1. www.salga.org.za 1 Welcome… MUNICIPAL BAROMETER “Empowering municipal planning, governance, oversight & benchmarking through easily accessible and reliable Local Level Data” Seana Nkhahle / Nomusa Ngwenya 29-30 April 2013

2. www.salga.org.za Employer Body Act as an employer body representing all municipal members and, by agreement, associate members. The Voice of Local Government Support and advise our members on a range of issues to assist effective execution of their mandate. Build the capacity of the municipality as an institution as well as leadership and technical capacity of both Councillors and Officials. Lobby, advocate, protect and represent the interest of local government at relevant structures and platforms. Transform local government to enable it to fulfil its development al mandate. SALGA Mandate Lobby, Advocate & Represent Support & Advice Capacity Building Build the profile and image of local government within South Africa as well as outside the country. Strategic Profiling Serve as the main hub of local government knowledge and intelligence and to facilitate peer learning within the sector Knowledge & Information Sharing The Voice of Local Government SALGA MANDATE 2

3. www.salga.org.za 3 Peer Learning (Networks / Events) Knowledge Hub (Portal/Resource Centre) Research, Benchmarking & Performance Reviews The effective transformation of SALGA into a learning / knowledge organisation requires each portfolio to contribute to each of the three pillars

4. www.salga.org.za Problem Statement The Municipal Barometer was established in response to the following challenges: limited availability of local level data. limited access to data that is currently available various institutions provide data, however, their activities are often fragmented and uncoordinated huge costs that municipalities pay to get data The Municipal Barometer is an initiative of South African Local Government Association (SALGA) in partnership with Statistics South Africa (Statssa), South African Cities, Network (SACN), Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), Centre For Municipal Research, (CMRA), Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), 4

5. www.salga.org.za OBJECTIVES The Municipal Barometer is anchored on a Local Data Partnership which is aimed at : Improving municipal governance and performance by improved planning, oversight, benchmarking and peer learning Identifying and addressing municipal data needs at minimal costs; Making local level data available to municipalities and their stakeholders; Managing access to data through a single comprehensive yet simple web- based portal; and Building the capacity of municipalities to locate, access, interpret and utilize data for planning, budgeting and governance processes. 5

6. www.salga.org.za INDICATORS The following broad outcome indicator themes are proposed: 1.Demographic trends 2.Service delivery 3.Social Development 4.Economic growth and development 5.Environment 6.Municipal finances 7.Good governance and accountability 8.Coherent municipal planning 9.Municipal capacity, (Capacity Building / Human Resources Management / Labour Relations) 6

7. www.salga.org.za SALGA WEBSITE: KNOWLEDGE HUB 7

8. www.salga.org.za THE WEB-PORTAL http://municipalbarometer.databank.nl 8

9. www.salga.org.za DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS 9

10. www.salga.org.za SERVICE DELIVERY WATER 10

11. www.salga.org.za SERVICE DELIVERY SANITATION 11

12. www.salga.org.za SERVICE DELIVERY ENERGY 12

13. www.salga.org.za SERVICE DELIVERY REFUSE REMOVAL 13

14. www.salga.org.za SERVICE DELIVERY ROADS 14

15. www.salga.org.za SERVICE DELIVERY TRANSPORT 15

16. www.salga.org.za SOCIAL SERVICES HEALTH 16

17. www.salga.org.za SOCIAL SERVICES HOUSING 17

18. www.salga.org.za SOCIAL SERVICES EDUCATION 18

19. www.salga.org.za SOCIAL SERVICES EDUCATION 19

20. www.salga.org.za SOCIAL SERVICES SAFETY & SECURITY 20

21. www.salga.org.za SOCIAL SERVICES LIBRARIES & CEMETERIES 21

22. www.salga.org.za SOCIAL SERVICES PARKS, SPORTS & RECREATION 22

23. www.salga.org.za SOCIAL SERVICES DISASTER MANAGEMENT 23

24. www.salga.org.za ECONOMIC GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT 24

25. www.salga.org.za ECONOMIC GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT 25

26. www.salga.org.za ENVIRONMENT 26 State of municipal environment

27. www.salga.org.za MUNICIPAL FINANCE 27

28. www.salga.org.za MUNICIPAL FINANCE 28

29. www.salga.org.za MUNICIPAL FINANCE 29

30. www.salga.org.za GOOD GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY 30

31. www.salga.org.za GOOD GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY 31

32. www.salga.org.za GOOD GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY 32

33. www.salga.org.za COHERENT MUNICIPAL PLANNING 33

34. www.salga.org.za MUNICIPAL CAPACITY, LABOUR AND HR 34

35. www.salga.org.za MUNICIPAL CAPACITY, LABOUR AND HR 35

36. www.salga.org.za THANK YOU THE END 36