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DEPARTMENT OF SPORT, ARTS, CULTURE AND RECREATION CONDITIONAL GRANTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT. PRESENTATION TO PARLIAMENT 22 FEBRUARY 2007. OVERVIEW. Provincial Strategic Priorities Departmental Strategic Priorities
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DEPARTMENT OF SPORT, ARTS, CULTURE AND RECREATION CONDITIONAL GRANTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT PRESENTATION TO PARLIAMENT 22 FEBRUARY 2007
OVERVIEW • Provincial Strategic Priorities • Departmental Strategic Priorities • Key Strategic Challenges of the Department for the Remainder of the Five-Year Term • Fund Allocations Over a Four Year Cycle • CAPEX Transfers to Local Government • CAPEX Transfers to Local Government: Comments • Provincial CAPEX Projects: Competitive Sport Stadia: Comments • Departmental M&E Initiatives
PROVINCIAL STRATEGIC PRIORITIES • Stimulate faster economic growth and job creation; • Fight poverty and build safe, secure and sustainable communities; • Develop healthy, appropriately skilled and productive people; • Deepen democracy and nation building and realizing the constitutional rights of our people; • Build an effective and caring government.
DEPARTMENTAL STRATEGIC PRIORITIES • Establish Gauteng as the Home of Champions; • Promote the development of young sporting and artistic talent; • Promote healthy and sustainable communities; • Deepen democracy and promote nation- building; • Contribute towards building a caring and effective Government in line with Batho Pele principles.
Key Strategic Challenges of the Department for the Remainder of the Five-Year Term • The implementation of the Creative Industries Development Strategy as agreed in the Creative Industries Summit in March 2006; • To significantly raise the bar in relation to the roll out of the Competitive Sport Strategy using the opportunities provided by the preparation towards a successful FIFA 2010 World Cup; and • The finalization and implementation of an overarching Gauteng Provincial Sports Strategy that integrates mass participation and development into our approach to competitive sport and assist us with our sound stabilization and development objectives.
CAPEX TRANSFERS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT: COMMENTS Infrastructure Transfers To Local Government: Comment on Increases / Decreases • The advent of the MlG Programme informed the decrease of Departmental allocation of funds toward infrastructure development projects. Most of the funding is allocated towards the upgrading of projects (Hubs) linked to the Mass Participation Programme. SLA agreements have been signed and Council resolutions obtained (except for two). Reporting Processes • Staff operative in the Office Administration, Facilities and IT Directorate is in regular contact with municipal officials, and regular site visits are made to ascertain progress. Upon completion of these monitoring visits, technical progress reports are submitted in which areas for attention are highlighted.
PROVINCIAL CAPEX PROJECTS: COMPETITIVE SPORT: COMMENTS Competitive Sport Stadia Upgrades: Overview • Sinaba Soccer Stadium Daveyton Benoni Premier United • Rand Soccer Stadium Turffontein Swallows/Cosmos • George Thabe Sharpeville Mvela League • HM Pitje Tshwane Sundowns This project focus on the upgrade and development of legacy infrastructure for football within the province, and is linked with the overall objective of ensuring that the different Gauteng based Premier and First Division Teams play their matches in the province, as well as a broader initiative to ensure that we contribute to tourism and job creation initiatives through the Home of Champions concept. The provision of home grounds to professional teams ensures sustained usage and maintenance. Planning and implementation processes (guided by a signed Memorandum of Agreement, as well as according to agreed professional standards) are done via coordination and implementation structures that include the Department of Public Transport, Road & Works (implementation agent), as well as representatives of local government.
PROVINCIAL CAPEX PROJECTS: COMPETITIVE SPORT: COMMENTS Comment on Increases / Decreases • The R35m received in the 2005/2006 financial year, has been increased in this financial year to R60,470,000. During the implementation of Phase 1 it became obvious that previous estimates were inadequate, and that remedial action were necessary (which includes the development of integrated master plans). Reporting processes • A Steering Committee comprising of PTR&W, SACR and Participating Local Government municipalities meet regularly to discuss progress in each of the projects. It is attended by high level officials, and minutes are kept of these meetings to track progress. Progress reports on each of the projects are submitted and problem areas identified for action.
DEPARTMENTAL M&E INITIATIVES • The Department has, since its last report to this Committee initiated the following M&E interventions: • Appointed a DD: Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation; • Drafted and circulated a M&E strategy for discussion; • Departmental Service Charter has been approved; • Service Standards has been drafted; • A contract management implementation strategy has been compiled and work-shopped with staff, with a view of increasing capacity management in this regard. • The formulation and researching of departmental KPI’s as has been initiated, i.e. a horizontal and vertical Gauteng cultural mapping project, as well as sport specifications. • Staff in the facility management unit also undertakes regular monitoring visits to the sites to monitor progress and reports compiled and submitted.
