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Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) Progress report for the roll-out of EPWP Phase 3 to Portfolio Committee on Public Works 3 rd February 2015. Presentation Outline. Quarter 2 performance analysis Work opportunities Full Time Equivalents Designated Groups Minimum daily wage

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  1. Expanded Public Works Programme(EPWP)Progress report for the roll-out of EPWP Phase 3 to Portfolio Committee on Public Works3rd February 2015

  2. Presentation Outline • Quarter 2 performance analysis • Work opportunities • Full Time Equivalents • Designated Groups • Minimum daily wage • Labour intensity • Financial Performance and Integrated Incentive Grant Performance • EPWP 3rd Summit • Progress on Institutionalising the PEP - IMC • Challenges • Measures put in place to address challenges 2

  3. Overall EPWP Annual Targets (5 Years) per financial year • Source: EPWP Phase 3 Targets (dated : 30 April 2014 ) • Work Opportunities: Paid work created for an individual on an EPWP project for any period of time. The same person can be employed on different projects and each employment period will be counted as a work opportunity • FTE (Full Time Equivalence) : person days of work and training divided by 230 days

  4. EPWP Progress against targets • EPWP has created 630,718 work opportunities against the second quarter target of 522,760 work opportunities by the end of the 2nd quarter of the 14/15 financial year. This represents 120% of the target. The programme is on track to meet the target in terms of work opportunities for the 14/15 financial year. • All sectors except the Community Work Programme (CWP) have achieved their Q2 target work opportunities. • The EPWP work opportunities reported in the second quarter of the 14/15 financial year represents 10.5% of the overall targeted 6,000,000 work opportunities in EPWP phase 3. 4

  5. Progress to date againsttargets(1 April 2014 – 30 September 2014)Work opportunities (WO) and Full Time Equivalence (FTE) • Source: EPWP Phase 3 Targets (dated 30 April 2014) • Work Opportunities: Paid work created for an individual on an EPWP project for any period of time. The same person can be employed on different projects and each employment period will be counted as a work opportunity • FTE (Full Time Equivalence) : person days of work and training divided by 230 days

  6. Overall Analysis across all sectors and spheres of government: (Q2: 1 April 2014 – 30 September 2014)

  7. EPWP Progress against annual targets • EPWP has created 630,718 work opportunities against the annual target of 1,045,520 work opportunities by the end of the 2nd quarter of the 14/15 financial year. • This represents 60% of the target. The programme is on track to meet the target in terms of work opportunities for the 14/15 financial year. • All sectors apart from the Community Work Programme have reported over 50% of the targeted work opportunities. 7

  8. Work opportunities progress against2014-2015 targetsOverallper Sector

  9. EPWP Phase 3 Work opportunities progress against2014-2015 targets Overallper Sector

  10. Work Opportunities achieved vs. shortfall per sphere of government (Overall) (1 Apr 2014 – 30 September 2014)

  11. Full Time Equivalence (FTE)progress against2014-2015 targetsOverallper Sector

  12. Full Time Equivalence progress against2014-2015 targetsOverallper Sector

  13. FTEs achieved vs. shortfall per sphere of government (Overall) (1 Apr 2014 – 30 Sept 2014)

  14. EPWP Progress against annual targets cont’d • EPWP has created 137,971 FTEs against the annual target of 420,952 FTEs by the end of the 2nd quarter of the 14/15 financial year. • This represents 33% of the target. The programme is not on track to meet the target in terms of FTEs for the 14/15 financial year. 14

  15. EPWP Progress against annual targets cont’d • The Provincial sphere overall has achieved their second quarter targets compared to the Municipal sphere of government. • All provinces have achieved their provincial sphere work opportunities targets. • Only three provinces (KZN, LP and GP) municipalities have achieved 50% of their work opportunities targets by Q2. • Other provinces are still below the 50% target. 15

  16. Infrastructure, Environment and Culture and Social Sectors (TOTAL) (Prov Govt Depts & Municipalities): Work opportunities against 2014-15 targets by Province (Q2: 1 April 2014 – 30 September 2014)

