Preferred criteria for assessing the quality of integrated development planning
| Perception or view | IDP practitioners | Councilors | Ward committees | Community development workers | Organized business | Traditional representatives or Induna | War room | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stakeholder participation and ownership | ||||||||
| (i) Extent to which grassroots community, other stakeholders and municipal council consider and adopt reports of each phase of IDP | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| (ii) Transparency of process in terms of prioritization of projects and allocation of budget | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| (iii) Involvement of multistakeholder team in assessment of IDP phases | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| (iv) Involvement of councilors and ward committees in assessing quality of the IDP | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Leadership and accountability | ||||||||
| (i) Quality of respective leadership and management provided by mayor (s) and municipal manager (s) in each phase of the IDP | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| (ii) Local stakeholders to assess the IDP not COGTA assessors | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| (iii) COGTA and the district municipalities assessment of every phase | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| (iv) Evidence of power and influence of war rooms in determining the quality of each IDP phase | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| (v) Level of confidence of organized business that its inputs are used to influence decisions in integrated development planning and budgeting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Impact and outcome-based | ||||||||
| (i) Responsiveness of IDP to citizen and stakeholder aspirations and expectations | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Compact value chain | ||||||||
| (i) Comprehensiveness of checklist or scorecard of deliverables of each phase | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Monitoring and evaluation | ||||||||
| (i) Regularity of progress monitoring and reporting on all phases of the IDP | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Others | ||||||||
| (i) No need to have formal criteria of the IDP phases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Perception or view | IDP practitioners | Councilors | Ward committees | Community development workers | Organized business | Traditional representatives or Induna | War room | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (i) Extent to which grassroots community, other stakeholders and municipal council consider and adopt reports of each phase of IDP | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| (ii) Transparency of process in terms of prioritization of projects and allocation of budget | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| (iii) Involvement of multistakeholder team in assessment of IDP phases | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| (iv) Involvement of councilors and ward committees in assessing quality of the IDP | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| (i) Quality of respective leadership and management provided by mayor (s) and municipal manager (s) in each phase of the IDP | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| (ii) Local stakeholders to assess the IDP not COGTA assessors | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| (iii) COGTA and the district municipalities assessment of every phase | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| (iv) Evidence of power and influence of war rooms in determining the quality of each IDP phase | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| (v) Level of confidence of organized business that its inputs are used to influence decisions in integrated development planning and budgeting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| (i) Responsiveness of IDP to citizen and stakeholder aspirations and expectations | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| (i) Comprehensiveness of checklist or scorecard of deliverables of each phase | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| (i) Regularity of progress monitoring and reporting on all phases of the IDP | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| (i) No need to have formal criteria of the IDP phases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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