Breede and Gouritz CMA Progress 8 February

Outline Steering Committee update and Stakeholder consultation Implementation plan and communication plan Progress on the business case development Support required Challenges

Provincial Steering Committee has not been established as yet, date set for the 15th February Despite this, much stakeholder engagement has taken place since gazetting of the proposed 9 CMA’s These engagements jointly with BOCMA have confirmed previous position of stakeholders over the last 6 years that they are happy with the Breede and Gouritz being one CMA based on 3 conditions: Gouritz users are represented on the Governing board – this moot point as new board will be skills and sector based Area office with capacity representation Water use forums Progress on establishment of Regional Steering Committee

Date Venue and platformStakeholders 26 July 2012NWRS II roll out Beaufort WestWSA, WUAs/IBs & Forums 1/7 – 30 September 2012Eden CSO planning meetingGeorge: Various stakeholder & CSO engagements w Dept Agric & Municipalities LED 20 November 2012NWRS II roll out GeorgeGeneral Public Consultation 21 November 2012NWRS II roll out GeorgeGeneral Public Consultation 22 November 2012IWRM Catchment ForumGeneral Public Consultation 28 November 2012IGR - DWA, DoA, DRDLRKnysna & Wilderness Forums Nov 2012Eden ( George)Municipality, WUA’s and Industries 29 November 2012RMDEC Coordinating Committee on Agricultural Water (CCAW) 5 December 2012WUA Manco WorkshopDMR, CN, DEADP 12 December 2012Gouritz WMAWUA’s and Emerging Farmers 23 December 2012Bellville Gouritz WMA IGR with PGWC: DoA: DRDLR BREEDE / GOURITZ CMA Progress on Stakeholder Consultation for Gouritz

Provincial Platforms INTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT ENGAGEMENTS DateVenue and PlatformStakeholders 27 July 2012Elsenberg Provincial and National Department of Agriculture, Rural Dept. National and regional Dept. DEADP, BOCMA 26 September 2012Bellville WUA’s, IB’s, Water board, Local Municipalities, Dept Local Government, DEADP 21 September 2012 ElsenbergProvincial and National Department of Agriculture, Rural Dept. National and regional Dept. DEADP, BOCMA 30 November 2012 ElsenbergProvincial and National Department of Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries,Rural Dept. National and regional Dept. DEADP and Cape Nature, Land care, BOCMA 15 November 2012Dorp StreetProvincial Department of Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries,Rural Dept. National and regional Dept. DEADP and Cape Nature, Land care, Local Government, Economic Development, Local Municipalities

Draft implementation plan has been developed as part of the Business case Draft communication plan has been developed as part of the Business case Newsletter has been sent to all stakeholoders Link to the business case Progress on Implementation and Communication plans

ProcessKey MilestonesActionsConsiderationsTimeframes Institutional establishment Finalise WMA boundaries and institutional route map Gazetting of the NWRS Understand institutional and legal implications Develop priorities and route map Differences between water management areas because of previous progress Publish for comment: January – April 2012 Revise according to comments received: May 2012; Publish in Government Gazette: June 2012 Amend boundaries and name of CMA (S78(4)) Gazetting of amendment of boundaries and name Amend boundaries and name of CMA (S78(4)) by publishing such in the Government Gazette June 2012 Ring-fencing of WRMC revenue per WMA Revenue ring- fenced Ring-fence revenue per WMA in the Water Trading Entity and ensure systems are in place for easy transfer of funds to CMA Timely transfer of funds to the CMA is critical for its effective functioning. January 2012 – July 2012 Develop business case for CMA Approval of business case by NT/DPSA JEP Initial meetings with NT/DPSA towards alignment Develop and submit business case List as Public Entity Need to ensure close working relationship with NT/DPSA November 2011 – July 2012 Stakeholder engagement Engagement with stakeholders on the changes to the WMA boundaries and the establishment of the Breede-Gouritz CMA Careful management of stakeholder engagement in the Gouritz area is required to ensure that they do not feel marginalised by the more advanced processes in the Breede-Overberg area February – April 2012 Establishment of CMA Establishment of CMA via Govt Gazette Gazette for public comment Take comments on Board Gazette for establishment Stakeholder awareness of processes critical September 2012

Support Required Capacity/Skills – Communication plan – Public participation - BOCMA – Administrative support Budget

Challenges Outstanding legal opinion – amalgamation vs new (BOCMA has obtained a legal opinion) Clear guidance as to what the role and responsibility - evolving No Budget available for establishment of new CMA at Regions Lack of Capacity/Skills/mismatched organogram/COE budget Timeframes ????? Internal financing and accounting mechanism in place to ensure CMAs are economically viable e.g. revenue budget vs seed funding

Recommendations It is of outmost importance that the Department finalise the following processes; – NWRS II – National Water Act review – Create and fund organogram aligned to deliver on the priority of creating and operationalising 9 CMA’s