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This fourth annual report of the Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC) provides details of an extensive range of activities during 2017/18. Highlights for the year include:
  • The third annual GTAC Winter School event, drawing young graduates and professionals together for a week-long engagement with international and local experts on the challenges facing public policy decision-making;
  • The PPP unit’s assistance to the Gautrain Management Agency to procure 48 additional passenger couches and the extension of the Rapid Rail system;
  • The Capital Projects unit assisted the National Treasury to conceptualise a Budget Facility for Infrastructure;
  • The Technical Consulting Services unit supported 80 projects, including the development of a business case for the Port of Saldanha Bay and support to the Depertment of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to create an Aquaculture Development Fund.
  • The Public Expenditure and Policy Analysis unit conducted a series of provincial expenditure reviews, providing a platform for testing the methodology beyond the national sphere of government.


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MINISTER’S FOREWORD

ACCOUNTING OFFICER’S OVERVIEW

ACCOUNTING OFFICER’S STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Performance Environment
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Situation analysis

Performance information per strategic outcome
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Governance

Audit Committee report
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Overview of human capital management and corporate services support matters

Statistical information
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Report of the Auditor-General to Parliament on the Government Technical Advisory Centre

Annual financial statements
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GTAC has evolved from an umbrella organisation for its founding units into an integrated, rationalised institution, and our first strategic plan, finalized in this reporting year, sets out our vision and strategic objectives for the next three years. This, GTAC’s third annual report, thus looks to the future as we review the year gone by.
Highlights for 2016/17 include:
  • The inaugural Public Economics Winter School, and a new competitive bursary programme for master’s students in economics
  • Several projects in the education sector, notably supporting the Department of Higher Education and Training to establish a skills planning unit, and assisting that department to assess the potential for acquiring student accommodation through PPPs
  • Conclusive research that there is an economic case for developing a market for compressed natural gas as an alternative transport fuel.


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ACCOUNTING OFFICER’S STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Vision, mission statement and values

Strategic overview

Organisational structure
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Situation analysis

Performance information per strategic outcome
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Report of the Auditor-General to Parliament on the Government Technical Advisory Centre

Annual financial statements
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Governance

Audit Committee report
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Overview of human resource matters

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Annexure 1: Annual performance report

Annexure 2: Development Southern Africa: New associate editors and advisory board members

Annexure 3: Development Southern Africa: 2016/17 issues published

Annexure 4: Articles published on the Econ3x3 website

Annexure 5: List of figures and tables
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This second annual report of the Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC) provides details of an extensive range of activities during 2015/16, both in GTAC’s advisory and support work for other departments, provinces and municipalities. Highlights for the year include:
  • Completion of the fifth call for proposals of the Jobs Fund, focused on agricultural projects; hosting of another successful Jobs Fund learning forum; and reaching a total of 95 projects in implementation.
  • Registration of 14 new transaction support or public- private partnership (PPP) projects, and hosting of six PPP training initiatives under the Public and Municipal Finance Management Acts.
  • Assessment of the Moloto Rail feasibility study and the feasibility of imported natural gas for the production of electricity and synthetic fuels.
  • Technical and advisory support for 91 projects during the year, and completion of 44 projects.
  • Technical and facilitation support for the Mining Industry and Basic Education Phakisa processes.
  • Hosting of the annual conference of the Economies of Regions Learning Network and eleven other events of the network.


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This is the first annual report of GTAC. In 2012, the Ministers of Finance and Public Service and Administration approved the establishment of GTAC as a government component. This gave effect to the vision of a self-standing entity within the public service to provide advisory and professional support services. In April 2014, the Minister of Finance signed off on the transfer to GTAC of the advisory functions of the former PPP Unit, the Technical Assistance Unit, the Jobs Fund Project Management Unit, the National Capital Projects Unit and the Performance and Expenditure Review Programme. During the 2014/15 financial year GTAC focused on consolidating existing programmes and activities, while consulting and reflecting on strategic priorities and possible organisational shifts or adjustments.

In his foreword to the GTAC Annual Report Minister Nene indicates that the Public Finance Management Act (1999) requires the National Treasury to promote transparency and the effective management of revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of departments, public entities and constitutional institutions. It also enjoins the National Treasury to assist organs of state in building their capacity for efficient, effective and transparent financial management. He mentions that GTAC’s mandate gives effect to these obligations. He mentions that “GTAC’s scope of work is wide, from administering job-creation projects, to strengthening municipal finance management, to providing advice on specialised transactions”.



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