1 HSRC EPWP SEMINAR 07 JUNE 2016 Presentation by Lulu Mdletshe EPWP Co-ordinator: Department of Transport

2 BACKGROUND TO THE EPWP EVALUATION During phase 2 of the EPWP the Department of Transport had a mandate to coordinate and monitor the Provincial Expanded Public Works Programme. During this same time the Provincial Planning Commission was in the process of developing the Provincial Growth and Development Strategy which sets Government led Job Creation” among others as goal one. In line with our co-ordination role we were tasked with providing a measure that could help estimate the total Rand value of each EPWP job in KZN in the event that such a measure did not exist The Planning Commission needed to understand the financial cost to the state of creating an EPWP Job.

BACKGROUND CONT” As the coordinating Department we then decided to come up with a research grounded response that would provide an exposition of experiences, problems and the contributions of different sectors in employment creation. It was important for us to not just provide a financial indicator that would show just to the financial cost to the state; but it was also to show the socio-economic and political benefits of the programme. This was important because the EPWP follows the various Public Body mandates and their budget allocations. In this way; EPWP interventions by different sectors employ different strategies to optimise employment opportunities and are targeted at different needs in alignment with mandates. This inherent variability across different sector programmes also translates to various funding models and the scale of investments per programme, per project etc. 3

EVALUATION PHASES The study was done in the following phases; PHASE 1 ( April-May 2013) Deliverable 1: A project implementation framework/plan Deliverable 2: Stakeholders consultation and progress report Deliverable 3: A draft literature and situational analysis report PHASE TWO (June-July 2013) Deliverable 4: A report on the M&E framework PHASE THREE(August- October 2013) Deliverable 5: Collection of relevant data for the SAM and CGE model construction Deliverable 6: Interim report on data collection and analysis PHASE FOUR (November- February 2014) Deliverable 7: Construction of the SAM and CGE model Deliverable 8: Workshop PHASE FIVE( M)arch-April 2014 Deliverable 9: Final report with models Deliverable 10: CDs with models 4

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES Specific objectives as outlined in the RFP were captured as follows: To evaluate the KZN EPWP’s efficiency in translating inputs into outputs (costs of jobs created per sector) To evaluate the impact of the KZN EPWP in terms of the alleviation of poverty for target beneficiaries To evaluate the impact of the KZN EPWP on economic growth It was envisaged that the outcomes of the study would contribute towards understanding of the physical, demographic, social, economic and institutional profile and state of the environment of the Province; which is a crucial component of the Provincial Growth and Development Strategy. 5

OUTCOMES OF THE STUDY FINDINGS Broadly; the findings of this evaluation are rich in terms of their implications for various stakeholders involved in the EPWP. They basically have far reaching implications for PPE’s in general at policy, operational and programme deign level. Given the above; the issue of managing and ensuring utilization of finding becomes very critical especially in an environment where there are different stakeholders roles who are involved in taking forward the improvement plan arising from the evaluation. With the hand over of the co-ordination role to Public Works, managing findings, utilisation and dissemination of findings becomes the role of the Provincial co-ordinator supported by other role players at various departments. As DOT we have started to respond to some of the issues raised in the findings, in this regard we are responding as the Infrastructure Sector under Roads. 6

OUTCOMES We have begun to engage internally with key role players on how we can strengthen the enabling environment for job creation in DOT. Toward this end we are in the process of finalising an EPWP Framework that is aligned to the National Infrastructure guidelines but also address our unique departmental challenges. Our major challenge as DOT has been a huge reliance on Zibambele for job creation. Whilst this is not a problem; we are realising that we have to expand the adoption of labour-intensive methods and technologies where technically and economically feasible across all projects. In this way; the EPWP is not isolated to just Zibambele or the lower grades of Vukuzakhe. The framework broadly aims to mainstream the EPWP principles and make LIC part and parcel of the project design principles. The process we are in should also be undertaken by other role players so as to ensure implementation of results across all sectors. 7

8 I THANK YOU