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REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MOTIVATION OF APPROPRIATION VOTE 02 - OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER 2016/17 2016/17 FINANCIAL YEAR - 2017/18 MEDIUM TERM PLAN BY HON.

CHRISTINE / /HOEBES DEPUTY MINISTER 06 April 2016 Honourable Chairperson, Honourable Members, I have the honour and privilege to present to the National Assembly the motivation for the budgetary allocation of Vote 02: Office of the Prime Minister, financial year.
for the 2016/17 allow me to provide you with a Honourable Chairperson, and activities brief overview of the OPM's programmes according to the seven core Programmes to motivate the budget allocation of N$485 744 000 (four hundred and four eighty thousand dollars) for 2016/1 7 for the Office of the Prime Minister.
five million and forty hundred seven Page 1 of 13 four Out of the total budget request of N$485,744,OOO(four hundred and eighty five million seven hundred and forty of N$387,577,OOO (three hundred and eighty seven million five hundred and seventy seven thousand dollars) is meant for the financial year 2016/ 17. for OPM operational budget thousand dollars) amount the is N$98,167,OOO(ninety- The total development budget eight million one hundred sixty-seven thousand dollars) for 2016/2017.
Honourable Chairperson, before I deal with the programme for the execution of Vote 02, I wish to emphasize that our programs are in line with our strategic Plan for 2013 to 2016 which is based on NDP 4.

Our main strategic objective is to improve service delivery and improve the quality of life of our people.

Our Medium Term Plan, thus, indicates the extent to which we have aligned our resource allocation to improve service delivery and quality of life of our communities.
The Medium Term Expenditure Framework provides that the Office of the Prime Minister executes its budget according to the following main programmes:- Page 2 of 13 Programme 1: Coordination and Support services An amount of N$215, 6 million (two hundred and fifteen comma six million dollars) is allocated to this programme and logistical to provide support of the Office of the Prime Minister.
for efficient administration resources financial, human includes: This amount N$25, 8 million (twenty five coma eight million dollars) allocated to NIPAMfor operational budgetary expenses; and in the Office for Gender N$300 000 to all Departments Activity Analysis Training.
Programme 2: Government Leadership Administration and Coordination An amount of N$18, 6 million (eighteen comma six million dollars) is allocated to this programme to provide support to the Prime Minister in the execution of her constitutional mandate.

Page 3 of 13 Programme 3: National Disaster Management the country over the last Honourable Members you are aware of the drought experienced throughout three to experience drought years.

Our country still continues due to poor rainfall.


The findings of the post-harvest crop and vulnerability assessment missions conducted during May /June 2015 informed the implementation of 2015/ 16 drought programme.

the approved implementation These assessments provided information on a number of required.
people affected and the amount of assistance Thus, Cabinet a of Comprehensive Drought Relief Program up to March 2016 to provide food assistance to an estimated number of interventions 578,480 drought· impacted people.

Other approved included water provision through drilling and as well as water pipeline rehabilitation livestock marketing incentive scheme extension; drought lease of grazing and marketing consisting of transport, incentive.
In addition, seeds were provided at a subsidised price as well as for free.

of boreholes An amount of N$ 631 million was approved by Cabinet for 2015/16 drought response programme.

Page 4 of 13 Furthermore, the Federal Republic of Nigeria made a generous which consisted of 300 metric tons of rice and 700 metric tons of maize grain and 3 metric tons of fish powder and were delivered to the regions and distributed to beneficiaries.
Government has distributed (750 000 metric tons/600 000 bags of 12.5kg) maize meal as part of the N$ 100 million in kind donation by the Republic of South Africa.

Other items donated by the Government of South Africa include 50 Metric tons of cow peas; 50 Metric tons of maize seed as well as technical assistance on water provision.

like other SADC countries currently Namibia experiencing the impact of the EI Nino weather phenomena.
In order to estimate the crop production in the crop growing regions, a crop assessment mission was completed in the last week of February 2016 pending a report.

The crop assessment report will include crop estimates from both communal and commercial farmers.

is In addition, Namibia Vulnerability Assessment Committee (NAMVAC)is updating the livelihood baseline profiles to facilitate the conduct of vulnerability and (VAA)in April 2016.

The outcome of VAA will analysis drought determine programme.
to implement assessment another need the An amount of N$54, 9 million (fifty four comma nine million dollars) is allocated for Disaster Risk Management for 2016/17 financial year.

Page 5 of 13 Programme 4: Public Service Management An allocation of N$55, 1 million (fifty five comma one million dollars) is made available to this programme.
This programme is aimed at responding to citizens' expectations with regard to efficient and effective service delivery by fostering ethical and professional public service delivery culture and practice.

The second objective is to design attractive conditions of services and conducive working environment for public servants.

Some of the main activities under this programme are as follows: a) Continuous Public Service Improvement Initiatives.
This include: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) the culture an Annual and inculcate Introduce and practice of public sector innovation in the Namibian public (including policy sector development).

Introduce Innovation Conference sharing of experiences; Introduce Innovation Awards.

Introduce staff survey to measure satisfaction levels and to Public for dialogue organisational Sector and an Annual a biannual Public Sector Page 6 of 13 introduce remedial actions to mitigate the same.
Roll out the African Governance and Public Administration Programme of the African Union Commission at country level through the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) No 8 (dealing with the public service, rural development, and decentralization) .

