presentation to the portfolio committee on public works march 2006
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PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS MARCH 2006. INTRODUCTION. EPWP is now completing its second year Opportune time to reflect on the progress made, lessons learnt, shortcomings and challenges President’s SON Address on EPWP - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
MARCH 2006
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INTRODUCTION
EPWP is now completing its second year Opportune time to reflect on the progress
made, lessons learnt, shortcomings and challenges
President’s SON Address on EPWP“We will continue to pay particular attention
to the Expanded Public Works Programme as an important bridge between the two economies and a significant part of our poverty alleviation programme”.
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Amongst other things, resources for the public works programme will be pooled to ensure maximum impact both in terms of product delivered and employment and skills training opportunities.
Better supervision of infrastructure projects undertaken by government will be introduced, to ensure that capital budgets are spent without rollovers and that labour intensive methods are prioritised, and the necessary training of workers is carried out to provide them with skills”.
Following the SON Address by the President there is a renewed enthusiasm and interest by public bodies.
The main challenge is to
CAPTURE THE MOMENT AND SUSTAIN THE MOMENTUM
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PROGRESS TO DATE MONITORING RESULTS
Indicator Progress*
Number of EPWP projects being implemented or completed
3483
Expenditure on EPWP projects R 3.2bn
Gross number of work opportunities
223 410
Net number of work opportunities
174 845
Person-years of work created 71 087
*Excludes social sector and municipalities due to absence of reports
Overall Quantitative Data for the Financial year 2004/05
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Monitoring Results
Quantitative Data for the Financial year 2005/06: 1st QuarterIndicator Progress*
Number of EPWP projects being implemented or completed
806
Expenditure on EPWP projects R 372m
Gross number of work opportunities
60 448
Net number of work opportunities
59 260
Person-years of work created 10 142*Excludes social sector and municipalities due to absence of reports
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Quantitative Data for the Financial year 2005/06: 2nd Quarter
(Containing Cumulative Data for Period 1 Apr-30 Sept 2005)Indicator Progress*
Number of EPWP projects being implemented or completed
2 606**
Expenditure on EPWP projects R 1 126.7m
Gross number of work opportunities 89 489
Net number of work opportunities 88 040
Person-years of work created 20 250
Excludes municipalities due to absence of reports** Social Sector HCBC and ECD sites are listed as separate projects
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EPWP in the infrastructure sector seeks to maximise the primary impacts of construction in government funded infrastructure: Make the construction and maintenance
process more labour intensive Link projects to skills development that can
enhance the employment opportunities for workers
SECTOR PROGRESS REPORTS
INFRASTRUCTURE
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Training and Skills Development
290 Contractors under training 580 Site supervisors being implemented
EPWP Targets: 1000 Emerging contractor learnerships 2000 Site supervisor learnerships Linking projects to other technical skills
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Key Challenges Ensuring all workers receive training Improving exit strategies to move participants
from second to first economy Contribution of municipalities Mobilising all the relevant SETA’s to support
the various sectors of the EPWP Mobilising contractors to fully buy into the
EPWP Ensuring that additional allocations are spent
on EPWP projects
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Strategic focus for coming years
Structuring of larger EPWP projects Intensified support to municipalities Scaling up in the access roads sector
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Small vs. Large EPWP projects Infrastructure projects are often small in order
to targets emerging contractors Unintended consequences
Large overhead and management costs to government
Highest capacity part of the construction industry not involved in service delivery (only private sector/ mega projects)
Lack of transfer of skills within the sector Structure to ensure that projects become
bigger, have higher impact but at the same time contribute to BBEEE, training and development of emerging contractors
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Intensified support to municipalities
Background Most municipalities currently “not in EPWP”: no reports,
no systematic way of assessing their challenges and contributions
To address this, an improved approach is being developed that can be implemented together with the provinces: Identify key municipalities who have potential to make
large contributions to EPWP Support them with planning and implementation of EPWP
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Intensified support to municipalitiesEPWP unit is developing systematic approach to: Investigate status of municipality with regards to
EPWP and identify key challenges Sign MOU to formalise support with selected
municipalities Design interventions to address key challenges Implement interventions with support of EPWP Unit,
Business Trust, IDT and specialised firms Approach will be used on 45 municipalities in 06-07
and rolled our further in future years (can be increased if provinces can also agree on such a focus and allocate resources in this regard)
Approach to be shared with provincial coordinators to see how they can support this approach
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Intensified support to municipalities
Many challenges in municipalities are generic
Lack of technical capacity to implement infrastructure projects in general
Insufficient experience with Labour intensive construction
Challenges with using EPWP Guidelines Monitoring compliance during implementation Briefing communities on the principles of EPWP
projects (task based payments) Planning and arranging training
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Scaling up in Access Roads
Background General under investment in roads Good expenditure by roads department Access roads are under-funded because of lack of
clarity with regard to ownership, but are critical to economic development and providing services
Good track record in the roads sector with regards to labour intensive construction
Additional funds to be used to provide incentives to channel own funds into EPWP and Labour-intensive construction of roads
Projects are small: highly management intensive, limited impact, short duration, limited skills development
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Key features: R4.48 billion additional funds over MTEF
(Approximately 20% for maintenance and 80% for capital projects):
R500 million in year 1 R1.6 billion in year 2 R2.4 billion in year 3
Long term programme approach will be emphasised Target number of additional long-term jobs in road
maintenance from the scaling up of the EPWP in the roads sector: 60 000
Target number of additional short-term employment opportunities in road construction: 100 000
Number of km of additional km of roads to be maintained: 45 000 km
Number of km of roads to be constructed : 3 000 km
Scaling up in Access roads (ASGISA)
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Scaling up in Access RoadsProcesses (still to be finalised) Comprehensive long terms proposals, not just list
if projects Without suitable business plans no funds Funds from underperforming provinces can be
re-allocated to performing provinces Municipalities can submit proposals to provinces
for access roads Details will need to be worked out Encouragement to take a programme approach:
Vuk’uphile, Zibambele, etc.
