{"id":77335,"date":"2016-09-02T08:53:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T06:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/bays-e5-million-helenvale-spuu-project-blueprint-for-other-cities-and-communities-in-world\/"},"modified":"2016-09-02T08:53:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T06:53:26","slug":"bays-e5-million-helenvale-spuu-project-blueprint-for-other-cities-and-communities-in-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/bays-e5-million-helenvale-spuu-project-blueprint-for-other-cities-and-communities-in-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay\u2019s \u20ac5-million Helenvale SPUU Project blueprint for other cities and communities in world"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bay\u2019s \u20ac5-million Helenvale SPUU Project blueprint for other cities and communities in world<\/a>: <\/p>\n

\"MBDA-Helenvale\"<\/p>\n

FUTURE UNPACKED: Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor Athol Trollip, local Ward Councillor Pieter Hermaans and Gabriele G\u00f6tz, KfW Development Bank Senior Project Manager attended the MBDA mid-term review workshop hosted at the Helenvale Resource Centre in Helenvale, Port Elizabeth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) on 1 September hosted a mid-term review workshop on the implementation of the \u20ac5-million German government funded Safety and Peace through Urban Upgrading (SPUU) programme for Nelson Mandela Bay\u2019s Helenvale \u2013 a South African community deeply affected by crime, drug abuse, domestic violence and poverty.<\/p>\n

The workshop unpacked and analysed progress of this socio-economic upliftment and development programme for Helenvale. Participants at the Medium Term Review (MTR) included project implementation agency MBDA, Executive Mayor Athol Trollip and Acting Municipal Manager Johan Mettler, community leaders, municipal and provincial delegates, social partners and community forums.<\/p>\n

In attendance was Gabriele G\u00f6tz, KfW Development Bank Senior Project Manager: Governance and Natural Resources \u2013 Southern Africa. She said her impression of the project was that the city seems to be really committed to the project .<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have interest that the cities will use the Helenvale project as a blueprint elsewhere,\u201d she said. \u201cWithout commitment the project would not succeed. I would encourage other cities to replicate the model used here in Helenvale.\u201d<\/p>\n

The MBDA said that in relation to the project master plan, the overall SPUU project completion rate stood at 30% at the project half-way mark and that R20 million of projects have taken off.<\/p>\n

The completion rate of the project\u2019s strategic pillars was reported as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n