portfolio committee on social development 22 august 2001
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PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 22 AUGUST 2001. Transitional National Development Trust. Temporary structure formed in 1996 whilst NDA was being established Over 4000 proposals for funding were inherited Inherited infrastructure and resources Valuable lessons learnt. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
22 AUGUST 2001
Transitional National Development Trust
Temporary structure formed in 1996 whilst NDA was being established Over 4000 proposals for funding were inherited Inherited infrastructure and resources Valuable lessons learnt
ACCELERATED GRANT DISBURSEMENT PROCESS
Temporary Provincial satellite offices
Screening projects under R200 000
Screening projects over R200 000
Parallel processes involved
WHO IS NDA?
Act of Parliament 108, November 1998 Reporting to the Treasury/ Social Development (to be confirmed) Independent of Government Started operating April 2000 The NDA Board of Trustees is composed of six representatives from
Government and nine representatives from civil society appointed by the Minister of Finance, the Executive Authority of the NDA.
WHO IS NDA? cont…
The Board is divided into the following subcommittees: Management Committee Finance and Audit Committee Human resource and Remuneration Committee Policy, Projects and Programmes Screening Committee
Our Vision….
The NDA is South Africa’s key funding agency that addresses poverty and contributes towards the creation of a healthy, economically vibrant and stable civil
society.
Our Strategic Direction
Our Mission….
To be a statutory funding agency whose primary focus is to contribute towards the eradication of poverty and its causes, and strengthen the capacity of civil society
organisation in combating poverty.
Strategic ObjectivesTo focus and provide funding to poverty stricken areas
To introduce and phase-in proactive, integrated “programme level funding strategies
To form a working relationship with CSOs and other relevant organisations
To increase the pool of funds
To develop and implement a capacity building model to improve the NDA (Staff and Board) organisation competence
To develop and implement a capacity building model to improve CSO organisation competence
To form working relationships with other capacity building organisations
To build an innovative internal research capability and form external links
To build a culture of knowledge generation and management that would differentiate the NDA as an organisation
To form working relationships with other relevant research organisations
To lead and influence external policy debate on poverty eradication
To lead and influence public debate on poverty eradication
To engage and communicate effectively to related organisations and communities
To form working relationships and build networks within the poverty arena
NDA Mandate
Funding
Capacity Building
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Our Strategic Direction
SOURCES OF FUNDINGCurrent funding sources:
Government
European Union
Independent Development Trust (once off funding)
Potential funding sources:
Lottery?
Any other partners
WHERE IS NDA GOING?
Move away from sectoral funding to Programme level funding
Partnering with stakeholders
ISRDP support / Urban renewal
Poverty pockets (SSA info)
Institutional building
Human capacity
Provincialisation
INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING Staff
Permanent (National Office) 45
Temporary (Provincial) 38
Infrastructure
Project Tracking System
Decision making process
Financial Management system (ACCPAC)
Microsoft Outlook E-mail system
Call Centre
Project Cycle Management
Pre-Assessment
Assessment
Monitoring & Evaluation
Project Closure
PARTNERSHIPS
Land Claims Commission – Validation Campaign
SABS – SMME Development
IDT - ISRDP
UNDP – Local Government – Capacity Building
Interfund – Capacity Building
Bristol Myers Squibb – HIV/AIDS
Etc
PROGRESS TO DATE
PROGRAMME ENHANCEMENT
Grant making tools & systems IT Review Staff Development Performance contracting Risk Management Decentralisation Policy Review Funding Criteria Resourcing
DISBURSEMENT UPDATE
PROVINCE NO APPROVED DISBURSED
EC 29,317,669.00R 206 14,049,457.00R NC 9,183,956.00R 35 4,705,993.00R WC 34,226,505.00R 185 13,086,548.00R NP 82,830,210.00R 390 11,183,333.00R NW 19,589,917.00R 126 5,582,099.00R KZN 21,178,398.00R 122 15,591,249.00R MP 13,027,294.00R 39 5,012,799.00R GTG 35,615,765.00R 140 10,715,665.00R FS 65,454,290.00R 108 5,464,964.00R TOTAL 310,424,004.00R 1351 85,392,107.00R
TOTAL APPROVED
PROGRESS TO DATE cont…
PROACTIVE FUNDING
Uphaphe Empowerment Trust - KZNCommunity Self Empowerment Centre - ECTswelelopele Initiative - NCNorthern Province Special Projects Forum – NPStormberg Farmers Association – ECSABS - National
Flagship Programmes
THANK YOU
ANY QUESTIONS?