| Government’s Programme of Action - 2006 | |
| Governance & Administration Cluster | ||
| Updated 07 Feb 2007 | ||
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| Actions | Departments | TimeFrame | Progress update - 07 Feb 2007 | ||
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1 | CAPABILITY NEEDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL STATE | ||||
| 1.1 | Public Service Capacity | ||||
| 1.1.1 | Continue work on the review of the functioning of government and implement proposals for improving capacity and organisation of the state | Presidency, DPSA, DPLG , Depts | Ongoing | Capacity assessments in the Depts. of Transport, Minerals & Energy, and Agric & DTI have been completed. A comparative study of long-term planning in Brazil, Malaysia, India, Chile, Tunisia & South Korea is being undertaken | |
| 1.1.2 | Complete five service sector reviews and implement the recommendations from 2006 January Lekgotla | DPSA, DoE, Health, DOJ, DTI, Housing | Jul-06 | Five service sector reviews were submitted to the Jul-06 Cabinet Lekgotla | |
| 1.1.3 | Implement the skills database system and pilot in 3 departments | DPSA, DOJ, DTI, DOL | Jul-06 | The alignment of the Human Resource Development user requirements has been completed. The pilot phase of the public service skills database is underway | |
| 1.2 | Support flow of skills into the public service | ||||
| 1.2.1 | Review the Public Service Human Resource Development Strategy and develop a plan for (2006-2010) | DPSA, SAMDI, Depts | Nov-06 | The DPSA is conducting a review of the Public Service Human Resource Development (HRD) Strategy. A service level agreement and the project charter will soon be signed | |
| 1.2.2 | Implement accelerated development programme for middle managers (sustainable pools scheme) | DPSA, SAMDI, Depts | Nov-06 | Training began in WCape in Aug-06. The DPSA, SAMDI and OPSC group began training in Sep-06, The Mpumalanga group began in Sep-06 and the Home Affairs/DTI group in Oct-06. The KZN group began in Oct-06 | |
| 1.3 | Human Resource Management Interventions | ||||
| 1.3.1 | Formulate and launch the Public Service Gender and Governance Plan of Action for Gender Empowerment (2005-2015) of government | DPSA, Presidency, Depts | Aug-06 | The Gender and Governance Framework for Gender Empowerment was launched in Nov-06 at the launch of the 16Days Campaign | |
| 1.3.2 | Launch the Public Service Job-Access strategy for persons with disabilities (2006-2010) to ensure inclusion of disabled people in the public service | DPSA, Presidency, Depts | Oct-06 | The Job-Access Strategy for persons with disabilities was launched at the Public Service Health and Wellness Indaba in Cape Town in Oct-06 | |
| 1.3.3 | Complete review of the Senior Management Service | DPSA | Apr-06 | The final Senior Management Service review report has been approved by the Minister for the Public Service and Administration and she will present it to Cabinet | |
| 1.3.4 | Conduct Public Sector Personnel Expenditure Review | DPSA | Aug-06 | The Personnel Expenditure Review Report has been submitted to the Minister for Public Service and Administration | |
| 1.3.5 | Develop public sector remuneration policy in conjunction with the different sectors to address inter alia remuneration, grading, career-pathing and salary progression | DPSA, NT, Depts | Sept-06 | A draft of the Remuneration Policy has been developed | |
| 1.3.6 | Implement the framework to improve the physical work environment (phase 2) | DPW | Aug-06 | Framework to improve the physical work environment was adopted by Cabinet. Draft Business Plan conceptualised for the Re Kgabisa Tshwane Programme | |
| 1.4 | Anti-Corruption | ||||
| 1.4.1 | Implement National Anti-Corruption Programme | DPSA, Anti-Corruption Coordinating Committee | Mar-09 | The Guide on the Prevention of Corrupt Activities Act, the National Anti-Corruption Forum (NACF), and Integrity Pledge to the people of South Africa and the official website for the NACF has been launched (www.nacf.org.za) | |
| 1.4.2 | Complete Anti-Corruption review | DPSA, Anti-Corruption Coordinating Committee | Dec-07 | A monitoring and evaluation expert was appointed. Anti-Corruption monitoring and evaluation instruments including impact appraisal plan, local level methodologies and national research agenda are developed and due to be finalised early in 2007 | |
