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Millennium Development Goals: The link and contribution of DSD to the MDGs Presentation To the Portfolio Committee on Social Development 29 May 2012. Outline. Introduction and background DSD’s contribution to MDGs Budgetary allocations 2011/12/ 13/14
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Millennium Development Goals: The link and contribution of DSD to the MDGs Presentation To the Portfolio Committee on Social Development 29 May 2012
Outline • Introduction and background • DSD’s contribution to MDGs • Budgetary allocations 2011/12/ 13/14 • Collaboration with other Departments • Challenges
Background The Millennium Declaration • In September 2000, the world’s leaders signed the Millennium Declaration at the Millennium Summit • The Millennium Declaration promotes basic human rights such as the right to education, health, water, security, and shelter • Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), act as guidelines and indicators for measuring levels of development • Characteristics of MDGs: • Time-bound goals • Quantifiable targets • Internationally agreed upon indicators
Background – South African Context • Reference period for MDGs is 1990 – 2015 • For South Africa, start of reference period is 1994 1994 1997 2000 2003 2005 2007 2009 2012 2015 • South Africa Compiled 2010 MDG Country Report, led by Statistics South Africa and the report was presented to the UN General assembly in September 2010. • The process of compiling the country report has begun • The next Country Report is due in February 2013 and will be presented to the UN General Assembly in September 2013 • The Department is participating as co-chair (with StatsSA) of Sector Working Group 1 focusing exclusively on Goal 1, the Eradication of Extreme Poverty and Hunger.
Department of Social Development (DSD) link to MDGs • The Department’s mandate enables it to contribute - directly or indirectly –to Goals 1, 2, 3,and 6 and 8 as well. • The Department works with a number of key government Departments in the implementation of MDGs. • The DSD mandate covers a wide spectrum of interventions, some of its work cannot be measured by the indicators -both domestic and international- developed for the MDGs. Examples of this includes work on Early Childhood Development services as the focus is on primary education. • The presentation is based mainly on the DSD draft annual report 2011/2012 and differs slightly from previous MDG presentations made to the Portfolio Committee.
ALLOCATION PER PROGRAMME Select Committee
Collaboration with other government Departments • The Department works with other institutions within and outside government in the execution of its mandate: Critical partners include the Departments of Basic Education, Labour, Justice, Health, Rural development as well as • MDG 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger: Sustainable livelihoods (Zero hunger): implementation of food security initiatives with the Departments of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform in the realisation of government outcome 7, vibrant, equitable and sustainable rural communities with food security for all. • MDG1: the Department in collaboration with the Departments of Basic Education, Public Works, Defence and Military Veterans in the implementation of the expanded public works programme for the social sector. With respect to Military veterans, the Department, together with SASSA, created employment opportunities for 100 military veterans under the social of distress programme during the reporting period, • MDG 2, Achieve Universal Primary Education: The Department is responsible for the registration of Early Childhood Development Centres and the provision of subsidies to children in ECD centres as part of its contribution-together with Basic Education- to the realisation of MDG 2 and government Outcome1, Quality Basic Education, • MDG 6 Combat HIV and AIDS HIV and AIDS : Collaborative efforts include working with the Departments Health, Basic Education and higher Education in the provision of psychosocial support for the School Health Programme. This also contributes to the realisation of Outcome 2, a long and Healthy Life for All south Africans.
Challenges • The Department works with other institutions within and outside government in the execution of its mandate: Critical partners include among others the Departments of Basic Education, Labour, Justice, Health, Rural development and land Reform. • The collaborative nature of some of the Department’s work sometimes delays or threatens to derail the implementation of some of its initiatives. • As such the Department can only meet some of its targets if the other institutions deliver on their commitments as well. • Examples of delays include among others the non implementation of has provision of psychosocial support for the School Health Programme since the project is primarily driven by the Department of Health.
