Smart eco-systems

1. Smart eco-systems • Opportunities • Alien clearing • Fire management • River and wetland rehabilitation • Coastal clearing • Dune protection • Green lungs, parks, nature conservation • Green roofing • Biodiversity management • Sustainable harvesting and commercialisation • Carbon trading • Eco and responsible tourism • Jobs • Western Cape positioning • Pioneer • Conservation practices and education • Labour based eco-system services • New risk assessment and costing models that take into account the full environmental costs • Early adopter • Responsible tourism practices Go to Insert > Header & Footer > Enter presentation name into footer field

2. Smart agri-production • Livelihood and market opportunities created through enhancing the competitiveness and resilience of our agricultural and food economies Go to Insert > Header & Footer > Enter presentation name into footer field

3. Smart agri-production • Opportunities • Infrastructure • Water • Expanding our agricultural base • Logistics • Packaging • Energy including alternative and off grid energy • Waste water recycling • Waste minimisation • Waste to fuel • Food production • Food gardens including vertical gardening • Eco-system goods and services • Design • Western Cape positioning • Pioneer • Localised on-farm sustainable farming practices and climate smart agriculture • Farming practices in harmony with nature • Early adopter • Alternative energy and water technologies that reduce consumption and increase efficiencies and reduce carbon Go to Insert > Header & Footer > Enter presentation name into footer field

4. Smart enterprise • Investment, business and job opportunities created by establishing the Western Cape as a globally recognised centre of green living, working, creativity, business and investment Go to Insert > Header & Footer > Enter presentation name into footer field

5. Smart enterprise • Opportunities • Smart systems and design • Manufacturing green goods and services • Maintaining green goods and services • Business services including legal and partnership management • Greening manufacturing and other business • Packaging • Smart mobility • Energy economy – renewable and natural generation and distribution • R&D • ICT • Financial services • Western Cape positioning • Pioneer • Design and develop goods and services that allow consumers to reduce their carbon footprint effortlessly • Design of smart resource monitoring devices • Early adopter • Alternative energy and water technologies that increase efficiency and reduce carbon • Sustainable production processes Go to Insert > Header & Footer > Enter presentation name into footer field

6. Enablers

7. Infrastructure • Expand the renewable energy sector: through off grid investments, private PPAs and lobbying. • Create the infrastructure to support gas-based energy options through a joint provincial-city energy initiative • Expand water saving and recycling technologies • Smart grids • Increase ICT access through the province and City’s broadband initiatives and partnerships with private sector to reduce the digital divide and increase fibre optic coverage. • First text level • Second text level • Third text level • Fourth text level • Fifth text level Go to Insert > Header & Footer > Enter presentation name into footer field

8. Rules and regulations • For Provincial Government to work with local government and establish a single window through which businesses operating or wanting to operate in the smart economy can approach government. • For Provincial government to lead the carbon offset and water footprinting drives using voluntary platforms • For Provincial Government to initiate the establishment of a joint public-private green procurement working group to develop a new green procurement guideline for the region • First text level • Second text level • Third text level • Fourth text level • Fifth text level Go to Insert > Header & Footer > Enter presentation name into footer field

9. Knowledge management • Create a virtual knowledge hub and green economy intelligence hub with partners and community of practice/ network • To deepen the provincial competitiveness index which the EDP and Province are jointly developing and set up a task team to develop a new set of indicators for monitoring progress of the transition to a green growth path and economy. • First text level • Second text level • Third text level • Fourth text level • Fifth text level Go to Insert > Header & Footer > Enter presentation name into footer field

10. Capabilities • Coordinate a collaborative multi-sector leadership development programme that equips leaders in business, government and communities to rise to the green economy leadership challenges. • Developing a joint public-private-education sector skills enhancement programme under the umbrella of the Premier’s Council of Skills. • First text level • Second text level • Third text level • Fourth text level • Fifth text level Go to Insert > Header & Footer > Enter presentation name into footer field

11. Finance • To develop a provincial wide green innovation facility to support businesses offering smart green solutions. • To create a hub that provides a bridge to access existing financial instruments for Western Cape IP and businesses. • To leverage the Province’s relationships with other regions globally to attract research and university based funding for prototypes and commercialisation of innovations developed by our Higher Education Institutions. • To set up a task team, in partnership with National Treasury, to work with local authorities on developing new revenue models. Go to Insert > Header & Footer > Enter presentation name into footer field

12. Action plan

13. Provincial government actions to drive the economy • Regulations & incentives: • To facilitate market access for new generation entrepreneurs • Reduce red tape • Finance: A facility that provides information on finance and facilitates access to financial resources • Launch WC green procurement initiative • Baseline research and measurement / indicator programme Reduce carbon and promote social inclusion Go to Insert > Header & Footer > Enter presentation name into footer field

14. Provincial government actions to enable the economy • Pool of expertise for municipalities • Green jobs initiative at scale • To expand the skills envelope for the green economy • Establish LNG infrastructure • Reduce carbon and water footprint of government buildings • Work with agriculture to reduce energy and water consumption Unlock the economy Go to Insert > Header & Footer > Enter presentation name into footer field

15. Next steps • Consolidate the existing green economy capability and information • Build green network through 110% green, innovation tours and partnerships with forums such as the Smart Innovation on Tour initiative and Accelerate Cape Town and the National Business Initiative • Prioritise within each of the five immediate action areas to identify an investment case per theme and develop and package this • Source funding for the investment cases Go to Insert > Header & Footer > Enter presentation name into footer field

16. Green is Smart: The economy for the future