inter-governmental relation
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What is inter governmental relation?
Intergovernmental Relations [IGR] are conventionally defined 'as important interactions between governmental units of all types and levels.' ... It is an evolving system of institutional co-operation that seeks to address the relations of equality and interdependence as defined by the Constitution.
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The Presidential Review Commission recommended an Audit of IGR in February 1998 , identifying the main challenges as establishing a balance between the natural evolution of intergovernmental relations and the need for prescription. It also called for a review of the multiple structures established to promote intergovernmental relations and for proposals to improve the weak intergovernmental relations between local government and the other two spheres..
Meanwhile the Department of Constitutional Development (now Department of Provincial and Local Government) conducted a Functional Audit of the main instruments of intergovernmental relations and issued a Status Report on the IGF and the MINMECs for Local Government and Traditional Affairs. This was followed by a Discussion Document (March 1999) announcing the present Audit [in collaboration with the University of Fort Hare and the University of the Western Cape] for an enquiry into the existing intergovernmental structures throughout the country. A Conference on IGR in the same month served to provide the vision of intergovernmental relations as expressed by the President and also the framework for the Audit, especially the view:
that the intergovernmental relations system be seen in the context of social, political and economic realities;
that the institutional and legislative framework serve to guide developments, not control them.