1. CGE Presentation May 2010

2. Budget for Financial Year 2010/2011
Index
Mandate
Strategic Plans/ POA 2010/2011
Turn Around Strategy
Budget for Financial Year 2010/2011

3. Our mandate
The Commission on Gender Equality was created in terms of Section 187 of the Constitution of SA, to strengthen and deepen constitutional democracy in South Africa.
The Commission on Gender Equality Act 39 of 1996 charges the CGE with a mandate to promote respect for protection, development and attainment
of gender equality.
Vision A society free from all forms of gender oppression and inequality
Mission Promotion, Protection, Monitoring and Evaluation of gender equality in South Africa

4. How should we execute this mandate?
Monitor
Investigate
Research
Educate
Lobby
Advise and report issues concerning gender equality

5. Thematic areas Gender and Poverty Gender based violence
Gender, democracy and Good Governance
Gender, Culture, Religion and Traditional Practices
Gender, HIV and AIDS
National Gender Machinery

6. What are the strategic goals for 2008-2013
GENDER AND POVERTY
In partnership with various stakeholders, monitors the standards of living and quality of life of South African women, including female-headed households. In order to promote job creation, economic opportunities and to balance dependence on social grants, the CGE uses access to land, water, sanitation, transport infrastructure as key points. The CGE monitors, researches and educates around government strategies and programmes, particularly at local levels, specifically aimed at poverty eradication. The CGE makes annual submissions with recommendations to parliament and key departments in this regard

7. Cont. GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
Co-operating with strategic partners, work towards the creation of a violence free society by significantly reducing gender-based violence

8. Cont. DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
In partnership with civil society and through improved frameworks and systems for monitoring, evaluation and reporting, the CGE becomes the national authority on compliance with the gender equality legislative and policy framework, gender mainstreaming and good practice

9. Cont. GENDER, CULTURE, RELIGION AND TRADITIONAL PRACTICES
The CGE evaluates the role which South African cultures, religion and traditions play in contributing towards gender inequality, work towards rectifying these inequalities and puts in place mechanisms for ongoing monitoring of gender transformation

10. Cont. GENDER AND HIV AND AIDS
Noting that the South African government is a signatory to the 2001 UN Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and has pledged to create multi-sectoral strategies to reduce women’s and girl’s vulnerabilities to the pandemic, the CGE is to monitor and make recommendations on the gendered responsive nature of the existing HIV/AIDS legislation and programmes in terms of prevention, care treatment and support

11. Cont. NATIONAL GENDER MACHINERY(NGM)
The NGM consists of an integrated framework and set institutional structures established to monitor, promote and mainstream gender equality in policies, programmes of governments (at all levels) and the National Assembly
The main thrust of the CGE’s is manifold:
1. It has to work as part of the NGM
2. It must monitor the implementation, development and efficacy of the NGM at all levels
3. CGE must use its mandate to remove blockages to effective establishment and implementation of the NGM
4. CGE must draw attention to the links between the national legal instruments and policies and the international conventions to which South Africa is party to

12. What are the strategic objectives ?
Theme: Gender and Poverty
Objectives:
1.The CGE in collaboration with strategic partners continues to develop a clear conceptual framework for its gender equality and poverty focus-defining possible entries and monitoring points of government poverty reduction policies, strategies, and programmes to assess the gendered impact of poverty on the quality of life of women including female-headed households, bearing in mind the effects of various programmes on global climate change and biodiversity. The CGE will also develop gender sensitive tools of assessment
2.Using the outcome of objective 1, encourage the development and implementation of pilot gender equality and poverty programmes at improving access to key focal points in two provinces, monitoring the achievements of such pilots, and encouraging replication of successful aspects in other provinces
3. The CGE takes advantage of opportunities to collaborate with National Treasury and Stats SA on their longitudinal research processes, with review to ensuring that such studies take into account the impact of poverty on the quality of life of women, including female-headed households. The outcomes of theses studies are used as a basis for developing appropriate strategic responses to poverty linked to gender equality

