MTEC PRESENTATION

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Structure of Presentation

• Mandate, Strategic Objectives and Spending Trends
  
• 3 broad phases
• Annual Report (2004-05)
• Strategic Plan (2005-06)
• Reflections on Way Forward/ MTEF cycle 2006/07,
  2007/08 and 2008/09

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Mandate, Strategic Objectives and Spending Trends
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Mandate of the Commission

• The South African Commission is the national
  institution established to entrench
  constitutional democracy.
• The mandate of the Commission is to
• Promote respect for human rights and a culture of
  human rights
• Promote the protection, development and
  attainment of human rights and
• Monitor and assess the observance of human rights
  

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Strategic Objectives
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Strategic Objectives Slide 1

• To advance the public and parliamentary
  accountability of the Commissions work and
  maximise the utilisation of public resources
  through sound strategic management and efficient
  financial and administrative systems and
  procedures
• To entrench the Commission as the major resource
  and primary focal point for human rights
  promotion, protection and monitoring in the
  country
• To publicise and convey the role and work of the
  Commission to the general public via an
  integrated internal and external communications
  strategy

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Strategic Objectives Slide 2

• To protect human rights by investigating
  individual and systemic complaints of human
  rights violations and provide appropriate
  redress
• To monitor human rights by providing
  comprehensive research and documentation
  mechanisms designed to advance and assess human
  rights, especially social and economic rights
  and
• To promote human rights and contribute to
  developing a sustainable culture of human rights
  through education and training, community
  outreach and public awareness campaigns.

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Baseline Allocations
Baseline allocation (R thousand) Baseline allocation (R thousand) Baseline allocation (R thousand) Baseline allocation (R thousand) Baseline allocation (R thousand) Baseline allocation (R thousand) Baseline allocation (R thousand)
2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09
27 401 32 728 37 653 41 774 49 220 53 381 58 103
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Baseline Allocations (cont.)
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Spending Trends 01-02 to 04-05
Programme Audited R000 2001/02 Audited R000 2002/03 Audited R000 2003/04 Audited R000 2004/05
Commission 6,175 5,922 3,390 3,132
Management 7,431 7,050 12,788 19,612
Advocacy 3,992 3,666 1,468 -
Legal Services 2,614 2,607 2,024 2,252
Research Documentation 2,957 2,896 3,442 4,970
Media Communication - - - 133
Education Training 2,444 2,317 1,943 2,478
Provinces 3,351 3,743 4,403 6,250
Total 28,964 28,201 29,458 38,827

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Standard Items of Expenditure 01-02 to 04-05
PROGRAMME Audited R000 2001/02 Audited R000 2002/03 Audited R000 2003/04 Audited R000 2004/05
Personnel 14,799 14,382 18,330 21,246
Administrative 3,336 3,102 2,005 3,729
Inventories 603 564 1,178 884
Equipment 480 282 3,093 -
Land buildings 2,731 2,538 1,860 4,475
Professional services 7,015 7,333 2,992 8,493
Total 28,964 28,201 29,458 38,827
Baseline allocation 21,899 27,401 32,728 37,653
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Budgeted expenditure per main programme 2004/05
Commission
Management
Provinces
MCU
Education, Training and Advocacy
Legal
Research
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Growth in Human Resources
1996/97 50 2000/01 88 2004/05 130
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Outputs and service delivery indicatorsAnnual
Report 2004/05
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Output and Impact Assessment

• Mixed Assessment output-based and outcomes-based
  (impact)
• Impact assessment
• More complex
• Apply to projects
• Output-based assessment-favourable picture of
  performance of Commission

