BRANCH: GOVERNANCE, POLICY AND RESEARCH Deputy Director-General PRESENTATION TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMME 2 BRANCH: GOVERNANCE, POLICY AND RESEARCH Mr Derek Powell Deputy Director-General 07 May 2007

Outline of Presentation Purpose of Program 2: Governance, Policy and Research Overview of Branch performance in 2006/07 Overview of Branch Expenditure Estimates: 2007/08 4. Progress in 06/07 and outputs for 07/08 per sub-program (Chief Directorate) dplg 07 May 2007 2

Purpose of Programme 2: Governance, Policy and Research Provide policy advice and research support for the development and monitoring of intergovernmental relations and the performance of provincial government, provincial-municipal relations, integrated development planning, local economic development, the institutions of traditional leadership, and international and donor relations. dplg 07 May 2007 3

Governance, Policy and Research: Performance 2006/07 Measurable objective: Maintain effective and predictable relations between national Government, provinces and municipalities by developing and implementing policy, systems and support programs to improve governance in accordance with government’s POA. Subprogram Output Target Measure/ Indicator Actual Progress Intergovernmental Relations (Themba) Relations Framework Act 2005 implemented Practitioners manual introduced Report on implementation of act submitted to Cabinet IGR implementation toolkits completed Development Planning [Patel] Adoption of Idp’s and budgets improved IDP review covering the IDP’s of all districts and metros Draft Bill introduced IDP reviews of Metro’s and District completed IDP credibility framework completed Local Economic Development [Patel] Local economic development framework implemented Local economic development framework linked to national and provincial strategies LED specialist deployed in 17 priority municipalities Guideline on GDS completed 59% GDS held Continued support to GDS processes Traditional Leadership & Institutions [Sobahle] Traditional Leadership Framework Act ( 2003) implemented Plan for establishing district houses, as required by the act, adopted by Minmec 50% Traditional councils reconstituted Programme of support to Trads institutions developed International & Donor Relations [ Hilton ) Charter on local government in SADC Expenditure of Donor Funds improved Protocol adopted by SADC Council System to monitor expenditure funds introduced Completed: Standard Operating procedures introduced. draft Charter and protocols completed dplg 07 May 2007 4

Governance, Policy and Research: Estimates of Expenditure (Outputs): 2007/08 Measurable objective: Maintain effective and predictable relations between national Government, provinces and municipalities by developing and implementing policy, systems and support programs to improve governance in accordance with government’s POA. Subprogramme Output Measure/indicator Target Intergovernmental Relations Statutory report on the implementation of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework (IGFR) Act (2005) Report submitted to Cabinet January 2008 Programme of support to provincial and local spheres of government to implement the IGFR Act Regulations and guidelines issued under the act, complemented by technical advice and capacity assessments July 2007 Development Planning Amendments on development planning regarding the Municipal Systems Act (2000) Consultations completed and consensus reached with major stakeholders on proposed legislative amendments December 2007 Programme of support to municipalities to develop and adopt credible integrated development plans Technical support provided to selected municipalities for 2007 IDPs May 2007 International and Donor Relations Support for completed legislation on decentralisation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Draft legislation tabled in DRC Parliament October 2007 Local Economic Development Support to municipalities to adopt realistic local economic development plans in accordance with national framework for local economic development Number of district municipalities to which technical experts have been deployed to support development of realistic local economic development plans by July 2007 17 municipalities Traditional Leadership National programme of support for the institutions of traditional leadership National programme adopted and implemented by Cabinet dplg 07 May 2007 5

Performance 06/07 and outputs for 07/08: Intergovernmental Relations Actual Performance Output 2007/08 Measure/target Practitioners manual introduced by June 2006 IGR toolkits to guide implementation completed All IGR structures established in all Provinces and Districts, including 17 MinMec Statutory report on the implementation of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act Report submitted to Cabinet January 2008 Report on Implementation of Act submitted to Cabinet by December 2006 Report submitted to MinMec, PCC and Cabinet Programme of support to provincial and local spheres of government to implement the IGR Act Regulations, guidelines issued under the Act, complemented by technical advice and capacity assessments – July 2007 dplg 07 May 2007 6

Performance 06/07 and outputs 07/08: Development Planning Output 06/07 Actual performance Output 07/08 Measure/ Target Adoption of IDPs and Budgets improved IDP reviews of all Metro’s and District Municipalities completed Amendment on development planning regarding Municipal Systems Act Consultation completed and consensus reached with major stakeholders on proposed legislative amendments – December 2007 Legislation to improve regulation of planning 1st Draft amendment of Chapter 5 of the MSA completed Programme of support to municipalities to develop and adopt credible IDPs Technical support provided to selected municipalities for 2007 IDP’s – May 2007 dplg 07 May 2007 7

Performance 06/07 and outputs 07/08: International and Donor Relations Actual performance Output 07/08 Measure/ Indicator Charter on Local Government in SADC Draft Charter and protocol completed Consulting with member states before approval by SADC Summit Support for completed legislation on decentralisation in the DRC Draft legislation tabled in DRC Parliament – October 2007 Expenditure of Donor funds improved Donor spending monitored monthly Standard operating procedures adopted by DPLG EXCO and is fully functional dplg 07 May 2007 8

Performance 06/07 and outputs 07/08: Local Economic Development Actual performance Output 07/08 Measure Target Local Economic Development Framework implemented LED specialist deployed to 17 priority municipalities 92% Growth and Development held Analysis of economic opportunities and GDS supported Support to municipalities to adopt realistic local economic development plans in accordance with national framework for LED Number of District Municipalities to which technical experts have been deployed to support development of realistic LED plans – July 2007 dplg 07 May 2007 9

Performance 06/07 and outputs 07/08: Traditional Leadership & Institutions Actual performance Output 07/08 Measure Target Traditional Leadership Framework Act implemented 50% of Traditional Councils reconstituted KZN,Mpumalanga and North-West local houses established Regulations under Provincial Acts gazetted National programme of support for the Institutions of Traditional Leadership National programme adopted and implemented by Cabinet – July 2007 dplg 07 May 2007 10

Expenditure Estimates 2006/07, 2007/08 & 2008/09   Governance, Policy and Research  2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 Adjusted Medium-term estimates appro- MTEF Baseline  priation Management 1,258 1,339 1,405 1,566 Intergovernmental Relations 8,093 8,773 9,212 10,335 Development Planning 4,704 5,301 5,566 6,245 Local Economic Development 2,800 3,294 3,459 3,881 Traditional Leadership and Institutions 6,481 6,240 6,552 7,351 International and Donor Relations 12,903 5,702 5,987 6,718 Total of subprogrammes 36,239 30,649 32,181 36,096 Thank you! dplg 07 May 2007 11