13. Continue Theme: Gender-based violence Objectives:
Ensure that the national legislative and policy frameworks comply with all international gender-based violence instruments/protocols to which the South African government is a signatory
Monitor enforcement of legislation seeking to address gender-based violence and improvement of effectiveness of service delivery

14. Cont. Theme: Democracy and Good Governance Objectives:
Ensure that all national and provincial legislation has been assessed from a gender equality perspective, that implementation of legislation for promoting and protecting gender equality is tracked and monitored, and that women have made qualitative inputs in such processes
The CGE devises a strategy and puts in place (internal) to increasingly monitor and track compliance with gender equality legislative and policy framework by national provincial and local government
Actively engage the judiciary and legal sector to promote gender equality and improve the status of women in the judicial system
Drawing on EE information from the Dept. of Labour, the CGE uses its full powers to review the policies and practices in business in the private sector, tertiary institutions and statutory bodies in order to ensure compliance with gender equality legislative and policy framework
Effective engagement with the media and advertising agencies with a view to enabling these institutions to become more gender sensitive and increase women’s representations with business and institutions
The CGE and its strategic and civil society partners hold political parties representations accountable to their manifest promises and challenge political parties to adopt a policy of 50/50 representation of women in politics, including leadership positions, to ensure greater representation and effective participation of women.

15. Cont Theme: Gender, Culture, Religion and Traditional practices
Objectives:
Develop innovative campaigns in conjunction with civil society partners and where appropriate, government, to raise awareness among women and traditional leaders about the mandate of the CGE, women’s rights and gender equality. Where applicable, adopt a targeted approach in terms of rural and/or informal settlements with CGE taking up legal test to further raise awareness
To engage the religious sector, civil society organisations, traditional leaders and traditional healers to develop a strategy to change gender perceptions, increase women’s representation and become more gender sensitive implementing their respective mandates
The CGE, following the creation of a conducive environment as envisaged in objectives 1 and 2 to develop instruments and monitoring mechanisms for reviewing among other gender policies and practices, women’s participation and representation and changes in institutional and changes in institutional culture, attitudes and perceptions in faith-based traditional and cultural institutions

16. Cont. Theme: Gender and HIV/AIDS Objectives:
CGE assesses in policy and implementation terms the extent to which the Broad Framework for HIV/AIDS and STI Strategic plan for South Africa reduces women’s and girl child’s vulnerability to HIV/AIDS
The CGE develops a strategy for ensuring that work undertaken by theme committees and programmes at both national and provincial levels have been reviewed from an HIV/AIDS gendered perspective

17. Cont. Theme :National Gender Machinery (NGM) Objectives:
1.To improve the efficacy and impact of the national gender machinery and deliver gender equality
2. The CGE monitors establishments, implementation and efficacy of the NGM at all levels
3. To actively assess compliance with international protocols, conventions and treaties

18. What is expected from Research, Legal, PEI?
To deliver on the mandate as outlined in the Constitution and the CGE Act
To deliver on the strategic focus in the stratplan by ensuring the programmatic activities are aligned to the goals and objectives of the stratplan
To produce quality, analytical reports on a monthly and quarterly basis
To provide plenary with comprehensive analytical reports on programmatic work that speak to the strategic goals and objectives
Efficiency and accountability
Impact assessment on delivery of workplans and operational plans(POA’s)

19. Case Study: Theme 6 NGM Project : CEDAW & Beijing Purpose:
To produce a CGE report on the status of the implementation of Cedaw in South Africa
To engage parliament on the CGE findings and recommendations
The project is still in a final phase, CGE staff have been trained, the details on how the collection and verification of data and ultimately producing a report to be tabled in Parliament and UN.