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Treasury allocated an additional R4.2 billion as part of the Provincial Equitable share to expand ECD and HCBC.
Integrated ECD plan completed and repackaged into 3 components, viz: overall strategy of integrating ECD services, 5yr strategic plan and a matrix indicating the different roles of each department
24 720 care givers currently receiving stipends
9 157 HCBC volunteers trained
SOCIAL SECTOR
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3 360 ECD practitioners trained including training in Grade R (of these total 360 are being trained with the ETDP SETA funding).
Institutional mechanisms to drive EPWP created in all provinces
Audit of care givers by the sector has commenced in all the provinces
Capacity assessment of NGOs and CBOs commenced
Preliminary report on the implementation challenges faced by the sector completed
SOCIAL SECTOR
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Training needs analysis for EPWP completed in all provinces
Learners have been identified, service providers appointed and learning sites identified
Partnership with Umsobomvu and the DSD to upscale the NYSP by expanding HCBC in other provinces
Processes for the NYSP commenced in Limpopo, Free State and Western Cape (partnership with Umsobomvu and EU).
• Expanding NYSP in other programmes including ECD, unemployed graduates programmes, and sports coaching in schools
• Learning framework and materials for the community care giver completed ready for publishing May 2006
SOCIAL SECTOR
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Tasks at Hand Finalisation of the provincial business plans and
consolidation of the national business plan: March 2006 DBSA/Social sector audit of work opportunities and
potential in the Social Sector, institutional and management requirements for the social sector: Tender closed on 06 March 2006
Finalise management systems: scope of work, stipend,criteria for selecting learners, monitoring and reporting, norms and mentoring.
Work with SETAs to accelerate the accreditation of training service providers
Planning for the Social sector Lekgotla in May 2006 Facilitate acceleration of registering additional sites Establish a regulatory body for Community Health workers
Sep 2006
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Targets: Training
Training of caregivers and ECD practitioners ECD
Total over 5 yrs 106 000 Target for 2006/07 12 500
CCG Total over 5yrs 125 823 Target for 2006/07 15 9470
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Targets: Beneficiaries HCBC
Current 377 509 2010 Targets 2.9 million 2006/07 Targets Additional 130 000
(focus in nodal areas)
ECD Current 182 064 2010 Targets 1 million 2005/06 Targets Additional 78 000
(including grade R in community based sites)
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ECONOMIC SECTOR
The sector has commenced the implementation of a no. of venture learnerships in various sectors in 5 provinces.
Currently 170 venture learnerships have commenced. These learnerships focus on the provision of business skills to contractors in the Limpopo (120) and the Eastern Cape (50) provinces.
NDPW has been engaging with several SETAs and Public Bodies and a number of MOUs are expected to be signed by March 2006.
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SETA Type of business
SETA Commitments
Public Body Counterparts
Energy SETA
Electrician Business
15 NDPW
Energy SETA
Electrician Business
15 DTPW, WC
FoodBev
Bread Making Co.’s
25 Corr Serv
AgriSETA
Pest Control Co.’s 15 DTPW, WC
AgriSETA
Pest Control Co.’s 15 eThekwini
Theta Events Mgt Co’s 25 eThekwini
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SETA Type of business
SETA Commitments
Public Body Counterparts
Theta Events Mgt Co’s 30 DTPW
ISETT Cable Co’s 20 DTPW
W&R Supply Chain Mgt Co’s
12 DTPW
W&R Supply Chain Mgt Co’s
12 FS Prov
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SETA Type of business
SETA Commitments
Public Body Counterparts
Services
Project Mgt and Cleaning Co’s
100 DTPW – 60FS - 12
LG SETA
Waste Mgt Co’s
20-30 (to be
finalised)
DTPW - 20
120
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Total SETA commitments (and Public Body Counterparts): Learnerships underway:
170 MOUs to be signed shortly:
184 Further negotiations with the SETAs required:
120 Total commitments:
474
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PROPOSED TARGETS PER PROVINCE These targets are
not in addition to the commitments as per the earlier slides.