| 1.4.3 | Host Global Forum V on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding integrity | DPSA, Anti-Corruption Coordinating Committee | Apr-07 | Preparations are continuing to host the 5th Global Forum (GFV) on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity in Gauteng in Apr-07. The Africa Organising Committee convened and agenda for Africa Forum on Fighting Corruption was adopted | |
| 1.4.4 | Finalise and implement Local Government Anti-Corruption Strategy | DPLG, Municipalities | Nov-07 | Implementation plan for rollout in provinces and coordination of implementation at the local level is finalised. There is ongoing direct support to Project Consolidate municipalities to minimise corruption. LG Anti-Corruption Strategy launched in Oct-06 | |
2 | MACRO-ORGANISATION OF THE STATE | ||||
| 2.1 | Creation of a single public service covering all spheres of government | ||||
| 2.1.1 | Develop draft legislation for the single public service | DPSA, DPLG, SALGA, NT | Nov-06 | A task team is working on the development of the legislation for the single public service. A draft has been completed and is being discussed within government | |
| 2.1.2 | Review existing HR practices and develop common norms and standards with regard to HR practices to cover the single public service | DPSA, DPLG, SALGA, NT | Nov-07 | A tender was published and the bids evaluated by a tender evaluation committee. A service provider has been nominated for appointment | |
| 2.1.3 | Develop legislation and policies regulating public entities governance and HR practices | DPSA, DPLG, SALGA, NT | Nov-06 | The National Treasury and the DPSA are participating in a Work Group that oversees the amendments of the Public Finance Management Act and the development of a State Controlled Institutions Bill | |
| 2.2 | Integrated Service Delivery | ||||
| 2.2.1 | Develop Access Strategy 2014 | DPSA, DPLG, Depts | Nov-06 | Access strategy and implementation plan being developed | |
| 2.2.2 | Forge a common approach to e-government | DPSA, DOE, DHA, DOC | Dec-06 | E-Government catalytic projects aimed at mobilising the public service and the public in the use of ICTs have been identified. Draft Cabmemo to inform Cabinet of progress has been circulated for feedback | |
| 2.2.3 | Consolidate phase one of Batho Pele Gateway information portal | DPSA, GCIS, DOC | Jun-06 | The Batho Pele Gateway portal aimed at expanding access to information on government services will be translated into the remaining four languages (SiSwati, Xitshonga, Venda and Ndebele) by Feb-07 | |
| 2.2.4 | Install general service counters at MPCCs | DPSA, GCIS, DOC | Apr-07 | 23 General Service Counters providing access to the portal at MPCCs have been installed | |
| 2.2.5 | Implement the second generation strategy of MPCCs extending to 284 municipal areas | GCIS | Nov-2014 | 88 MPCCs are operational. The MPCC name will change to Thusong Service centres | |
| 2.2.6 | Deploy 3000 learner Community Development Workers to improve government’s ability to meet the needs of the people | DPSA, DPLG, Provincial Depts of Local Gov | Mar-06 | The 3000 target has been exceeded | |
| 2.2.7 | Develop guidelines and interdepartmental protocol for implementing the Framework for joint programmes | DPSA, DPLG | Nov-06 | The DPSA is still receiving written inputs from Departments on the draft guide. The guide will be submitted to the G&A Cluster as soon as the comments and inputs have been incorporated into the guide | |
| 2.3 | Batho Pele | ||||
| 2.3.1 | Batho Pele revitalization Programme through the Batho-Pele change management campaign including unannounced site visits, name badges, internal communication within public service in a national programme to entrench the ethos of Letsema and Vuk`uzenzele | DPSA, Depts | Ongoing | In Oct–Nov 06, 72 public servants attended Change Management Engagement workshops, bringing the total to 774 this financial year. 46 municipalities attended the Batho Pele Learning Network in Oct-06. Public Service Week was held in Nov-06 | |
| 2.3.2 | Cascading Batho Pele to local government | DPSA, DPLG, SALGA, Municipalities | Nov-06 | 92 municipal workers from 22 Mpumalanga municipalities attended the Change management Engagement workshop held in Nov-06 | |
| 2.4 | Participatory Governance | ||||
| 2.4.1 | Facilitate community and public participation in line with the guidelines on consultation and participatory mechanism | DPLG, GCIS, Presidency | Ongoing | Workshops are currently convened to implement the Ward Committee Resource Book and the Handbook for Ward Committees. Work with regard to Community-based Planning is ongoing | |
| 2.4.2 | Conduct Presidential Imbizo and the Imbizo focus weeks | GCIS, Presidency, DPLG | Ongoing | The October National Imbizo Week took place. Twelve Presidential Izimbizo (President and Deputy President) have been held this year | |
