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Environmental Programmes Branch

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PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

Branch Structure 2012/13 Annual Performance Plan

2011/12 achievements 2012/13 priorities

Budget Challenges and opportunities

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Environmental ProgrammesAdvisory Committee

Director-General: Environmental Affairs

Deputy Director-General:Environmental Programmes

Director: Northern Cape

Chief Director: Inland Operations

Director: Contract and Payment Administration

Chief Director: Strategic Management and

EPWP Co-ordination

Director: Branch Co-ordination and Administration

DD: AdministrationDD: Branding and Publications

Director: Information Management Systems

Chief Director: Research, Planning and Compliance Monitoring

Director: National Partnerships

Chief Director: Coastal and National

Operations

Director: Skills Development

Director: Monitoring and Evaluation

Director: EPWP: Environment & Culture Sector Co-ordination

and Reporting

Director: Western Cape

Director: Eastern Cape

Director: KwaZulu-NatalDirector: Mpumalanga

Director: Free State

Director: North-West

Director: Gauteng

Director: Limpopo

Director: Research & Policy Development

Director: Planning: WfW & NRM

Director: Compliance Monitoring and Quality

Assurance

Director: Planning & QA: EPI

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Working for Water:

Invasive Alien Plant Control

High Altitude IAP Control

Early Detection: Emerging Species

Rapid Response: Emerging Species

Invasive Animals & Microbes

Invasive Alien Species Bar-coding

Waterweeds (Aquatic invasives)

Biological Control of Invasives

Natural Resource Management:

Working for Land

[Combating Desertification]

[Payment for Ecosystem Services]

Working for Forests

Working for Energy (Biomass)

Eco-Furniture Factories

Working on Fire

Working for Wetlands

Sustainable Land-based Livelihoods

Environmental Protection and Infrastructure:

Working on Waste

People and Parks / Wildlife Economy

Open Space Management

National Youth Service

Buyisa-e-Bag

Working for the Coast

Infrastructure (SANParks, SANBI, etc)

[Green Villages]

Programmatic themes in Branch

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BRANCH PERFORMANCE & PLAN

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Strategic Objective: Improved socio-economic benefits within the environmental sector

Objective statement: Contribute to sustainable development, livelihoods, green and inclusive economic growth through facilitating skills development, employment creation and infrastructure development

Performance indicator Target 2011/12 Progress2011/12

Target 2012/13

Number of Full Time Equivalents (FTE) created

29,861 14,623 31, 277

Number of Work Opportunities created

60,401 45,888 62 ,860

Percentage of Work Opportunities created for Women

55% 54% 55%

Percentage of Work Opportunities created for Youth

40% 56% 40%

Percentage of Work Opportunities created for People with Disabilities

2% 1% 2%

Number of youth benefiting from the NYS

400 188 600

No. of community parks created and/or rehabilitated

19 19 25

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Strategic Objective: Ecosystem services restored and maintainedObjective statement:Restoration and maintenance of vegetation structure and function in order to contribute to ecosystem services

Performance indicator Target 2011/12 Progress2011/12

Target 2012/13

No. of wetlands under rehabilitation 80 64 100

No. of indigenous trees planted 20,000 40,468 20,000

Number of hectares of invasive alien plants treated

717,300 590,726 753,747

Area (ha) of land restored and rehabilitated

990 990 1,710

Area (ha) of invasive forest stands converted and rehabilitated

2,400 2,400 17,800

Km of coastline cleaned 2,700 2,700 2,700

Number of fire suppression, fire protection and prescribed burning hectares

520,000 984,140 1,359,352

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Strategic Objective: Less waste that is better managed

Objective statement:Increase recycling and recovery rates by 2015

Performance indicator Target 2011/12 Progress2011/12

Target 2012/13

Number of households benefiting from waste collection initiatives

32,000 32,402 35,000

Number of buy-back centres established

4 4 13

Strategic Objective: Improved sector education and awareness

Objective statement: Facilitate environmental education and render and effective and efficient strategic communication services, which includes training, awareness raising

Performance indicator Target 2011/12 Progress2011/12

Target 2012/13

Number of accredited training person days created

32,000

26, 891 131,540Number of environmental centres established

1 0 3

Provincial project breakdown

Province WfW WoF SRPP

Eastern Cape 61 26 46

Free State 20 22 10

Gauteng 20 7 9

Kwa-Zulu Natal 42 35 18

Limpopo 38 28 14

Mpumalanga 21 40 10

Northern Cape 30 2 17

North West 12 10 7

Western Cape 67 28 22

Total 311 198 153

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Summary

14 623 full-time employment created until the end of Dec 2011.

A total of 45 888 people receiving an average of 95 days of work each until the end of Dec 2011.

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BUDGET 2012/13

1111

R,000 2012/13

BRANCH:Env Prog Branch Baseline: 1,964,940Env Prog Branch Wage Incentive: 302,381Environmental Programmes Total: 2,316,232• SRPP 736,238• Working for Water R 1,196,456• Working on Fire 383,538

Challenges

Inadequate funding for more continuous employment Lack of support from some local stakeholders eg. municipalities Coordination challenges with some municipalities Lack of capacity – 22% vacancy rate in branch Procurement challenges related to NRM transfer to DEA The current definition of EPWP might be excluding other people paid

out of the EPWP allocation Inadequate funding for the sector threatens the achievement of

targets

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• Use of incentives, disincentives, advocacy and research for all Branch initiatives.• More work is required to understand the returns on investment of different interventions.• Planning and prioritization of work, and an appropriate balance between programmes.• Institutional arrangements and structures for efficient and effective management.• Norms, standards, systems and procedures to facilitate optimal delivery.• Data management and reporting.• Discipline, risk management and accountability.• Optimising the work opportunities, and meeting the targets by gender, age and disability.• Definitions for who qualifies as EPWP beneficiaries (Govt not getting credit it deserves).• Support from some local stakeholders (e.g. municipalities).• Procurement challenges relating to NRM transfer to DEA. Management capacity.• Funding for more continuous employment, as well as to achieve sector targets.• Appropriate legislation and its enforcement.• An understanding and appreciation of the need for the interventions by the public.• Championing of the work of the programmes by our leaders.• Co-operative governance. These programmes cut across the mandates of many bodies.

Opportunities for the Environmental Programmes

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