Department of Foreign Affairs

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Department of Foreign Affairs
• Strategic Plan
• 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08
• __________________________________
• Presentation to the
• Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on
• International Affairs
• April 2005
• _____________________________

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Structure of Strategic Plan
• Overall conformity with the stipulations of the
  PFMA
• Part 1
• includes foreign policy objectives strategic
  objectives priorities for the Ministry and SAs
  regional and multilateral interests
• Part 2
• presents the Departments key performance areas
• Section 1 outlines the Departments
  medium-term priorities and objectives
• Section 2 outlines the service delivery
  improvement programme
• Section 3 outlines resource allocation per
  departmental objective
• Part 3
• Section 1 outlines the Departments Asset
  Management Plan
• Section 2 outlines the Information and
  Communications Technology Plan
• Section 3 includes the Human Resources Plan and
  the organisational structure

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Focus of Strategic Plan Political Dimensions
Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Consolidation of the African Agenda
• South-South co-operation
• Political and economic relations
• Global Governance
• political issues
• socio-economic issues
• security issues

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Consolidation of the African Agenda
• Strengthening of AU and its organs
• Finalise AU budget, immigration regulations,
  common African Defence and Security Policy
• Operationalise Specialised Technical Committees,
  ECOSOCC, African Court of Justice, African Court
  on Human and Peoples Rights, early warning
  system
• Implement AU Gender Declaration
• Support Pan-African Parliament, Peace and
  Security Council
• Strengthen AU-EU co-operation
• Establish African Standby Force
• Review White Paper on peace missions
• Engage African Diaspora
• SA participation in SADC/SACU
• Complete SADC restructuring and strengthen its
  governance and capacity
• Work for implementation of RISDP and
  rationalisation of RECs
• Strengthen SA role as Chair of SADC Organ on
  Politics, Defence and Security
• Facilitate SACU negotiations with India, China,
  USA and MERCOSUR

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Consolidation of the African Agenda
• Implementation of NEPAD
• Capacity/political support for implementation of
  NEPAD programmes in priority sectors
• Strengthen SAs NEPAD co-ordination mechanisms
  and leadership in its various sectors
• Establish Continental Development Funds for
  projects
• Support integration of existing sectoral NEPAD
  action plans into AU/SADC processes
• Operationalise APRM (24 states have now joined)
• Focus on attainment of MDGs in Africa
• Peaceful resolution to conflicts/post-conflict
  reconstruction development
• Military personnel/equipment to mandated AU and
  UN peacekeeping missions
• SAs role as Convenor of Sudan Post-Conflict
  Reconstruction Committee of the Au
• Consolidation of peace processes (Burundi, Côte
  dIvoire, DRC, Somalia, Sudan)

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Consolidation of the African Agenda
• Implementation of current peace processes
• Support to consolidation of peace processes and
  post-conflict reconstruction Angola, Comoros,
  Côte dIvoire, Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia/Eritrea,
  Liberia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan
• Engage key role-players in implementation of
  peace process in Western Sahara
• Encourage revitalisation of Arab Maghreb Union
• Assist Algeria in establishing AU Centre on
  Terrorism
• Support implementation of Humanitarian Assistance
  Programme to Sahrawi Arab Democratic Rep.
• Support peace building initiatives through early
  warning systems and co-ordinating role-players
• Regional/continental strengthening of democracy
• Assist in strengthening electoral processes and
  infrastructures
• Assist in institutional and capacity building to
  promote democracy and good governance
• Support to the APRM process
• Monitor political/socio-economic developments
  that could influence peace and stability
• Support strengthening of regional economic
  structures to enable economic development

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Consolidation of the African Agenda
• Strengthening bilateral relations
• Opening of new missions Benin, Burkina Faso,
  Chad, Rep of Congo (Brazzaville)
• Promote South-South co-operation
• Co-chair Asia-Africa Summit with Indonesia and
  use AASROC process to establish New Asia-Africa
  Strategic Partnership
• Market NEPAD through TICAD, China-Africa
  Co-operation Forum, India-Africa Fund,
  Vietnam-Africa Forum, Iran-Africa Fund, AASROC
• Support for Agenda of the South and African
  Agenda through IBSA, NAM and G77 South Summit
• Conference on Progressive Governance (SA, 2005)
• North-South co-operation to support African
  Agenda
• Continued engagement of G8, Commission for
  Africa, Africa Partnership Forum, UNO, EU, OECD,
  WTO, IMF, World Bank and WEF on market access
  agricultural subsidies capital flows and
  investment into Africa increased ODA to meet
  MDGs debt relief implementation of commitments
  made

