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4862 [Tuesday, 29 October 2013planned to produce a draft report on the implementation <strong>of</strong> the budgetstructure by provinces, however, that was not reported on. Furtherachievements for the programme are as follows:• Development <strong>of</strong> two <strong>reports</strong> for the implementation <strong>of</strong> theDepartment <strong>of</strong> Home Affairs (DHA) Memor<strong>and</strong>um <strong>of</strong>Underst<strong>and</strong>ing (MOU);• Development <strong>of</strong> <strong>reports</strong> on the annual tourism state <strong>of</strong> airlift, theimplementation <strong>of</strong> the NDT stakeholder engagement framework,the implementation <strong>of</strong> the National Visitors InformationFramework (NVIF), the extent <strong>of</strong> empowerment from PPPsconcessions <strong>and</strong> assets disposal <strong>and</strong> the implementation <strong>of</strong>knowledge management Framework;• Development <strong>of</strong> a municipal tourism training programme <strong>and</strong>self assessment tool;• Development <strong>of</strong> a tourist arrivals forecasting model;• Integration <strong>of</strong> tourist guiding module into law enforcementagencies’ training programmes;• Signed MOU on rules <strong>of</strong> engagement between NDT <strong>and</strong> FieldGuides Association <strong>of</strong> Southern Africa (FGASA);• Completion <strong>of</strong> six commissioned studies;• Tourism charter equipped with a functional secretariat; <strong>and</strong>• The development <strong>of</strong> electronic stakeholder database.(iii)Programme 3: International TourismProgramme 3 had 6 targets in the period under review. Theprogramme delivered 100 per cent <strong>of</strong> the predetermined objectives <strong>and</strong>even surpassing the target on three <strong>of</strong> the seven indicators.(iv) Programme 4: Domestic TourismProgramme 4 had 17 targets <strong>and</strong> was able to achieve 100 percentperformance. This programme also performed well, however it hadnoticeable virements amounting to R35 million into the SocialResponsibility Programme. The virements allowed the Department tosurpass their targets <strong>of</strong> fulltime equivalent jobs created projectsfunded. Of big concern though, are the reasons provided for thevariance between targets <strong>and</strong> actual performance, the Departmentstates that this achievement was due to projects under-planning <strong>and</strong>moving quicker into implementation as well as the allocation <strong>of</strong> theEPWP incentive funding from Treasury. Other achievements <strong>of</strong> theprogramme include:• Completion <strong>of</strong> the nine provincial pr<strong>of</strong>iles;• Development <strong>of</strong> two regional packages;• Initiation <strong>of</strong> the domestic tourism campaign;• Hosting <strong>of</strong> the National Tourism Careers Expo;• Facilitation <strong>of</strong> six annual tourism leadership dialogues; <strong>and</strong>• Report on curriculum analysis.ANNOUNCEMENTS, TABLINGS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS NO 147─2013
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