NEDLAC SUMMIT TO FOCUS ON GDS IMPLEMENTATION

Nedlac's Annual Summit, to take place on Saturday 27 September, will focus on the implementation of the Growth and Development Summit agreements.

The Annual Summit will also, as is customary, provide an opportunity to the constituencies to review the past year, and set priorities for the coming year.

The Summit will be opened by the Deputy President, Jacob Zuma. Three hundred delegates from the Nedlac Constituencies of Business, Government, Labour and Community, as well as guests from a wide spectrum of South African society, will attend. Guests include ambassadors, International Labour Organisation representatives, heads of other statutory bodies and Chairpersons of Parliamentary Portfolio Committees.

Senior leaders from each of the Nedlac constituencies will address the gathering. The theme of this year's summit is GDS Implementation, and the four commissions will each focus on one of the themes of the GDS, i.e.

• More jobs, better jobs, decent work for all
• Addressing the investment challenge
• Advancing equity, developing skills, creating economic opportunities for all and extending services
• Local action and implementation In the period since the GDS, Nedlac's Executive Council had an initial discussion on the best way in which to manage the implementation. It was agreed that a task team would be set up consisting of two delegates per constituency.

Terms of reference for the task team have been drawn up, and it will meet prior to the Summit, receive feedback from constituencies as to what areas have seen progress since the GDS, and set terms of reference for the Summit Commissions. The task team has also been asked to draw up a business plan according to which implementation will take place.