MUNICIPAL BAROMETER. Empowering municipal planning, governance, oversight & benchmarking through easily accessible and reliable Local Level Data

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1 Welcome MUNICIPAL BAROMETER Empowering municipal planning, governance, oversight & benchmarking through easily accessible and reliable Local Level Data Seana Nkhahle The Urban Indicators Project Workshop 22 May

2 2 SALGA MANDATE SALGA Mandate Lobby, Advocate & Represent Employer Body Capacity Building Support & Advice Strategic Profiling Knowledge & Information Sharing Transform local government to enable it to fulfil its development al mandate. Lobby, advocate, protect and represent the interest of local government at relevant structures and platforms. Act as an employer body representing all municipal members and, by agreement, associate members. Build the capacity of the municipality as an institution as well as leadership and technical capacity of both Councillors and Officials. Support and advise our members on a range of issues to assist effective execution of their mandate. Build the profile and image of local government within South Africa as well as outside the country. Serve as the main hub of local government knowledge and intelligence and to facilitate peer learning within the sector The Voice of Local Government The Voice of Local Government

3 Peer Learning (Networks / Events) Knowledge Hub (Portal/Resource Centre) Research, Benchmarking & Performance Reviews The effective transformation of SALGA into a learning / knowledge organisation requires each portfolio to contribute to each of the three pillars 3

4 Problem Statement The Municipal Barometer was established in response to the following challenges: limited availability of local level data. limited access to data that is currently available various institutions provide data, however, their activities are often fragmented and uncoordinated huge costs that municipalities pay to get data The Municipal Barometer is an initiative of South African Local Government Association (SALGA) in partnership with Statistics South Africa (Statssa), South African Cities, Network (SACN), Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), Centre For Municipal Research, (CMRA), Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), 4

5 OBJECTIVES The Municipal Barometer is anchored on a Local Data Partnership which is aimed at : Identifying and addressing municipal data needs at minimal costs; Managing access to data through a single comprehensive yet simple webbased portal; Making local level data available to municipalities and stakeholders; Building the capacity of municipalities to locate, access, interpret and utilize data for planning, budgeting and governance processes. Improving municipal governance and performance by improved planning, 5 oversight, benchmarking and peer learning

6 INDICATORS The following broad outcome indicators /themes are proposed: 1. Demographic trends 2. Access to basic services 3. Access to social services 4. Economic growth and development 5. Environmental resilience 6. Municipal financial health 7. Good governance and accountability 8. Coherent municipal planning 9. Capacitated municipalities 6

7 SALGA WEBSITE: KNOWLEDGE HUB 7

8 THE WEB-PORTAL 8

9 DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS Total Population Percentage of population that are children (0-14) Percentage of population that are youth (15-24) Percentage of population that are adult (24-64) Percentage of population that are senior citizens (65+) Population Density Total Number of Households Avg. Household Size Total fertility rate Sex Ratio Infant & child mortality rate Life Expectancy Maternal mortality ratio Net Migration 9

10 ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICE DELIVERY (WATER) Access #&% of households with access to water at or above RDP level #&% of households with access to water below RDP level #&% of households receiving Free Basic Water Functionality #&% of ratings for water services #&% of water interruptions in the last 12 months Causes of piped water interruptions Duration of interruptions above two days in the last 12 months Total Duration of interruption in the last 12 months 10

11 ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICE DELIVERY (WATER) Quality Perception of quality of drinking water #&% of Blue Drop status Payment for water services #&% households paying for water Reasons for non payment Status of infrastructure #&% of WTW % of water losses Implementation of WC/WDM strategy 11

12 ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICE DELIVERY (SANITATION) Access #&% of households with access to sanitation at or above RDP level #&% of households with access to sanitation below RDP level #&% of households receiving Free Basic Sanitation Functionality #&% functional WWTW Payment for sewage #&% of households paying for sewage services Status for infrastructure #&% of municipalities with Green Drop Status 12

