OUTCOMES AND OUTCOMES AND STRATEGIC ISSUES STRATEGIC ISSUES

FROM THE MCCFROM THE MCC

WSLG EXCOWSLG EXCO

29 October 200929 October 2009

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Masibambane Coordinating Masibambane Coordinating CommitteeCommittee

• Mandate: Overseeing sector programme performance against set sector goals and coordinating programmes implemented by different sector partners

• Report Period: 1st Quarter of 2009/10 based on outcomes of meeting held on 22-23 September 2009

Focus Areas of this ReportFocus Areas of this ReportHighlight of progress and strategic issues

emanating from presentations and discussions on:

1. Financial performance of the sector

2. Programme performance of the sector

3. Local service delivery challenges and issues

4. Other activities impacting on sector programme

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1. Financial Performance1. Financial PerformanceProgress Highlights• About R20.7billion has been invested into the water sector

for the 2009/10 financial year. This includes an international development partners’ contribution of R503million

• As of end of June 2009, about 10% (R2b) had been spent• The Irish Aid donor portion has been reduced considerably

and this has affected choice and implementation of various programmes. However Irish Aid has committed to actual amounts contained in the funding agreement, although these may be provided on a longer timeframe than initially agreed

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1. Financial Performance (2)1. Financial Performance (2)

Emerging Strategic Issues• Prioritisation of programmes is critical to ensure maximum

benefit and impact of reduced funding • There is a need to find ways of ensuring that Equitable Share

is reported on by LG or accessing the information if available• The sector must reassess and quantify whether enough

resources (especially funding) are invested into water sector programmes to lead to the desired state of water services

• The sector must develop sustainable exit strategies (post-donor funding) for key programmes

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Programme PerformanceProgramme PerformanceProgress Highlights • Eradication of basic services backlogs

About 8140 buckets must still be eradicated (lack of bulk WS infrastructure)

Basic water supply backlog is currently below 3 million people Basic sanitation backlog has been reduced to 3 million households About 500 schools must still receive adequate water supply facilities

this year and 436 must receive basic sanitation facilities. The backlog is ____for sanitation and ____for water supply

Over 85% of the poor population receive Free Basic Water Two bulk regional water supply projects completed, and over 35 are

in various stages of implementation

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Programme Performance (2)Programme Performance (2)Progress Highlights • The Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement programme is succeeding

(currently handling over 12 cases, most are in the agriculture sector). There are concerns that the unit is seriously understaffed given the high priority of developing sufficient regulatory capacity in the department

• 528 households are benefiting from the Rain-Water Harvesting programme

• R3.5m has been spent to support 466 resource poor farmers

• Blue & Green Drop certification programme is now operating in 8 provinces

• The Electronic Drinking Water Quality Management System is very effective…won Global Award for Excellence

• Over 500 specialists have been deployed in municipalities through the DBSA-run Siyenza Manje Programme. Furthermore over 1000 municipal officials are receiving training at the Vulindlela Academy. The programme will be focusing on operation and maintenance functions in the next financial year.

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Programme Performance (3)Programme Performance (3)

Emerging Strategic Issues• The basic water services backlogs are a moving

target. This, combined with limited funding, jeopardises attainment of the 2014 MDGs

• Civil society must be increasingly involved in finding suitable and sustainable solutions towards some of the challenges related to basic water services for households and schools

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Local Level Service Delivery Local Level Service Delivery Challenges Challenges

Issues for further debate and action• A recently completed study on the state of Waste

Water Treatment Works shows that most of the plants require urgent attention. The DWA and CoGTA are working on an intervention strategy that will include addressing operational issues such as skills, operation and maintenance and bigger issues related to special funding of refurbishment, replacement, upgrading and rehabilitation

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Local Level SD Challenges (2)Local Level SD Challenges (2)

Issues for further debate and action1.The water sector must engage on the findings of the

“State of Municipalities Report” and propose suitable alternatives to the current configuration of local government – powers, functions, regulation, funding, oversight, etc. Is S78 working? Is the WSP/WSA divide feasible everywhere? Are communities adequately involved in service delivery decision-

making processes? Are the communication mechanisms working?

The inputs must inform the LG Turn-Around Strategy

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Local Level SD ChallengesLocal Level SD Challenges

Issues for further debate and action• The roles of DWA, CGTA and Human Settlements

must be clarified with regards to supporting and monitoring local water services delivery functions

• Communities require water for both consumptive and productive use and this must be factored into service level decisions

• Continuous councillor development

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Recommendations to WSLGRecommendations to WSLG

• Sector partners must be ready to engage in the LG TAS and ensuing policy changes to ensure appropriateness for WS, especially relating to:Review of powers and functions – key principles and

review of roles and responsibilities focusing on the full water services supply chain (bulk potable water to retail)

Funding of water services functionsSupport to WSAs and WSPs

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Recommendations to WSLG (2)Recommendations to WSLG (2)

• The Asset Management and Finance STT must investigate:How municipalities can leverage additional

infrastructure funding from DBSAHow the Equitable Share can be better utilised to

ensure adequate funding of operation and maintenance

How to fund short-term and long-term rehabilitation/upgrading of WWTW

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Recommendations to WSLG (3)Recommendations to WSLG (3)

• The NSTT (Sanitation) should quantify the challenge related to basic sanitation backlogs and give an indication of:How much should be invested in the sanitation

programme to meet the 2014 MDG targetHow the funding (MIG) could be ring-fenced to

ensure focused prioritisation of sanitationHow municipalities could be assisted to develop

backlog eradication plans

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Thank You

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