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In addition, the affordable market
will be tackled in a more determined
fashion with a particular emphasis
on a constructive engagement with
the private sector to improve delivery.
For the success of the planned
housing and human settlement
programme reforms, significant
institutional reforms to improve the
coordination of housing and human
settlement development will be put
in place. This includes strengthening
major municipalities’ capabilities,
and in particular metros, to integrate
the housing grants and the human
settlement-making grants more ro-
bustly. This will give the metros the
responsibility of the housing function
to them.
This will also be supported by an
improved interface of the housing
and human settlement planning
elements with the spatial planning
frameworks drivenwithin other parts
of government, to guide investment
decisions so that they result in more
integrated human settlements. In
turn, this would result in growth in
the value of the propertymarket with
a more equitable distribution of its
benefits.
Training Academy Vision
The Academy Vision and its values
will be rooted and grounded from
the values and legacy of the country’s
first democratically elected leader,
Nelson Mandela, towards building
education, skills and development. In
order to deliver resilient and vibrant
neighbourhoods and cities.
Training Academy Mission
Statement
To conduct Built Environment in-
dustry originated research, facilitate
the learning of industry sponsored
artisans, technicians, technologists,
managers and researchers. To pro-
vide Short Learning Programmes
aimed at professionalisation of the
Human Settlements space. This in-
cludes engaging and collaborating
with other technical and research
institutes regionally, nationally, and
internationally inorder tomeet future
demands and goals.
Training Academy
Objectives
The purpose of the Human Settle-
ments Training Academy is to contrib-
ute to the development of technical,
managerial and professional skills;
establishment of new research future
studies and development and take
advantage of training and research
opportunities within the Built En-
vironment; facilitate knowledge
transfer to and fromthe Built Environ-
ment through training and research
enterprise. To provide opportunities
for youth training, administration,
technical, supervisory and profes-
sional staff development and provide
practicing professionals space to
conduct applied research at MSc and
Doctoral level with a view to finding
futuristic solutions to problems in
their immediate work environment.
The Human Settlements Training
Academy’s main objectives include:
Brand the Training Academy Human
Settlements and Built Environment
research excellence. Brand the De-
partment of Human Settlements
(DHS) professionalisation project.
Expand Built Environment train-
ing and research capacity through
the harnessing of multi-disciplinary
training and research competencies
in the participating of Technical Voca-
tional Education & Training (TVETS),
Schools, faculties and universities
Produce skilled artisans, admin-
istration, technical, supervisory
and professional staff and develop
research outputs tailored to specific
needs of the Built Environment indus-
try stakeholders.
The Academy’s activities will be
clustered into four knowledge fields
(Schools): namely School of Con-
struction Supervision and Technical
Excellence; School of Management
Development and Capacity Build-
ing; School of Professionalism and
Innovation and School of Demand
Planning, Knowledge Management,
Research and Futures Studies. Each
of the knowledge fields will be well
endowedwith experts in the area and
where necessary additional capacity
will be sourced from collaborating
Departments in other Faculties, Uni-
versities and Technical Vocational
Education & Training.
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