SYSTEMS AND CAPACITY BUILDING

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SYSTEMS AND CAPACITY BUILDING - PRESENTATION TO
THE SELECT COMMITTEE - 15 June 2004 Jackie
Boitumelo Manche

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Structure of the Presentation

• Background
• Legislative/ Policy Initiatives
• Main Focus Areas for the Branch
• Conclusion

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Background

• Aim of the Department
• To develop and promote a national system of
  co-operative governance and to support the
  development of provincial and local government

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Background

• Mandate of the Branch
• To provide support to local government and to
  promote development

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Legislative / Policy Initiatives

• All legislation and policies necessary to
  stabilize the system of local government are in
  place
• Focus is on implementation
• Differentiated approach to take into account the
  varying capacity of municipalities
• Adopt a much more hands on approach to supporting
  LG

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Theme for 2004/05

• Consolidating the system of local
• government for accelerated
• service delivery.

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Budget Allocations Administration
Subprogramme Expenditure Outcome Expenditure Outcome Expenditure Outcome Adjusted appropriation Medium-term expenditure estimate Medium-term expenditure estimate Medium-term expenditure estimate
Audited Audited Preliminary Outcome Adjusted appropriation
Preliminary Outcome Adjusted appropriation
R Thousand 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
Management 403 1 144 1 724 1 318 1 782 2 095 2 199
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations 17 075 14 358 16 797 18 536 20 537 24 144 25 679
Local Government Administrative Systems 2 187 1 589 1 883 3 199 5 016 5 308 5 756
Capacity Building Systems 1 643 1 907 4 413 4 999 3 787 9 819 13 803
Disaster Management 14 818 23 222 8 241 38 359 25 075 13 413 17 445
Performance Management and Monitoring Systems 2 204 2 480 3 893 8 070 6 328 6 816 7 474
Local Government Leadership Academy - - - - 2 294 2 420 2 541
Total 38 330 44 700 36 951 74 481 64 819 64 015 74 897
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Budget Allocations Fiscal Transfers
Subprogramme Expenditure Outcome Expenditure Outcome Expenditure Outcome Adjusted appropriation Medium-term expenditure estimate Medium-term expenditure estimate Medium-term expenditure estimate
Audited Audited Preliminary Outcome Adjusted appropriation
Preliminary Outcome Adjusted appropriation
R Thousand 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
Local Government Capacity Building 150 000 160 000 241 244 232 339 220 459 - -
Disaster Relief - 2500 - 27 213 - - -
Equitable Share 2 414 997 3 184 328 4 186 813 6 350 377 7 677 546 8 643 341 9 364 941
Municipal Systems Improvement Programme - 41 235 93 831 150 993 182 243 200 000 200 000
Total 2 564 997 3 388 063 4 521 888 6 760 922 8 080 248 8 843 341 9 564 941
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Main Focus Areas

• Deepening democracy and good governance
• Develop policies designed to build a financially
  and economically sustainable system of local
  government
• Promote effective management of disasters

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Main Focus Areas

• Stabilize the institutional and administrative
  systems in local government
• Provide targeted support to local government
• Monitor the performance and general financial
  viability of municipalities

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Achievements

• Successfully processed the Property Rates Bill
  through Parliament
• Made substantial gains on the recovery government
  arrears (R900m) as part of our work on the
  Revenue Enhancement Program
• Substantial increase in the local government
  equitable share allocation
• All capacity building grants disbursed to
  provinces and municipalities

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Achievements

• Introduced a new web based system for monitoring
  municipal finances. Systems launched at end March
• Held a conference on ward committees in June
  2003, and finalised the development of guidelines
  for the establishment and functioning of ward
  committees.
• Commenced study on the remuneration of councilors

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Achievements

• Finalised the Disaster Management Framework and
  ready to publish for public comment
• Successfully coordinated the management of the
  devastating veld fires, and secured funding for
  both the veld fires and the drought
• Launched and held the first Vuna Awards

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Local Government Administrative Systems

• Policy on transformation of local government
  public sector towards the creation of a single
  public service (November 2004)
• Policy on the remuneration of municipal
  councillors (August 2004)
• A regulatory framework for the abolition of
  cross-boundary municipalities (November 2004)
• Legislation on rationalisation of remaining
  provisions of outdated legislation (December 2004)

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Deepening Democracy and Good Governance

• Monitor and assess progress in the establishment
  of ward committees (ongoing)
• Launch and roll out the anti-corruption campaign
  for local government (July 2004)
• Assessment of current bargaining and dispute
  resolutions systems and the development of
  guidelines (30 March 2005)

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Capacity Building Systems

• Comprehensive assessment of municipal capacity
  audit of capacity (December 2004)
• Preparation of training programme for new
  councillors (March 2005)
• Consolidation of strategic support to
  municipalities through PIMS-Centres (ongoing)
• Implementation of the knowledge Sharing Facility
  (KSF) (ongoing)

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Disaster Management

• Implementation of the Disaster Management Act
  (August 2004)
• Co-ordination and management of disasters, and
  the development of intervention plans (ongoing)
• Further development and maintenance of the
  integrated information system (March 2005)

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Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations

• Implementation of the Property Rates Act (July
  2004)
• Review of the LG equitable share (December 2004)
• Finalisation of the fiscal framework (division of
  fiscal powers and the restructuring of the
  Regional Services Council levy) (December 2004)
• Implement a web based early warning system and
  database on municipal transformation (ongoing)
• Hands on support for municipalities facing
  service delivery and governance challenges
  (ongoing)

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Municipal Viability

• Implement the revenue enhancement programme in 20
  pilot municipalities
• Finalise the review of municipal policies
  targeted at the indigent (December 2004)
• Finalise the classification of arrear debts in 7
  pilot municipalities and the sale of the debtors
  book (Sept 2004)
• Implement a programme to support 12
  municipalities in conducting analysis for billing
  systems and the development of specifications for
  systems development (Oct 2004)

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Performance Management and Monitoring Systems

• Best practice reports based on the Municipal
  Performance Excellence Awards (September 2004)
• Annual report on the performance of
  municipalities (October 2004)
• Vuna Awards (December 2004)
• Reports on the status of municipal transformation
  (Quarterly)

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Local Government Leadership Academy

• Establish the local government leadership academy
  (September 2004)
• Finalise the selection of programme delivery
  institutions, development of curriculum
• Roll-out of pilot leadership development
  programme (January 2005)

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Conclusion

• Priorities informed by State of the Nation
  Address
• The focus for the next year is on consolidating
  the local government transformation process
• The Dept. has become more hands-on in its
  approach, by taking calculated steps in
  addressing the issues facing individual
  municipalities
• The Dept. will also continue to focus on the
  implementation of policy and legislation

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THE END

• THANK YOU ...