| 2.4.3 | Implement and monitor the system of ward committees in all municipalities | DPLG, SALGA | Ongoing | Ward Committees for all local municipalities have been established except for certain metropolitan areas. Phase 2 of Community Based Planning has commenced in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal | |
3 | PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING AND EVALUATION | ||||
| 3.1 | Integrated planning | ||||
| 3.1.1 | Continue work on harmonization of National Spatial Development Perspective (NSDP), Provincial Growth and Development Strategies (PGDS) and Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) | Presidency, DPLG, NT, DLA, DEAT, DTI | Apr-08 | 13 district/metro pilot sites were identified for the application of the NSDP approach to planning. Working sessions have been held with the pilots wherein their IDPs reflected the NSDP approach | |
| 3.1.2 | Review the role of the dti in coordinating the alignment of national economic policies | DPSA, DTI, DPLG, Presidency | Jul-06 | The DTI provided a document regarding the role and capacity of the DTI in implementing economic development. This document served as an input into the July Cabinet Lekgotla deliberations | |
| 3.2 | Mainstream hands-on support to local government to improve municipal governance, performance and accountability | ||||
| 3.2.1 | National and provincial government departments will give concrete support to municipalities in their Strategic and Business Plans, including support to District and Metropolitan municipalities to prepare IDPs | DPLG, All Depts | Ongoing | A number of national departments have developed support plans for local government. All provinces have now developed draft programmes of support for municipalities. This work will be carried through to 2007 | |
| 3.2.2 | Finalize a Local Government Competency Framework to ensure that each and every District and Metro municipality has capacity to discharge its responsibility | DPLG | Jul-06 | The Competency framework is being implemented. The Guidelines were refined by DPLG for posting on www.dplg.gov.za for access to municipalities. These will also be used as basis to conduct the local government skills audit | |
| 3.2.3 | Finalise work on the national local government skills audit | DPLG | Oct-06 | Work on the audit is continuing and the outcome will be implemented during 2007 | |
| 3.2.4 | Develop a structured programme for capacity building and training for new councilors and facilitate appointment and/or training of Municipal Managers and other Senior Managers | DPLG, SALGA | Dec-06 | Various programmes led by dplg are providing capacity building and training to councilors & officials (e.g. ISRDP, URP, IDPs). SALGA is rolling out its own capacity building programme aimed at councilors (e.g. HIV & AIDS, IDP and PGDS engagements). | |
| 3.2.5 | Deploy technical capacity from National and Provincial Departments and deploy appropriately qualified and oriented technical experts from departments and other sources outside government. | DPSA, All Depts | Apr-06 | A total of 224 experts have been deployed to 80 Project Consolidate Municipalities. Stakeholders such as DBSA, SACA, SAICE and IMFO have deployed technical capacity to a number of municipalities throughout the country | |
| 3.2.6 | Finalize the development component of the equitable share formula | DPLG, NT | Nov-06 | Proposals (Discussion Document prepared, outlining core technical proposal) on a development component for the local government equitable share formula prepared | |
| 3.3 | Address the structure and governance arrangements of the state to better strengthen, support and monitor Local Government performance | ||||
| 3.3.1 | Develop proposals for reorganization of key sector Departments that significantly impact on the work of Local Government | DPLG, DPSA, NT, OPSC, Presidency | Jul-06 | Proposals on possible sector organisation to assist with local service delivery being developed in partnership with the affected sectors | |
| 3.3.2 | Undertake an assessment of the capacity of Provincial Departments of Local government to perform their statutory functions | DPLG, DPSA, NT | Jul-06 | Assessment completed. Preliminary report was presented to MinMec and PCC in Sep-06 and an improvement framework developed | |
| 3.3.3 | Implement the monitoring and evaluation of Project Consolidate | DPLG, Presidency | Jun-06 | Implementation of the M & E Framework started. Systems configuration completed and pilot sites have been identified. Municipal Izimbizo progress reporting systems finalised and operational. Knowledge managers appointed in 6 provinces | |
