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 EASTERN CAPE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
SPEECH BY PREMIER  STOFILE AT STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP
 FISH RIVER SUN
28-30 AUGUST 2000

Introduction

Our responsibility as Provincial Government is the implementation of legislation within the functional areas listed in Schedule 4 or 5 
except where the Constitution or the Law prescribes otherwise.We are, in this process, expected to co-ordinate the functions of the 
Provincial Administration and Departments as they deliver services to the people.

Everyone will agree this demands that we develop creative ways of a more efficient administration.Both our human and material resources 
have to be used efficiently.But it is also common cause that Departments and Sections of Departments tend to work as insulated 
entities.Although they are components of the same Government, they tend to want to work as lone entities.We must defeat this tendency if we 
are to be good custodians of the Countrys resources.

To help us in this endeavour, our Province entered a partnership with the Province of Lower Saxony and GTZ.Through the PAP programme we 
agreed to develop a business plan that would guide us as we implement the elements of our bilateral agreement.The focus being to improve 
inter-departmental co-ordination and to build the capacity of improving the Local Government sphere of governance, so as to improve the 
capacity of local development programmes.

We further agreed with our partners not to be too general and ambitious in our approach.We would rather target a few areas:

* Strategic Leadership
* Communication and co-ordination inter and intra  departmentally(OTP)
* Project Management Skills
* An effective filing system.

This is an ongoing work.But it must be done with a sense of urgency.Our people have waited long enough for the services they fought.

REV. M.A. STOFILE
 PREMIER: EASTERN CAPE

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