Restructuring and Budget Changes in the Department of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities
The Department of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities is undergoing restructuring and budget changes, including the merger of programmes 4 and 5. The National Treasury declined a donation request and highlighted the evolution of budget and organizational structures. The budget programme structure was modified to streamline operations and protect allocations for youth and persons with disabilities.
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PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON WOMEN, YOUTH AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Presenter: Dr. Mark Blecher National Treasury DATE: 30 August 2022 1
OVERVIEW Response committee s questions posed in letters to Minister of Finance Letter from portfolio committee chair dated 14 June 2022 requests National Treasury to indicate the reasons it declined the R500 000 donation of laptops and what the implications of the underspending would be for the Department. Letter from portfolio committee chair dated 29 June 2022 invites National Treasury to engage with the Committee on the merger of Programme 4 & 5 into one Programme as well as other matters NT INPUTS/FOCUS Budget structure change- the merger of programme 4 and 5 Declined donation request to Digititan (pty) Ltd National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide intention of allocations 2
Budget structure change- the merger of programme 4 and 5 Department of Women Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) is one of the departments created through the 2019 National Macro Organisation of the Government (NMOG). Following NMOG, both the budget structure and organizational structure are evolving. New budget structure submission in 2022 MTEC Followed adoption of new strategic plan Included mandate change and programme changes ( names, etc.) National Treasury engaged the dept, consulted DPSA and noted: This is a small department and some of the original budget programmes were very tiny. Budget programmes have subdivisions as sub programmes and consolidation across fewer programmes makes virement easier for the Accounting Officer. There is no reason why a sub-programme in the budget structure cannot be managed by a DDG/Chief Director in the organizational structure. The structure allows for the budgets of Youth and Disabilities to be protected. The final submission proposal came from the department and was approved by the National Treasury. Dept compromise/- Merge programmes 4 and 5 merged. 3
Budget programme structure 2020 and 2022 2020 2022 1.Administration 1. Administration 2. Social Transformation and Economic Empowerment 2. Mainstreaming Women s Rights and Advocacy 3. Policy, Stakeholder Coordination and Knowledge Management 3. Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Coordination 4. Rights of Persons with Disabilities 4. Mainstreaming Youth and Persons with Disabilities Rights and Advocacy 5. National Youth Development 4
Budget trends DWYPD 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/24 24/25 P1 Administration Ministry Departmental Management Corporate Services Financial Management Office Accommodation 99.2 25.1 17.8 23.3 14.1 18.9 110.2 22.7 17.5 35.2 16.5 18.3 98.7 23.9 16.1 24.2 15.6 18.9 97.7 24.6 15.7 24.0 14.4 19.0 102.0 25.7 16.4 25.1 15.0 19.8 P2 2. Mainstreaming Women s Rights and Advocacy Management: Advocacy and Mainstreaming for the Rights of Women Social Empowerment of Women Economic Empowerment of Women Commission for Gender Equality 94.6 3.5 8.1 4.4 78.6 118.3 3.9 17.3 5.7 91.4 134.3 5.8 23.0 4.8 100.7 127.8 4.3 24.3 5.1 94.1 133.6 4.5 25.4 5.3 98.4 P3 3. Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Coordination Management: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Coordination Research and Knowledge Management International Relations, Stakeholder Management and Capacity Building Monitoring and Evaluation: Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities 25.2 3.2 6.1 9.9 6.0 37.7 4.4 7.7 16.0 9.6 42.5 6.2 8.0 19.4 8.9 42.7 4.8 7.4 20.2 10.3 44.6 5.0 7.8 21.1 10.7 P4 4. Mainstreaming Youth and Persons with Disabilities Rights and Advocacy Management: Advocacy and Mainstreaming for the Rights of Youth and Persons with Disabilities Advocacy and Mainstreaming for the Rights of Youth Advocacy and Mainstreaming for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities National Youth Development Agency 383.4 929.3 711.8 1.3 12.4 16.8 681.3 763.7 1.2 13.5 15.9 733.1 536.8 1.3 14.1 16.6 504.8 7.4 8.2 12.2 16.1 901.0 367.8 5
Budget trends (less entities) 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/24 24/25 P1 P2 P3 P4 Admin 2. Mainstreaming Women s Rights and Advocacy 3. Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Coordination Disabilities Youth Department less entities 99.3 16.0 25.1 8.2 7.4 156.0 110.2 26.9 37.7 16.1 12.2 203.1 98.7 33.6 42.5 16.8 13.7 205.3 97.7 33.7 42.7 15.9 14.7 204.7 102.0 35.1 44.6 16.6 15.4 213.7 Entity P2 Entity P4 CGE NYDA 78.6 367.8 602.4 63.7% 16.5% 91.4 901.0 1 195.5 54.3% 9.2% 100.7 681.3 987.3 48.1% 10.0% 94.1 733.1 1 031.9 47.7% 9.5% 98.4 504.8 816.9 47.7% 12.5% Admin as share of core Dept Admin as share of total 6
Declined donation request MoF responded to this issue in writing to the committee DWYPD submitted a request to National Treasury for a donation of R1 million towards a partnership with Digititan Pty (LTD) for a 4IR Youth and Employment Initiative. The donation was to be in a form of laptops and a stipend for 80 leaners Each student would receive a stipend of R1562.50 per month for 4 months, and this will amount to R500 000. The remaining R500 000 will be for the procurement of laptops which will cost approximately R6 250 per laptop. In terms of section 21.1.1 of the Treasury Regulations: the accounting officer may approve gifts, donations, and sponsorships of state money and other movable property in the interest of the state. When such cash amounts exceed R100 000 per case, the approval of the relevant legislature must be sought by including the item separately in the appropriation bill Although National Treasury appreciated the potential value of the skills development programme proposed, the request was not approved for several reasons: It is unusual for National Treasury to approve donations to a private company. Typically, when the state uses a private company, a competitive procurement process is used to ensure the fairness of the process. Donations above R100 000 require approval by relevant legislature. Interventions in question seems better aligned with the work of the NYDA for which allocations for youth capacity support interventions has been made, 7
Funding for National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide National Strategic Plan for Gender-Based Violence and Femicide was adopted in 2020, NSP recommended that National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (NCGBVF) be established as an advisory body whose overarching role is to provide strategic leadership and political guidance towards the elimination of GBVF in South Africa Interim Council operations NCGBVF has not been established yet In the interim: the department appointed 4 personnel to provide technical and administrative support to the Interim GBVF Committee (IGBVFC) and will be responsible for day-to-day running of the IGBVFC office. This was agreed upon between DWYPD, DPSA and NT. Budget Short-term budget covers support for the operational cost of the unit and relevant activities. R5 million is allocated for the operations of the interim council. Budget for GBVF responses is allocated to implementing departments and entities. Longer term establishment of the Council The council adds to existing structures and its role is advisory. Should be lean and not duplicate the work and role of the DWYPD, DSD, DPME, Commission for Gender Equality, portfolio committee on WYPD, Form follows function: not a clear case for the Council to become a public entity or government component as it is an advisory body, does not deliver services (delivered by govt departments and NPOs) 8
Conclusion Committee welcome to contact us to give clarity on additional issues Issues such as procurement, deviations, condonations done by other sections of NT e.g OCPO, who could also provide input 9
Thank you 10
