3rd Annual Road Safety Conference 2006 Creating an IGR Roadmap for Road Safety 30 October 2006

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3rd Annual Road SafetyConference 2006Creating
an IGR Roadmapfor Road Safety30 October 2006
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1. The Role of IGR in Promoting Cohesive
Government2. Integrated Planning Sector
Engagement in the IDP3. Cross-cutting issues in
Road Safety 4. Road Safety Stakeholder
Management5. Guidelines for Coordinated
Activity
IGR Roadmap presentations
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The role of IGR in promoting cohesive
government30 October 20063rd African Road
Safety Conference 2006
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Contents

• Global Intergovernmental Agendas
• The Constitutional principles for IGR
• The IGRF Act
• The IGR Forums
• The Conduct of IGR
• Settlement of Disputes
• Monitoring and Reporting

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Intergovernmental alignment a global view

• The National Strategy for Sustainable Development
  (NSSD) is a Framework for Sustainable Development
  in South Africa. This Strategy is South Africas
  response to the need for national plans to
  articulate how that nation will reach the
  Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
• Safe and efficient public transport (p 83)
• Priority areas for strategic intervention include
  the creation of sustainable human settlements
  (SHS) where neighborhoods are created where
  people can walk or cycle to work in conditions of
  better road safety. Therefore this sub para for
  SHS recommends significant increases in safe and
  efficient public transportation
• In line with current thinking at national,
  provincial and local level, a consistent
  commitment to investing in public transport
  systems will, over the medium - to long-term,
  contribute significantly to all three areas of
  sustainability.
• Note the policy implications for Road Safety
  interventions

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Intergovernmental alignment a global view

• Towards Achieving Sustainable Growth and
  Development through Vision 2014 - United Nations
  Development Assistance Framework for South
  Africa, 2007 - 2010
• This Vision refers to integrating UN support to
  South African government priorities. One key
  target, aligned to a health objective, is
• to work with the rest of southern Africa to
  reduce preventable causes of death, including
  violent crime and road accidents (p 10)
• Aligning policy to national and global
  development objectives
• builds consensus and intergovernmental cohesion

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The SA Constitutional directive
According to section 41(2), an Act of Parliament
must establish or provide structures and
institutions to promote and facilitate
intergovernmental relations, provide for
appropriate mechanisms and procedures to
facilitate settlement of intergovernmental
disputes and provide for matters connected
therewith.
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The IGRF Act

• Intergovernmental Relations concerns the
  interaction of the different spheres of
  government, which are seen as distinctive,
  interdependent but interrelated. The act was
  passed on the 15th August 2005 its objectives
  are to promote and facilitate
• Coherent governance
• Effective provision of services
• Monitoring and implementation of policy and
  legislation
• Realization of national priorities

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The IGR Forums

• National IGR Forums
• Presidents Co-ordinating Council (PCC) a
  consultative forum for the President
• Minister and Members of the Executive Council
  (MinMec) a consultative forum for the Minister
  responsible for a functional area eg Dwaf,
  Deat, together with Provincial MECs.
• Provincial IGR Forums to promote and facilitate
  IGR between a Province and its municipalities
  (Premiers Forums)
• Municipal IGR Forums to promote and facilitate
  IGR between the DM and its local municipalities
  (Mayoral Forums)

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INTERGOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES
PCC
Reporting lines to PCC S12(1)(2) S20
NIGRF
Planning
NSDP
PIGRF
PGDP
Consultation
President
DIGRF
Minister
IDP
National
Premier
(LM Mayors)
Provincial
Mayor
LM
Local
LM
Technical Support Structures
LM
Inter municipal
Inter provincial
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Constitution concurrent competence

• Schedule 4A
• Tourism
• Airports other than int and national airports
• Health services
• Public Transport
• Schedule 5A province
• Abattoirs
• Provincial road and traffic

• Schedule 4B
• Local tourism
• Municipal airports
• Municipal health services
• Municipal public transport
• Schedule 5B local
• Municipal abattoirs
• Municipal roads
• Traffic and parking

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Constitution concurrent competence

• National and provincial governments have
  regulatory powers over Schedules 4B and 5B
  matters in terms of section 155(7) Constitution
• Inevitable overlap between functional areas due
  to unclear cut-off points
• Conflict - the extent and ambit of such
  regulatory powers
• who does what? Task allocation
• need to work together

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Constitution concurrent competence

• Mechanisms to deal with overlap/concurrent
  functions
• Institutions of co-operative government IGR
  forums
• Implementation protocols clear allocation of
  tasks in common functional areas

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The Conduct of IGR

• The Act provides for a mechanism for coordinated
  participation of different organs of state in
  service delivery - The Implementation Protocol
• To be considered by the organs of state when the
  implementation of a policy or services
• has been identified as a national priority
• provides support to the local sphere and is
  critical in terms of coordinated action
• demands coordinated activity across government
• is constrained by lack of capacity

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Settlement of Disputes
In the exercise of their respective statutory
powers and functions, organs of the state should
make efforts to avoid IGR disputes and provide
for mechanisms to resolves such disputes without
resorting to Courts of Law Dispute settlement
mechanisms or procedures that are appropriate to
the nature of the agreement and the matters that
are likely to become the subject of dispute must
be included in formal agreements between two or
three organs of the state.
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Monitoring and Reporting

• Both houses of parliament are to receive an
  Annual Report from the Minister of Provincial and
  Local Government with regard to compliance with
  the provisions of the Act.
• In particular the report should focus on the
  following
•  Institutionalization of IGR functional
  structures
• General conduct of IGR in the Republic
• The incidence and resolution of IGR disputes
• Any other relevant matters

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Commission exercises
C1. Discuss the meaning of alignment and propose
a working definition then, Propose an IGR
process for Improving Road Safety
Awareness Through Community Education in a given
district C. 2 Discuss the meaning of
cooperative government, and define the key
elements then, Map out an IGR process to Ensure
a Safe Road Network for Road Users in a given
Province C.3 Consider the definition of an
Implementation Protocol, and then, Demonstrate
how an IP could be used in a project to Reduce
Road Fatality Rates
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Thank you

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