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DEPARTMENT OF PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE 5 NOVEMBER 2002. DPLG MISSION AND MANDATE. MISSION: Develop and promote systems and structures of effective governance Develop and promote a system of integrated government between the spheres of government
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DEPARTMENT OF PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTJOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE5 NOVEMBER 2002
DPLG MISSION AND MANDATE MISSION: • Develop and promote systems and structures of effective governance • Develop and promote a system of integrated government between the spheres of government CORE LEGISLATIVE MANDATE: Derived from Chapters 3 and 7 of the Constitution and relevant local government legislation
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES • Providing leadership and guidance to the process of local government transformation • Providing direct technical and material support to provinces and municipalities in fulfilling their constitutional roles and functions • Coordinating the implementation of the Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Programme (ISRDP) and the Urban Renewal Programme (URP) • Establishing a policy framework for government wide integrated development planning
MTBPS CHALLENGES • Basic Services and Infrastructure Investment • Consolidating Local Government • Coordinating the URP and ISRDP
MTEF SUMMARY • MTEF BASELINE- • 2002/3: R6.4bn • 2003/4: R7.8bn • 2004/5: R8.4bn • 2005/6: R9.0bn • Above confirms the relative increase of funding allocated to the provincial and local government spheres over the MTEF period
MTEF SUMMARY • LG Equitable Share- • 2002/3: R3.8bn • 2003/4: R5.0bn • 2004/5: R5.5bn • 2005/6: R5.8bn • Conditional Grants: Prov.- (CMIP & Capacity Building) • 2002/3: R275m • 2003/4: R271m • 2004/5: R261m • 2005/6: R277m
MTEF SUMMARY • Conditional Grants: Local Government- • 2002/3: R2.1bn • 2003/4: R2.3bn • 2004/5: R2.5bn • 2005/6: R2.7bn • Above grants: CMIP, LED Fund, Municipal Systems Improvement Grant
BASIC SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT CMIP OBJECTIVES: • Ensure that all South Africans gain access to affordable services through the provision of capital grants for internal bulk and connector, internal infrastructure and community services and facilities OUTPUTS: • Increases: 2002/3 - R1.6 to 2005/6 - R2.6bn • Consolidate the merger of LED Fund and CMIP (2003) • Strengthen link between IDP and infrastructure investment
OVERVIEW OF BACKLOGS FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES • Households below basic levels: • 10% of urban households and 39% of rural households have a below basic service level for water; • 26% of urban households and 76% of rural households have a below basic service level for sanitation; and • 21% of urban households and 68% of rural households have a below basic service level for electricity
BASIC SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT CAPITAL GRANT CONSOLIDATION: • Objective to improve impact of infrastructure investment by government through rationalisation OUTPUTS: • phased consolidation of CMIP, Water & Sanitation, CBPW, NEP, Urban Transport Fund • Major component be allocated through a transparent, multi-year formula • Establish Programme Management Units within municipalities
BASIC SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FREE BASIC SERVICES: • Additional funds allocated to the LG Equitable Share for this purpose • Water sector: good progress • Electricity sector: pilots currently undertaken throughout the country • FBS is dependent on infrastructure (imp of capital infrastructure grants) • MIIU playing an important support role
CONSOLIDATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT • Dec 2000 - 284 new municipalities • Three phased approach to building developmental local government (establishement, consolidation, sustainablity) • PCC - Dec 2001 adopted key resolutions to support LG transformation process • Priorities: creating viable financial base (e.g. Property Rates Bill, augmenting institutional capacity (e.g. 35 PIMS centres, Capacity Building Grant), establish IDP Nerve Centre, finalised powers and functions of Bs & Cs, SA Cities Network established
URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE: • To champion and facilitate sustainable development in the (initial) 8 urban nodes by implementing an innovative mode of planning, budgeting, delivery and governance PROGRESS AND PLANS: • Basic institutional arrangements established across all three spheres • Anchor projects identified - support mobilised • Finalising national implementation framework • Finalise a national urban policy
INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE: • To champion and facilitate sustainable development in the (initial) 13 rural nodes by implementing an innovative mode of planning, budgeting, delivery and governance PROGRESS AND PLANS: • Institutional arrangements in place and support role of IDT • Over 120 anchor projects identified - is some implementation in all nodes • Allocated extra funds from CMIP & Equitable share • Finalising national implementation framework
CONCLUSION • Programmes to accelerate infrastructure investment are in place • Progress on Free Basic Services • Local government is key to the developmental efforts of the state generally - moved into the consolidation phase with increase and focussed support • URP and ISRDP: key poverty alleviation frameworks for government coordination and good progress made
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