  17. EPWP Progress against annual targets • In the Infrastructure sector, the majority of provinces (6/9) have achieved 50% of their provincial sphere work opportunities targets except 3 provinces namely FS, GP and the NC. • Only three provinces (KZN, LP and NC) municipalities have achieved 50% of their work opportunities targets by Q2. Other provinces are still below the 50% target. • NW and GP provinces are more likely to achieve their target if more effort could me done to implement and report projects whilst EC, FS and WC are less likely to achieve their targets in this year. 17

  18. Infrastructure Sector (TOTAL) (Prov Govt Depts & Municipalities): Work opportunities against 2014-15 targets by Province (Q2: 1 April 2014 – 30 September 2014)

  19. Non State Sector (TOTAL) (Non Profit Organisations and Community Work Programme): Work opportunities against 2014-15 targets by Province (Q2: 1 April 2014 – 30 September 2014)

  20. EPWP Progress against annual targets cont’d • In the Non State sector (NPO), all provinces except NC have achieved 50% of their provincial work opportunities targets. • In the CWP programme only three provinces (GP, LP and MP) have achieved 50% of their work opportunities targets by Q2. Other provinces are still below the 50% target. 20

  21. EPWP Progress against annual targets cont’d • In the Social sector, all provinces have achieved 50% of their provincial sphere work opportunities targets. • Only two provinces (NW and NC) municipalities have achieved 50% of their work opportunities targets by Q2. the municipalities are less likely to achieve their targets. 21

  22. Social Sector (TOTAL) (Prov Govt Depts & Municipalities): Work opportunities against 2014-15 targets by Province (Q2: 1 April 2014 – 30 September 2014)

  23. EPWP Progress against annual targets cont’d • In the Environment and Culture sector, the majority of provinces (7/9) have achieved 50% of their provincial sphere work opportunities targets except 3 provinces namely EC and KZN. • Only two provinces (WC and NC) municipalities have not achieved 50% of their work opportunities targets by Q2. Other provinces are above the 50% target. 23

  24. Environment and Culture Sector (TOTAL) (Prov Govt Depts & Municipalities): Work opportunities against 2014-15 targets by Province (Q2: 1 April 2014 – 30 September 2014)

  25. Higher numbers in the north east of SA and metros

  26. Spatial distribution of work opportunities 1 Apr 2014 – 30 September 2014 • Al 8 metropolitan municipalities are in the top 20 with the first 6 positions going to metros. • Top 10 municipalities: Mangaung Metro in 16th place with 6 901 WO

  27. Work opportunities as percentage of Designated groups by Sector (April 2014 – September 2014) 27

  28. EPWP Progress against designated groups targets • Overall, the programme achieved the 55% women target. The programme achieved 46% against the 55% youth target and 1% against the people with disabilities target. • The Environment and Culture sector, is the only sector that has achieved the 55% youth target. • The NPO programme under the Non State sector is the only sector that has achieved the 2% target for people with disabilities. 28

  29. Overall Average Minimum Wage per Category(April 2014 – September 2014) 29

  30. EPWP Progress against Minimum daily wage • The majority of projects reported a minimum daily wage of more than stipulated daily wage. • Only 17% of the projects reported a daily wage that is less than R71. • 49% of projects reported a minimum daily wage between R71 and R100 whilst 23% reported a minimum of R105 and R150 per day. 30

  31. Average Minimum Daily Wages per Sector(April 2014 – September 2014) 31

  32. EPWP Progress against Minimum daily wage • The majority of projects that reported a minimum daily wage of less than stipulated daily wage are from the social sector. • Only a small percentage 2%, 2% and 3% were reported by the other sectors (Environment and Culture, Infrastructure and Non state sectors respectively. 32

