Presentation by Col (Rtd) C. M. Katsande Deputy Chief Secretary Office of the President and Cabinet ZIM ASSET AWARENESS SEMINAR FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT 12-13 MARCH 2014, HICC, HARARE 1

 Introduction  Zim Asset Clusters  Key Success Factors  Zim Asset Implementation and monitoring Modalities  Role of Stakeholders  Capacity building  Conclusion and Action Points 2

 Zim Asset is the Post Election socio economic blue print that will guide and direct all Government policies and programmes from October 2013 to December 2018.

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• The Vision of the Plan is: “ Towards an Empowered Society and a Growing Economy .” • The execution of the Plan will be guided by the following Mission: “ To provide an enabling environment for sustainable economic empowerment and social transformation to the people of Zimbabwe .” 4

• The implementation of Zim Asset will be underpinned and guided by the Results Based Management (RBM) System which focuses on clear organisational visions, missions, values, key result areas, goals and objectives, which are translated into a results framework of outcomes, outputs, strategies and resources.

• In addition, Government will ensure that the budgetary process is aligned to the programming requirements of the Plan 5

The Plan is built around four main clusters namely: • Food Security and Nutrition • Social Services and Poverty Eradication • Infrastructure and Utilities • Value Addition and Beneficiation.

 To buttress the four clusters mentioned above, two sub-clusters were also developed namely:  Fiscal Reform Measures and Public Administration;  Governance and Performance Management.

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 The cluster system involves grouping of all ministries with related mandates and functions together to ensure effective implementation processes; guarantee horizontal and vertical linkages; provide greater synergies; and accelerate growth.  Clusters are led by Cluster co- chairpersons 7

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 To ensure the successful implementation of Zim Asset, success factors and drivers have been identified as implementation pillars. The Key Success Factors are as follows: Political commitment and leadership from the highest level ii.

Strong collaborative partnerships among Government agencies, the private sector, citizens and other stakeholders 8

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Human Capital development programmes to enhance the acquisition of requisite skills iv.

Scientific research and development v.

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Continued use of the multi-currency regime to consolidate macroeconomic stabilisation Introduction of Special Economic Zones vii.

Creation of special funding vehicles such as acceleration of the implementation of PPPs.

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Establishment of the Sovereign Wealth Fund ix.

Institutionalization of RBM across the public sector (Civil service, Parastatals, State Enterprises and Local Authorities) x.

Value addition and beneficiation in productive sectors such as mining, agriculture and manufacturing.

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Rehabilitation, upgrading and development of key infrastructure and utilities comprising power generation, roads, rail, aviation and water; xii.

Deliberate implementation of supportive policies in key productive economic sectors such as agriculture, mining, manufacturing and tourism in order to quickly grow the economy 11

xiii. Alignment of legislation, policies and guidelines by all Government ministries and departments in line with the Constitution. 12

 Office of the President and Cabinet is the lead agency responsible for effectively managing, monitoring and evaluating the implementation of Zim Asset, based on the four clusters mentioned above. 13

 Each Cluster has two co-chairpersons, one from government and the other one from private sector  Clusters regularly meet with their respective cluster heads  Cluster co-chairpersons coordinate each cluster and produce cluster reports on implementation of Zim Asset 14

 Heads of Ministries meet to consider cluster reports and prepare progress reports to Cabinet.  Each ministry has a Zim Asset focal person responsible for compiling ministry Zim Asset progress reports  Clusters mirror Cabinet Committee System 15

 For easy conceptualization, comprehension and appreciation of the key result areas, outcomes as well as outputs, Zim Asset is set out in Matrix form to ensure the institutionalization and mainstreaming of a results based culture in the public sector.

 Under this arrangement, initiatives identified under each cluster will be implemented immediately to yield quick results (Quick Wins) 16

 In the shortest possible time frame up to December 2015, with the other deliverables targeted up to December 2018.

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Zim Asset is a national programme and all stakeholders have a role to play: • The Government in pursuit of this Plan, will take a deliberate position of reforming and harmonizing existing laws and other pieces of legislation in order to strengthen existing structures and systems, to create an enabling environment for quality service delivery.

• Parliament should therefore pronounce itself on the plan by speedily passing laws which are promotive of Zim Asset 18

 The Annual National Budget should be aligned to the Zim Asset priorities and as such when debating and approving the National Budget, Parliament should ensure it is aligned to Zim Asset priorities identified for that particular financial year.

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 Parliamentarians should raise awareness in their constituencies about the role of each and every Zimbabwean in the implementation of Zim Asset 20

 To ensure effective and efficient implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Zim Asset, all stakeholders including government ministries, parastatals and Parliament, among others, should be capacitated in terms of skills, human and financial resources, and state of the art technology and equipment 21

 The Office of the President and Cabinet is currently undertaking a comprehensive RBM Training of Trainers program for Ministries and Parastatals RBM and Zim Asset focal persons . 22

 The Training of Trainers is aimed at building in-house capacities within organisations on RBM and its critical components that include Strategic Planning, Client Service Charters, Monitoring and Evaluation of projects and programmes, as well as Performance Contracts.

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 This will ensure that Ministries and Parastatals are able to produce their Ministries Integrated Performance Agreements, Departmental Integrated Performance Agreements, Work Plans, which are in line with Zim Asset and are also RBM compliant.

 More training programmes are lined up for local authorities and other stakeholders.

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• Zim Asset is national rather than a government programme and can only succeed with the involvement of the three arms of government, that is, the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary, and other stakeholders • The private sector, development partners, academia and business people should also claim a stake in the implementation of Zim Asset • There is need to work as a team to ensure the successful implementation of the Plan • Review policies and laws to align with what is on the ground is also necessary • OPC is ready to engage with all stakeholders, anytime to ensure the successful implementation of Zim Asset 25

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