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| Introduction to the conference | ||
| Energising South African Cities: City Energy Strategies Conference | ||
This
groundbreaking conference held at the new Cape Town International
Convention Centre from 19-21 November was hosted by the South African
Cities Network (SACN), Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA) and the City
of Cape Town, in association with the International Council for
Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) and the South African Local
Government Association (SALGA) and endorsed by UNEP. |
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Energy
forms the very lifeblood of a city’s functioning and its sustainable
and effective use is vital to our communities and our planet. The
critical role that energy plays in economic development, social
welfare, and environmental sustainability is being increasingly
recognised, such that local governments all over the world are planning
and implementing more sustainable approaches to their energy production
and use. A City Energy Strategy is a foundation for sustainable
city development. |
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Using
international and local experience, the conference’s aims
were to inspire and enable local authorities in South Africa to
develop their own integrated energy strategy as part of their city
development strategy. The conference was designed to practically
assist local government in formulating and implementing their energy
strategies. |
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The
CD contains the presentations, discussions, resolutions and contextual
information from the conference plus a list of resources. The presentations
are grouped according to the day on which it was delivered. |
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Day
1’s aim was to deliver insight and information on ‘local
energy strategies and its links to city development’
and included case studies on City Energy Planning from International
speakers from Barcelona, Mexico City, Portland, and Leicester
and local speakers from Johannesburg and Potchefstroom. Cape Town
presented its draft energy strategy – the first on the African
continent. |
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Day
2’s aim was to examine the ‘challenges and opportunities
relating to local energy strategies’. The first objective
was to unpack issues on energy related policy, legislation and transformation
on local government in South Africa. These breakaway sessions included
key debates around electricity supply and distribution, transport,
city planning and energy efficient standards and regulations for
buildings. The second objective was to identify solutions through
lessons from case studies on issues such as public lighting and
public buildings, transport, green procurement, water services,
waste management, housing and education. |
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The
final day of the conference aimed to equip cities to formulate
and implement their own city energy strategy and the Minister
of Minerals and Energy, Phumzile Mlambo – Ncguka kicked off
the day with challenges to cities as well as areas of co-operation.
Issues pertaining to formulating city energy strategies such as
partnerships to promote sustainable cities, city policies and measures
for sustainable energy, CDM projects and financing energy initiatives
at the local level and building the capacity for sustainable energy
development in South Africa were tackled in the panel discussion
of that day. |
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The presentation of the key findings and resolutions from the parallel
sessions and plenary and the open comments and discussion that followed
marked the closing of the conference. Affirmation of the conference’s
proceedings and resolutions is stated in the Cape Town Declaration
on Energy for Cities and it includes targets that cities
will strive towards. |
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| Greening the conference | ||
The
conference hosts wanted to put in practice the principles of sustainable
development. This meant making the conference as green as possible
and reducing its carbon footprint. A mandatory carbon tax was charged
of every participant (including speakers) – and this will
be used to fund a City of Cape Town carbon mitigation project. The
conference used green electricity and aimed for maximum green procurement
and cleaner transport. The other greening initiatives were: printing
most of the material on recycled paper, minimising paper production
by electronic registration and the post-conference CD and the lanyards
issued were made from recycled plastic. Khulani gas provided LPG
powered vehicles for transporting delegates also reducing private
car rental. All information regarding the greening of this conference
as well as where you could go to get information to green your next
event is on the CD. |
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During
the preparation and implementation of a conference there are a number
of decisions and actions taken. All these decisions and actions
have an impact on the local and global environment and increasing
the ecological footprint. A GREEN conference is when every effort
is made to reduce the ecological footprint. This means minimising
pollution, using all the natural resources efficiently and conserving
the resources. |
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| Carbon Tax | ||
All
delegates paid mandatory carbon tax of R300 to reduce the carbon
footprint of the conference. As far as we know this hasn’t
been done before. The income generated will be allocated to poverty-alleviation
projects. |
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| Conference Programme, presentations & biographies of speakers | ||
| Conference Programme | ||
| Select the session you would like to view: | ||
| Please note: Only presentations smaller than 2MB has been published on this website. | ||
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| Participants Profile and List | ||
298
participants attended the 3-day conference, 29% of the participants
were women and 71% male. Over half, 57% of the delegates were from
local government, followed by 16% from NGO’s, CBO’s
and academia. The other delegates were from the commercial / industrial
sector at 13%, the provincial and national government had a 7% share
and the international delegates and donor agencies had a 7% representation. |
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Of
the 169 local government delegates, 25% were politicians i.e. the
mayors & councillors and 12% were senior officials i.e. city
managers and directors. Mayors and councillors from all the major
South African cities attended, with big contingents coming from
City of Johannesburg, City of Cape Town, Ekurhuleni Municipality,
eThekwini Municipality, City of Tshwane & Buffalo City. City
managers from the following cities attended; Buffalo City, eThekwini
Municipality, Mangaung Local Municipality and Msunduzi Municipality |
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Local
government had the second lowest female representation at 23 %.
