Gauteng Business 2016 edition

PROFILE
• Collating and reporting project status to senior
management
• Providing standards, methodologies and a set of
PM tools
• Managing project documentation (including risk
registers, schedules, incident logs etc)
• Promoting project management within the
organisation
• Providing estimating, scheduling and risk management
expertise to PMs
• Coordinating plans between projects and
reviewing resource use
• Reviewing project performance
Facilitate Trade and Investment
The primary output is to improve the province’s ability
to attract and retain investments (Foreign Direct
Investment as well as Domestic Direct Investment)
and enhance export capability resulting in economic
growth that will contribute to business growth, job
creation and poverty reduction.
Subsidiaries
Four subsidiary organisations fall under the umbrella
of the GGDA. These organisations and their respective
mandates are outlined below.
Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC)
The AIDC was established in 2000 as a supporting
organisation to provide effective project delivery
assistance in line with the province’s industrial policy
and other strategic initiatives within the automotive
sector in Gauteng.
Constitution Hill (ConHill)
ConHill was established in 2000 to provide the appropriate
management arrangement to ensure the
delivery of heritage, education and tourism programmes
in Gauteng.
Gauteng IDZ Development Company (DEVCO)
Established in 2009, DEVCO’s main objective will be
the management of the Jewellery Manufacturing
Precinct (JMP), once this is fully established.
Gauteng Investment Centre
The GIC was set-up to support the Gauteng
Provinces’ economic development initiatives as a
one-stop-shop (OSS), and it is considered to the
province’s key differentiator. The GIC differentiates
Gauteng in terms of offering potential investors and
exporter efficient services to enable them to more
easily invest in Gauteng and play a role in developing
the economy. The main goal of the GIC is to
make Gauteng become the preferred location for
investment, to provide an investment and export
facilitation mechanism where relevant organs of
state and state entities/agencies are brought to one
location, co-ordinated and streamlined to provide
prompt, efficient and transparent services to investors
and exporters.
The Innovation Hub (TIH)
The TIH was set up in 2001 to foster the development
of smart industries (high technology sectors)
in Gauteng.
Newtown
Situated in Johannesburg’s inner city, Newtown
forms part of the city’s cultural and creative hub. The
district houses theatres, art galleries, museums, restaurants,
bookstores, craft markets, clubs and cafés.
In the early 20th century, the area was originally used
primarily for brickmaking since the land was rich in
clay. Due to its easy access to Johannesburg’s railway
lines, Newtown became a commercial and trading
hub as banks, brick companies, breweries and fisheries
were establishing themselves in the area. The
district has a politically turbulent past and, due to
its multiracial diversity, it was the scene of some of
the first forced removals in Gauteng implemented
by the apartheid government. Today, Newtown remains
resolutely colour-blind with artists of all races
gathering there.
CONTACT INFO
Physical address: 124 Main Street,
Marshalltown, Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 085 2321
Website: www.ggda.co.za
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