PUBLIC SECTOR ENGINEERING CAPACITY & CAPABILITY A M Peters Pr Eng BSc Eng MBA

CONTENTS Context for Service Delivery Improvement Importance of Capacity Assessment of Public Sector Capacity & Capability Challenges Suggested Solutions

Context for Service Delivery Improvement Huge basic services backlogs Poverty, unemployment & inequality Premature erosion & failure of infrastructure assets Fraud, corruption & collusion – cost of delivery Dearth of technical capacity & capability in the public sector Increased bureaucracy resulting from ineptitude and corruption as a consequence of inappropriate skills (by design or default) – vicious cycle Low economic growth NDP – Building a Capable State

WHY CAPABILITY?

CAPABILITY - STRATEGIC CONTEXT It stands though not optimally

CAPABILITY - STRATEGIC CONTEXT It Collapses

Status of Government Technical Capability Lack of technical capacity in leadership positions – Almost all posts identified as having infrastructure as their main function are not headed up by registered built environment professionals in the national & provincial spheres of government

NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Numbers and Needs in Local Government : Civil Engineering – the critical profession for service delivery – November 2007 Developed local government in 1989 (Numbers & Needs – Allyson Lawless) Population served ~ 14 million Civil engineering professionals ~ civil staff per hundred thousand population (Messina, Meyerton, Beacon Bay, Dispatch, Fishhoek full structures all <25000 population) Population served ~ 14 million Civil engineering professionals ~ civil staff per hundred thousand population (Messina, Meyerton, Beacon Bay, Dispatch, Fishhoek full structures all <25000 population)

Numbers and Needs in Local Government : Civil Engineering – the critical profession for service delivery – November 2007 Local government since 2000 Population served ~ 47 million Civil engineering professionals ~ ~2.8 civil staff per hundred thousand population Population served ~ 47 million Civil engineering professionals ~ ~2.8 civil staff per hundred thousand population

Numbers and Needs in Local Government : Civil Engineering – the critical profession for service delivery – November 2007 Civil engineering staff in 2005

The pipeline Registered by employment sector – 2001 to 2011

2014?

OUTCOMES

Challenges Imbalance between private sector & public sector technical capacity Dearth of technical capacity in government Lack of leadership Lack of supportive systems Ineffective structures

NEW CHALLENGES

WAVES OF INNOVATION New Pre-requisite Source:UNESCO Report Sustainability

SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING INNOVATIONS Existing Demand Pop Growth Migration Income Related Economic Growth Demand Mngmt Managing Demand Alternative Supply Existing Supply Efficiencies DEMAND DRIVERS HIERARCHY OF RESPONSES Deficit Demand New Infrastructure Required + Renewals/Replacements/Rein forcements Public Transport Strategy Waste Recycling etc. Time of Day Tariffs Smart Metering Smart City – Real Time Info etc Empowered customers Water & other non- technical Losses Integration Zones Spatial Efficiencies Renewable Energy Wastewater recycling DEMAND SCENARIOS NDP, PGDS, SIP’s, IUDZ Climate Change Peak Oil Landuse scenarios eg. Integration Zones Economic Regions Economic Growth scenarios Smart City Service Delivery priorities Community Needs SEA Green Construction

Infrastructure Asset Management DCM 8/10/2014: IIAMP 24

SOLUTIONS

INTERVENTIONS Individual – IDoEW – Alignment of Minimum Competency Legislation with EPA & IDoEW Regulations – Duty Schedules, progressions, remuneration etc reflective of IDoEW Regulations Institutional – Structures, progressions reflective of IDoEW Regulations – Culture change & appropriate values Enabling Environment

IDP... DP1: Portfolio Management DP1-2 Programme ManagementDP1-1 Infrastructure Planning Review Infrastructure Asset Management - prioritised MTEF works list (incl portfolio level Work Plans) Develop /review Constr Proc Strat Develop /review IPMP Manage Implementation Authorise Implementation Monitor & Control Close Out DP2: Project Management DP2-1 Implementation Planning Prepare Packages Define Packages Develop/Review IPIPs (Prgr & Proj level) DP2-2 Design Design devlpmt Detailed design Compile MFC Info DP2-3 Works Construct / Deliver works Handover works DP2-4 Close Out Contracts Close Out Adminstr Close Out DP3: Operations & Maintenance DP3-1 Recognise & accept assets DP3-2 Mobilisation for Facilities Mgt DP3-3 Operations DP3-4 Maintenance DP3-5 Demobilisation of Facilities Mgt Informed by: Long term PIPELINE and Infrastructure ASSET MANAGEMENT Principles IDMS key delivery processes... 2

The IDMS Processes – Main delivery processes – Level 1 – Sub delivery processes – Levels 2 and 3 Decision Gates Procurement milestones Performance Management processes Triggers – an action to trigger a forward pass action to a future process.

STRUCTURES Regional Utilities Regional Contracts Regional BID committees

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