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SIYENZA MANJE PROGRAMME

SIYENZA MANJE PROGRAMME. Capacity Building Lessons Learned Reuben Matlala. Mandate of the Development Bank of Southern Africa. To promote economic development and growth, human resources development and institutional capacity building in the region

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SIYENZA MANJE PROGRAMME

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  1. SIYENZA MANJE PROGRAMME Capacity Building Lessons Learned Reuben Matlala

  2. Mandate of the Development Bank of Southern Africa • To promote economic development and growth, human resources development and institutional capacity building in the region • To support sustainable development projects and programmes in the region • Focus on economic, social and institutional infrastructure • Optimise private sector participation

  3. Products and Services • DBSA development support can be divided into the following categories • Investments loans • For infrastructure projects • Technical assistance and other non-lending products • For planning and capacity building related to specific projects • Advisory services and a range of knowledge products • Capacity building grants • Offered through the Development Fund • For general capacity needs of institutions

  4. Project Consolidate • National Advisory Working Group identifies DBSA’s role in project consolidate • Presidential Lekgotla: President asks chair of DBSA to provide 1 of many interventions to support capacity building at municipal level • DBSA Development Fund Board approve a dedicated capacity building task force

  5. The Reinvention of the DBSA Development Fund • Our original Mandate • To support local governments institutional capacity by providing grant funding to enhance and improve performance • The impact of our intervention • Significant impact, exceeding expectations with notable outcomes being felt by many municipalities around the country • The need for change • The DBSA Development Fund is adapting its strategy and delivery mechanisms to provide support in “unblocking” recurring institutional constraints of municipal service delivery

  6. Challenges facing Municipalities • A number of factors have been identified as constraints inhibiting service delivery: • Grant Funding alone does not necessarily result in success • Effective project management results in successful capacity building initiatives • Classroom training is not the most effective way to build capacity of municipal officials • Lack of coordination between national departments results in duplication of resources • Capacity constraints occur at all stages of implementation including preparation of MIG applications

  7. Effect on Municipalities • The challenge of bridging the gap between skills shortages and service delivery: • High staff turnover • Lack of skilled personnel • Despite various government interventions: • Continued poor capacity in some areas resulting in poor implementation of infrastructure projects • Poor absorption of grant funding • Civil unrest

  8. A New approach to Development Funding • The DBSA DF have reinvented their approach to Development Funding in response to the changing local government landscape • 80/20 principle to apply to the recapitalisation of the DBSA Development Fund • 80% Deployment Task Force • 20% Grant Funding

  9. “ The Development Bank of Southern Africa is currently assembling a task force of engineers and project managers, to be named Siyenza Manje, to contribute to operational and strategic capacity in distressed municipalities, and to accelerate the roll out of basic services” Budget Speech 2006 by the Minister of Finance, Trevor A Manuel 15 February 2006

  10. Deployment Task Force • The purpose of the task force • Engage capable human resources in low-capacity municipalities • To provide capacity in these municipalities in implementing infrastructure projects • Hands on and practical capacity building • Composition of the task force • Project management • Technical services • Financial management / treasury services

  11. Performance Highlights • The Siyenza Manje Programme has shown a significant impact in many municipalities • 5-Year Local Govt Agenda has prioritized the following category of municipalities for support: • 136 PC municipalities • 46 distressed District municipalities • 21 urban and rural nodes • Imbizo municipalities • Realigned X-boundary municipalities • Mentorship of Graduates by senior Engineers • Local Govt Agenda identifies DBSA as a key role player in provision of hands on support to municipalities • Necessary that the programme be upscaled, both in structure and content to consolidate current support and meet increasing demand

  12. Performance Highlights • 158 experts deployed • 79 YP’s deployed • 135 Municipalities currently supported • 1579 (1051 MIG and 528 CAPEX) projects managed by deployees • 261 projects completed • 316 non technical initiatives managed by deployees • R2.5 billion MIG Budget • R1.9 billion MIG expenditure

  13. Performance Highlights • 93 systems developed • 165 policies developed • 177 officials trained in financial related areas • 131 officials trained on technical aspects • R24 million approved grant funded projects • R34 million disbursed from old portfolio

  14. Risks/Challenges

  15. What has changed? • Shortage of Experts in the market a problem • Demand for increased delivery of services • Approached by non PC municipalities • Proportion of YPs to increase to about 38% on up-scaling by March 2008 • The strategy in 2008/9 FY is to have 2 YPs for each senior Expert deployed • Need to up scale SM project

  16. Objectives and Consequences of Upscaling • Increased coverage of municipalities supported (demand side) • Increased number and value of projects managed and implemented (current:1345, projected: 2540) • Increased acceleration of service delivery and capacity building (5-Yr LGSA objectives) • Need for improving program management, processes and reporting framework (systems, procedures, protocol etc) • Increased demand for back office administration and management (program managers, support staff) Consequence • Increased number of deployees, YPs and deployments (supply side) • Increased number of YPs per senior Expert deployed (skills transfer and capacity building for sustainability)

  17. Rationale for Upscaling • 71 SM municipality have adequate expert/YP deployed capacity • Upscaling required in order to; • Meet increased demand for deployment/capacity support • Consolidate support where we are stretched • Deploy in 35 remaining PC municipalities • Deploy in new non-PC municipalities with backlogs • Deploy in non-PC water service authorities in line with the 5-Yr LGSA • Additional resource needs for experts demonstrated below; * PSPs to provide 1 Project Manager, 1 Engineer, 2 Technicians

  18. Rationale for Upscaling 2 • Ensure sustainable residual capacity in (YPs) • Address Operations and maintenance problems in municipalities • Improve municipal management and governance Which will result in DBSA • Effectively spending the allocated 2007/8 budget

  19. Conceptual Deployment Model in Municipalities Deployment Model to Ensure Programme Sustainability Experts (Engineers & Technologists) 3 Yrs Initial assumption: 1 YP per 1 Expert Current assumption: 2 YPs per 1 Expert Graduates (YPs) Technicians 3 Yrs Graduate Technicians (YPs) Artisans 3 Yrs Apprentiship Learnership Section 28 FET graduates Universities Univ Tech High Schools FETs

  20. Categories of Deployees, Roles and Numbers CategoryFunctionCurrentFuture Projects planning, coordination and management Experts 118 324 Projects implementation and exp. learning 51 Grad Engineers PM & Finance 10 Site supervision 100 Technicians 34 Grad Techs 100 Team supervision and exp. learning 1 Artisans Operations and Maintenance 0 Apprentice O&M and Experiential Learning 0 190

  21. Programme Recruitment and Deployment Plan

  22. How are we planning to upscale • Continued recruitment of individual experts and YPs for deployment (Meet increased demand) • Outsourcing (Complementary strategy to meet increased demand) • Roll out appropriate, structured training programmes for YPs (Ensure residual capacity) • Pilot Artisans deployment programme (Sustainable strategy to address O&M of infrastructure) • Training of municipal officials and political leadership(Improve management and governance)

  23. Strategy to Accelerate Deployments • Accelerate recruitment and deployment of Experts and YPs • Increase number of Experts to 160 and YPs to 100 by March 2008 • Deploy PSPs in 30 municipalities by March 2008

  24. Impact of Upscaling Strategy on Municipal Sustainability • Current proportion of YPs to senior Experts: 29% • Initial strategy 1 YP: 1 Expert

  25. Conclusion • Significant progress has been made • Local govt transformation is a process • Better coordination of capacity building initiatives • Evaluation of SM in progress • Refinement on SM model continuing

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