These targets total 3000 ventures learnerships.
The proposed targets consider GDP figures, procurement budgets and learnership interests
Provinces
Proposed Targets up to 2008/09
GP 475KZN 475
WC 475
LP 400
EC 275
NW 175
NC 175
FS 275
MP 275
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ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR Identified provincial focal departments for
coordination of Environment and Culture Sector Established a system of reporting and
information flow with provinces and local governments (data collection, processing and reporting)
Provinces developing implementation plans to the National Sector Plan
Business Trust funding pilot labour intensive municipal waste management programme
Sector aligning its training framework to the EPWP training
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TRAININGDEMAND AND QUALITY Training of EPWP beneficiaries has significantly
improved- No longer limited to life skills Nature of training on the projects is through
short courses, skills programmes and technical courses
Finalised the EPWP Training Framework which is intended to provide all public bodies with the knowledge, skills and information to implement EPWP training
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Support is being provided to the public bodies for planning the EPWP training
Relationship with the Department of Labour has also significantly improved and negotiations are currently underway between DPW and DoL for funding of 2006/2007 EPWP training
The computerised database for work-seekers is being developed by DoL
72 Labour Centres have been identified to which CIGS will possibly be rolled out
DoL to ensure how the EPWP beneficiaries are captured for exit strategy purposes
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CHALLENGES OF EPWP TRAINING
Planning of the training by the EPWP public bodies
A number of workshops are being held currently to empower public bodies on how they should plan the training on the EPWP projects in order for their projects to comply as EPWP
Identification of exist strategies through the training
Training has to be linked to future viability as exiting strategies
Public bodies to design projects where workers could gain the necessary credits required for exiting
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Quality of training offered
Crucial to look at the assessment processes for the training and monitoring the quality of the training offered by the training providers
DoL and EPWP looking at a strategy to improve on this
Availability of training providers DoL and EPWP working on a strategy to
increase the number of training providers available for the courses required by the EPWP
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Public & Media Relations – activities center around visits to provinces, with interviews, press releases
Conferences – support for Work 2005 Learnership Video Launch and celebration of labour intensive
contractor learnership –
Documentary –focusing on selected national projects
Limited advertising – primarily advertorials
EPWP Communications
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Sustaining Media interest Managing beneficiary expectations Corporate identity
Co-branding of EPWP with existing programmes Visibility of all EPWP initiatives
Equal Focus on all 4 sectors Political ownership in all sectors Creating awareness of projects across different
tiers of government Creating multiple communication streams to
increase impact New service providers in process of been
appointed
EPWP Communication Challenges
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Involvement of Business in the EPWP Business Trust has committed R100 million over 5
years to provide support to the EPWP by: Funding of targeted assistance to national
departments
Funding of private sector field teams to support and assist provinces and municipalities to implement their infrastructure projects in terms of the EPWP
Piloting municipal waste management
Teams supporting selected provincial social sector departments to develop business plans for funding
Innovation research
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ISSUES HIGHLIGHTED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN
July 2005 Cabinet Lekgotla took a decision to upscale the EPWP
Small size and limited impact of EPWP projects to create sustainable employment
Various proposals submitted to Treasury
DPW and DoT jointly submitted a proposal on labour intensive needs related infrastructure projects
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Accelerated delivery programme in the Social Sector for ECD and Community Care Givers presented to Treasury and approved.
Proposal for a special fund not accepted by Treasury
Proposal for a special und not accepted by Treasury
Scaling up in the Environmental Sector is to be explored
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ASGI-SA related 370 billion major infrastructural involvement will also benefit EPWP
EPWP on course to meet its job creation targets Still an ongoing need to increase the
participation of multiple sectors of government Correct the perception that EPWP is a Public
Works Programme Need to overcome resistance to the use of more
labour intensive methods in infrastructure (more difficult to manage, take longer, are more costly and result in inferior planning)
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Need to demonstrate or showcase best practice projects which will dispel this perception
Communication challenges Achieve EPWP goals using DPW capital
and maintenance budget.
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CHALLENGES Need to shift the EPWP from an
increasingly perceived DPW responsibility to a politically supported national programme which requires participation by all public bodies
Need to increase and improve the capacity of the EPWP Unit to provide ongoing support to public bodies and monitor compliance
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To achieve these objectives the Strategic focus of the EPWP during the period of the Strategic Plan will be to
Mobilise high political support and oversight to secure obligations on all Public Bodies to implement the EPWP
Engage with those Public Bodies who demonstrate political and administrative commitments to EPWP and where explicit measurable guidelines can be applied.
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