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Departmental Programmes as per ENE 2 1.Administration: Provide leadership, strategic centralised administration and executive support, corporate services and facilitate effective cooperative governance, international relations and environmental education and awareness 2.Legal, Authorisations and Compliance: Promote the development of an enabling legal regime, licencing/authorisation system that will promote enforcement and compliance. 3.Oceans and Coasts: Promote, manage and provide strategic leadership on oceans and coastal conservation 4.Climate Change and Air Quality Management: Improve air and atmospheric quality, lead and support, inform, monitor and report efficient and effective international, national and significant provincial and local responses to climate change 5.Biodiversity and Conservation: Ensure the regulation and management of all biodiversity, heritage and conservation matters in a manner that facilitates sustainable economic growth and development. 6.Environmental Programmes: Implementation of expanded public works and green economy projects in the environmental sector. 7.Chemicals and Waste Management : Manage and ensure that chemicals and waste management policies and legislation are implemented and enforced in compliance with chemicals and waste management authorisations, directives and agreements.

Equitable and sound corporate governance Efficient and Effective Information Technology service Promote and enhance livelihoods through access, fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of biological resources Improved socio-economic benefits within the environmental sector Proactive efforts to ensure Intergrity of the environment Biodiversity conserved and protected Ecosystem services restored and maintained Cleaner and healthy Air Potential negative impacts of all significant developments prevented or managed A fair contribution to the global effort to stabilise GHG concentrations in the atmosphere facilitated Strengthened science programmes for integrated oceans and coastal management Ocean and Coastal Environment protected and conserved Inevitable climate change impacts effectively managed Improved Service Standards Improved compliance with environmental legislation Improved sector education and awareness Effective knowledge and information management for the sector Effective cooperative governance and local government support Adequate and appropriately skilled staff Secure, harmonious, transformed and conducive working environment People Centric Approach in environmental management Improved access to information Enhanced International governance, instruments and agreements supportive of SA environmental and sustainable development priorities Solid base for Performance –driven organisation Our Passion for the environment enables delivery on our Mandate Vision: A prosperous and equitable society living in harmony with our natural resources Mission: Providing leadership in environmental management, conservation and protection towards sustainability for the benefit of South Africans and the global community Enhanced environmental contribution towards National Sustainable development Less waste better managed Impacts of chemicals better managed 3

Administration 4 Strategic ObjectivePerformance indicator Adequate and appropriately skilled staff Percentage vacancy rate Percentage implementation of PMDS policy framework Percentage implementation of WSP Secure, harmonious, transformed and conducive working environment Percentage compliance to the Employment Equity targets Phased implementation of DEA New Head-Office Building PPP project Percentage implementation of security risk assessment recommendations Efficient and Effective Information Technology service Percentage of funded Master Systems Plan (MSP) initiatives implemented Percentage availability of IT services Equitable and sound corporate governance Percentage compliance with statutory tabling and key governance prescripts. Unqualified audit report Percentage expenditure Percentage of expenditure on affirmative procurement Percentage of reported fraud and corruption allegations dealt with within timeframes

Administration 5 Strategic ObjectivePerformance indicator Improved access to information Percentage of Presidential Hotline queries processed within timeframes (3 working days) Number of media statements & speeches issued and number of opinion pieces published Number of communication events including Ministerial PPP events Number of publications produced and distributed Number of website hits per annum Percentage of parliamentary questions and other requests responded to within time frame Improved sector education and awareness Number of teachers trained in the Curriculum Assessment and Policy Statements (CAPS) Number of Environmental Awareness Campaigns conducted Number of officials undergoing/completed environmental management training (EMI/IEM) Number of accredited training person days created Effective knowledge and information management for the sector Number of environmental knowledge and information management systems/tools developed and implemented/ operational Number of environmental knowledge and information management, monitoring and evaluation reports/publications and response options produced

Administration 6 Strategic ObjectivePerformance indicator Effective cooperative governance and local government support Local government support strategy developed and implemented Sector conflict management tools developed and implemented Enhanced International governance, instruments and agreements supportive of SA environmental and sustainable development priorities Number of South African positions/objectives on chemical and waste, biodiversity, Sustainable Development (SD), African and bilateral South- South South-North and international environmental governance (IEG) processes prepared, negotiated and reported The financial value of resources raised from multilateral and bilateral donors to support the department’s SA and Africa’s programmes Benguela Current Commission (BCC) Treaty ratification and implementation Number of integrated development and management tools for TFCAs developed and implemented Mandatory international and national reports prepared and submitted within time frame ( in terms of relevant legislation and/or international obligations/conventions