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Outputs and service delivery indicators 2004/05
Key Objectives Strategy Output Service delivery target or milestone
Strategic Management To advance the public and parliamentary accountability of the Commissions work and maximise the utilisation of public resources through sound strategic management Processing constitutional and legislative compliance Strategic reviews Aligning programmes to strategic objectives Respond to internal and external environment Implement accountability mechanisms Framework for legislative and statutory compliance Informed strategic choices Adherence to Strategic Plan Performance management system Job evaluation system Internal audit system Risk assessment and management Operational synergy amongst programmes Assessment and quality assurance system Up to date performance management system and staff appraisals Completed job evaluation by Dec 2004 Adopted risk management policy by Feb 2005 Monthly strategic reviews, assessments and quality assurance Substantive compliance with statutory requirements Full implementation of provincial support policy Substantive adherence to targets and objectives of Strategic Plan
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Outputs and service delivery indicators 2004/05
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Key Objectives Strategy Output Service delivery target or milestone
Finance and Administration To provide efficient financial and administrative support Implementation of systems and procedures policy Processing legal and statutory compliance Initiation of budgeting processes Performing financial and administrative functions Budget submissions MTEF and monthly budgets reports Management of systems and network hardware and software maintenance Monitoring and implementation of IT security policy Asset management, administration and logistics, procurement, and provisioning Unqualified audit report 4 meetings of Audit Committee Monthly and quarterly reports submitted to National Treasury Upgraded Wide Area Network by August 2004 Provincial office in Mpumalanga fully operational July 2004 Updated procurement and tender procedures by August 2004
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Outputs and service delivery indicators 2004/05
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Key Objectives Strategy Output Service delivery target or milestone
Commissioners To entrench the Commission as the major resource and the primary focal point for human rights promotion, protection and monitoring in the country Strategic interventions on human rights issues Liaison with government, parliament and civil society Profile enhancement initiatives International, regional and national, liaison Presentations, networking and advocacy Policy development Legislation monitoring Human rights compliance with international standards Increase human rights knowledge and awareness especially in rural communities Increase in policy development and legislation monitoring Increase in human rights compliance/ reporting
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Outputs and service delivery indicators 2004/05
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Key Objectives Strategy Output Service delivery target or milestone
Media and Communications To publicise and convey the role and work of the Commission to the general public via an integrated internal and external communications strategy Developing corporate communication Establishing sustained media profile Promoting human rights awareness through the print and electronic media. Publications Media releases Promotional materials Maintaining website Media and public relations exercises   Increase human rights awareness annually especially in rural communities To reach agreed upon of the population annually through publications, and media  
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Outputs and service delivery indicators 2004/05
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Key Objectives Strategy Output Service delivery target or milestone
Legal Services To protect human rights by investigating individual and systemic complaints of human rights violations and provide appropriate redress Ensuring effective complaints handling Conducting investigations and litigation Processing complaints Determining appropriate remedies Conducting hearings Legal opinions Increase the number of received complaints handled and successfully concluded by between 20-30 annually. To conduct at least one public hearing per financial year
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Outputs and service delivery indicators 2004/05
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Key Objectives Strategy Output Service delivery target or milestone
Research To provide a comprehensive research and documentation facility designed to advance human rights. Monitoring the realisation of socio- economic rights, equality and access to information rights and assessing the observance of human rights in general Legislation monitoring of economic and social rights, equality rights and access to information Annual socio-economic rights, equality and access to information rights reports Increased awareness of legislative developments and appropriate interventions into law reform Workshops and seminars on human rights issues (economic and social rights, equality and access to information) Submission of economic and social rights, equality and access to information rights reports to Parliament within six months of the end of each financial year One awareness raising intervention per month
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Outputs and service delivery indicators 2004/05
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Key Objectives Strategy Output Service delivery target or milestone
Education and Training To develop a sustainable culture of human rights through formal and public education and training Translating human rights standards into tangible and deliverable education and training outcomes, and the implementation of these Human rights training courses, seminars and workshops In-house capacity building programmes Materials Public education initiatives 350 interventions per year (all inclusive) 240 trained professionals 50 alignment of human rights infusion in programmes and materials/ as per checklist 12 quality assurance activities per year. 8 outreach initiatives in rural areas 4 sets of educative materials
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Achievements
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Number of Complaints over 6 year period
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Outreach and Accessibility

• Opening of two offices NC and MP
• Civil Society Advocacy Programme
• Increased public outreach/ materials
• 413 Educational Interventions
• Improved Relationships with Provincial and Local
  Government
• Increase in complaints from 9055 (2003/04) to 12
  194 (2004/05)

