GCRO 2018/19 Annual Report
The fourth year of GCRO 2015/16 to 2019/20 five year strategic plan saw a range of significant achievements, including: the launch of results from the fifth Quality of Life Survey (2017/18) in November 2018; a major exhibition - We are here - at the Metropolis Annual General Meeting in Johannesburg; the completion of a pilot firm level survey; major support to a GPG end-of-term review process; and the finalisation of a number of GCRO publications. Sadly, the year also saw the retirement of GCRO's long-standing finance and admin manager, Adele Underhay, who had been with the organisation since its inception.
Date of publication:
December 2020
GCRO 2017/18 Annual Report
In late 2014 the GCRO Board approved a new five year strategy for the period 2015/16 to 2019/20. This Annual Report covers 2017/18 financial year, the third year of the five year plan.. After hiring a number of new researchers in late 2016 and moving into new office space in early 2017, the financial year April 2017 to March 2018 saw this increase in capacity begin to bear fruit, with the initiation of a range of newly defined research projects. Considerable progress was made on the fifth iteration of the Quality of Life Survey, although delays in fieldwork will see the survey only concluded in 2018/19. Highlights included the publication of four significant Research Reports, a major exhibition at the Seoul Biennale on Architecture and Urbanism (reproduced as part of the GPG stand at the World Urban Forum in early 2018), strong participation in the African Centre for Cities International Conference, and a Routledge book published on the space economy of the GCR.
Date of publication:
January 2020