20. POA 2010/2011 Theme1 Poverty: Monitor Government progress on MDG,
Hearings on Gender & Energy, Maternity benefits project
Theme 2 GBV: Red Card campaign against Human Trafficking, Review of recommendations by UN Special Rapportuer VAW 1996,
Theme 3 DG&G: Monitoring Local Government Elections, Gender Barometer, Engage with EEC on gender transformation in the private sector; engage with media on discrimination and portrayal of gender equality in the media; review of legislation

21. POA 2010/2011
Theme 4 CR&T: Conference on CR&T, Conduct study on Ukuthwala
Theme 5 HIV and AIDS: Monitor National Strategic plan on HIV and AIDS
Theme 6 NGM: CEDAW, Beijing, Review SA Reservations in terms of African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights of Women in Africa, Collaboration with C9’s

22. Turn Around Strategy
The purpose is to provide the Portfolio Committee with the following:
An insight into the challenges prevailing in the CGE
2) The Course of action we would be pursuing to deal with these challenges
3) To solicit inputs aimed at refining the aforementioned course of action
4) The Financial Turn Around Strategy will strengthen & support the CGE’s performance

23. Turn Around Strategy
Over the past few years, the AG has provided audit opinions on CGE’s conducting of financial affairs. These opinions have been predominantly negative as a result of shortcomings in the following areas:
Control environment
Control activities
Risk management
Information and communication
Monitoring

24. Turn Around Strategy Control environment Organisational structure
Management and staff authority and responsibility
HR policies
Integrity and ethical values not developed or understood
Accounting officer not exercising oversight responsibility
Lack of competent staff
Control Activities
Inadequate segregation of duties to prevent fraud and misappropriation
Poor controls which compromise the integrity of the information systems
Poor authorisation procedures
Failure to achieve financial reporting objectives
Control activities not selected to mitigate risks
Policies and procedures related to financial reporting not well established

25. Turn Around Strategy Information and Communication
Unavailability of information to implement internal controls
Pertinent information not identified and captured in an appropriate manner and within requisite time frames
Communications not enabling the support and execution of internal controls
Monitoring
Ongoing monitoring and supervision not undertaken
No reviews by internal audit or audit committee
Internal control deficiency not identified and communicated
Corrective actions not taken

26. Turn Around Strategy Scope of Project Clean CGE Audit
Project clean audit endeavours to move the organisation from having received a disclaimer to having an unqualified audit in future by addressing:
Control activities
Risk management
Information and communication
Monitoring
The three key activities which are being pursued cover the following 3 focus areas:
Finance
Human Resource
Governance and Business Process Improvement

27. Turn Around Strategy Finance Leases Fixed asset count
Liabilities - Payroll
Liabilities - sundry trade and staff creditors
Current asset
Petty cash
Cash and bank
Income expenditure
Audit office and reporting
Internal controls

28. Turn Around Strategy Human Resource Employee personal records
Payroll and related records
Performance Management system
Recruitment for critical positions
Job evaluation and Organisational structure
Governance and business process Improvements
Supply chain management
Budget control
Compliance to treasury regulations
Month end policies
Document management
Capacity building within the Finance department

29. Turn Around Strategy Anticipated Outcomes
The following are anticipated outcomes:
1) Movement from disclaimer to qualified audit in year one.
2) Movement from qualified audit to unqualified audit in year two.
3) Sustaining of unqualified audit opinion in year three.
4) Improved Organisational Performance

30. Funding

31. Funding Sources
National Treasury allocations approved at R51,949 million in 2010/11 from R49,112 in 2009/10 – An increase of 6% = Inflation adj. only
Savings and efficiency gains through economic management of resources
Focus on core, thus releasing funds from non-core activities e.g. Train the Trainer in stead of direct grass roots implementation(Workshops)
Donor Funding options to be explored to fund non-prioritized activities (Optional in 2010/11POA )

32. Composition of the Expenditure Budget – 2010/2011
Compensation of Employees
Other operating Expenditure ( Cost of Goods & Services)
Program ( Service Delivery) expenditure
Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)
OPEX
CAPEX

33. MTEF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
2009/2010
‘000
2010/2011
2011/2012
2012/2013
2013/2014
Approved budget
Year On Year Growth
49,112
51,949
5,8%
55,150
6,2%
57,930
5,0%
60,826
The annual average growth in the budget of the CGE is 5,4 per cent