Popularize Administration Network Portal (UNPAN); the United Nations development; Public urban (v) (vi) (vii) The continued and domestication of the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Public Service and Administration.
popularisation (viii) Conducting a country-wide Citizen Survey on service delivery to solicit feedback from citizens on their perceptions about the state of service delivery in the Namibian public service.

entrench continuous public service improvement and citizen engagement.

This will help to b) Human Resources Planning at finalising implementation and Development aimed and the maintenance of the Human Capital Management System.
(This is an ongoing major project for the automation and in the Public Service).

In addition administration this allocation include the provisioning of the Framework, HR Public Service HR Planning capacity building initiatives, implementation of the of the entire HR management Page 7 of 13 Public Service Competence Framework, ongoing the OPM Training Needs Assessment participation development initiatives.

international local and and in c) Benefits and Industrial Relations; d) Performance Improvement.
e) Organisational Development and Grading.

f) Public Service Employee Wellness, HIV and AIDS Impact Assessment study conducted; g) HR profile.

This project is aimed at closing the HR planning gaps.

It is quite clear that for Namibia to its objectives in terms of V2030, MDG's and meet NDP4, it is essential to develop an HRP framework for the Public Service.
There is a need to profile the current staff members to enable the Office of the Prime Minister to determine the current and future HR needs as well as to come up with an appropriate HR Planning framework then a Public Service HR Plan for the short term, medium and long term.

The HRP framework will support the realisation of the National Development Goals.

h) Africa Public Service Day (APSD)celebrations.


It is a tradition to bring public servants from all sectors together to celebrate the APSD in Namibia every year.

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Page 8 of 13 The Purpose of the Africa Public Service Day Celebration is among others:- • To reflect on the function of the civil/public service (its mission and objectives, programmes and projects, successes and challenges); of • To give recognition to and make known the its the importance positive contribution to public servants, population, civil society, private sector and government; and civil/public and benefits service, • To motivate and encourage public servants to continue the good work and to come up with new initiatives and innovations.
Programme 5: Constitutional obligation of the Public Service Commission An allocation of N$24,6 million (twenty four comma six million dollars) is made available to provide administrative the Public Service and technical Commission to advice the President and Government on the appointment of suitable persons to specified categories in the Public Service and other public bodies.
to enable services Page 9 of 13 Programme 6: Public Service Information Technology Management is allocated An amount of N$100,5 million (one hundred comma five to million Dollars) implement the e-Government Strategic Action Plan (eGSAP) with the view to improve service delivery to the Namibian Public Service in line with NDP4 agenda.
The above mentioned allocation includes activities: the following programme to this regions; Expansion the to the • Internet./Intranet establishment of internet points of presence in the regions was completed and will be launched during the first quarter of this financial year (2016/201 7).
The main activities during this financial year is to join government regional offices to these centres to enable government wide communication; • Ongoing implementation solution Governmental the Interoperability exchange and sharing of data and information among government (X-Road) to enable in a secure manner; institutions of • Establishment business Recovery site is being implemented; continuity, of Disaster Recovery site; to ensure a government wide Disaster Page 10 of 13 • Development and maintenance of the GRN portal; is to be further The online presence of government improved and extended with online services, new websites and the upgrading of existing websites; • Human resources management; A new government payroll is to be implemented and integrated with the Human Financial and to improve overall human Management Systems resources of government; and Capital Management administration planning and • IT Policies Development; The review and adoption of the e-Government and IT policies for the Public Service of Namibia will continue.
The development and the adoption of relevant and procedures that will ensure effective implementation of the e-Government Strategic Annual Plan will be undertaken.

IT standards Programme 7: Cabinet Secretariat an amount of N$16, 3 million Honourable Speaker, (sixteen comma three million dollars) is allocated to this programme to carry out its secretariat services effectively.
Page 11 of 13 The Cabinet Secretariat is responsible for the provision of efficient technical and support services to Cabinet and its Standing Committees.

The Secretariat is also responsible for ensuring effective and timely implementation of Cabinet Decisions through Inter-Governmental Coordination; and Monitoring and Evaluation of Cabinet decisions.
implementation the of With the view to delivering improved support services to Cabinet, the Cabinet Secretariat has planned the following scaled-up interventions during the 2016/2017 Financial Year to contribute towards the realisation the Harambee Prosperity Plan: i) Streamlining of monitoring and evaluation the of Cabinet decisions in pursuance of of implementation improved reporting to Cabinet; ii)Improved Coordination with 0/ M/ As on Cabinet to ensure effective governance and service business delivery; iii) of Implementation the Public Policy Analysis Toolkit (PPAT)(a computer-based software that would improve policy analysis across the Government, and enhance development, in implementation, monitoring, and evaluation); synergies policy iv) Implementation of Operational Guidelines for National Events; Page 12 of 13 v) Streamlining of service delivery processes to Cabinet the and Standing Cabinet implementation of the Revised Cabinet Handbook and other measures; and Committees through vi) Development and implementation of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) (service contracts whereby service expectations between Cabinet Secretariat and 0/ M/ As will be formally defined).
this in Honourable Chairperson, Honourable members, short is a summary of our programmes under Vote 2, Office of the Prime Minister.

In view of my motivation of Vote 02, I request this August House to approve the expenditure of N$485 744 000 (four hundred and eighty five million seven hundred and forty four thousand dollars), as set out in the schedule of the appropriation Bill for 2016, for the Office of the Prime Minister.

I THANK YOU Page 13 of 13