Evaluating public participation in the integrated development planning process of Groot Aub Namibia
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2024
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University of Namibia
Abstract
This study was aimed at evaluating public participation in the Integrated Development
Planning Process at Groot Aub in Namibia. The qualitative research method was
adopted in carrying out the study. A sample size of 30 people was selected from the
population of the study. The study used Stratified sampling to select (15) residents of
Groot Aub, (5) small business owners and (6) Constituency Committee members.
Whereas, Purposive sampling technique was used to select (1) Groot Aub traditional
leader, (2) CoW staff members from the Public Participation and Economic
Development department, (1) Windhoek Rural Councillor. Purposive sampling was
deliberately used because the researcher believed that the people selected purposefully
would provide insight that is valuable to the research topic. A tape recorder was used for
interviews with the City of Windhoek personnel, focus group discussions were used with
other participants of the study, then the researcher analysed data in a narrative way.
Constituency committee members who participated in this study indicated that they had
attended the constituency committee induction workshop, also they attended training
courses that were related to their roles and responsibility. The study revealed that the
traditional leader in Groot Aub is capacitated through attending Council meetings
referred to as local municipality and constituency committee meetings as this is where
information needed is received. Moreover, the CoW should create a training unit for its
staff that deals with the IDP with the aim of training them continuously in order to
ensure the effective and efficient implementation of all the programmes and projects in
the IDP process sufficient funds to the IDP section in order to spearhead local economic
activities in the Municipality. Findings from group discussion indicate that further
studies should consider analysing the perceptions and attitudes of the stakeholders
towards the effectiveness and efficiency of the local authorities‟ IDP Processes
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A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Business Administration
Keywords
Constitution, Public Participation, Integrated Development Planning Process, Capacity Building, Councillor