  33. Average Labour intensity category per Sector (April 2014 – September 2014) 33

  34. EPWP Expenditure per economic classification 34

  35. Notes for the Expenditure Current payments • Compensation of employees expenditure is R85.8 million and expenditure is equivalent 64% of the total allocation for EPWP. Expenditure is within the guideline of 75%. • Goods and services expenditure is R83.2 million. Expenditure is equivalent to 61% of the total budget allocation . Transfers and subsidies • Transfers and subsidies expenditure is R1.4 billion against the budget of R1.6 billion. The expenditure is equivalent to 88% of the total allocation. Payment for Capital Assets • Machinery and equipment expenditure is R1.2 million and it is equivalent to 42% of the allocated budget of 2.7 million. 35

  36. Expenditure per Sub-Programme 36

  37. Transfers and Subsidies Expenditure 37

  38. Notes to Transfers and Subsidies Expenditure • Social Sector grants – 98% of the allocation was transferred to provinces as at end of November 2014. • Integrated grant to Provinces - 94% of the allocation was transferred to provinces. • Integrated grant to Municipalities – 69% of the allocation was disbursed to municipalities. • Households – 80% expenditure has been achieved. • Non State sector – 100% of the allocation was transferred to IDT as at to date. 38

  39. Progress on the EPWP 4th Summit • From the 28th to 29thNovember 2014, the EPWP hosted the 4th EPWP Summit. • The aim of the Summit was to ensure that EPWP implementers from all spheres in particular the municipal sphere to ensure they contribute to the following objectives: • Accelerate the implementation of EPWP by all implementing bodies. • Introduce EPWP Phase 3 to all implementing bodies. 39

  40. Progress on the EPWP 4th Summit…cont’d Below are the resolutions taken at the summit: • All municipal protocols should be signed by the 30th June 2015. • All EPWP municipal policies should be endorsed by 30th June 2015 and the DPW will provide technical support to Municipalities in this regard. • All spheres of government should ensure that there is dedicated capacity to coordinate and implement EPWP. • EPWP district forums or similar structures should meet on a regular basis, at least quarterly. • All public bodies should continue to ensure that there is proper record management for EPWP projects and the DPW undertakes to develop an appropriate Management Information System for EPWP phase 3 by 30th June 2015. 40

  41. Progress on the EPWP 4th Summit…cont’d • All municipalities should continue to prioritise EPWP in their Integrated Development Plans. • The principles of EPWP phase 3 should be applied during the implementation of EPWP projects. • The DPW and all lead sector departments should continue to liaise with relevant stakeholders to source funding for training and ensure that quality training is provided to EPWP beneficiaries. • The DPW and all lead sector departments should continue to provide technical support to all spheres of government to promote the implementation of the EPWP in the use of labour-intensive methods, promotion of community involvement, sustainable livelihoods, and convergence. 41

  42. Progress on Institutionalizing the PEP - IMC • Several engagements with the office of the Deputy President and other relevant departments have taken place to discuss the operationalising of the PEP - IMC. • The objective of the IMC is to ensure there is synergy and integration of Public Employment Programmes across government departments. • Proposed structure for the PEP – IMC • Deputy President of South Africa - Mr Cyril Ramaphosa will chair the Committee • Committee to meet on bi-annual basis • An Executive Committee comprising of relevant Ministers to be chaired by the Minister of Public Works • DPW tasked to develop the TORs for the IMC which will be finalised in February 2015. • 1stIMC meeting scheduled for March 2015 42

  43. Challenges • Delays in the approval of the TORs for the PEP - IMC by the office of the Deputy President • Non attainment of person with disability and youth targets • Non-attainment of FTEs targets – due to shorter duration of work opportunities. • Social sector School Nutrition Programme not adhering to the minimum daily wage stipulated in the ministerial determination • Poor reporting from the CWP 43

  44. Measures put in place to address challenges • DPW will be engaging the office of the Deputy President to fast track the approval of the TORs for the PEP - IMC • Technical support is being provided to public bodies to help them implement their projects labour-intensively and to report effectively. • Engagements are being held with Organisations that represent persons with disabilities to improve their participation in EPWP. • Engagements are being held with different programmes to enable them adhere to the EPWP minimum wage. • Technical improvements are planned to improve the EPWP reporting system. • Engagements are being held with CWP to improve reporting. 44

  45. Thank You!

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