13 ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICE DELIVERY (ENERGY) Access #&% of households with access to electricity #&% of households without access to electricity # & % of households receiving Free Basic Electricity Main sources of energy used #&% of households using main source of energy for cooking #&% of households using main source of energy for lighting #&% of households using main source of energy for heating Sources of Supply #&% of households per main source of energy/fuel Main source of electricity supply per households 13

14 ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICE DELIVERY (REFUSE REMOVAL) Access #&% households with access to refuse removal services #&% of households without access to refuse removal services Frequency of refuse removal services Functionality #&% of functional land fill sites Payment for refuse removal services #&% of households paying for refuse services Recycling of waste #&% of municipalities recycling waste Types of recyclables Status of infrastructure #&% of land fill sites Status of land fill sites #&% of transfer stations #&% of legal dumping site #&% of legal transfer stations 14

15 ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICE DELIVERY (ROADS) Access # Road length in km per municipality per type of road # Storm-water network in km # Road length in km per municipality per type of road # Storm-water network in km # of bridges the municipality have Functionality Functionality of road per type of road (category &#) Storm-water main functioning Status of infrastructure Roads condition per type of road (category &#) Storm-water mains maintained Condition of bridges 15

16 ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICE (TRANSPORT) Access #&% of population with access to municipal transport system #&% of population with access to transport by type Time taken to travel Safety #&% of fatalities in the municipality per year #&% of accidents reported per year 16

17 ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES (HEALTH) Health Access # of health facilities per municipality Walking distance to health facilities # of health practitioners per 1000 population # of clinics per municipality Key outcome Delivery rate in facility TB cure rate Immunisation coverage < 1 year Status of infrastructure Condition grading of health infrastructure as per GIAMA 17

18 ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES (HOUSING) Access # & % of population with access to housing # of persons per unit (Avg.) Dwelling density per km2 Quality/Status of infrastructure Type of housing structure (main dwelling) 18

19 ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES (EDUCATION) Access Gross enrolment ratio (GER) Gender Parity Index (GPI) Learner Educator Ratio (LER) Learner School Ratio (LSR) Educator School Ratio (ESR) Key Outcomes Matric Pass Rate Level of education Functional literacy Rate (FLR) 19

20 ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES (EDUCATION) Functionality Classroom backlogs #&% of schools without library #&% of schools without ablution #&% of schools without sports facilities #&% of schools without labs #&% of schools without communication facilities #&% of schools without Computer facilities #&% of schools without water #&% of schools without electricity 20

21 ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES (SAFETY & SECURITY) Access #&% of police stations per population # & % of police stations personnel per 1000 population # of community police forums per municipality Types #&% of crime activities by type per 1000 population Rate of Crime #&% of crimes per 1000 population 21

22 ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES(LIBRARIES & CEMETERIES) Access # of public libraries # of librarian Functionality # of libraries with access to internet services Access # of unused gravesides Ha of land available for cemeteries Type of burial preferred type of burial 22

23 ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES (PARKS, SPORTS & RECREATION) Access # of sports & recreational facilities by type # of ha of parks per standard (None; sub-standard; intermediate service; full service Functionality Condition/grade (good; fair; poor) 23

24 ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES (DISASTER MANAGEMENT) Disaster response Disaster management plans per municipality as part of the IDP Disaster occurrence Types of disasters declared # of disasters occurred in the last five years 24

25 ECONOMIC GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT Economic Activities GDP GVA GDP per capita Lobour, income & Poverty #&% of economically active population #&% of unemployment (official definition) #&% of unemployment (expanded definition) Employment by sector Occupation by skill level Labour force participation rate Human Development Index Personal Income Poverty Rate Disposable income 25

26 ECONOMIC GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT Dependency ratio Ginicoefficient (GINI) Household income #&% of youth unemployed Business Environment #& Size of firms by sector # of new business by size, sector, activity & export Activities of neighbouring cities (value chain) Provision of land, real estate, office space for economic activities Conditions of infrastructure in areas of economic activity Support for SMME Existence of supporting business networks Access to Telkom broadband/wireless Trends in business 26

