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Clean Fires Campaign
07 April 2011
To raise awareness in communities living in the Vaal Triangle and Highveld Priority Areas (National Priority Areas declared as air pollution hotspots) that use coal fires for cooking and space heating about the impacts of pollution from these fuels.
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Green Point goes green
05 October 2009
The UEMP as part of the STTA facility, undertook the Green Review of the Stadia which includes, reviews of City of Cape town Stadia, Athlone and Green point, the Moses Mabhida Stadium in eThekwini, the Peter Mokaba stadium in Polokwane and the Royal Bafokeng stadia in Rustenburg, the last one only just…
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The first Urban Environmental Management Programme (UEMP) Project File launched
18 August 2009
The South African Cities Network (SACN) co-ordinated the writing up of 39 projects so far of the approx 260 total. The projects are described under the five themes of the UEMP which includes Health, Air Quality, Waste management, Environmental Planning and Climate Change and tells the stories of the…
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Press statement: Waste Management Education and Awareness Raising
20 July 2009
The City of Johannesburg is experiencing a big challenge with illegal dumping and littering of waste. In trying to deal with this challenge the Department is embarking on education and awareness raising in communities on waste management best practices and how communities can participate in ensuring…
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Press statement: Capacity building to bridge the gap between Environmental Management Department and Development Planning and Urban Management within the City of Johannesburg
20 July 2009
The integration and alignment between departments and Municipal Owned Entities (MoEs) is crucial to ensure that environmental aspects are in fact included and incorporated into the assessment or evaluation and approval of applications, and not viewed or perceived as “add-ons” or peripheral information.…
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Press statement: The City of Johannesburg Environmental Management Department implements a strategic intervention by updating environmental requirements on the Capital Investment Management System (CIMS)
20 July 2009
In the City of Johannesburg, like in many other cities, there is sometimes lack of understanding on the environmental authorisation requirements for development projects. Planning often happens at a late stage which results in minimal alignment between the time taken to acquire environmental authorisation…
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Press Release: Urban Environmental Management Programme (UEMP) Annual Conference - May 2009
23 June 2009
177 Participants gathered at the Lord Charles in Somerset West, Cape Town to take part in the first Annual UEMP Conference. The conference created a platform for discussion where the National, Provincial and Municipal representatives of the UEMP could build partnerships, through information sharing and…
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Press Release: The Environmental Management Framework (EMF) information sharing workshop - November 2008
18 December 2008
The EMF Information Sharing workshop was held on 13 and 14 November 2008, creating a magnitude of interest from local, provincial and national government. More than 50 individuals from provincial, national, district and local government, participated in the Urban Environmental Management Programme (UEMP)…
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Environmental Management Framework (EMF) information sharing workshop, held 13 and 14 November 2008
21 November 2008
Purpose of the workshop: - Create a common understanding of EMFs.
- Determine ways in which EMFs can be used together with or be integrated with other instruments.
- Provide inputs to the EMF Guideline that is to be prepared by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
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UEMP Information sharing and review workshop, held 3 and 4 September 2008, Kopanong, Gauteng
17 September 2008
58 participants with great interest and enthusiasm took part in the first UEMP information sharing session on Wednesday, 3 September 2008, since the start of the program in January 2006. This was followed by the second UEMP Review workshop which was held 4 September 2008. The participants for the 2 days,…
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R 60 million boost for UEMP metro partners to implement Climate Change and Energy Efficiency initiatives
25 August 2008
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KwaZulu Natal Province completed its Emissions Inventory on Air Quality towards the end of 2007
22 August 2008
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The South African Cities Network (SACN) is looking for an editor with expertise in conceptualising, assembling, editing and project managing the production and printing of an annual report on sustainable cities
18 February 2008
The SA Cities Network (SACN) was established in 2002 by the South African Minister for Provincial and Local Government in collaboration with the mayors of South Africa's largest cities and the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), as an independent Section 21 Company, with the mandate to:…
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A Catalogue of Renewable Energy Sources - fit for eThekwini Municipality
28 January 2008
A report lining up the potentials for renewable energy sources – tailor made for eThekwini.
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Pro-active Environmental Development Department at Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality
16 January 2008
A new design is established and discussed for the Municipality’s new Department
A new plan for the design of the newly established Environmental Development Department (EDD) of Ekurhuleni is now put forward by the Executive Director. The plan was made with technical assistance from the UEM…
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