PROVINCIAL EVALUATION PLAN 2018/2019 - …

PROVINCIAL EVALUATION PLAN 2018/2019

March 2018

CONTENTS

PREAMBLE 2

ABBREVIATIONS3

1. INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT OF EVALUATIONS

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2. CONTEXT OF THE PROVINCIAL EVALUATION PLAN

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3. PROVINCIAL EVALUATION PLAN 2018/2019 SUMMARY OF EVALUATIONS 8 FOR WESTERN CAPE GOVERNMENT

3.1. An impact assessment of the Public Transport Operations Grant

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3.2. An evaluation of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) Integrated Grant

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implementation programme

3.3. An evaluation of the leased-in (rental) property portfolio in respect of office

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accommodation

3.4. An evaluation of the Road Safety Implementation Programme

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3.5. An impact assessment of the Provincial Roads Maintenance Conditional Grant 2018/2019 23

3.6. An evaluation of the Provincial Sustainable Transport Programme (PSTP)

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3.7. An evaluation of the Youth Work Programme (YWP) in relation to the Expanded Public 28 Work Programme (EPWP)

3.8. An evaluation of youth development initiatives of the WC DOA

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3.9. An evaluation of the implementation, design and strategy of Project Khulisa

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Agri-processing

3.10. An evaluation of land reform projects supported by the Department of Agriculture:

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Western Cape

3.11. An evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of the Provincial Transversal

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Management System in the development, implementation and review of the Provincial

Strategic Plan

3.12. An evaluation of the Regional Socio-Economic Programme (RSEP) and the Violence

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Prevention through Urban Upgrading Programme

3.13. An evaluation of the Berg River Improvement Plan (BRIP)

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3.14. An evaluation of the Western Cape Climate Change Strategy

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3.15. An evaluation of the Software Development (SWD) @ Schools Programme

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4. KEY IMPLEMENTING ISSUES 52

4.1. Funding of evaluations in the plan52

4.2. Linking evaluations to strategic planning 52

4.3. Improved understanding of and access to evaluation evidence and its use

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4.4. Managing the PEP 53

5. WAY FORWARD 54

Provincial Evaluation Plan

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PREAMBLE

For the past five years, the Western Cape Provincial Government (WCG) has consistently implemented the Provincial Evaluation Plan (PEP) and conducted quality evaluations aligned to the National Evaluation Policy Framework (NEPF). During 2017, the Department of the Premier (DotP) has made a concerted effort towards linking evaluations to the strategic planning and budgeting processes of the Western Cape Government (WCG).

The WCG is actively using evaluations with a focus on strengthening evidence-based planning through Annual Performance Plans (APPs) for improved implementation and service delivery impact. The WCG is also moving towards using evaluation evidence in budgeting, for fiscal control, and to enhance overall accountability. The Department of the Premier (DotP) has collaborated with Provincial Treasury (PT) to identify key strategic interventions that are at a critical stage where an evaluation would be welcomed and to provide ringfenced funding to the implementing departments to conduct the evaluations. This initiative is to further promote evaluation practice as a critical tool for an objective analysis of provincial priorities, particularly within this fiscal constraint environment.

This PEP provides the content of the evaluations to be conducted across the WCG within the third and final year of the three (3)-year rolling PEP (2016/2017?2018/2019). I am pleased to announce that this plan profiles 15 evaluations submitted through the 2018/2019 Budget Statement process and the ensuing "annual call for evaluations" for implementation during the 2018/2019 financial year. This plan also profiles selected evaluations of strategic interventions that will enjoy a share of the PT's inaugural ring-fenced allocation.

The WCG continues to strive for excellence in evaluations and the recent developments in linking evaluations to strategic planning and budgeting that culminate in this PEP (2018/2019) are testimony to the strengthening of the Provincial Evaluation System (PES) within the province.

