STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE FOR A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA PRESENTATION TO JCM: 26 AUGUST 2005

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STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVEFOR ABETTER LIFEFOR ALL
CHILDRENINSOUTH AFRICAPRESENTATION TO JCM 26
AUGUST 2005
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A HUMANE SOCIETY

• Kind and merciful
• Not cruel or brutal
• Tender and compassionate
• Human values and concern

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A CARING SOCIETY

• A society with a conscience

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GOVERNMENTS PROGRAMME OF ACTION

• WHAT THEN DO WE HAVE TO DO ?
• WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY?

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FOCUS ON CHILDREN INTERVENTION STRATEGIES
Society
Intervention Points (Policy, Advocacy,
Co-ordintation)
Family
Government
Childrens Care and Education Centres
Childrens Care and Education Centres
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OFFICE ON THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN/OSDP/OSW

• Policy Development
• Mainstreaming
• Advocacy
• Co-ordination
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Liaison and Networking

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NATIONAL STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE

• Transforming of our country into a united,
  just, democratic, non-racial, non-sexist and
  prosperous society

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PRESIDENT Head of Government Head of State

• DEPUTY
• PRESIDENT
• Leader of Government
• Business in Parliament
• Chair of SANAC
• Chair of the MRM

• MINISTER
• Political Oversight Responsibility for
• Government Communications
• National Youth Commission
• Office on the Right of the Child
• Office on the Status of Women
• Office on the Disabled

DIRECTOR GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE CABINET
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Director-General Secretary of the Cabinet
Presidential Advisors Forum
Forum of South African Directors-General (FOSAD)
Forum of African Renewal Programme (NEPAD)
Chief Operations Officer (COO) Accounting
Officer
Policy Co-ordination And Advisory Services
Cabinet Secretariat
Communications Services
Office of the President
Office of the Deputy President
Corporate Services, HRM Finance
Policy Unit PCAS
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HEAD OF THE POLICY UNIT AND CLUSTERS

DEPUTY HEAD OF THE POLICY UNIT
Governance Administration
International Relations
Justice Crime Prevention
Special Programmes
Social Cluster
Economic Cluster
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MISSION

• Provide Leadership for Mainstreaming Issues of
  Gender, Disability and Childrens Rights into
  Government Programmes, Processes, Systems and
  Methods

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MANDATE

• To provide effective policy work, coordination
  and mainstreaming of GDC into government's
  programme of action through the provision of high
  quality technical support to the Presidency and
  government as a whole.

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CORE FUNCTION OF CHIEF DIRECTORATE

• Develop effective coordination frameworks
• Undertake Policy analysis and guide on Planning
• Ensure mainstreaming of government programmes
• Conduct advocacy programme
• Ensure capacity building of government officials
• Networking and Liaison
• Guide GDC monitoring and evaluation

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Relationship of Governments Priorities to GDC
core functions
Growing the Economy Addressing the Issues of
Second Economy
Mainstreaming , Policy Coordination Capacity
Building
Mainstreaming , Policy Coordination Capacity
Building
Sustainable livelihood
Access to Basic Services
Policy and Planning Mainstreaming Coordination
Mainstreaming , Policy and Planning Mainstreaming
Comprehensive Social Security
Crime and Corruption
Advocacy Policy Coordination
Work for a Better Africa and a better world
Advocacy, Policy Planning Coordination Networking
and Liaison
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IMPLICATIONS OF CORE FUNCTONS

• Successful GDC delivery by National, Provincial
  and Local Government
• Locating GDC Transformation within National,
  Provincial and Local Government Strategies
• Contextualize GDC Human Rights Issues within
  Governments Evolving from Framework

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HOW DOES THIS DIRECTORATE LOCATE THESE ISSUES

• Done through mainstreaming of GDC issues
• This is what we are expected to do

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Mainstreaming

• Process that is a goal orientated provide full
  participation of women , Persons with
  disabilities and Children to ensure equitable and
  equal access to resources, opportunities and
  Services

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GDC Mainstreaming Goal

• To develop and enabling environment that will
  enable Government Institutions to translate the
  National vision on GDC into measurable results

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INTERGRATION

• Mainstreaming to occur within framework of
  programme implementation
• Occur within implementation of key National
  priorities
• Priorities outlined in Government Plan of Action
  and Provincial Strategies
• Relationship integrated planning process
• Multi prong approach and linkages with National
  Machinery with clear coordination framework

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RELATIONSHIP WITH CLUSTERS
THE PRESIDENCY
IRPS
JCPS
G A
ECON
SOC
NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENTS
CIVIL SOCIETY
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CHALLENGES

• Lack of understanding of mainstreaming approach
• Administrative
• Capacity

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THANK YOU!!!