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DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY STEP FOUR

Develop an infrastructure plan

Once agreement has been reached among stakeholders on priority intervention areas for the
establishment of additional service points or the expansion of existing facilities, the department should
develop a detailed implementation plan including, among other things, a budget for capital investment,
technological innovations and staffing.

Develop an infrastructure plan or review the current plan of your department to give effect to the findings
of your accessibility study. Infrastructure plans identify as far as possible the infrastructure needs of
your department, the costs to construct them, the phasing of the development, funding sources and the
agencies or individuals that are responsible for their delivery.

The key steps to follow in developing an infrastructure plan are:

a) Identify the objectives of the infrastructure plan

b) Determine the outline of the plan
c) Develop a draft infrastructure plan

d) Review and finalise infrastructure plan
e) Develop a budget

f) Monitor Implementation

A – Identify the objectives of the infrastructure plan

Define the purpose, intended audience and objectives of the infrastructure plan. You need to draft a
Terms of Reference for this.
B – Determine the outline of the plan

An overview of the suggested content of such a plan is provided in Annexure 3.

C – Develop a draft infrastructure plan

 Define the approach that will be followed in implementing the plan.

 Source all available information on your departmental service delivery model, existing infrastructure,
services offered by facilities, target beneficiaries, norms and standards, results of accessibility
studies, asset management system, financial budget and expenditure projections and monitoring
and evaluation plan.
 Analyse available information.

 Use qualitative techniques to fill gaps in information.
 Compile the infrastructure plan as a living document, including the financial budget and expenditure
projections.

D – Review and finalise the infrastructure plan

 Present the infrastructure plan to your department for consideration.
 Contract an external infrastructure planning expert to assist you in reviewing the plan if required.

 Use the inputs received to edit infrastructure plan and produce final version.
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