Overall the Programme runs for 5 years with a total budget of 220 million Danish Kroner - ~ ZAR350 million at current exchange rates (April 2008). It responds to South African priorities, as well as international aid priorities of sustainable development, poverty reduction and the efforts to achieve multiple targets in the Millennium Development Goals.
Activities are generally prioritized, planned and implemented by the ten Programme partners, overseen by the Programme Steering Committee. In this way the activities are conducted in all three government spheres of South Africa, national provincial and municipal. The activities all relate to one of the 5 environ themes of the Programme: Air Quality, Environmental Health, Sustainable Energy, Sustainable Public planning and Waste management.
Basically there are three types of activities running in the Programme, which are covered by this home page
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"On budget support". The Programme simply funds the activities prioritized and planned by the partners in parallel with all other activities on the institutions business plan.
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Short term Technical Assistance (STTA). These activities come about via urgent procurement and funding of technical expertise to provide specific solutions to specific, urgent challenges in the partner administrations.
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Research activities. For more info click here
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