Municipal Support and Intervention Framework Presentation to the SMS conference
MUNICIPAL SUPPORT & INTERVENTION FRAMEWORK Roll Out Plan Ad hoc Structured & Define Categorisation support focused of municipalities Support & approach support A. Consultation Intervention •Staff •MEC •SALGA •Municipalities •Cabinet Committee •Portfolio Committee B. Data base Setting up of Data base of (Partners & and Support Support Deployment Types of Support Providers) Providers Providers & Strategy Support & Forum Partners Intervention C. Launching Municipal Support & Intervention Framework D. Launching Support Providers’ District level Forum Launching Department Municipal Municipal - Data base - MS Unit Support E. Mun Support Plan Support Plan - Forum - MRE Unit Units Authority Functions - Framework F. Establish Units - Support Units - MRE Unit Principles of Support & Intervention G. Piloting • Mainstreaming & promotion of integration Piloting Framework • Short & long term to optimise effectiveness in selected • Seek out the most vulnerable (capacity levels) categories • Addresses the needy (respond to the needs identified) • Build resilience
Presentation overview This report comprises four main sections: 1. The first presents a context of municipalities in the Eastern Cape and presents types of municipal support and intervention. 2. The second presents a framework for strengthening municipal support and intervention functions. 3. The third applies the framework to DLGTA at a broad level. 4. The fourth outlines a road map for institutionalising the function.
Types of municipalities in the Eastern Cape Categorising municipalities: – Based on monitoring, municipalities can be categorised into those that require different types of support. – In the interim, a desktop categorising method can be used: • A: Metros (1) • B1: Secondary cities (1) • B2: Local municipalities with a large town as core (3). • B3: Local municipalities with small towns, with relatively small population and significant proportion of urban population but with no large town as core (18). • B4: Local municipalities which are mainly rural with communal tenure and with, at most, one or two small towns in their area (16). • C1: District municipalities which are not water services authorities (1). • C2: District municipalities which are water services authorities (5).
Categorisation of municipalities A Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality B4 Umzimkhulu Local Municipality B4 Umzimvubu Local Municipality B1 Buffalo City Local Municipality B4 Mbhashe Local Municipality B4 Mnquma Local Municipality B2 Makana Local Municipality B4 Ngqushwa Local Municipality B2 Lukhanji Local Municipality B4 Intsika Yethu Local Municipality B2 King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality B4 Emalahleni Local Municipality B4 Engcobo Local Municipality B3 Camdeboo Local Municipality B4 Elundini Local Municipality B3 Blue Crane Route Local Municipality B4 Senqu Local Municipality B3 Ikwezi Local Municipality B4 Mbizana Local Municipality B3 Ndlambe Local Municipality B4 Ntabankulu Local Municipality B3 Sunday's River Valley Local Municipality B4 Qaukeni Local Municipality B3 Baviaans Local Municipality B4 Port St Johns Local Municipality B3 Kouga Local Municipality B4 Nyandeni Local Municipality B3 Kou-Kamma Local Municipality B4 Mhlontlo Local Municipality B3 Great Kei Local Municipality B3 Amahlati Local Municipality C1 Cacadu District Municipality B3 Nkonkobe Local Municipality B3 Nxuba Local Municipality C2 Amatole District Municipality B3 Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality C2 Chris Hani District Municipality B3 Tsolwana Local Municipality C2 Ukhahlamba District Municipality B3 Inkwanca Local Municipality C2 O.R.Tambo District Municipality B3 Sakhisizwe Local Municipality C2 Alfred Nzo District Municipality B3 Maletswai Local Municipality B3 Gariep Local Municipality
Types ctd 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 A B1 B2 B3 B4 C1 C2 8 7 6 5 B1 4 B2 3 B3 2 B4 1 0 Cacadu (C1) Amathole Chris Hani Ukhahlamba O.R.Tambo Alfred Nzo (C2) (C2) (C2) (C2) (C2)
Type of municipal support Support Intervention General Intense Light A B1 B3 C2 B4 B2 C1 Establishment Sustainability Consolidation C r i s i s C r i s i s
Light support • Light support: – This refers to support offered to municipalities in improving performance and implementing new policies and legislation. This type of support is relevant to municipalities that are generally functioning well (sustainability phase) and can implement new policies and legislation through appointing the required skills with the support of grants and some technical assistance from provincial and national government. Generally, such municipalities can appoint and manage consultants to undertake tasks in which they do not have the required capacity.
Medium support • Medium support: – This is applicable to municipalities that are gradually establishing themselves and are steadily improving their performance, but nonetheless require support to reach and complete the consolidation phase. This is typically related to a specific problem. Here there are two sub-sets: • Short term organisational building focussing on specific problems that occur within the institution and can be resolved through short term technical support. • Medium term gap filling involving support to institutions in delivering services. It is relevant both to institutions that are established and functioning and those that are still being established, but can’t upscale their delivery without additional support through the placement of technical assistance teams (programme management units), often with skills from the private sector.
Intense support • Intense support: – This is a component of hands on support and is focussed on those municipalities which are still effectively in the establishment phase – and grappling with quite severe problems. Municipalities may also be in sustainability or consolidation phases but are facing severe problems. There are two sub-types: – Long term organisational building which is likely to include political, strategic and operational components. This acknowledges that there are no structural or environmental constraints to this capacity being built over the medium to longer term. – Long term gap filling is relevant to those institutions which are not able to ever attract the required skills (in the medium to long term) due to broader structural and environmental (geographical location and population densities) constraints. This limits them from recruiting skills on a full-time basis. It is acknowledged that it is better in these environments to appoint a qualified engineer, for example, for one day a week rather than an unqualified person to try and fulfil this function. This requires capacity from another institution to be deployed on an ongoing basis to fill the gaps that exist. An example of this is a shared service centre.
Municipal Intervention • Intervention as a legal instrument is the unilateral interference by one sphere into the affairs of another sphere in order to remedy an unacceptable situation. • Last resort, only after all other options for resolving the issue have been exhausted. • Legal base for intervention into local government by provinces is S139 of the Constitution and sections of the MFMA Principles of Integration • Mainstreaming & Promotion of Integration • Long term approach to optimise effectiveness • Seek out the most vulnerable & build resilience
Types of intervention • Four types of intervention: – Regular interventions in response to a crisis that is not strictly financial in nature (failure to fulfill an executive obligation). Managed by MEC for LG; – Intervention in response to a municipality having serious financial problems (financial recovery plan). Managed by MEC for LG; – Intervention in response to a municipality failing to adopt a budget or revenue-raising measures . Managed by MEC for LG; – Intervention in response to a municipality experiencing a crisis in financial affairs . Managed by MEC Finance. • Distinction between substantive and procedural aspects re the above.
Pre-requisites to support and intervene • Concept of authority and providers: – Norms and standards – Framework and targets – Support & intervention – Co-ordination and mobilisation – Monitoring & evaluation • These are regarded as AUTHORITY FUNCTIONS and are performed by government. • PROVIDER FUNCTIONS are performed by service providers • On the following slide support methodology is given:
Targets 1 10 Concept 2 Performance Assessment Diagnose 3 a b c d Light Medium Intense Intervention 4 Co-ordination & mobilisation 7 Professional Donors & Sector Private associations Parastatals SALGA international Knowledge sharing departs sector & retired (DBSA) Monitoring & evaluation volunteers professionals Norms & standards 8 Deployment strategy 5 Tools & guidelines Detailed planning & implementation 6 2 Municipal Performance 9
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