Presentation to the Select Committee

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DPSA Review, Business Plan and Budget

• Presentation to the Select Committee
• 8 June 2004

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Outline of presentation

• Role of DPSA
• DPSA outputs
• DPSA programme structure
• Review of 2003/04
• Business plan 2004/05
• President Mbekis SON Address
• Budget 2004/05

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Role of DPSA

• DPSA established in 1996 to take over executive
  functions from the Public Service Commission
• From 1996 to 1999 DPSA focus on policy-making and
  revamping the regulatory framework
• Reviews of the public service 1997-1998 revealed
  capacity shortfalls in departments
• From 1998 DPSA changed strategy from
  policy-making towards pro-active support to
  departments

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DPSA outputs

• DPSA has three types of outputs which cut across
  components
• Policy-making and regulatory
• Research and analysis
• Interventions, including service delivery projects

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DPSA programmes

• Programme 1 Administration
• Programme 2 Integrated Human Resources
• Programme 3 Information Technology and
  Management
• Programme 4 Service Delivery Improvement
• Programme 5 Anti-Corruption
• Programme 6 Auxiliary and Associated Services
• In 2004/05 a new programme International and
  African Affairs has been added

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Review 2003/04
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Review 2003/04

• Two major crosscutting projects in addition to
  programme work
• Intervention in the Eastern Cape
• Restructuring of the Public Service
• Programmatic work
• Integrated human resources
• Service delivery improvement
• Information technology and management
• Anti-corruption
• International and African Affairs

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Review 2003/04

• Eastern Cape intervention
• Interim Management Team formed in Dec 2002
• Assisting four departments in the Eastern Cape
  (Social Development, Health, Education and Roads
  and Public Works)
• Developed and implemented turnaround strategies
  for these departments
• Intervention concluded in March 2004
• Report submitted to Eastern Cape EXCO and Cabinet

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Review 2003/04

• Restructuring of the Public Service
• In terms of Resolution 7 of 2002 departments
• Determined an organisational structure in line
  with their skills needs
• Matched employees to posts where possible
• Reported on vacancies and personnel in excess of
  requirements
• Filled vacancies and deployed those in excess
• Those who could not be deployed are receiving
  training to facilitate redeployment

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Review 2003/04

• Integrated human resources
• Review of macro-benefits (pension, medical aid,
  housing) commenced
• Management Policy and Procure on Incapacity Leave
  and Ill-health Retirement piloted
• Middle Management remuneration dispensation
  developed
• Incentive policy framework implemented
• Scarce skills framework implemented in the health
  sector

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Review 2003/04

• Integrated human resources, cont
• Completed Senior Management Service Handbook
• Piloted competency profiling framework
• Developed new affirmative action targets
• Generic competency framework for middle managers
  developed
• Developed an Integrated Performance Management
  and Development System
• HIV and AIDS communication strategy implemented

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Review 2003/04

• Integrated human resources, cont
• Agreements concluded in the PSCBC
• Labour Relations policy developed
• Guidelines on the implementation of internships
  developed
• Guidelines on the Social Plan developed
• 8 transversal learnerships registered
• 250 unemployed graduates enrolled in IT
  internship programme

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Review 2003/04

• Information technology and management
• GITO Council advised Minister on IT
• Phase 1 of Batho Pele Gateway developed
• Information on government services now available
  at www.gov.za
• SITA regulations drafted
• An investigation into government network
  vulnerability was carried out
• Cyberlabs launched in schools

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Review 2003/04

• Service delivery improvement
• Targeted interventions carried out through
  Integrated Provincial Support Programme (IPSP)
• Draft Early Warning System piloted
• Support to national departments on organisational
  structure
• Batho Pele Change Management Engagement launched
• Public Entities Review commenced
• Red Tape Review commenced
• Learning events held and journals published

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Review 2003/04

• Anti-corruption
• Released Country Corruption Assessment Report
• Developed proposal on anti-corruption hotline
• Established requirements for minimum
  anti-corruption capacity in departments
• Assisted Home Affairs to develop anti-corruption
  strategy
• UN Convention against Corruption signed in
  December

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Review 2003/04

• International and African Affairs
• Stellenbosch declaration adopted at Pan-African
  Ministers of Public Service Conference
• Governance and Public Administration Programme
  adopted by African Union
• Conferences on e-governance, leadership
  development, management development held
• Secured technical support from the OECD

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Business plan 2004/05
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Business plan 2004/05

• Integrated human resources
• Conclude multi-year wage agreement
• Align public service and local government
  conditions of service
• Scarce skills strategy to be implemented in other
  sectors
• Restructuring of macro-benefits
• Facilitate implementation of BCEA
• Roll out Management Policy and Procedure on
  Incapacity and Ill-health retirement

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Business plan 2004/05

• Integrated human resources, cont
• Evaluation of level 11 and 12 posts
• Integrated Financial Management System
• Establishment of HR portal
• Competency profiling extended to levels below SMS
• Review of performance management systems
• Guidelines to improve HR planning
• Increase number of women in management positions

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Business plan 2004/05

• Integrated human resources
• HIV and AIDS capacity audit
• Minimum standards implemented in all departments
• Absorption of excess employees from restructuring
• Implementation of HRD strategy
• Implementation of internship programme
• Review institutional arrangements of the Public
  Service SETA (PSETA)

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Business plan 2004/05

• Information technology and management
• Launch phase 1 of Gateway
• Portal to be available at MPCCs and Post Offices
• Develop project plan for phase 2 and implement
• Implement government IT projects
• Promulgate SITA Act regulations
• Sign SITA shareholder compact
• GITO Council to establish links in Africa

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Business plan 2004/05

• Service delivery improvement
• Batho Pele Change Management Engagement
• Support to Department of Social Development in
  establishing Social Security Agency
• Support to Home Affairs in implementing
  turnaround strategy
• Develop framework for interventions
• Lessons from Eastern Cape to be documented
• Implement Early Warning System
• 30 projects implemented in provinces

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Business plan 2004/05

• Community development workers
• Continued rollout of learnership programme in the
  provinces
• Implement monitoring and evaluation system
• Mobile solution for CDWs to be piloted
• Appoint CDWs from 2005

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Business plan 2004/05

• Anti-corruption
• Implement outstanding requirements of the Public
  Service Anti-Corruption Strategy
• Regional and international cooperation
• Compliance with regional and international
  conventions against corruption
• Corruption Management Information System

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Business plan 2004/05

• International and African Affairs
• Support and implement multilateral and bilateral
  agreements on governance and public
  administration
• Manage the implementation of the Pan-African
  Programme on Governance and Public Administration
• Joint projects with continental public
  administration institution partners

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Presidents SON Address

• Gateway launched in two months
• CDWs launched by the end of the year
• Early Warning System implemented
• Functioning of Public Service SETA

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Budget 2004/05
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MTEF allocations 2004/05 2006/07

• 2004/05 R126,626 mil
• No Transfer to SITA
• 2005/06 R148,726 mil
• No Transfer to SITA
• Provincial intervention (R5 mil)
• 2006/07 R162,348 mil
• No Transfer to SITA
• Provincial Intervention(R10 mil)

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2004/05 Budget overview
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Economic classification per Programme
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Comparison between 2003/04 and 2004/05
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End of presentation