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The Working for Water & Working on Fire Programmes Presentation to the Portfolio Committtee 29 August 2007. CONTENTS. OVERALL STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES PROGRESS MADE ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION WfW/WoF Jobs Breakdown Progress Made 2006/07 Clearing Successes WoF Achievements : 2006/7

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  1. The Working for Water & Working on Fire Programmes Presentation to the Portfolio Committtee29 August 2007

  2. CONTENTS • OVERALL STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES • PROGRESS MADE ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION • WfW/WoF Jobs Breakdown • Progress Made 2006/07 • Clearing Successes • WoF Achievements : 2006/7 • WfW/WoF Expenditure • WfW/WoF Persondays 2006/07 • Planned Progress 2007/8 • Progress To Date • Skills Development Initiatives • CHALLENGES • WAY FORWARD • RECOMMENDATIONS

  3. WfW Strategic Plan (2008-2012) (draft) • To manage IAPs to: • enhance the sustainable use and conservation of our natural resources, and • promote socio-economic development as part of the Government’s Expanded Public Works Programme MISSION • A) NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT • To manage IAPs to: • Prevent new IAP problems • Reduce the impact of existing priority IAP problems • Enhance the capacity and commitment to solve IAP problems • B) SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT • To manage IAPs to: • Contribute to an enabled environment for sustainable targeted employment opportunities in the natural resource management market • Facilitate broad-based economic empowerment • Build social capital GOALS VISION A country, and region, in which invasive alien plants (IAPs) are effectively managed, and labour-intensive and socio-economic empowerment opportunities are optimised.

  4. WORKING FOR WATER PROGRAMME SOCIO-ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES • To optimize the socio-economic investment made by the WfW programme by improving the livelihood options for programme beneficiaries directly and indirectly • To develop policies, strategies and plans for the effective and efficient implementation of the WfW SDP • To contribute towards the acceleration of economic growth, unemployment and poverty alleviation by ensuring that WfW issues are adequately addressed and integrated in all stages of the WfW project cycle

  5. WfW and WoF Jobs Breakdown -2006/07

  6. WPROGRESS MADE 2006/07-WfW

  7. PROGRESS MADE 2006/07-WoF

  8. Clearing Success 2006/07

  9. WoF Achievements: 2006/07

  10. WfW Expenditure 2006/07

  11. WfW/WoF Persondays 2006/07

  12. PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR 2007/08

  13. PROGRESS/EXPENDITURE TO DATE

  14. CHALLENGES OF THE WfW PROGRAMME • Inadequate funding to create more job opportunities • Capacity constraints both at WfW National and Regional offices • Clear communication and understanding of the WfW Programme to all key stakeholders • Poor skills development of both contractors and beneficiaries • Weak collaboration with other government departments, municipalities and other relevant institutions to ensure alignment and integration into IDPs and PGDS • Inadequate Monitoring and Evaluation tools and capacity to verify the impact of the WfW Programme • Research results and recommendations that are not unpacked and utilized for and by the entire programme • Handover policy to the landowners and municipalities.

  15. WAY FORWARD • To secure more budget to cover more hectares in order to create more job opportunities • To identify SMME and Value Adding Industries opportunities related to alien species found in the region through conversion of bio-mass into usable goods • To strengthen Intergovernmental Collaboration (DEAT, NDA, DM’s etc.) • To finalize the development of the data management system (WIMS) of the programme in order to improve M&E capacity • To fill in critical posts to improve M&E capacity. • To roll out ABET training plan

  16. Skills Development Update

  17. TRAINING UNIT OBJECTIVES Training unit is responsible for the skills development requirements of all WfW Beneficiaries (Contractors and their workers) DWAF WfW KFA 6.2. To contribute to socio-economic empowerment of all beneficiaries in order to create sustainable livelihoods Training Programme Objectives To provide training that empowers contractors and their workers

  18. WfW Training Matrix

  19. WfW TRAINING MATRIX

  20. WfW TRAINING MATRIX

  21. Q 1- TRAINING KPIs

  22. WoFire Training Progress • Training implemented in Mpumalanga only (Quarter 2 budget) • Free State – training approved, awaiting appointment of Training Providers • KZN, E/Cape, W/Cape-awaiting approval of submissions • Plans to establish a WoFire Academy underway, located in Mpumalanga. • This would ensure smooth training implementation. DoL budget would be requested for WoFire Mpumalanga only – in new financial year.

  23. QUARTER 2 TRAINING PLANS

  24. Quarter 2 Progress • Quarter 2 training plans submitted to EPWP & DoL. • Training being implemented in all regions (Q1 & Q2 funds). • Training Provider Contract approval • still taking place in Western Cape, Free State, Gauteng North and Eastern Cape. • KZN, Mpumalanga, North West • follow-up support needed.

  25. WAY FORWARD • Regions experiencing difficulties (e.g. KZN, North West, Mpumalanga) • additional support to be provided by National Office. • WfW & Partners • improved co-operation & collaboration at regional level. • Training KPIs/reporting • continually being addressed.

  26. Conclusion • Given the strategic priority of the programme, plans to take the programme to higher levels will be accelerated • More work needs to be done to maximize partnerships with private sector and other Departments

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