SA PIP

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SA PIP

• 10th quarterly report
• 1 July 30 September 2006

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Improvements of report

• Illustration of stakeholder contributions
  (page 7 Table 2-1)
• Changed red crosses to distinguishable symbols in
  b/w print (page 12 Table 3-3)
• Related documents
• Financial analysis
• SABS report
• NEFPS report
• Financial Management Report

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Latest changes to the document (since
distribution to PSC)

• Cover page Third Quarter (not Second)
• Page 5 re-worded DTI-funding paragraph
• Page 11, Activity 2.3c 15 contracts signed
  (added number)
• Corrected total amount of work in Procurement
  Summary (page 21, 22)
• Allocated contingency in Table 5-1 (page 23)
• Included number of contracts signed for Adaptive
  Research (page 25)

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Activities completed
InformationCommunication Component

• Tenders for Info Needs Analysis and
  InfoCommunication strategy for SA PIP have been
  evaluated. (1.1b)
• 13th EFWG meeting held (1.3b)
• Article on Small scale farmer projects published
  on NAFU Farmer(1.5b)
• MRL Info Desk discussed by PPECB and DoA for
  implementation by PPECB (1.9a)
• Three Projects managed by SABS completed (2.1c)
• EU visit to gather MRL information cancelled
  (2.2.c)
• Signed 15 contracts for awarded projects in Round
  E (2.3c)

Regulation Component
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Activities completed (cont.)
Agriculture Practice Component

• Service contracts signed and implementation
  started(3.1b).
• EU expert on Mycotoxins and Dossier training
  (4.1c)
• 12th PSC meeting held (5.1c)
• PIP Management Committee meeting in August (5.4b)
• EC Monitoring report response sent to EC (6.2b)

Capacity Building Component
Management Component
MonitoringReview Component
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Activities in progress
InformationCommunication Component

• EF networking (ongoing) (1.4a)
• Regulation Development (MRL trials) (2.1b)
• Management of Regulation Dev. (2.1c)
• Adaptive research projects (2.3ab)
• Maintenance of EF data base (ongoing) (4.2b)
• Training for responsible pesticide use to
  operators (4.5a)
• Program Management (ongoing) (5.4ab)

Regulation Component
Capacity Building Component
Management Component
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Activities planned
InformationCommunication Component

• Contract successful tenderer for Info Needs
  Analysis (1.1b)
• Last EFWG meeting for 2006 planned (1.3b)
• MRL Info Desk tendering, evaluation and
  contracting (1.9a)
• Visit to EU gathering info for MRL interpretation
  (2.2c)
• Receive training material in all official
  languages in SA (3.1b)
• Sign two small scale farmer project contracts
  (3.3a)
• Delivery of final copy of the training material
  (3.4a)

Regulation Component
Agriculture Practice Component
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Activities planned (cont.)
Capacity Building Component

• EU expert to present to MRL Task Group (4.1c)
• Finalise integration negotiation report with Mr
  Charles Reeve (4.3c)
• Sign a new contract and recruit learners for BTC
  (4.4c)
• Clear out findings of EC Monitoring mission, if
  any (5.4ab)
• 13th PSC meeting (5.4ab)
• Request advance payment for AWP3 from
  DoA/Treasury (5.4ab)
• Reply from Legal with finalised PPECB-SAPIP
  Contract (5.5b)

Management Component
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SA PIP Financial Management Report

• Inflow vs Outflow
• Key Financials per Component
• Actuals and provisions
• Consolidated per activity
• List not yet allocated
• List of contracts to be signed

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Conclusions

• Implementation ongoing
• Activities planned are either completed or
  currently procured
• Notable achievements (see page 25)
• DoA and PPECB reached consensus re exchange rate.

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Challenges

• Program reached implementation peak, this
  requires timely processing of payments
• Current and holding SA PIP account essential to
  maintain sufficient liquidity and pay all
  invoices
• PMU requests assistance for the allocation of
  balance of AWP3 from Treasury
• 5 physical contingency not sufficient to cover
  the volatility of the Rand.
• Counterpart contribution from emerging farmers?
• Management capacity ?

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Questions

• Is the Pilot and the Captain flying the
  Cabin Crew and Passengers to the Promised
  Land?

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Approval of 10thQ-report?

• Quarterly progress report aligned to work plan
• Disbursement breakdown vs budget
• Planned activities for next quarter
• EC-funding vs Stakeholder contributions
• Financial analysis
• Financial management report

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Thank You!

• All the best for Christmas and New Year!!!!