Welcome…

1. Welcome… MUNICIPAL BAROMETER“Empowering municipal planning, governance, oversight & benchmarking through easily accessible and reliable Local Level Data” Seana Nkhahle / Nomusa Ngwenya 29-30 April 2013 1

2. SALGA MANDATE The Voice of Local Government Lobby, Advocate & Represent Knowledge & Information Sharing SALGA Mandate Support & Advice Employer Body Strategic Profiling Capacity Building Transform local government to enable it to fulfil its developmental mandate. Act as an employer body representing all municipal members and, by agreement, associate members. Lobby, advocate, protect and represent the interest of local government at relevant structures and platforms. Support and advise our members on a range of issues to assist effective execution of their mandate. Build the capacity of the municipality as an institution as well as leadership and technical capacity of both Councillors and Officials. Serve as the main hub of local government knowledge and intelligence and to facilitate peer learning within the sector Build the profile and image of local government within South Africa as well as outside the country. The Voice of Local Government

3. Peer Learning (Networks / Events) Knowledge Hub (Portal/Resource Centre) Research, Benchmarking & Performance Reviews The effective transformation of SALGA into a learning / knowledge organisation requires each portfolio to contribute to each of the three pillars

4. Problem Statement The Municipal Barometer was established in response to the following challenges: • limited availability of local level data. • limited access to data that is currently available • various institutions provide data, however, their activities are often fragmented and uncoordinated • huge costs that municipalities pay to get data The Municipal Barometer is an initiative of South African Local Government Association (SALGA) in partnership with Statistics South Africa (Statssa), South African Cities, Network (SACN), Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), Centre For Municipal Research, (CMRA), Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA),

5. OBJECTIVES The Municipal Barometer is anchored on a Local Data Partnership which is aimed at : • Improving municipal governance and performance by improved planning, oversight, benchmarking and peer learning • Identifying and addressing municipal data needs at minimal costs; • Making local level data available to municipalities and their stakeholders; • Managing access to data through a single comprehensive yet simple web-based portal; and • Building the capacity of municipalities to locate, access, interpret and utilize data for planning, budgeting and governance processes.

6. INDICATORS The following broad outcome indicator themes are proposed: • Demographic trends • Service delivery • Social Development • Economic growth and development • Environment • Municipal finances • Good governance and accountability • Coherent municipal planning • Municipal capacity, (Capacity Building / Human Resources Management / Labour Relations)

7. SALGA WEBSITE: KNOWLEDGE HUB

8. THE WEB-PORTAL • http://municipalbarometer.databank.nl

9. DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS

10. SERVICE DELIVERYWATER

11. SERVICE DELIVERYSANITATION

12. SERVICE DELIVERYENERGY

13. SERVICE DELIVERYREFUSE REMOVAL

14. SERVICE DELIVERYROADS

15. SERVICE DELIVERYTRANSPORT

16. SOCIAL SERVICESHEALTH

17. SOCIAL SERVICESHOUSING

18. SOCIAL SERVICESEDUCATION

19. SOCIAL SERVICESEDUCATION

20. SOCIAL SERVICESSAFETY & SECURITY

21. SOCIAL SERVICESLIBRARIES & CEMETERIES

22. SOCIAL SERVICES PARKS, SPORTS & RECREATION

23. SOCIAL SERVICESDISASTER MANAGEMENT

24. ECONOMIC GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

25. ECONOMIC GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

26. ENVIRONMENT • State of municipal environment

27. MUNICIPAL FINANCE

28. MUNICIPAL FINANCE

29. MUNICIPAL FINANCE

30. GOOD GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY

31. GOODGOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY

32. GOODGOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY

33. COHERENT MUNICIPAL PLANNING

34. MUNICIPAL CAPACITY, LABOUR AND HR

35. MUNICIPAL CAPACITY, LABOUR AND HR

36. THE END THANK YOU