Capacity Building in the Three Spheres of Government

1. CAPACITY BUILDING THE THREE SPHERES OF GOVERNMENT Presentation to the Portfolio Committee 14 June 2006

2. Outline of presentation • Background • AsgiSA capacity requirements • Current initiatives

3. Background • President Mbeki in October 2004 asked whether the developmental state had the requisite capacity and whether it was correctly organised to deliver on government’s socio-economic objectives • Study conducted found that the state did not have the requisite capacity • Skills shortages and skills gaps • Supply of graduates - mismatch • Remuneration of professionals

4. Background • High-level skills required: • Health (doctors and dentists, theatre nurses, etc.) • Criminal justice (state prosecutors, interpreters, court managers) • Education (mathematics and science teachers) • Local government (engineers and technologists, financial managers, town and regional planners) • SAPS (forensic scientists, crime investigators) • Trade and Industry (economists and trade specialists, policy analysts) • Crosscutting ICT (systems analysts, database administrators)

5. Background • Sectoral analyses conducted • Housing study • Shortages of hard skills – engineering, land surveying • Shortages of soft skills – community engagement • Salary discrepancies between private and public sectors • Assessments of Health, Education, Justice and Economic sectors • Health: role of hospital CEOs (training, grading, delegations etc) • Education: Focus on the capacity of support staff • Justice: Challenges in court management • Economic: Coordination role of dti and critical skills

6. Background • Local Government capacity constraints • Capacity of municipalities uneven • 136 identified for Project Consolidate support • Critical problems in acquiring and retaining skills of professionals, senior management and technicians; • Priority skills identified: areas of management, technical skills (e.g. artisans and craft workers), communication, ICT and financial management • Management skills identified by both municipal managers / workers were diversity management, strategic and business planning, people management and change management

7. Requirements of AsgiSA • AsgiSA identifies skills as a “binding constraint” • Scarce and Critical skills/JIPSA Initiatives • Infrastructure Development programmes • Artisan and Technical Skills • Skills required for sustained economic growth e.g. Communication; Transport and Energy grid, as well as quality public Education • High level Engineering and Planning

8. Requirements of AsgiSA • 5 high profile skills areas • High level world class engineering and planning Skills - Network Industries • City /Urban and Regional Planning and Engineering Skills • Artisanal and Technical Skills/Infrastructure Development • Management and Planning in Health and Education • Mathematics, Science and Technology, Language Competency in Public Schooling

9. Current initiatives • Capacity Assessments in various Departments and Sectors • Health • Grading of posts of hospital CEOs • Project to classify hospitals to inform delegation of authority • Audit of Health Information System • Education • Assessment of the roles and responsibilities of district and circuit managers • Assessment of the role and responsibilities of principals • Assessment of skills gaps in the SMS • Assessment of the application of the SMS PMDS

10. Current initiatives • Capacity Assessments in various Departments and Sectors, cont • Economic • Assessment of government’s capacity to implement AsgiSA • Governance model for the entities reporting to the dti • Survey on capacity to implement Environmental Impact Assessments • Justice and Constitutional Development • An assessment of the application of the SMS PMDS • Assessment of capacity to implement Superior Courts Bill • Housing • Housing development and delivery process mapped • Comprehensive proposals to be submitted to Cabinet Lekgotla in July 2006

11. Current initiatives • HRD Strategy • Reviewing the National HRD Strategy and the development of a revised strategy • Assist sectors with addressing the Skills gaps through training and development programmes via SAMDI • SETAs active in the Public Sector • All SETAs requested to align Service level agreements with ASGISA/JIPSA requirements • MoUs signed between PSETA and LG SETA –Public Finance and Accounting • Suite of Public Administration Qualifications NQF level 4-8- Relationship to be developed with LG SETA to ensure alignment

12. Current initiatives • Learnerships and Internships: • By 2009 at least 5% of the approved establishment • Guidelines issues on Internship and Mentorship Programmes • Directive issued by MPSA to appoint Interns and Learners as contract employees - pay through PERSAL • Determination sets the minimum Stipend to be paid • Use of Foreign workers – scarce and critical skills • Investigation into the audit of the functioning of sector specific training institutions • Parastatals – Eskom, Telkom, Transnet, etc • Departments - Health, Agriculture, Defence, Water Affairs • Education – Technical centres (vocational and artisan training)

13. Current initiatives • Single Public Service • Development of Access Strategy and Rollout/Implementation Plan • Development of National Norms and Standards of HRM/D and HR polices and Practices • Development of the Remuneration Policy for the entire Public Sector • Establishment of the SMS cadre for the Public Sector • Co-ordinated and integrated training and development strategy through networked institutions

14. Current initiatives • Cascading Batho Pele to Local Government • Discussions and presentations underway • Batho Pele Gateway • Community Development Workers • Urban government service delivery malls/kiosks • Discussions underway with City of Jhb • Organisational Structures • MPSA issued directive whereby Departments are to submit organisational structures to DPSA before implementation • DPSA to ensure organogram is in keeping with service deliverymodel, mandates, policy choices, resources targeting and modelling

15. Current initiatives • Local Government • Support provided to municipalities on Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) • A local government competency framework has been developed • SALGA, dplg and the LGSETA are conducting a skills audit for municipal managers and section 57 managers • Skills audit will lead to the development of a Local Government Skills Development Strategy • A pilot Municipal Leadership Development Programme will be implemented in selected district municipalities by August 2006 through a partnership between dplg and the LGSETA

16. Current initiatives • Local Government, cont • Technical support to local government • A framework for the second rollout of the Service Delivery Facilitators (SDFs) has been developed • DBSA intends deploying 90 experts to priority municipalities • Municipal Infrastructure Grant support structures have made short-term deployments of engineers and students to certain priority municipalities • Assessment of capacity of Provincial Departments of Local Government to perform their statutory functions

17. SIYABONGA!