| 3.4 | Refine and strengthen enforcement measures of the Policy, Regulatory and Fiscal Environment for Local Government | ||||
| 3.4.1 | Refine Local Government policy including regulatory and fiscal regime and alignment with the national development planning system | DPLG, Presidency, DLA, NT, Provinces, SALGA, | Jul-06 | Proposals have been drafted for key areas identified in the 5-Year LG Implementation Plan related to policy refinement. This work will continue in 2007. | |
| 3.4.2 | Submit a framework on the division of powers and functions across government and devolution of functions to Local Government, including a review of the two-tier system of local government presented. | DPLG | Jul-06 | A comprehensive assessment of the current division of functions between B and C and existing types of municipalities is being undertaken. A process to cost the governance, administration, planning and development functions of the districts has commenced. | |
| 3.4.3 | Develop a District Shared service model for district municipalities | DPLG, DPSA | Mar-07 | An audit of existing District Shared Services is being undertaken to inform the model for strengthening the role of district system of local government | |
| 3.5 | Implement the government-wide monitoring and evaluation proposal and implementation plan | ||||
| 3.5.1 | Develop principles and practices for government wide monitoring and evaluation system, including norms and standards | Presidency, OPSC, DPLG, SAMDI, StatsSA | Jun-06 | The final draft document was discussed in the M&E task team and has been circulated to relevant stakeholders for final input | |
| 3.5.2 | Define and implement capacity building processes | SAMDI, DPSA Presidency, StatsSA | Aug-06 | The Capacity Building Workstream as part of the national task team on GWM&E have invited experts and will select Associates to be cadres for implementation of the GWM&E training and development. Seven M&E workshops were held and well received | |
| 3.5.3 | Implement oversight role of co-coordinating departments to provide transversal information (value for money, HR utilization, Public Management Watch, public administration performance, service delivery outputs linked to strategic plans and annual reports) | DPSA, NT, OPSC, DPLG, Presidency, DOJ | Nov-06 | User requirements for a system for end of year report and monitoring strategic plans are being finalised and development of the IT solution will start in early 2007 | |
| 3.5.4 | Pilot the proposed design of the monitoring system in departments and provinces | Presidency, DPSA, NT, OPSC, StatsSA | Dec-06 | Piloting will commence once the systems in 3.5.3 have been developed | |
| 3.5.5 | Reassess sector departments monitoring systems and performance, identify best practices and make recommendations for capacity building and sharing lessons | OPSC, DPSA, SAMDI, Presidency | Dec-06 | An audit of departmental monitoring systems has been finalised. The report is to be released shortly | |
| 3.5.6 | Implement the National Statistics System | StatsSA, Presidency | Dec-06 | The National Statistics System has completed the South African Statistical Quality Framework (SASQAF) of criteria and protocols for certifying the statistics of departments and state agencies as official statistics | |
| 3.5.7 | Roll out the monitoring system to all departments and provinces | Presidency, DPSA, NT, OPSC, StatsSA | Nov-07 | Roll out to all national and provincial departments is dependant upon the completion of integration of transversal system to assist in designing the IT infrastructure for Government-wide monitoring and Evaluation System | |
| 3.6 | Integration of Transversal Operational Systems | ||||
| 3.6.1 | Integrated Financial Management System Project | NT, DPSA, SITA | Dec-07 | Phase 1 of the development has been concluded. This includes a Master System Plan and Prospectus with budget over the next ten years | |
| 3.7 | African Peer Review Mechanism | ||||
| 3.7.1 | Present country assessment report and draft programme of action to second consultative conference; and thereafter to the APRM Secretariat and Panel of Eminent Persons | DPSA –DOJ, NT DTI, Presidency, DFA & Stats SA | Jun-06 | The APRM Panel has submitted the draft country review report for comment by SA. SA has finalised and submitted its comment with the final POA. The report is to be tabled to a meeting of Heads of States and Government | |
| Report created: 07 February 2007 | |||||