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PRESENTATION TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAMME 3 URBAN AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT MS Y.
SILIMELA 18 May 2005
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CONTENTS

• 1. Branch Introduction
• 2. Key Objectives Principles
• 3. Broad progress in 2004/05
• 4. Progress against key interventions
• 5. Challenges
• 6. Priorities for 2005/06
• 7. Budget 2005/06

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1. THE BRANCH
BRANCH URBAN RURAL DEVELOPMENT BRANCH URBAN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Deputy Director-General Ms Mosa Molapo Deputy Director-General Ms Mosa Molapo
Chief Directorate Chief Director / Director
ISRDP Programme Mgt Mr Felix Nxumalo / Sibongile Hlekiso
ISRDP M E Ms Busi Mdaka / Mr Nthuthuzelo Mhlauli
ISRDP Communications Ms Sibongile Malebye
URP Programme Mgt Ms Yondela Silimela / Mr Makhosana Msezana
URP M E Ms Bernadette Leon / Ms Leah Poto
URP Communications Ms Gwen Shole-Menyatso
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RURAL NODES
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URBAN NODES
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CONTEXT FOR ISRDP URP IN 2005/06

• ISRDP/URP Intent Maximization of expenditure
  investment impact of all spheres of government,
  gear private sector support and mobilise social
  capital in the 21 nodes,
• SoNA May 21st 2004 located the 21 nodes at the
  core of addressing the 2nd economy challenges.
• SoNA February 11th 2005 Early warning that there
  is a capacity implementation challenge in
  respect of ISRDP/URP.

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2. KEY PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES

• To address poverty alleviation and
  underdevelopment,
• To achieve equity,
• To ensure inter-sphere and inter-sectoral
  integration and coordination,
• To attain social cohesion,
• To enhance local government capacity to deliver.

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PRINCIPLES

• Shared decision-making (IGR)
• Poverty Targeting
• Demand-driven Development
• Partnerships

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3. PROGRESS IN 2004/05

• New national political champions confirmed
  reporting system and expectations formalised,
  marked improvement in nodal engagements .
• Process of confirming provincial political
  champions finalised multi sphere political
  interventions and engagements
• Technical champions in place across the 3
  spheres.
• Guidelines developed for how national
  provincial departments should participate in
  ISRDP URP.

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PROGRESS

• Nodal anchor projects are showing steady progress
  attempts underway to track all government
  interventions in the nodes, not just anchor
  projects.
• Nodal anchor projects are showing balance between
  the economic and social content.
• Baseline statistics, based on the 2001 census,
  available for the urban nodes.
• Draft financing protocol submitted and further
  work underway.
• All relevant national departments audited to
  determine their investment in the nodes. Work has
  also commenced with SOEs.

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4. PROGRESS AGAINST KEY INTERVENTIONS 2004/05

• CDW CDW learnership still underway.
• Skills development programmes Dept of Labour
  has signed an MOU with Alexandra to the value
  R23 million over a three year period. All urban
  nodes currently undertaking skills audits with a
  view to entering similar MOUs. In rural nodes 750
  learner contractors trained in 2004 SETA-FET
  (Further Education Training) recruited 100
  entrepreneur learnerships 2004 linked to EPWP.
• EPWP Was launched in all provinces with a focus
  on the nodes (Galeshewe, Khayelitsha and
  Mitchells Plain). Flagship EPWP projects being
  undertaken in all nodes.
• Social Cohesion and Moral regeneration Social
  Cohesion paper developed by HSRC, project
  development currently being formulated. All urban
  nodes have crime prevention strategies in place,
  the challenge is still with the implementation of
  these.

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PROGRESS

• ME - Draft ME Framework in place
• - Nodal baselines in place
• - Nodal profiles finalized
• - Development of best practice book underway
• Communication - Communication plans for the nodes
  are in place and are being operationalized in
  conjunction with dplg. Regular newsletters
  produced at nodal and national levels.
• ICT - All nodes are being successfully
  prioritized for ICT infrastructure, such as cyber
  labs, public information terminals and community
  radio stations. Youth ICT project provide IT
  skills to nodes in rural areas- 40 youth. 3318
  ICT learnerships were implemented in the nodes.

