Andrew Boraine » Cape Town Partnership

Look east for innovation (that’s Cape Town’s East City!)

Andrew — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:16:27 +0000

Here is a great article on The Fringe – Cape Town’s Innovation District in Cape Town’s East City by Richard Holmes in the latest edition of Indwe Magazine, just in time for the announcement on Tuesday about the World Design Capital 2014 shortlist:

Mother City looks East

“The…

Western Cape regional economic development – how are we doing?

Andrew — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:47:50 +0000

The Western Cape Provincial Government (WCPG) is currently considering the establishment of an Economic Development Agency (EDA) in an attempt to increase the rate of economic growth, deepen levels of economic development and broaden economic participation in the region. The WCPG has commissioned the Cape Town Partnership to engage with…

World Design Capital 2014 deadline for shortlisted cities draws near

Andrew — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:32:58 +0000

The Premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille, and the Executive Mayor of Cape Town, Patricia de Lille, joined together yesterday to lend their support to Cape Town’s bid for World Design Capital 2014. On 21 June, Icsid will announce the names of the three cities (out of 56 bidding cities)…

Quo vadis V&A Waterfront, Foreshore, Culemborg?

Andrew — Tue, 31 May 2011 19:09:25 +0000

I anticipate a good discussion on the future of the Cape Town Central City at the next meeting of our Partner’s Forum on 14 June. There will be inputs by Wayne van der Vent of the PIC’s Real Estate Asset Managers on their future role in Cape Town including the V&A Waterfront and the PIC’s…

Next Cape Town Design Network event on 19 May to focus on World Design Capital 2014 Bid – all welcome

Andrew — Tue, 17 May 2011 02:42:35 +0000

Details of venue and speakers here

The Fringe is a space to watch

Andrew — Mon, 09 May 2011 19:26:56 +0000

Read an update of Cape Town’s The Fringe Innovation District by project coordinator Yehuda Raff (Cape Argus, 09 May 2011)

In 2007, a group of forward-thinking people got together and talked about the need to establish an environment that would support innovation and development in the design, media…

Why cross-sector partnerships are essential for economic growth strategies to work

Andrew — Wed, 04 May 2011 12:33:45 +0000

Great article on the need for cross-sector partnerships for economic growth based on research by Associate Professor Ralph Hamann of the UCT Graduate School of Business. The article was first published at http://www.gsb.uct.ac.za/

New growth path partnerships will need guidance

The government’s New Growth Path relies heavily on cross-sector…

Leading cities into the next global era: The role of cross-sector partnerships

Andrew — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:22:22 +0000

This is a talk I gave at a conference entitled The Future of Cities organised by Chatham House in London in March 2011. It draws on the experiences of the Cape Town Partnership over the past twelve years, as well as the work of Ralph Hamann, Associate Professor at the…

Cape Town World Design Capital 2014 Bid Book unveiled at City Council meeting

Andrew — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:37:13 +0000

City of Cape Town WDC 2014 media statement

Cape Town has officially submitted its bid to be World Design Capital in 2014, an occasion marked today by the handing over of a copy of the 465-page bid book to the Executive Mayor of Cape Town, Alderman Dan Plato, by the…

A year of blogging dangerously

Andrew — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:09:47 +0000

I see that I have written 148 posts on ‘Cities for People’ since I started blogging in October 2009. That’s more than a post every three days, which I’m told is the least one must do to keep one’s readers vaguely interested. Blogging has been a great opportunity to get back into the art of…