34. Budget per Main Programme

35. MTEF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS MTEF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS LLOCATIONS
2009/2010
2010/2011
20011/2012
2012/2013
Compensation of employees
29,361
35,177
37,360
39,228
Goods and Services
13,365
10,398
11,040
11,592
Programmatic Expenditure
4,400
4,810
5,100
5,378
Capital payments
1,986
1,564
1,650
1,733
Total
49,112
51,949
55,150
57,930
MTEF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS

36. MTEF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS

37. MTEF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
Expenditure Trends
MTEFMTEF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
MTEF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
Actual
Projected
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
Actual expenditure
49,495
51,166
48,500
51,949
Budget allocation
39,700
46,193
49,112
Surplus/(Deficit)
9,795
4,973
-612 -
% deviation
25%
11%
-1% 0%
The surplus/deficit excludes the effects interest income and interest charge,
which are negligible for the CGE

38. COMMISSION FOR GENDER EQUALITY: 2010-11 BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
Operating Expenditure per Cost Centre per Economic Classification
Sum of Budget 2010
Economic Classification
Department
Goods & Services
Compensation of Employees
Grand Total
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
1,815,700
1,414,135
3,229,835
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
48,200
156,185
204,385
COMMISSIONERS
1,234,800
8,219,867
9,454,667
COMMUNICATIONS
245,800
519,674
765,474
EASTERN CAPE
254,200
1,687,883
1,942,083
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
3,162,500
3,019,265
6,181,765
FREE STATE
189,700
1,667,123
1,856,823
GAUTENG
230,300
1,646,065
1,876,365
HUMAN RESOURCES
434,500
1,006,906
1,441,406
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
1,170,400
694,811
1,865,211
KWAZULU NATAL
196,600
1,685,037
1,881,637
LEGAL
175,700
2,524,460
2,700,160
LIMPOPO
178,900
1,642,144
1,821,044
MPUMALANGA
185,600
1,662,538
1,848,138
NORTH WEST
187,000
1,618,895
1,805,895
NORTHERN CAPE
170,600
1,634,864
1,805,464
PUBLIC EDUCATION & INFORMATION
103,000
993,387
1,096,387
RESEARCH
110,800
1,749,429
1,860,229
WESTERN CAPE
304,200
1,634,005
1,938,205
POA
4,808,500
15,207,000
35,176,673
50,383,673
% Contribution by economic classification
30%
70%

39. COMMISSION FOR GENDER EQUALITY: 2010-11 BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
Operating Expenditure per Program
Sum of Budget 2010
Expense Group
Cls
COMMISSIONERS: GOVERNANCE & SUPPORT
CORPORATE SUPPORT
PROGRAMMES
Grand Total
Bank Charges
21,400
Compensation of Employees
8,219,867
6,810,976
20,145,830
35,176,673
Computer Servicing, Internet & Website
916,900
120,800
1,037,700
Courier Services
5,000
107,000
68,000
180,000
Office Cleaning, Maintenance, Plants & Security -
537,100
255,600
792,700
Office Consumables
400
19,600
9,700
29,700
Plan of Action
4,808,500
Printing & Stationery
45,000
218,300
325,100
588,400
Professional Services
3,754,600
Telecommunication Expenses
157,200
1,098,500
1,061,100
2,316,800
Travel, Accomodation and Related Expenditure
1,027,200
350,000
300,000
1,677,200
9,454,667
13,834,376
27,094,630
50,383,673
Relative % contribution
19%
27%
54%

40. The full budget for
Compensation of Employees (COE) =R35,2 m to cater for a staff compliment of 105, of which R20m is attributable to Core program work of the CGE
Office overheads stands at R10,4 m ( of which major contributors are: Travel & Accommodation, Telecommunication, Professional services, etc)
The fixed portion of POA is set at R4,8m excluding COE on program staff
Capital Expenditure of R1,6m is made available
Total expenditure budget = R51,95m thus R nil surplus/deficit