1. Baseline Study for DDP in uMgungundlovu District Baseline Study for DDP in uMgungundlovu District Built Environment Support Group www.besg.co.za

2. Background Research based on questionnaires completed by participants of the BESG Deepening Democracy Project (DDP) funded by the French Embassy CSDF Forms baseline for the DDP Research focus: basic services and public participation

12. Key points Low level of awareness of FBS Majority of DDP participants are indigent Public participation is a concern: Attendance at municipal meetings Awareness of the IDP Perceived poor municipal response to complaints

13. Beginning of a process BESG wants to begin a process of interaction with your municipality to look at issues of: Public participation in order to enhance service delivery Advertising (how?, when?, where?) Municipal meetings (where?, when?, who?) Information dissemination (how?, access?) Indigent policy and FBS implementation Visibility in the IDP Adequate funding (equitable share, cross-subsidisation) Linkage to strategies for poverty alleviation

14. Thank You! Siyabonga! Merci!