KHOMAS REIONAL COUNCIL - Annual Planning and Review Workshop

Khomas Regional Annual Planning & Review Workshop

DIRECTORATE: PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

CHAIRED BY: CHIEF REGIONAL OFFICER - MR. C. CLEMENT MAFWILA

Training dates: 22-26 February 2021 in Swakopmund

PROGRAM COORDINATORS:

ADVANCED TEAM

1. RIECKY-LOO

2. SONIA MWAIMBANGE

3. SEM KALUMBU

4. ENGENIA MATHEUS

5. EINO MBANGO

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WE WECLOME OUR HONORABLE COUNCILORS TO THIS PLATFORM

 

KRC-Online Newsletter 002202021

 https://zone.my.na/news/official-opening-of-the-regional-council-2021-02-05

BACKGROUND OF THE SWAKOPMUND TOWN (NAMIBIA)

SWAKOPMUNUD HISTORY VIDEO :         
https://wikitravel.org/en/Swakopmundhttps://wikitravel.org/en/Swakopmund

The review workshop was coordinated with a collective efforts from the directorate of planning, learning and development and administration. Indeed the workshop has shed light on development programmed of the years 201/2020 financial years. Below we have provided a link to all our presentations for your reference;

Welcoming remarks of the Chairperson:

In his welcoming remarks. 

The chairperson emphasized the event (Review workshop) is taking part

during a challenging moment where our country is going through economic and social challenges

and this will affect us all.

He urged all present at the workshop to think out of the box, in coming up with new creative ideas

that may address the challenges we are currently facing.

In his few words, he urged all participants to be ready for this important task in order to improve the

service delivery.

Remarks by the Hon Governor:

The Honorable welcomed everyone to Erongo region and to the review and planning workshop.

She highlighted that, the workshop came at the right time where our new councilors recently

came onboard. She deliberated on the main purpose of arranging a workshop outside our duty station / out of town, explaining that, if the workshop was conducted in Windhoek, the conference room mighty

be half since there demand for the hon and staff members to attend to other work matters and

private matters is high. Therefore, she urged all participants to participate fully and be present all

the time. She further emphasized the need of working together and having s mutual communication and

understanding between the constituency Councilors and the administrative (CAO) staff. Cooperation, coordination should be of utmost importance when carrying out the council duties at all time. She further noted that, working together is a two way thing and it’s not by choice but it for the

Council to achieve its vision, mission and its mandate in providing essential services to the public.

Finally, she emphasized on the aspect of customer service. Staff members should refrain from

sending away customers, rather communicate with others and do proper referral. “Let us serve our

people and customers survive is essential” Hon L. Macloud-Katjirua

Chief Regional Officer Mr. Clement Mafwila touched on highlights of the workshop and essential topics of discussion as an eye opener to all participants.

 

1. Service delivery
2. Clean and clear financial reports
3. Resource Management
4. Governance (understanding it) King 3
5. Enterprise on Risks Management
6. Procurement management
7. Independent professional Audit committee
8. Accountability and Transparency
9. Strategic Objectives

Presentation (a) Day1: Mr. Chilinda Franklin

Web:  

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING FRAMEWORK 

Mr Franklin C Chilinda National, Regional, Local Establishment of the Regional Council 

To plan, provision to give township establishment Decentralized Functions Bring government closer to the people, National Planning Commission. The regional council acting on the regional level Formulate short, long term plans in consultation with the Regional Council Evaluate the effectiveness the Regional Council. 

PLANNING SYSTEM 2 | P a g e: 

Guides appropriate developments to the right places What types of development needs to happen where and time Planning structure with a two ways flow Planning Process of making decision with available resources Development Organization or community plans to meet Region Complex. 

DISCUSSIONS: 

Hon. Gawases Katutura East Planners to visit the constituencies’ office – that the planners to be invited to the CDC meetings 

ROLE OF STATISTICS IN PLANNING: 

Mr S Mubila 2011 Census Results – Referred to slides What is statistics? Analyzing, interpretation, presentation and dissemination of data. Science of leaning. Good statistic improves the transparency and accountability of policy making. Help in informing aid allocation decisions Purpose of statistics.

To support good decision making Raw material for accountability Information has to be of high quality, right thing, at the right time and should be reliable and relevant Important to the country, has to address the needs of the users.  To influence the outcome Helps decision makers to make good decisions Serve the needs of government and public. 

Why do matter statistics Evidence on where policies are build Help to identify needs and set goals and monitor progress Provide 3 | P a g e The role statistics Descried the role of the people in life Path finder, tool to address the needs Promotes public trust Improves the quality of life Statistical Time Series 1.4 million – 1991 /growing at 3% 1.8 Million – 2001 / growing at 3% 2.1 Million – 2011 / growing at 3.7% 2.3 million – 2010 / growing at % 2.7 million – 2021 / growing at % Housing conditions 1991 – safe water 98%, toilets facilities See slides from Mr Mubila Discussions  Hon Black – covid 19 statistics misleading during the festive season  Hon Black -Is it recommendable to use the 2011 statistics, Governor, to move away from 10 years to 5 years. Mubila, projections are going up to year 2030, but do not use the guarantee of projections because the situation might change. But the projections still remain valid. As per size of the country’s economy, we cannot afford to project every five years.  Hon Katjaimo – statistics at constituency level / Medium Term Expenditure (MTEF) Mr S Kalumbu 1. MTEF 2020/21 2. Development budget 3. Khomas MTEF Projects 2020/21 FY Education- construction of Primary school at Havanna Sanitation – constructions of toilets MoHSS – to construct a district hospital in Havanna Discussions  Hon. Moonde - Is the CDC and RDCC functional CRO-  Hon. Angolo – Hon are not informed of projects in the constituency level, recommendation on where to get the information of the projects taking place in the constituencies 4 | P a g e Governor advice to Hon Angolo -  Black – Hospitals  Hon Katjaimo - why construction of ministerial building then housing Hon Governor to Hon Katjaimo - Home Affairs is under the ministerial budget  Likuwa – concern of unknown projects in the constituencies  Black - DAY 2 23rd FEBRUARY 2021 5 | P a g e PRAYER BY: Hon. Katjaimo RECAPS BY: Ms Klemens PRESENTATION OF THE DAY MONITORING AND EVALUATION MANUAL Mr S Mubila Introduction Effective organization has demand from people that should meet their need. M&E helps to account whether we achieve the intent results. PUBLIC OUTCRY M&E POWERFUL PUBLIC MANAGEMENT TOOL If results are not told, you cannot tell success from failure, it cannot be rewarded, you cannot learn from it and if failure is not recognized, it cannot be corrected. WHAT IS M&E Monitoring Functions that use systematic collection of data. Requires the collection of data and it is continuous process. Evaluation Systematic and objective assessment of an on-going or completed project, program, or policy, design, implementation and results. Requires data collection It enable us to learn on what was done