27 ENVIRONMENT RESILIENCE State of municipal environment 27

28 MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL HEALTH Municipal financial statements Revenue management Extent of government grants (Government grants/total revenue) Actual Revenue versus budget revenue (ratio) (Actual revenue/budgeted revenue) Expenditure management Personnel cost to total expenditure (ratio) (Employee related cost/expenditure) Actual expenditure versus budgeted expenditure (ratio) (Actual expenditure/budgeted expenditure) Interest as a percentage of total expenditure (ratio) (total interest paid/total expenditure) Repairs and maintenance versus total book (ratio) (Repairs and maintenance of PPE/total book value) Asset management Asset Register submitted to the auditor general Acquisition of PPE-Actual versus budget (ratio) (Actual PPE purchased less budgeted PPE purchases/budgeted PPE purchases) Debtors collection period (ratio) (consumer debtors X365/service (own) revenue)) 28

29 MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL HEALTH Debt management Acid test ratio(current assets less inventories/current liabilities) Creditors payment period (Trade creditors*365/services (Own) revenue)) Total liabilities/total assets (ratio) (Total liabilities/total assets) Net Debts Audit outcomes/opinions Audit outcomes/opinions Movement in Audit Outcomes Trend in Audit outcomes Supply chain management Awards made to persons in service of the state (type,#& amount) Awards made to councillors Adherence to Supply chain processes, policies & management in place 29

30 MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL HEALTH Unauthorised expenditure Irregular expenditure Fruitless and wasteful expenditure Municipalities in financial distress Cash as a % of operating expenditure Persistence of negative cash balance Overspending of original operating budget (as a % of original operating expenditure Under spending of original capital budget Debtors as a % of own revenue Year on year growth in debts Creditors as a % of cash & investment 30

31 GOOD GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY Section 139 intervention Establishment of ward council committees Establishment of oversight committee Public Participation Total number of wards per municipality Establishment of ward committees Ward committees funding model in place Total funding per ward Functionality of ward comittees Establishment of MPAC MPAC training MPAC meetings for oversight Oversight reports submitted to the legislature 31

32 GOOD GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY Corruption # of cases per type # of investigation instituted # of actions per type of investigation # of pending investigations # of completed investigation Anti-corruption measures in place Internal Audit function Establishment of internal audit unit Establishment of audit committee Composition of audit committee (according to guidance) Types of audit committee: 32

33 GOOD GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY Own audit function Serviced by DM Co-sourced Outsourced # of audit committee meetings Management & operational systems Complains management systems (as per guidelines) Fraud prevention plan (as per guidelines) Communication strategy in place Stakeholder mobilization strategy/public participation strategy 33

34 COHERENT MUNICIPAL PLANNING IDP planning Indicators IDP plan in place & timeous adoption Review of IDP document IDP credibility score or rating IDP plan adequately budgeted for Spatial development plans aligned with DSPF & PGDS IDP & sectoral plans aligned with Spatial Development Plans Review & aligned LED strategy IDP & sectoral plans aligned with Spatial Development Plans All sector plans included in the IDP IDP endorsed by all wards IDP endorsed by community organisations and stakeholders 34

35 CAPACITATED MUNICIPALITIES Capacity Assessment Establishment of performance management systems framework Employees responsible for performance management systems per qualification per experience Formally adopted processes for the development of performance management system Formally adopted processes for the reviews of performance management systems Cascading of performance management system to all levels within a municipality Availability of skills development plan Implementation of skills development plan Trends in municipal staffing Distribution of staff per function per qualification, experience Total post filled % of funded posts Funded post as a % of total posts No of Staff existing municipality and reasons (Types of exists) 35

36 CAPACITATED MUNICIPALITIES Management Capacity Levels of qualifications & experience by type of post Qualifications by type of post of senior managers # of years in current position # of acting positions ( senior management) Human Resources Current recruitment status Human Resource strategies & plans in place Information technology Availability of IT governance framework Establishment of IT steering committee Total number of Councillors in the Province No. Of female Executive Mayors No. Of male Executive Mayors: No. Of female Speakers 36

37 THE END THANK YOU 37

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