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PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE FOR HOME AFFAIRS STRATEGIC PLAN 2007/08 TO 2009/10 23 MAY 2007. Centrality of DHA is emphasised:
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PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE FOR HOME AFFAIRSSTRATEGIC PLAN 2007/08 TO 2009/1023 MAY 2007
Centrality of DHA is emphasised: “…bring the operations of the Department of Home Affairs to full capacity, by filling vacant posts, improving systems and implementing other recommendations of the Task Team that has been working with the Minister to improve the work of this vital institution.” (SoNA, February 2007) Extract from State of the Nation Address, 2007
“Improving service delivery in the Department of Home Affairs has positive benefits for government, the economy and all citizens. The Minister of Home Affairs is working with colleagues to finalise a plan to turn this department around and we pledge our full support. A further R900 million is allocated to the department to support its turnaround, to fill critical posts, purchase a new passport printer and modernise IT and back-office operations” (Minister of Finance, Budget Speech, February 2007). Extract from Budget Vote, 2007
Vol. 1 is a three-year Strategic Plan: 2007 - 2010 with objectives to be achievedover 3 years. Each business unit indicates what their output will be per year. Vol. 2 is the Annual Performance Plan: 2007 - 2008 which breaks down the output for each business unit into milestones by quarter (with indicators for the milestones) Both plans are linked to: Budgets, devolved and reported on every quarter Performance contracts and quarterly reviews with managers Monitoring and evaluation, including quarterly SMS reviews. OVERVIEW
PERFORMER LEVELS Level 1 (Corporate Level) Minister , Dep Min, DG, DDGs (Strategic and Annual Plan) 1 Level 2 (Business Level) Chief Directors and Provincial Managers (Business Plans) 2 Level 3 (Operational Level) Rest of the organisation units (Operational and work plans) 3
Five broad Departmental Objectives • These incorporate: • The nine 2006 – 2007 departmental objectives • An alignment with national goals and priorities • Strategic concerns of the Support Intervention Team. • Three levels of objectives are explicit in the plan: • Objectives from government’s Medium Term Strategic Framework • The five Department of Home Affairs objectives • Branch objectives and those of units attached to DG’s office.
Strategic Plan is more strategically focused: Advice from Support Intervention Team on planning framework and priorities Better alignment with government objectives Minister made decisive input at first planning workshop Core business (Civic Services and NIB) planned first and then support services to improve focus and integration Planning skills are improving in general IMPROVED STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS
The interim and summary reports of the Support Intervention Team were taken account in the planning process: Copies of the reports were circulated to heads of business units so that as far as possible they could individually take account of the recommendations; A summary of the main recommendations are appended in Volume 2 of Strategic Plan (the Annual Performance Plan) and progress will be explicitly monitored and evaluated; The recommendations are being integrated into the current turnaround strategy and programme that is being developed with the assistance of relevant experts. Report of Support Intervention Team
People and Organisation Development Improved Service Delivery Providing enabling documents to citizens and visitors to access benefits and services Information Technology Management Strategic Leadership, Management and Governance Public Awareness and Interaction Improved Financial Management DHA key focal points
Linking to Annual Performance Plan (Civics) Strategic Plan 2007 - 2010 Annual Performance Plan 2007- 2008 Output breakdown Milestone(s) Performance indicator