1. POVERTY ALLEVIATION INTERVENTIONS
EXPANDED PUBLIC WORKS INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN RENEWAL

2. BRANDING
FARANANI – WORKING TOGETHER IN BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE

3. Faranani Working Together in building a foundation for the future
Sustainable Land Based Livelihoods
Working for Tourism
Working for Wetlands
Working for Water
Land rehabilitation
Working on Fire
Support for tourism enterprises
Heritage Development
Infrastructure provision
Working on Waste
Working for the Coast
Working for the Coast
Upgrade Coastal Infrastructure
Sustainable Coastal livelihoods
Waste recycling initiatives, Buy back centres, Rehabilitation of Secondary Pollution, Greening
People and Parks
Sustainable harvesting of natural resources

4. Special Poverty Relief Allocation
DEAT is among Departments that have been receiving the SPRA in previous financial years(2001/2-2003/4)
SPRA Funding of R175, R240, R300m
Created temporary job opportunities during project implementation, 45% women, 22% youth, 2% disabled, 1024 SMME’s training days and 2324 permanent jobs after project completion.

5. MTEF allocation earmarked funds
For 2004/5 to 2006/7 MTEF cycle an allocation of R1024bn earmarked funds
Funds planned to contribute to the Expanded Public Works Programme and support delivery in the rural and urban nodes
Target outputs job opportunities, training days (50% women, 30% youth, 2% disabled)

6. GOAL OF EPWP
To alleviate unemployment for a minimum of one million people in South Africa between 2004 and 2009.

7. PURPOSE OF EPWP
Over five years to create temporary work opportunities and income for at least 1 million unemployed South Africans
To provide needed public goods and services, labour-intensively, at acceptable standards, through public and private sector resources and capacity.
increase the potential for at least 15% of public works participants to earn future income by providing work experience, training and information related to local work opportunities, further education and training and SMME development.

8. EXPECTATION
Encourage procurement that support labour intensive approaches
To review tender conditions to support labour intensive approaches in procurement of goods and services
National, Provincial and Local Government to set targets and keep records for monitoring and evaluation

9. EXPECTATION Log-framework outlines the EPWP targets
Infrastructure - PublicWorks
Environment and Culture - DEAT
Economic – DTI
Social – Social Development
Required Sector commitments for the EPWP are beyond the Poverty Relief funding contribution

10. EXPECTATION
Departments are expected to provide their normal services, the issue is How?
Departments must identify existing programmes that lend themselves to labour intensive service delivery
Set target budget contributions (eg 10% MTEF budget )

11. PROCESS
A Sector DG’s committee has been set up, meets quaterly (next meeting 10 June 2004)
A coordination mechanism with Provinces is being initiated
A common M&E system and bench marks set-up
Targets per sector department already set
Targets per Province must be set

12. ISRDP & URP PROGRAMMES
ISRDS was developed, President - 13 rural nodes, 8 urban nodes
Founded on the fundamentals of integrated planning in dealing with the challenges local economic development and poverty reduction
Nominated political and technical champions for each node
Coordination overall through DPLG supported by IDT (IDTT, URF, Nodal Delivery Teams)
National lead departments, DEAT leads the area on environmental improvement and support local economic development

13. ISRDP, URP continues… 40% of DEAT earmarked funds allocated to nodes
Alignment of DEAT Priorities with IDPs & PGDPs
13 Environmental workers in process of being deployed to the nodal areas
Piloting implementation through compliance with the Division of Revenue Act
In kind contributions (assets owned by the municipalities)
Conditional grants

14. OUTPUTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE SECTOR
unemployed acquire work & income in the environmental sector EPWP between 2004/5 and 2008
Participants in the environmental sector receive a total of 2,218,735 training days linked to job requirements and exit strategies
5000 learnerships, Short courses or skills programmes offered

15. OUTPUTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE SECTOR (cont)
Continued employment opportunities for at least 10% of participants in the environmental sector before projects come to an end
400 emerging contractors trained in managing labour intensive contracts
150 agencies trained in managing labour intensive contracts

16. OUTPUTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE SECTOR (cont)
20 Officials capacitated to manage labour intensive contracts
Hectares cleared of alien vegetation
40 Wetlands rehabilitated
20 Fire protection associations supported
700 Km of coast cleaned and facilities upgraded

17. OUTPUTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE SECTOR (cont)
Ha of land rehabilitated
32 Waste management programmes established
150 historical and community tourism projects established through labour intensive delivery

18. MINISTER & DEPUTY MINISTER
To champion the programmes for the sector
To provide support through advocacy
To be conversant with the key strategies or messages of the sector
To inform the strategic processes and direction

19. MILESTONE SCHEDULE TO OBJECTIVES
Project
monitoring and
evaluation .
Restart annual
Process by
July
Project
concepts
definition
Project
implementation
Inputs from
key stakeholders
Projects
shortlisting
Projects based on
key focus areas
Business plan approval u
Support
consultants
appointment
Business plans
completion
Feasibility and
social facilitation
Training
Programme and
Leanerships
developed
Definition of
institutional
arrangements