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Consolidation of the African Agenda
• Unique opportunities to redefine strategic
  partnerships
• UN Secretary-Generals High-Level Panel Report on
  Threats, Challenges and Change UN Millennium
  Project (Sachs) Report Investing in Development
  and the UK Commission for Africa Report Our
  Common Interest
• UN Secretary-Generals Report (March 2005), which
  will serve as a basis for the UN MDGs 5 Review
  Summit in September 2005
• G8 Summit (July 2005), which will review
  implementation of the 2003 G8 Africa Action Plan
• South-South Co-operation
• Promote South-South co-operation, North-South
  relations, Agenda of the South,
• IBSA and its programmes

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Political and Economic Relations
• Overall
• Expand tourism promotion
• Through co-operation with DEAT, SA Tourism,
  Tourism Business Council of SA and SAA, and the
  DFA-led Tourism Working Group
• Focus on Africa, South America, Russia, expanded
  Europe and Central Europe
• Relations with new markets/increased dialogue
  with Central/Eastern Europe
• Improve/strengthen representation to engage
  Central/Eastern Europe on various
  political/economic issues
• Conclude framework agreements for FTAs with
  China, India, EFTA and the USA
• Continue working towards conclusion of framework
  agreements
• Support bid for Square Kilometre Array
• Priority outcome of RD strategy
• Strengthening research development and capacity
  building in science and technology

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Global Governance Political
• UN Reform
• Promote multilateralism/respect for international
  law to achieve global political and economic
  stability and security
• Implement national positions on UN reform
  informed by African Common Position
• 2005 Millennium Review Summit
• UN programmatic, budgetary and administrative
  focus
• Ensure SA and African interests adequately
  catered for, working through the Africa Group and
  G77 China
• Implementation of Global Agreements
• WCAR Durban Declaration and Programme of Action -
  sustained international follow-up
• Complete ten-year progress review of Beijing
  Platform of Action

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Strategic Plan - April 2005
Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Global Governance Economic
• Prevent securitisation of international
  development agenda
• Preserve role/powers of ECOSOC, as elected organ
  of General Assembly to deal with developmental
  issues, enhanced by Millennium Review Summit
  outcomes and UN Secretary-Generals reform
  proposals
• Work to prevent narrow focus of development
  challenges in security terms
• Democratisation of Bretton Woods
  institutions/reform of global financial system
• Improve developing country representation
• Stabilise global financial system
• Effective developing country participation,
  particularly those in Africa, in international
  norm setting and rule making
• Increased market assess through WTO
• Manage and increase involvement of both SA and
  DFA in various negotiation processes
• Established Permanent Trade Forum to improve
  co-operation/capacity building
• Strengthen WTO representation in Geneva

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Global Governance Economic
• Attainment of MDGs
• Continued engagement to mobilise adequate
  resources
• Continued drive on key areas blocking developing
  countries reaching MDGs
• Millennium Project (Sachs) Report
• Monterrey Consensus follow-up (FfD)
• Implementation of Johannesburg Plan of
  Implementation (JPOI)
• International engagement on climate change
• SA responsibilities following coming into force
  of Kyoto Protocol
• Strengthen the Designated National Authority to
  attract/operationalise Clean Development
  Mechanism projects in SA

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Global Governance UN Conferences/Summits
• Implementation and Follow-up
• Strengthen policy/programme coherence/effectivenes
  s of SAs activities in
• response to action plans/development goals of
  major UN conferences/summits
• Integrated and co-ordinated response to
  conference/summit outcomes
• Monitoring deadlines/advice on reporting
  obligations
• Dissemination of information
• Consultation to advocate common positions at
  multilateral centres
• Co-ordination to develop coherent responses to
  reviews/appraisals of major UN conferences

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Global Governance Security
• Continued engagement with UN anti-terrorism
  campaign/UNSC resolution compliance
• Efforts to remain within framework of UN and
  other multilateral institutions
• Ensure actions against terrorism do shift focus
  from poverty/underdevelopment
• Disarmament/non-proliferation
• Remain active against conventional weapons
  proliferation, including small arms and light
  weapons disarmament, especially WMDs and
  participate in critical international regimes
• Peaceful conflict resolution/UN pre-eminent role
  in reconstruction/development in Iraq
• Post-conflict reconstruction/development in
  Middle East
• Continue dialogue at political/civil levels and
  host Spier II
• Co-operation in fighting organised crime
• Effective participation in national/international
  crime forums and SA presidency of Financial
  Action Task Force in June 2005
• Prevention of human trafficking
• Effective participation in international
  meetings/conventions and adoption of relevant
  legislation

