College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2022 71 POLICY AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES LIMPOPO DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM A contract of R1 500 000 was secured to capacitate 76 municipal officials and councillors in the online Higher Certificate in LED. Seventy-one candidates completed the qualification. VIRTUAL WEBINAR An international online seminar on LED was organised and hosted in partnership with UKZN. Themes included the formal and informal sector, the role of LED in inclusive growth development, the coordination, planning and role players in LED, an enabling environment, and best practice principles for success. The webinar was well attended by national and international scholars. STAFF CENLED’s director serves as the Director: of PASCAL (Africa), as Chairperson of the Economic Development Council of South Africa, as a council member of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA) and as an official member of the Community of Practice for Entrepreneurial Universities of EDHE. RESEARCH CENLED contributed 9,98 credits towards the CBE research output. The research included scholarly articles published in accredited journals and a book in the CENLED book series: Venter, M (ed.) 2022, Promoting sustainable local economic development initiatives: Case studies. This book covers various local economic development (LED) cases, (national and international), focusing on arts and culture, youth development, small- and microenterprises, the green economy, the circular economy, the importance of the informal sector and resettlement. It unlocks the potential of a substantial agenda for university researchers to support innovative attempts to find new ways to achieve just, sustainable LED initiatives, and build global consciousness and empathy in progressing towards a sustainable world. The distinctive contribution of this book to the production of a local developmental body of knowledge lies in the synergetic relationships between these case studies. The aim is to allow LED professionals globally to work towards approaches and initiatives that have broader significance for communities worldwide. View here: DOI: https:// doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2022.BK368 SUSTAINABILITY, INNOVATION, AND FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (4IR) USDP Project: The South Africa/ United Kingdom Doctoral Project The Minister of Higher Education and Training approved and signed the ‘Staffing South Africa’s Universities Framework (SSAUF) in January 2015. In March 2017, the Minister approved and signed a Ministerial Statement on implementing the University Capacity Development Programme through Effective Management and Utilisation
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