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Select Committee on Finance

Public hearing 1 st quarter Provincial Budget Report on conditional grants and capital expenditure. Select Committee on Finance Presentation by Northern Cape’s Department of Agriculture and Land Reform 19 September 2006. Overview. Departmental Budget for MTEF period

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Select Committee on Finance

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  1. Public hearing 1st quarter Provincial Budget Report on conditional grants and capital expenditure Select Committee on Finance Presentation by Northern Cape’s Department of Agriculture and Land Reform 19 September 2006

  2. Overview • Departmental Budget for MTEF period • Equitable share versus Conditional Grant allocation • Executive summary on conditional grants • Situation analysis on conditional grants • 1st quarter expenditure on conditional grants • Conditional grant spending vs. cash allocation • Expenditure trends per month • Monitoring and Evaluation • Challenges for conditional grants • Plans to improve delivery on conditional grants • Additional information • Data on trends on Conditional Grants • Conditional Grant expenditure Aug 2006

  3. Budget for MTEF period

  4. Budget for MTEF period

  5. Trends: equitable share versus conditional grant allocation

  6. Executive summary: CASP 2006/07

  7. Executive summary: CASP 2006/07

  8. Executive summary: Landcare 2006/07

  9. Executive summary: Landcare 2006/07

  10. Situation Analysis - CASP • Situation analysis • 28 projects implemented during 2005/6 with budget of R 13,148 m • Struggled to complete all projects and thus requested R6,718 m rollover • Only 12 new projects approved for 2006/7 with budget of R15,777 m • Officials concentrated on completing projects remaining from 2005/6 and implementing new projects for 2006/7 • Expenditure 1st quarter • R 1,578 million transferred from National to Province in 1st quarter and • R 5,842 m actual expenditure as at end June ’06. • R 4,242m for 2005/6 projects - roll over and • R 1,600m for 2006/07 projects • 63% of rollover allocation spent • 10% of 06/07 allocation spent • 26% of (rollover + 06/07 allocation) • Provincial contribution for 2006/7 - R18,488m • R8,2m – Farmer support and settlement • R3 m – Sustainable Resource Management • R5,3 – Vet services • R0,7m – research • R1m – Agric economics • R0,288m – MIS

  11. Situation Analysis – Land Care • Situation analysis • 15 projects implemented during 2005/6 with budget of R2,000 m • Requested rollover of R1,873 m • 15 projects approved for 2006/7 with a budget of R5,785 m • Expenditure • R 579 000 transferred from National to Province in 1st quarter and • R 2,108 m actual expenditure as at end June ’06. • R1,589 m for 2005/6 projects - roll over and • R 519 000 for 2006/07 projects • 52% of rollover allocation spent • 5% of 06/07 allocation spent • 16% of (rollover + 06/07 allocation) • Issues requiring on-going attention • Monitoring of the implementation phase • Conflict management within communities/project beneficiaries • Most projects tenders already advertised • Project schedule still on track

  12. Situation Analysis - PIG • Situation analysis • 8 projects implemented during 2005/6 with budget of R3,172 • R1,588 requested for roll over • 5 projects approved for 2006/7 • Expenditure • No transfer from National to Province in 1st quarter and • R 63 000 actual expenditure as at end June ’06. • R 46 000 for 2005/06 projects - roll over and • R 17 000 for 2006/07 projects • 3% spent on rollover allocation • 1% spent on 06/07 allocation • 1% of (rollover + 06/07 allocation) • Issues requiring on-going attention • PIG projects in tendering phase during 1st quarter • Implementation only in 2nd and 3rd quarter

  13. 1st quarter expenditure – Conditional Grants

  14. Conditional Grant spending versus cash allocation

  15. Expenditure trends per month

  16. Trends in capital expenditure

  17. Monitoring and Evaluation • Senior management evaluates expenditure monthly • Project Coordinating Committee established and meetings held quarterly • Assesses project proposals • Recommends for approval • Assesses and evaluates progress

  18. Challenges for conditional grants • Same officials have to implement new projects and provide after-care at the same time • More demands by other land reform beneficiaries especially the more they see implementation and changes in the neighbouring approved projects or communities • Credit facilities for BEE contractors problematic

  19. Plans to improve delivery on conditional grants • 2006/7 projects • Ensure that 2006/7 projects are implemented according to plans • Not to allow any roll-overs from 2006/7 • Monitor and assess implementation through • Monthly review of expenditure • Holding quarterly reviews with project leaders • Senior managers visiting projects • Where possible appoint service providers especially for independent evaluation on progress and impact • Implement recently approved mentorship programme for after care services to projects already implemented • 2007/8 projects • Complete business plans for 2007/8 projects by end of September 2006 • Advertise tenders between Jan-March 2007 • Start implementing as of April 2007

  20. THANK YOU

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