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Asia and Australasia
• Currently SA is represented by 17 resident
  missions in 15 countries and territories
• Strategic importance to SA trade continues it
  remains vital to sharpen SA expertise/capacity in
  the region to raise the trade and investment
  profile of SA products and services
• Training opportunities for Foreign
  Affairs/mission officials offered by Singapore
  and UAE on trade and investment promotion
• Significance of China and India as future sources
  of investment to SA - FTAs with SA in progress
• Economic opportunities offered in Central Asia,
  the potential of which remains largely unexplored
• Micro missions planned for Fiji, which hosts
  Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Forum, and in
  Sri Lanka
• Africa-Asia co-operation TICAD (Japan)
  China-Africa Forum India-Africa Fund -
  co-operation synchronized with implementation of
  NEPAD
• AASROC contribution to a New Asian-African
  Strategic Partnership (NAASP) to be launched in
  April 2005 and creation of an Asian-African
  Business Summit
• IBSA continues to strengthen trilateral
  co-operation amongst India, Brazil and SA, with
  the challenge to implement outcomes emanating
  from the various sectoral working groups
• India JMC and CEOs Forum provide platforms for
  enhanced economic interaction
• World Expo 2005, Aichi, Japan as important
  showcase for SA
• Tourism as important source of income for SA

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Middle East
• Strategic importance for South Africa provides
  approximately 80 of SAs oil imports market for
  SAs industrial, commercial agricultural
  products promising source of tourists,
  investment and technical co-operation important
  constituency for the Agenda of the South.
• SA is represented by 12 Missions in the region
• Concrete commitments for AU and NEPAD as well as
  formal co-operation between the Gulf Co-operation
  Council and SADC to be pursued
• SA application for observer status in
  Organisation of Islamic Conference
• Primary strategic significance as repository of
  and conduit for the worlds largest oil reserves
  as well as sources of natural gas
• SA remains seized with the resolution of the
  Israeli/Arab conflict, which impacts on
  international stability, and will continue to
  play a principled and active role to seek a
  peaceful solution to the conflict through
  high-level visits and initiatives (Spier II/2005)
• Restoration of peace and full sovereignty in Iraq
  with broader political/economic relations,
  especially after December 2005 elections
• High levels of economic interaction with Gulf
  States and important joint commissions with Saudi
  Arabia and Iran at ministerial level
• Planned ministerial visit in May 2005 to Bahrain,
  Saudi Arabia, UAE and Yemen to focus on promotion
  of NEPAD and SA as investment destination

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Americas
• North America
• SA representation through four missions in the
  USA and two in Canada
• Significant for SA in terms of trade, FDI,
  tourism and transfer of technology important for
  SA to develop specific strategies to harness
  concrete benefits and tap bilateral potential
• SACU-US trade negotiations to be concluded,
  encouraging US support for economic development
  and co-operation, and support for the
  implementation of NEPAD
• Challenge to mobilise the North American African
  Diaspora and SA expatriate communities in support
  of the African Agenda
• Challenge to ensure that bankable NEPAD projects
  are identified for US/Canadian support
• Latin America/Caribbean
• SA representation through ten missions
• Importance of developing common positions with
  countries of this region on global issues, the
  promotion of the development agenda, African
  continental engagement in promoting the ideals of
  the Continent and the African Diaspora
• Planned increase in focus on the Caribbean
  region, enhanced by the SA/AU/Caribbean Diaspora
  Conference (March 2005)
• Future engagement with the newly established
  12-nation South American Community of Nations
• Strengthening relations with Southern Cone
  countries through high-level visits, joint
  commissions, IBSA, and the SACU/MERCOSUR
  Framework Preferential FTA leading to an eventual
  full FTA

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Strategic Plan - April 2005

• Europe
• TDCA positive trade outcomes due to the SA-EU
  TDCA continued engagement to stop trade
  distorting subsidies planned review of all
  aspects of TDCA, including the Science/Technology
  Agreement, Wines/Spirits Agreement, and the
  European Programme for Reconstruction and
  Development (EPRD) annual Forum on Political
  Dialogue full implementation of TDCA economic
  co-operation chapter
• Continued participation in negotiations for
  SACU-EFTA Agreement for conclusion in 2005/06
• EU co-operation with SA on study of application
  of EUs Structural and Cohesion Funds
• EU agreement towards co-operation between
  Pan-African and European Parliaments
• Continued bilateral/multilateral engagement with
  EU on support for Africa peace/stability efforts
• New co-ordinated approach to enlarged EU and its
  market potential for SA
• Consolidation/strengthening of existing
  relations/commitments with Mediterranean European
  countries bilaterally and on key international
  policy issues
• Continued SA/Russian co-operation through ITEC
• Consolidate recent impetus from high-level visit
  of Turkish leader to SA
• Strengthen economic relations with Central Europe
  through TDCA (8 of 11 countries in expanded EU),
  especially in service industries and applicable
  technologies
• Work with the UK (chair of G8 and EU) as a
  champion of NEPAD and towards full implementation
  of the G8 Africa Action Plan
• Further strengthen relations with Nordic
  countries through SA-Nordic Summit and other
  mechanisms

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Institutional StrengtheningEmployment Equity
Race Gender Profile (31 March 2005)
Strategic Plan - April 2005
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Strategic Plan - April 2005
Institutional Strengthening Employment Equity
Gender Profile (31 March 2005)