section.

Rural Sustainable Villages Project 7