Deputy Minister Pule on tour to introduce monitoring and evaluation of frontline service delivery: 9 Mar - 20 Apr

15 March 2011

The Deputy Minister in The Presidency responsible for Performance Monitoring, Evaluation, Ms. Dina Pule, will undertake a tour of provinces which started on 09 March and will end on 20 April 2011 to sway provinces towards the implementation of the monitoring and evaluation system at the coalface of service delivery.

At the July 2010 Cabinet Lekgotla, President Jacob Zuma indicated that he expected the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) to monitor the performance of individual departments and municipalities.  As part of the visits, Deputy Minister Pule will meet with the Provincial Executive Council to:

• Share the approach and the process to be followed in monitoring and evaluating performance
• Communicate institutional arrangements in order to implement the performance monitoring and evaluation system effectively and emphasise government’s focus on the five key priority areas as identified by the President in his State of the Nation Address.

The first visit was in Mpumalanga Province on 9 March 2011. The next visits are scheduled as follows:

Wednesday, 16 March 2011
09h00-11h00: Cabinet Room, KwaZulu Natal Executive Council
300 Langalibalele St, Telkom Building, Pietermaritzburg
Media invited for a media briefing starting from 10h00

Thursday, 17 March 2011
14h00: Free State Executive Council
8th Floor Lebohang Building, St Andre Street, Bloemfontein

Tuesday, 25 March 2011
09h00: South African Local Government Executive Council
Block B, Menlyn Corporate Park
175 Corobay Avenue, cnr Garsfontein Road, Waterkloof Glen Ext, Pretoria

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
14h00: Gauteng Executive Council
Premier’s Office, Johannesburg

Wednesday, 30 March 2011
10h00: Eastern Cape Executive Council
Premier’s Office, Bhisho

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