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Environmental Portfolio Committee Briefing Report on EPWP Mediation Process Financial Management

This report discusses Auditor-General and Mediator findings on EPWP transfers, Principal-Agent transactions, and the Department's interpretation of the Mediation and Classification System. It addresses the impact of Implementing Agents and provides a summary of the Mediator's re-classification conclusions.

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Environmental Portfolio Committee Briefing Report on EPWP Mediation Process Financial Management

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  1. Vote 27:Environmental AffairsPortfolio Committee BriefingReport on EPWP Mediation Process Financial Management Services Ms Nosipho Ngcaba Director-General Department of Environmental Affairs 21 November 2017 18

  2. Presentation Outline • Auditor-General approach & findings • Mediator findings & conclusion • Summary

  3. Auditor-General approach & findings(Principal Agent) The Auditor-General indicated that: • EPWP transfers are Principal-Agent transactions • and, therefore to be treated as Goods and Services and (NOT as Transfer Payments) • EPWP Projects are rendered on behalf and • For the benefit of the department • Therefore, Adverse Opinion on EPWP Transfer Payments The Department’s interpretation of the MCS is that: • EPWP not Principal-Agent relationship and • Non-exchange transactions (therefore Transfers and Subsidies). • Department not benefiting from EPWP projects • Managed per Treasury Regulation 8.4

  4. Auditor-General: Implementing Agents impacting on Adverse Opinion

  5. Mediator findings & conclusion

  6. Mediator’s findings & conclusion cont….

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  10. Summary of Mediator re-classification

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