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Focus on Rural Areas

• ESR Pilot studies
• Human Rights Week 2005
• Omnibus Education and Training (260 workshops and
  presentations in rural areas)
• Farm schools

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Monitoring

• ESR Introduction of Fieldwork
• Equality Legislation Monitoring instrument/
  Site-visits to equality courts
• Access to Information Recommendations on
  Legislative Amendments
• Submissions on Legislation

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Inquiries and Site-visits

• Khomani San Inquiry
• Boom Gates Inquiry
• Xenophobia Hearings
• Site-visits to schools, hospitals, Lindela,
  equality courts, etc

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Reports

• Section 10 guide on PAIA
• ESR report
• Human Rights in Farming Communities (follow-up
  report)
• Report on Inquiry on the Khomani San
• Report on Inquiry into Boom gates

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Materials (11 Languages)

• My Rights My Responsibilities booklet
• SAHRC General Poster
• Bill of Rights Poster
• Child Rights Poster
• Pamphlets entitled
• What is the South African Human Rights
  Commission?
• Older people, you have rights
• Access to Information Your right

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Strategic Interventions

• Roundtable Property Clause
• Indaba Equality
• Conference 10-year review of HR
• Meeting and Workshop Traditional Leaders

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Collaborative Work (Government)

• DWAF Anti-racism
• Moral and Victims Charter
• Provincial Government officials and MPLs
  Equality Legislation
• DoJ
• Regulations
• Equality courts

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Collaborative Work (Government)

• Premier and MECs EC Poor administration of
  social grants
• DoE
• Curriculum
• Advance Certificate in Education
• Monitoring human rights violations in schools
• HRE in the SADC region (EISA)
• SAQA and NQF

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Collaborative Work

• Parliament
• Portfolio committees on Foreign and Home Affairs
  Xenophobia Hearings
• Older Persons Bill
• NGOs and CBOs
• Ongoing

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International Work and Standing

• Resource in 12 Countries
• 12 Foreign Delegations
• Relationship
• UN Agencies
• African Union
• African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights
• OHCHR
• Academic Institutions
• Commonwealth

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International Work and Standing

• Secretariat for African NHRIs
• African Research Network on Economic, Social and
  Cultural Rights
• SADC workshops

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Human Resources

• Integrated HR system
• Job evaluation
• Employee wellness
• Compliance Labour Legislation
• Skills Development
• Service Level Agreements

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Finance and Administration

• Internal Audit
• Audit committee
• Finance and Procedure Manual
• Fraud Prevention Policy

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Administration and Information Technology

• Comprehensive IT policy
• Intranet April 2005
• Web-based complaints management system
• Improved Asset Management

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Outputs and service delivery indicatorsStrateg
ic Plan 05-06
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Programmes 05/06

• 1. Strategic Management
• Human Resources
• Finance and Administration
• 2. Commissioners
• 3. Media and Communications
• 4. Legal Services
• 5. Research and Documentation
• 6. Education and Training
• 7. Provinces
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Budgeted Expenditure (R000)2005/06
Strategic Management 2 020 5
Finance and Admin 12 167 29
Human Resources 2 257 5
Commissioners 3 641 9
Media and Communications 976 2
Legal Services 2 512 6
Research and Documentation 6 579 16
Education and Training 3 033 7
Provinces 8 589 21
Total 41 774
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Budgeted Expenditure 05/06
Strategic Management
Provinces
Finance and Admin
Education and Training
Human Resources
Research and Documentation
MCU
Commissioners
Legal Services
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Mid-Year Restructuring/Streamlining 05/06

• Commissioners
• Secretariat
• Corporate Services
• Finance and Administration
• Human Resource Management
• Operations
• Legal Services
• Research and Documentation
• Education and Training
• Media and Communications

Provincial Offices
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Strategic Management
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Human Resources
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Finance and Administration
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Commissioners
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Media and Communications
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Legal Services

2 For example Road Blocks and the Rights of the
Elderly are all under consideration, but not yet
submitted to SAHRC Complaints Committee, Senior
Management or Joint Management for a decision.
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Research and Documentation
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Education and Training
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Provinces
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• Reflections on Way Forward

