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Work Programme - Statistics South Africa

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4.3.2 Consultation arrangements<br />

The <strong>Statistics</strong> Council represents a range of stakeholders and users, and meets four times a year to provide advice to the<br />

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to represent the needs of their constituency and should therefore consult with them to ensure sound advice to the Minister<br />

and the Statistician-General.<br />

Stats SA has established a number of advisory committees comprising of key stakeholders that meet periodically to advise<br />

on statistical series. Stats SA also conducts periodic workshops in order to seek advice, comments and suggestions from<br />

broader stakeholder groups.<br />

The National <strong>Statistics</strong> System division is in the process of establishing partnerships with organs of state aimed at ensuring<br />

coherence in statistical information produced by different producers of statistics, and promoting the use of statistics in<br />

evidence-based decision-making.<br />

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4.4 Resource plan<br />

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at provincial and municipal level.<br />

Stats SA has developed a number of strategies in support of the new strategic direction. Below is a summary of the ICT<br />

and human resource management strategies, as well as the projected expenditure over the medium term.<br />

4.4.1 Information Communication and Technology Strategy<br />

Stats SA has over time become a knowledge-based driven organisation. Its core business is about data and information<br />

within a highly technological environment. The IT environment should be dynamic and must play a key role in improving the<br />

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The strategy aims to ensure that ICT becomes a strategic enabler in the production and management of statistical information.<br />

It addresses weaknesses in the current environment, but also provides for a stable, secure and reliable environment that<br />

keeps up with the fast changing technological developments.<br />

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strategy explicitly addresses our plans to modernise business systems, as well as the underlying enterprise wide<br />

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ICT goals for 2011–2013:<br />

Goal 1: Provide a stable, reliable and functional server and network infrastructure<br />

Goal 2: Deliver the ICT services the organisation needs for its day-to-day operations and its future development<br />

Goal 3: Be cost effective<br />

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Goal 5: <strong>Work</strong> closely with business areas, management and other divisions in order to:<br />

Goal 6: Ensure effective governance of ICT operations and management<br />

the <strong>South</strong> <strong>Africa</strong> I know, the home I understand

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