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PROGRESS ON URP RESOURCE TARGETING

• In 2004/2005 R2.2 bn was allocated to the six
  municipalities with URP nodes, compared to R1.6
  bn in 2003/04.
• Of this, R 1.3bn was the Equitable Share.
• Of this R1.3bn, R80 million was earmarked as a
  special allocation for the nodal programmes, to
  build local capacity and implement projects.
• Various programmes have prioritized the nodes,
  i.e MIG R741 million to the 6 cities with urban
  nodes.
• Of the MIG, at least R114million is directly
  allocated to the nodes.

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PROGRESS ON ISRDP RESOURCE TARGETING

• In 2003/4 2004/05, LED funding to the nodes
  amounted to R26 million.
• The Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG)
  allocation to the nodes was R1.3 billion.
• The total allocation to the nodes through
  equitable share and conditional grants amounted
  to R3.6 billion.
• Of the above amount, R1.9 billion was Equitable
  Share.

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5. CHALLENGES

• Predictability in resource allocation remains a
  challenge. The principles of the financing
  protocol speak directly to this
• Inadequate project mngt implementation capacity
  and capability at nodal level project
  consolidate seeks to address this and
• Integrated planning between across spheres of
  government the IGR Framework Bill will begin to
  address this.

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PRIORITIES FOR 2005/6

• To enhance nodal capacity integrate programmes
  into Project Consolidate.
• To maintain current ISRDP URP initiatives and
  tailor them towards addressing the challenges of
  the 2nd Economy.
• To finalize and operationalize the nodal
  financing protocol.
• To align IDPs, PGDSs NSDP and embed ISRDP URP
  within these instruments.
• To communicate market ISRDP URP across the 3
  spheres.
• To coordinate Monitoring Evaluation of ISRDP
  URP across the 3 spheres.

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6. 2005 / 2006 BUDGET ALLOCATION
Sub Programme Outputs Measure/ Indicator Target Budget
Management Manage programme provide strategic leadership Programmes effectively efficiently managed Ongoing R1,956,000
Urban Renewal Manage sub-programmes consolidate nodal interventions Implement alignment integration protocols Coordinated technical political nodal support Convened Urban Rural Technical Forums Organized Political Champion Visits Civil Society Stakeholders/ Partners Mobilized Financing Protocol produced Bi-monthly Quarterly Bi-monthly Bi-monthly July 2004 R1,831,000
Rural Development Manage sub-programmes consolidate nodal interventions Implement alignment integration protocols Coordinated technical political nodal support Convened Urban Rural Technical Forums Organized Political Champion Visits Civil Society Stakeholders/ Partners Mobilized Financing Protocol produced Bi-monthly Quarterly Bi-monthly Bi-monthly July 2004 R1,822,000
Urban Renewal ME Manage Information Monitor Evaluate Programme impact Report on Programme Monitoring Evaluation Framework developed Monitoring Evaluation Framework operationalized Information Management Web-based reporting system designed functional Impact Assessment Reports produced June 2004 June 2004 -March 2005 June 2004 Quarterly R1,822,000
Rural Development ME Manage Information Monitor Evaluate Programme impact Report on Programme Monitoring Evaluation Framework developed Monitoring Evaluation Framework operationalized Information Management Web-based reporting system designed functional Impact Assessment Reports produced June 2004 June 2004 -March 2005 June 2004 Quarterly R1,822,000
Rural Development ME Manage Information Monitor Evaluate Programme impact Report on Programme Monitoring Evaluation Framework developed Monitoring Evaluation Framework operationalized Information Management Web-based reporting system designed functional Impact Assessment Reports produced June 2004 June 2004 -March 2005 June 2004 Quarterly R1,822,000
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL R9,253,000
Thank you
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