PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON SPORT AND RECREATION

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PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON SPORT
AND RECREATION MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT By
Molatelo Montwedi Date 14 June 2005
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Purpose of the Presentation

• To present MIG Overview in relation to Sport and
  Recreation

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Background InformationDefinition of MIG

• The Municipal Infrastructure Grant is a grant
  programme that incorporates municipal
  infrastructure grant that funds municipal
  infrastructure.
• It is a infrastructure capital expenditure but
  not an infrastructure operating expenditure

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Background InformationVision of MIG

• The Vision of MIG is to provide all South
  Africans with at least a basic level of service
  by the year 2013 through the provision of grant
  finance aimed at covering the capital cost of
  basic infrastructure for the poor

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BUDGET ALLOCATION
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The MIG Allocation Parameters
 
   
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OTHER AND P ALLOCATIONS
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Objectives Of MIG

• The objectives of MIG are to
• Fully subsidise the capital costs of providing
  basic services to poor households
• Distribute funding for municipal infrastructure
  in an equitable, transparent and efficient manner
• Assist in enhancing the development capacity of
  municipalities, through supporting multi-year
  planning and budgeting systems
• Provide a mechanism for the co-ordinated pursuit
  of national priorities with regard to basic
  municipal infrastructure programmes, while
  avoiding duplication and inefficiency associated
  with sectorally fragmented grants

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Conditions of MIG

• Conformity with the Integrated Development Plans
  (IDP's).
• Limitation on operational spending.
• Restrictions on eligibility.
• Adequate attention to rehabilitation
• Pledging of funds to secure loan finance is not
  allowed.
• Achievement of specified basic service coverage
  targets
• EPWP, LED, Poverty alleviation
• Reporting
• MIG funds to be allocated in municipal budget
• Registration of MIG project business plan

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Roles and Responsibilities of Sector Departments

• The Department of Provincial and Local Government
  has been charged with the responsibility for the
  administration of the Municipal Infrastructure
  Grant (MIG) and Co-ordination of the roles and
  responsibilities of sector departments
• The dplg established the Municipal Infrastructure
  Grant Unit (MIG Unit) to manage the
  administration the MIG and co-ordinate the roles
  and responsibilities of sector departments

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Roles and Responsibilities of Sector Departments

• A central feature of the MIG programme is that
  the policy making and regulatory functions of
  each national and provincial departments
  responsible for the municipal infrastructure
  remain intact.
• MIG programme does not replace national sector
  departments
• Sector Departments will continue to lead the
  sectors, perform macro sector planning support
  IDP planning and implementation, build capacity
  of municipalities, monitoring and evaluation of
  sector technical standards and norms.

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Roles and Responsibilities of Sector Departments

• Policy making, including the setting of norms and
  standards for the sector and services
  infrastructure,
• Support municipalities to prepare and implement a
  service development plan (e.g. Water Services
  Development Plan),
• Monitor the performance of municipalities in the
  provision of sector infrastructure and compliance
  with service related conditions (e.g. meeting
  targets for specific services),
• Provide support to municipalities in terms of
  feasibility studies, business plans and
  implementing services capital projects,

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Roles and Responsibilities of Sector Departments

• Initiate intervention related to specific
  services activities,
• Sector planning oversight (regional service
  development plans)
• Ensure that funds allocated for sector
  infrastructure are properly spent.

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Institutional Framework
Cabinet
IDP PROCESS
Strategic
MITT
PMITT
MUNIC
Wards
MIG UNIT
P-MIG UNIT
PMU
CDW
Co-ordination of Implementation
Municipal
Community
National
Provincial
Sector Departments
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Project Consolidate approach

• MIG by nature is not fragmented- is like
  development
• Municipalities need consolidated interventions
• Common profile of a municipality to ensure that
  there is consolidated interventions
• Develop a consolidated action plan per
  municipality with target dates

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• THANK YOU