Wednesday, 27 October 2004

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Wednesday, 27 October 2004 The National
Development Agency (NDA) Presentation to the
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE
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NDA Board Members Appointed 5 December 2003

• 1. Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana Board Chairperson
• Africa Director for W K Kellogg Foundation
• 2. Ms Marcia Manong Deputy Board Chairperson
• Chairperson of SANGOCO
• Ms Nontobeko Moletsane
• National Network Coordinator for the
  Initiative for Participatory
• Development (IPD)
• 4. Ms Joan Daries
• Board Member of International Association
  for Volunteer Effort

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Introducing the BoardAppointed on 5 December 2003
5. Ms Annemarie Hendrikz Part-time Coordinator
AIDS RESPONSE 6. Prof Tokozile Mayekiso Head of
School of Human and Community Development 7. Dr
Stephen Rule Social Surveys Manager Human
Sciences Research Council, Pretoria (HSRC) 8. Mr
Allan Taylor CEO of the National Student
Financial Aid Scheme
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Introducing the BoardAppointed on 5 December 2003

• 9. Mr George Chaane
• Legal Officer
• Ms Onica Maphai
• Deputy Director General Department of Health
• 11. Dr Temba Masilela
• Advisor to the Minister of Social Development

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The Vision and Mission
Vision The NDA aims to be the premier partner to
civil society, the donor community and government
in eradicating poverty and its causes in South
Africa. Mission To strengthen civil society and
government in eradicating poverty and its causes
through resource mobilization from both local and
international donors.
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Alignment with Government Initiatives

• Millennium Development Goals
• NEPAD
• Provincial Growth and Development Strategies
• Integrated Development Plans
• Integrated Sustainable Rural Development
  Programmes
• Urban Renewal Programme
• WSSD

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NDA Mandate

• Primary Objectives
• To contribute towards the eradication of poverty
  and its causes by granting funds to civil society
  organisations for purposes of
• carrying out projects and programmes aimed at
  meeting development needs of the poor communities
• strengthening the institutional capacity of civil
  society organisations involved in direct service
  provision to poor communities
• Secondary Objectives
• To promote consultation, dialogue and sharing of
  development experience between civil society
  organisations and relevant organs of state and
  debate on development policy
• To undertake research and publication aimed at
  providing the basis for development policy

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Strategic Plan 2004/5 2006/7 Projects
Management Directorate

• Strategic Objective
• Project Management Directorate
• To provide development grant funding to civil
  society organisations
• To implement integrated and sustainable
  community-driven projects that contribute towards
  the eradication of poverty.
• To strengthen the capacity of our project
  partners - NGO and CBO networks, FBOs and local
  development partners.
• To enhance livelihoods security and self-reliance

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Strategic Plan 2004/2005 - 2006/2007
Projects Management Directorate Strategic Focus
Thematic areas of focus

• Food security
• Economic development

• Cross cutting sectors
• Youth development
• Women empowerment
• Education (for development)
• Health, including HIV/AIDS related
• Physically challenged people

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Strategic Plan 2004/2005 - 2006/2007 Research and
Development

• Strategic Objectives
• To initiate, conduct and commission
  evidence-based and community driven experiential
  research and publication aimed at providing the
  basis for development policy as well as informing
  organisational planning, policy and
  decision-making
• To coordinate and facilitate development policy
  dialogues and programmes aimed at eradicating
  poverty and its causes
• To design impact modalities, monitoring and
  evaluation systems and benchmarks as well as
  conducting impact assessment and sharing impact
  results
• To develop a seamless information and knowledge
  management that will lead to effective service
  delivery within NDA and the broader CSOs

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Strategic Plan 2004/2005 - 2006/2007
Research And Development Strategic Focus

• Current Completed Research Projects
• NDA Comprehensive Impact Assessment
  Commissioned to AISA, completed October 2004
• Sectoral Impact Assessment Commissioned to
  AICC/Feedback Metrics Reports, completed May 2004
  
• The State of Giving Commissioned to Strategy
  Tactics, National survey completed August 2004
• Youth Economic Empowerment in Limpopo Province A
  search for a sustainable and Integrated Model,
  NDA led and due November 2004
• Research Internship Project Commissioned to the
  Maurice Webb Foundation Univ. of Natal, second
  year of ongoing three year programme completed,
  2003-2005
• Child Youth Research and Training Programme
  first phase of child well-being indicators
  developed, UWC led

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Strategic Plan 2004/5 2006/7 Human Resources

• Strategic Objective
• To attract, retain and develop competent human
  resource capacity to enable the agency to carry
  out its poverty eradication mandate.
• To promote an enabling and responsive environment
  which supports the organisation through synergy
  and effectiveness.

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Strategic Plan 2004/2005 - 2006/2007
Resource Mobilisation

• Strategic Objectives
• Increase the number of partnership agreements to
  impact on the resource base
• Enhance strategic coordination of poverty
  eradication initiatives of various Government
  Departments, private sector, local and
  international donor community

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Key Strategic Prioritiescont

• To strengthen the leadership and institutional
  capacity of civil society organisations
• Strengthening community involvement in Extended
  Public Works Programme
• Facilitate partnerships which contribute towards
  the implementation of Project Consolidate
  local government capacity building programme
• Support moral regeneration activities as part of
  community and nation building
• Contribute towards national initiatives emanating
  from WSSD in respect of poverty eradication
• Develop a seamless database on civil society
  organisations

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Funds Received/Disbursed/Committed (2003/2004)

• Notes to funds received/committed
• Grant received was split between direct funding,
  programme support and administration
• Government grant funding carried over, committed
  by 30 September 2004 R61m

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Commitments by province April 2003 to September
2004
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Questions and Comments
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