Work Programme - Statistics South Africa

Governance mechanisms: aims to coordinate partnerships across users and producers of statistics to ensure no
duplication of effort and standardisation of statistical practice across sectors. The Statistics Council has an oversight
statistical coordination across organs of state; and
that informs evidence-based decisions.
additional funding was received to fund statistical coordination within the SANSS.
The strategy for implementing statistical coordination in the SANSS is not funded. There are more than 400 statistical
1.5.4 Invest in the learning and growth of the organisation
to continuously monitor the implementation of internal and external audit recommendations which has contributed to
improved governance.
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Stats SA adopted a programme and project management approach a few years ago. The fruit of this approach is seen in
the way operations and projects are being implemented, monitored and reported on. All managers and supervisors down to
district level have been trained in project management to enable sound and effective management and roll-out of Census
2011. Radikopantsha, an integrated management information system, was launched and publishes a monthly dashboard
that reports on the performance of a cluster, division and component.
In terms of human resource management practices, the vacancy rate reduced to 14,6% as at the end of 2011. Succession
planning and retention remains a challenge and needs to be addressed urgently. Stats SA has numerous capacity-building
initiatives in place to address the skills gap internally, including an internship programme, a foreign study programme,
and partnerships with local universities. The up-scaling of methodological, analytical and content expertise capability and
resources, and the skills gap in the NSS remain a challenge. The proposal to establish a Statistics Training Institute (ISIbalo
Institute) has not yet been implemented. Stats SA is still in the process of developing various scenarios and models. A
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