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Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma will demand quarterly reports from each of his ministers outlining what progress they are making in implementing their detailed delivery agreements.
He will be checking the veracity of these reports, which they committed themselves to, by calling in independent institutions to assess government’s work.
But it’s still unclear where the buck will stop and who will take the rap when there are failures.
According to Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane, ministers have signed individual performance agreements with Zuma and will be held accountable by him and by parliament.
But, aside from these performance agreements, ministers are also now ready to unveil detailed delivery agreements with other ministers, bureaucrats, other levels of government and, sometimes, “outside” organisations.
Chabane said the focus for the delivery agreements, which are central to government delivering on its plan of action, should not be on individual ministers.
“As you look at the system it is not necessarily an individual person (who will be responsible for failure),” said Chabane.
The plan was for these delivery agreements to help pinpoint why there were shortcomings in the system. A lack of skills and capacity, for example, will be highlighted in the system.
The information in these reports will, according to Chabane, be checked against assessments by independent institutions.
Director general of the department of performance monitoring and evaluation in the presidency, Shaun Phillips, explained that assessments of government performance by independent institutions would be “triangulated” with quarterly reports from departments to check the validity of the information.
The reports will outline the progress being made with each delivery agreement.
These reports, said Phillips, would be made public.
- Fin24.com
He will be checking the veracity of these reports, which they committed themselves to, by calling in independent institutions to assess government’s work.
But it’s still unclear where the buck will stop and who will take the rap when there are failures.
According to Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane, ministers have signed individual performance agreements with Zuma and will be held accountable by him and by parliament.
But, aside from these performance agreements, ministers are also now ready to unveil detailed delivery agreements with other ministers, bureaucrats, other levels of government and, sometimes, “outside” organisations.
Chabane said the focus for the delivery agreements, which are central to government delivering on its plan of action, should not be on individual ministers.
“As you look at the system it is not necessarily an individual person (who will be responsible for failure),” said Chabane.
The plan was for these delivery agreements to help pinpoint why there were shortcomings in the system. A lack of skills and capacity, for example, will be highlighted in the system.
The information in these reports will, according to Chabane, be checked against assessments by independent institutions.
Director general of the department of performance monitoring and evaluation in the presidency, Shaun Phillips, explained that assessments of government performance by independent institutions would be “triangulated” with quarterly reports from departments to check the validity of the information.
The reports will outline the progress being made with each delivery agreement.
These reports, said Phillips, would be made public.
- Fin24.com