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Summary of Strategic Planning Session Moving
Forward (New MTEF Cycle)
Review/ Restructure Operations/
Improve Performance
Organizational Review and Development
Building a Model of Excellence

• Focus on Rural Areas
• Assisting/ Empowering
• vulnerable communities
• Improve input-output-
• impact ratio
• Civil and Political Rights
• Focus on Staff development/ restructuring
• Partnering and Partnership
• Evaluation of SAHRC
• Enhanced Litigation

• Evaluation/ Assessment
• Skills gap analysis
• Matching capacity/ skills
• with objectives
• Review of Programmes
• Restructuring of operations
• Organisational Profile
• Communications
• Interrelations
• Staff development

• Outcome Focus on Human Dignity/ Equality/
  Economic and Social Rights
• Community Outreach/ Vulnerable Communities
• Focus on Children/ Disability/ HIV-AIDS/
• Non-nationals/ Older Persons
• Human rights development report/ Human Rights
  Journal

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MTEF cycle06/07 to 08/09

• Strategic Plan (06/07) almost completed
• Draft Budget in place (06/07)
• Review of programmes under way
• Quality Management Systems
• Review of Provincial Offices
• Completion and signing off on existing projects

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MTEF cycle06/07 to 08/09

• Building relationships
• Government departments (DoJCD/ Home affairs, etc)
• Linking with academic institutions
• Projects with NGOs/ CSOs/ C9s
• Regional and International liaison
• International attachments
• Donors

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Projected Expenditure (R000)2006/07
Chief Executive Officer 2, 832 6
Finance and Admin 13, 307 27
Human Resources 2, 138 4
Commissioners 4, 443 9
Media and Communications 1, 069 2
Legal Services 3, 189 6
Research and Documentation 5, 683 12
Education and Training 4, 251 9
Provinces 12, 308 25
Total 49, 220 100
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Projected Expenditure as per MTEF
Deliverable/Performance Human Rights Commission Allocation 06/07 000 Preliminary Allocation 07/08 000 Preliminary Allocation 08/09 000
Strategic Management 18,277 20,066 21,879
Commissioners 4,443 4,672 4,911
Media and Communication 1,069 1,112 1,164
Legal Services 3,189 3,164 3,322
Research 5,683 6,009 6,297
Education and Training 4,251 5,235 6,407
Provinces 12,308 13,123 14,124
Total Baseline Transfers 49,220 53,381 58,095
Increase (Annual) 17.82 7.79 8.11
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Projected Expenditure as per MTEF
Preliminary Allocation 06/07 Preliminary Allocation 07/08 Preliminary Allocation 08/09
Standards Items
Good and Services 16,453 19,086 22,250
Compensation of Employees 31,763 33,443 35,115
Machinery and equipment 1,004 598 430

Total 49,220 53,377 58,095
Included in Strategic Management
Filing System 250 300
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New Options for MTEF Cycle
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Option 1 Human Rights for All - Taking the Bill
of Rights to Rural Communities

• Provide human rights awareness
• Provide on the spot legal advice and services
• Register complaints
• Obtain information for monitoring purposes
• Building partnerships

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Option 2 Towards Effective Monitoring and
Assessment of Observance of Human Rights

• Publication of an annual human rights development
  report/ human rights journal
• Formulating appropriate interventions
• Sharing of information with relevant
  stakeholders for policy development

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Option 3 Establishment of an E-Learning Unit

• Cost effective targeting of government and NGOs
• Development of cutting edge learning mechanisms
  for human rights education
• Enhanced interaction at regional and global level
  on human rights education and awareness
• Better delivery of the Commissions promotional
  mandate

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Option 4 Implementation of the Promotional
Aspects the Equality Act

• To prepare an Annual Equality Report (section
  28(2) of the Equality Act)
• To receive and analyze equality plans (section
  25(5) of the Equality Act)

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Funded Projects

• CSAP (EU) (With CGE and OPP)
• IMS/ Training and Development Needs Analysis and
  Provisioning/ Communication strategy/ Outreach
  and support programme/ Landscape study
  (assessment and evaluation)
• ESR (Norwegians)
• Equality (Mott and FHR)
• Community Outreach(FHR)

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