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PROGRAMME 1: ADMINISTRATION Corporate Services. Building capacity to deliver. Partnership created with Institutions of Higher Learning Granting of Bursaries with academic institutions Secondment of Engineers from Cuba Creation of Forestry Branch Creation of Gender/Disability Directorate
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Building capacity to deliver • Partnership created with Institutions of Higher Learning • Granting of Bursaries with academic institutions • Secondment of Engineers from Cuba • Creation of Forestry Branch • Creation of Gender/Disability Directorate • 8% improvement on appointment of women in decision making positions • Internal governance structures reviewed
Challenges • Strengthening implementation of turnaround strategy for HR • Implementation of retention strategy • HRD interventions to address scarce skills and aging technical workforce • Improve employment status – women and disabled persons and in technical areas
Legal Services • Progress w.r.t. new legislation and amendments: • Draft National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency Bill produced. • Waiting for approval by Minister for circulation for public comment • National Water Act Amendment Bill further revised, but not yet ready for comments outside DWAF • Forestry Laws Amendment Act, 2005 published in Government Gazette on 9 March 2006 • National Water Services Bill drafted and circulated for comment to other Government Departments and selected stakeholders • Work done on • regulations for water use for recreational purposes • requirements for operators of waterworks • regulations pertaining dam safety • forestry
Departmental wide performanceimprovement plan • Financial management declared key result area • weight of 20 % for top management and • 15% for level 14 and 13 • Quarterly branch performance reports • Expenditure and spending plan to be included in branch performance assessment report • Quarterly employment equity reports • Effective implementation of performance management and development system