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BUILDING OF CLASSROOMS AND THE HOSPITAL REVITALISATION PROGRAMME

BUILDING OF CLASSROOMS AND THE HOSPITAL REVITALISATION PROGRAMME. Presentation to JBC 23 May 2005. Introduction (1). Funding for education and health infrastructure programmes is from: Provincial equitable shares directly to provinces

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BUILDING OF CLASSROOMS AND THE HOSPITAL REVITALISATION PROGRAMME

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  1. BUILDING OF CLASSROOMS AND THE HOSPITAL REVITALISATION PROGRAMME Presentation to JBC 23 May 2005

  2. Introduction (1) • Funding for education and health infrastructure programmes is from: • Provincial equitable shares directly to provinces • Conditional grants directly to provinces or through DOE or DOH • National DPW is not involved in this funding • Provincial Education and Health Departments budget for, and plan infrastructure expenditure • Provincial DPW’s implement the plans set by the Provincial Education and Health Departments

  3. Introduction (2) • In some provinces, Service Level Agreements (SLA) are in place between PDPW, PDOE and PDOH • In Gauteng, Education has its own works section (changing) • In some provinces, PDOE and PDOH use other implementation agents such as the IDT

  4. Introduction (3) • Funding between provincial DOE, DOH and DPW is arranged either by: • Cost recovery or • Transfer of budgets • Accounting officers of provincial DOE, DOH and DPW are accountable to the provincial legislatures for this expenditure • Accounting officer of national DPW is not accountable for this expenditure

  5. Introduction (4) • National Treasury released interim figures on 17 May indicating under-expenditure on provincial capital budgets for 2004-2005 • Capital budgets includes other items in addition to infrastructure • National Treasury still to release final provincial infrastructure expenditure figures for 2004-2005

  6. Budgets and expenditure for classrooms (1) • For education infrastructure, over the past two financial years • Up to 40 % expenditure happens in the 4th quarter • Low expenditure at end of December not a true reflection of final expenditure • In 03/04 financial year, expenditure in Dec was 60 %, but jumped to 92 % by end of April • Expenditure trends illustrated in the next two slides:

  7. Gauteng example

  8. Budgets and expenditure for classrooms (2) • Inferences from the financial data: • Under-spending is not necessarily the fundamental problem, although the uneven rate of spending is of concern • Spending the budget allocation does not necessarily mean no children under trees; there are other causes which contribute to this problem

  9. Budgets and expenditure for classrooms (3) • Planning for classrooms complicated by: • Migration of learners occurs between • Provinces, and • Schools, within provinces • Migration leads to late signals of demand • Overall we have stock: hence mergers and even closures of schools

  10. Problems with delivery of classrooms (1) • Lack of skills in Departments • Not enough communication between DOE and DPW at provincial level • Insufficient joint planning • Lack of clear SLAs defining roles and responsibilities • Inadequate business processes at all stages of the supply chain cycle

  11. Problems with delivery of classrooms (2) • Consequences of delivery problems: • Late submission of plans by provincial DOE to provincial DPW • Delays in tendering processes in DPW • Late payment of contractors by either DPW or DOE • Inadequate management of contractors by DPW

  12. National improvement initiatives (1) • Joint task team of national DOE and DPW established to improve provincial education infrastructure delivery • Established by the Ministers and DGs • Joint Task Team has produced action plan to address problems

  13. National improvement initiatives (2) • Infrastructure Delivery Improvement Programme (IDIP): • Coordinated by National Treasury (NT) • Implementation supported by CIDB and DBSA • National steering committee with NT, DPW, DOH and DOE • Generic “toolkit” for managing infrastructure delivery completed in October 2004 • Pilot phase in selected provincial DOE and DOH completed December 2004 • Now being rolled out to all provincial DOE, DOH and DPW, to be completed by December 2006 • Involves deployment of technical teams to provinces to introduce improved delivery management processes (the toolkit) and train staff on improved processes

  14. National improvement initiatives (3) • IDIP aims to improve: • Planning for infrastructure programmes by DOE and DOH • Definition of roles and responsibilities of DPW, DOE and DOH • Tendering processes and contract documentation used by DPW • Management of contractors by DPW • Speed of delivery (at all stages of the supply chain) • Quality of work by contractors

  15. National improvement initiatives (4) • Other work of the Joint Task Team: • Improve maintenance and facilities management at schools (DOE working with CSIR on national policy, to be completed by December 2005) • Put in place modernised national standard designs and norms (DPW and DOE working with CSIR, to be completed by November 2005) • Ensure that the provinces which still have children under trees address this issue by March 2006, by reprioritising budgets

  16. Conclusions • IDIP will address both health and education infrastructure planning and delivery problems • Success relies on participation by provincial departments • National DPW working with national DOE to address delivery problems at provincial level, through joint task team • DPW to take similar approach with national DOH

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