Council for the Built Environment By Bridget Bhengu aka Malindi Neluheni

1. Council for theBuilt EnvironmentByBridget Bhenguaka Malindi Neluheni

2. Contents • CBE Background • Mandate • CBE’s Responsibilities • CBE Programmes • Current Constraints • Questions

3. CBE Background • CBE Council appointed March 2002 • Council launched April 2002 by Minister • Started meetings May 2002 • CEO – appointed in 2004 • Project Manager in 2005 – has resigned Vision Sustainable built environment professions, serving public and national interests. Mission Through good governance of the built environment professions, The CBE will facilitate integrated development, whilst promoting efficiency and effectiveness.

4. Mandate • Established by an Act of Parliament (Act 43 of 2000) Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Project and Construction Managers and Property Valuers. • To implement government’s strategy for the transformation of the Built Environment Professions.

5. CBE’s Responsibilities Established to underpin key government policies • Promote and protect interests of public in the built environment; • Serve as a forum for built environment professionals to discuss relevant: qualifications, standards of education, competence, legislation (impacting on the built environment).; • Promote human resource development in the built environment; • Facilitate participation by built environment professions in integrated development in context of national goals; • Promote appropriate standards of health, safety and environmental protection; and • Promote sound governance of built environment.

6. CBE Programmes • Transformation in the Industry • Developing a policy framework that strengthens those factors supporting transformation and removes those factors impeding transformation in the built environment professions in South Africa. • Not much has changed as there was a serious shortage of black landscape architects and as a result the BEE requirements are not being achieved. • Bursaries are offered, but black students were failing the courses at institutions – this picture is changing (according to the study done by CBE to be published this month) • Marketing is needed particularly at tertiary level and high school level.

7. CBE Programmes • Identification of Work • Create a regulatory framework for the professions to ensure some form of co-ordination and cohesion in the built environment profession; • identifying and dealing with grey areas, overlaps and gaps in the functions of professionals, and broadly define methods of categorization of registered persons. • The South African Council for the Architects Profession – framework developed – which has been submitted to the competition commission. • Frameworks for all 5 Professional council are to be submitted to the Commission.

8. CBE Programmes • Continued Professional Development • To formulate a policy for S African professions consistent with international with international best practice • CPD policy will encourage professionals to continually update their professional knowledge, personal skills and competencies; • Draft MOU between CETA and CBE is under discussion, - to ensure that even engineers/ professions in areas outside of the built environment are catered for with competencies they receive from their current jobs.

9. CBE Programmes • Code of Conduct • Create a regulatory framework for the professions with regard to the conduct throughout the built environment. • Analysis for code of conduct of all professional councils has been prepared. • Benchmarking of International as well as other South African Professions’ Code of conducts [at least 35 institutions worldwide requested] • 23 received to date

10. CBE Programmes • Benchmarking standards in education and practice in the built environment professions in South Africa The scope of the project is limited to benchmarking the following: • The international mechanisms that exist for the validation/accreditation of the stipulated built environment professions training and education at tertiary institutions in South Africa; • The international standards/best practice that exists for professional practice within the stipulated built environment professions in South Africa. • The study is still in the inception stage

11. CBE Programmes • Professional fees • Formulate a policy that develop a fee structure for the Built Environment professions, that will be in line with the legislation ,

12. Current Constraints • Limited Resources – recently acquired offices • Lack of Human Capital – Programme Managers, Projects • Turn around time for approvals by the Council; • Delegation of Authority: Confusion • Lack of Community Awareness Re-Professions • Financial Constraints – to support the above

13. Thank you&Questions will be noted