LEGAL AUTHORISATIONS COMPLIANCE & ENFORCEMENT 7 Strategic ObjectivePerformance indicator Improved compliance with environmental legislation Percentage of all DEA complaints and Incidents responded to through a compliance and/or enforcement action in accordance with the timeframe set in the Referral Protocol Percentage of applications for permits issued within time frames (marine research, off road vehicle dumping permits and other marine activities) Number of authorisations inspected Percentage of administrative enforcement actions resulting in compliance Compliance and Enforcement Strategy for the Environmental Management Inspectorate developed and implemented Number of criminal investigations finalised and dockets handed over for prosecution Number of interventions implemented for Safety and Security of wildlife including rhinoceros populations in South Africa Effective Legal Support Percentage of litigation matters dealt with in terms of court rules or by agreement between litigating parties Percentage compliance with the implementation of PAIA Percentage of appeals received finalised within the timeframes determined for the category of appeal Potential negative impacts of all significant developments prevented or managed Percentage of EIA decisions processed within prescribed time frames Number of tools for mitigation of negative impacts of developments developed and implemented

OCEANS and COASTS 8 Strategic ObjectivePerformance indicator Ocean and coastal environment protected Ocean management regime developed Strategies and plans for management of ocean and coastal environment developed and implemented Number of NPOA initiatives implemented Percentage increase of coastline under MPA’s with partial or full protection Percentage increase of total area of EEZ under protection Number of relief voyages to remote stations (Antarctica and Islands) undertaken Strengthened national science programmes for integrated oceans and coastal management Oceans and coastal research projects, surveys completed and monitoring projects undertaken Number of Observational platforms contributing to an Ocean and Coastal Observation and Monitoring Network. Number of ecosystem process studies undertaken per annum.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND AIR QUALITY 9 Strategic ObjectivePerformance indicator Climate Change impacts effectively managed Long Term Adaptation Scenarios for South Africa Number of sector plans aligned with the National Climate Change Response Policy A fair contribution to the global effort to stabilise GHG concentrations in the atmosphere facilitated Number of sector mitigation potential and impact studies conducted Number of Climate Change Response Policy interventions implemented Number of Sector plans mitigation plans aligned with the National Climate Change response policy Cleaner and healthy air The National Air Quality Indicator (NAQI) Number of air quality monitoring stations reporting to SAAQIS AQA Regulatory Framework developed and implemented Air Quality Management Tools Developed and Implemented

BIODIVERSITY & CONSERVATION 10 Strategic ObjectivePerformance indicator Biodiversity conserved, protected and threats mitigated Percentage of land under conservation % of all state managed protected areas with a METT score above 67% Number of legislative tools to ensure the protection of species and ecosystems developed and implemented Number of Ramsar sites with management plans developed and implemented in accordance with Ramsar Convention requirements National Strategy for invasive alien species developed and implemented Percentage of applications for permits assessed and issued within prescribed timeframes (GMO,CITES, TOPS and BABS permits) Fair access and equitable sharing of benefits from biological resources promoted System for transformation of the Biodiversity Sector developed and implemented Number of sustainable natural resource based projects implemented.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES 11 Strategic ObjectivePerformance indicator Improved socio- economic benefits within the environmental sector Number of Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) created Number of work opportunities created Number of youth benefiting from the Youth Environmental Service Number of overnight visitor and staff accommodation units established Ecosystem services restored and maintained Number of wetlands under rehabilitation Number of hectares of invasive alien plants treated/cleared Area (ha) of land restored and rehabilitated Number of Kilometres of accessible coastline cleaned Number of fires suppressed Enhanced environmental contribution towards National Sustainable development Number of sustainable development, policies, plans and strategies researched, formulated, aligned, coordinated, promoted and reviewed Number of sustainable development implementation initiatives catalyzed/supported Number of instruments/ components of the IEM Regulatory and Authorisation system (tools, standards, guidelines etc.) evaluated, adjusted and/or developed and streamlining interventions implemented

CHEMICALS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT 12 Strategic ObjectivePerformance indicator Less waste that is better managed Number of waste management instruments developed and implemented Percentage decrease in waste going to landfill sites Number of unlicensed waste disposal sites authorised per annum Percentage of Waste Licence applications finalised within legislated time frames (provided not more than 200 applications received) Percentage of contaminated land reports reviewed within timeframe Number of buy-back centres established Impacts of chemicals better managed Number of chemical management instruments developed and implemented

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