The commercial and industrial sector followed with the highest female
representation was from the Non-governmental / community based organisations
sector at 48%, followed by the international delegates and provincial
& national government groups with 42% and 30% respectively.
Of the 63 speakers 75% were male and 25% female. |
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| CES Participant List.xls (191kb) | ||
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| The
Cape Town Declaration on Energy for Cities |
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Affirmation
of the conference’s proceedings and resolutions is stated
in the Cape Town Declaration on Energy for Cities and it includes
targets that cities will strive towards. |
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| Final-CT Declaration.doc (24kb) | ||
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| African Cities Energy Network | ||
| 22 November 2003 | ||
On
the day after the conference, a workshop on the proposed African
Energy Cities Network was held. This workshop explored the need
for, aims and functioning of such a network. The workshop’s
programme overview presentation, minutes and participants list are
all available in the CD. |
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| Please note: Only presentations smaller than 2MB has been published on this website. | ||
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| Directory of African organisations working in urban development | ||
| As part of the SEED programme, SEA is developing a directory of African organisations working in the urban sector on issues of energy and its related components of planning, housing, environment and transport. | ||
This
is a directory of African organisations working in the urban sector
on issues of energy and its related components of planning, housing,
environment and transport. The spreadsheet is sorted by country
and then by organisation. |
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| Download: AfricanDirectory.xls (212kb MSExcel Spreadsheet) | ||
| Please register your organisation on our website and it will be included in the directory: | ||
| http://www.sustainable.org.za/Africandirectory.htm | ||
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| Visual Tour of the Conference | ||
| This presentation contains photo’s taken at the City Energy Strategies Conference. | ||
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| Resources | ||
Copies
of the Energising South African Cities and Towns manual –
which is a toolkit to enable participants to start the process in
their own local authorities and the Cape Town Energy Strategy have
been included in the resource pack. There are also links to various
websites and documents that you might find useful. For the purpose
of sustaining the networks made at the conference we have included
participants lists and contacts of all the delegates and a directory
of African organisations working in urban development. |
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| Conference Report | ||
| Download: Conference Report.DOC (500kb) | ||
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| Conference hosts contact details | ||
| SA Cities Network | ||
| Contact: Monty
Narsoo Tel: +27 (0)82 601 3185 Email: mnarsoo@metroweb.co.za Website: www.sacities.net |
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| Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA) | ||
| Contact: Sarah
Ward Tel: +27 (0)21 702 3622 Fax: +27 (0)21 702 3625 Email: info@sustainable.org.za Website: www.sustainable.org.za |
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| City of Cape Town | ||
| Contact: Osman
Asmal Tel: +27 (0)21 918 7424 Fax: +27 (0)21 918 7440 Email: Osman.Asmal@capetown.gov.za Website: www.capetown.gov.za |
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| ICLEI | ||
| Contact: Annie
Sugrue Tel: +27 (0)11 407-6729 Fax: +27 (0)11 403-0922 Email: iclei-africa@iclei.org Website: www.iclei.org.za |
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| South African Local Government Association (SALGA) | ||
| Contact: Goldius
“Russel” Baloyi Tel: +27 12 338 6750 Email: rbaloyi@salga.org.za Website: www.salga.org.za |
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| UNEP | ||
| Contact: Hari
Srinivas Tel: +(81-6) 6915-4594 Email: Hari.Srinivas@unep.or.jp Website: www.unep.or.jp |
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| British High Commission | ||
| Contact: Sue
Harlow Email: sue.harlow@fco.gov.uk British High Commission, 255 Hill Street, Arcadia, Pretoria |
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