Advocate Brent Gerber

Department of the Premier Western Cape Government

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Provincial Evaluation Plan

ABBREVIATIONS

APP

BI

CD: SMI

DEADP

DEDAT DG DOCS DOTP DPME DTPW EPWP ETWG HOD MPAT MTEC MTEF NEPF NES NO PEP PES PSG PSP PT PWDG PWMES RBME SAMEA VOPES WCDOA WCG WCG PEP PWMES QLFS RAMS RCAM RISFA RNIS SAICA VFM WCDOA WCG WCG PEP

Annual Performance Plan

Business Intelligence

Chief Directorate of Strategic Management Information

Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning Department of Economic Development and Tourism

Director General Department of Community Safety Department of the Premier Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Department of Transport and Public Works Expanded Public Works Programme Evaluation Technical Working Group Head of Department Management Performance Assessment Tool Medium-term Expenditure Committee Medium-term Expenditure Framework National Evaluation Policy Framework National Evaluation System National Outcome Provincial Evaluation Plan Provincial Evaluation System Provincial Strategic Goal Provincial Strategic Plan Provincial Treasury Province-wide Data Governance Provincial-wide Monitoring and Evaluation System Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association Voluntary Organisations for Professional Evaluations Western Cape Department of Agriculture Western Cape Government Western Cape Government Provincial Evaluation Plan Provincial-wide Monitoring and Evaluation System Quarterly Labour Force Survey Road Asset Management System Road Classification and Access Management Road Infrastructure Strategic Framework Road Network Information System South African Institute for Chartered Accountants Value for Money Western Cape Department of Agriculture Western Cape Government Western Cape Government Provincial Evaluation Plan

Provincial Evaluation Plan

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1. INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT OF EVALUATIONS

The National Evaluation System (NES) has now been implemented for five (5) years across South Africa. Since 2012, the WCG has institutionalised the National Evaluation Policy Framework (NEPF) at a provincial level, and has evolved to conducting quality evaluations to improve government's effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability; to ultimately enhance service delivery for the people of the Western Cape. Within the context of the NES, the WCG has a proven track record of conducting quality evaluations based on independent quality assessments. The WCG provincial departments are using evaluations as an objective analysis tool to inform the design, management and improvement of programmes and projects, and are monitoring the impact that they may have on service delivery as a whole.

The maturity of evaluations conducted in the WCG has progressed to a point where implementing departments are valuing their utility and usability. This is evident through the two (2) assessments that are annually conducted by DotP; testing the level of maturity and the readiness of stakeholders in relation to the evaluation process, namely the Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation (RBME) Maturity Assessment and the Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT).

A recent diagnostic review1 of the Province-wide Monitoring and Evaluation System (PWMES) acknowledged the successes of the Provincial Evaluation System (PES) and the high standard of evaluations conducted within the Western Cape. It provided useful feedback for the WCG, with particular reference to Data Governance (DG)2 and Business Intelligence (BI)3 for better use of evaluation findings. The province was also selected (due to its suitable alignment to a predefined criterion) as a provincial case study for the evaluation of the NES4. The lessons drawn from this journey will also provide an understanding as to how evaluation systems are currently institutionalised, and how they can be strengthened within the context of the NES. It will also provide a gauge for the WCG to measure their progress within the national context.

Within the context of evidence-based development, DotP has embarked on a process to link evaluation planning with the APP cycle, therefore placing a renewed emphasis on good data for evidence-based planning and service delivery. Efforts have also been made to align the data management initiatives of the Province-wide Monitoring and Evaluation System(PWMES) through the profiling and sharing of evaluation information on the WCG BI site.

The Department of Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) and the WCG DotP are key role players in advocating for and promoting evaluation and evidence-based policy making and programming at international, national, regional and local levels. The Department contributes to the international evaluation community through participation in various Voluntary Organisations for Professional

1 IMPEC, 2016, `A Diagnostic Review of the Province-wide Monitoring and Evaluation System'

2 Data Governance refers to the overall management of the availability, usability, integrity, and security of data assets within the WCG. DotP Masterplan DG (2017)

3 Business Intelligence can be defined as a set of methods, processes, architectures, applications and technologies that gather and transform raw data into meaningful and useful information. DotP, Business Intelligence towards realising Business Responsiveness, (2017)

4 Genesis Analytics, 2017, `Evaluation of the NES - Provisional Results', paper presented at DPME National Evaluation Seminar, Pretoria, June 2017

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