GDF Annual Report - Gauteng Provincial Treasury

SECTION 3: REPORT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PROGRAMMESnon-financial performance in line with the provincialProgramme of Action. This will strengthen the linkagesbetween spending and service delivery and ultimatelythe achievement of the provincial outcomes over thelong-term.The Unit will continue to progressively review thenature and composition of the Finance Lekgotla, theBudget Forum, MTEC and PBC engagements. Thesefora are key in taking policy decisions, setting theservice delivery tone and management of transversalprocesses as well as discussions on how such policydecisions will be implemented within the prevalenceof fiscal limitations. There will be implementation ofcluster-based MTEC meetings to promote cohesiveand synchronized planning and policy discussions. TheMTEC will continue to be a platform where plans andbudgets are discussed in an integrated manner, usingclusters, and recommendations are made to the PBC interms of the best policy alternatives in enhancing andfast tracking the delivery of public services.2.5 Sub-programmes: Public FinancePurposeTo ensure effective utilisation of provincial resourcesthrough monitoring and evaluation of departmentalbudgets and service delivery.Strategic Objectives• To ensure efficient budget implementation;• To strengthen financial management andreporting in the province by improving accuracyand credibility of expenditure information;• To consolidate a comprehensive performancereporting system that meets the needs of allrelevant stakeholders;• To monitor, advise and support infrastructuredelivering departments with implementation oftheir Infrastructure Delivery and ImprovementProgramme (IDIP).Measurable Objectives• Timeous and accurate information available fromPublic Finance.;• Number of sectoral reports completed andpresented to departments and one consolidatedreport to legislature;• Submitted Cabinet memorandum to ExecutiveCouncil;• Infrastructure Reporting Model submitted toNational Treasury;• Report on the performance of conditional grantsin compliance to the conditional grant framework;• Training and hands on support to departments;• Quarterly reports on the infrastructure site visitssubmitted to senior management;• Budget report to MTEC;• Benchmark tool enhanced and presented atNational Treasury;• Prepare chapter for MTBPS on expenditure andsubmit adjustment budget inputs;• Infrastructure plans produced and coordinatedappropriately;• Content analysis of the estimates of capitalexpenditure conducted and published;• Modern budgeting and cost containmenttechnique effectively implemented in the province;• Staff Performance Management.Gauteng Department of Finance53