Research Paper about The Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative in South Africa

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The Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative, South Africa.

The Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative Author: Al Zoubi, Abdel Rahman Technical University of Darmstadt “Mundus Urbano” International Cooperation in Urban Development Readings in Planning Theory Keywords: Participation; Collaborative; Planning; ASIDI; South Africa

The case study in brief: As a part of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) schooling plan for 2025, to improve learning outcomes and to make the access to education much better for the poor community in rural towns in South Africa, the Accelerated School Infrastructure Delivery Initiative (ASIDI), is a comprehensive school building program undertaken by DBE towards the eradication of inappropriate school facilities primarily in the rural areas of South Africa. The programme includes the provision of basic services – water, sanitation, and electricity through the short and long-term implementation process (DBSA, 2013).

“In July 2011, the DBE entered into an agreement with the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) as Implementing Agent, starting with the planning and construction of 50 schools in the Eastern Cape as the initial phase of ASIDI” (Design Space Africa, n.d.).

“ASIDI aims primarily to Eliminate the backlogs in school infrastructure, Upgrade the standard of schools to meet the optimum functionality levels prescribed by the Norms and Standards for Schools Infrastructure, and Eradicate inadequate, unsafe and poor physical infrastructure by using allocated funds properly” (DBSA, 2013). In this paper I will represent the ideas where ASIDI is a good example of Collaborative Planning (the Participation in Urban Development), as the author Patsy Healey, in her article Collaborative Planning In Perspective, Planning Theory, 2003.

AL ZOUBI, ABDEL RAHMAN

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