Transcript INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL FINANCE OFFICERS

IMFO WESTERN CAPE BRANCH
SEMINAR 4-5 JUNE 2012
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
WE ARE WATCHING
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NMCCMC LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CAPACITY BUILDING FRAME WORK
• Bench marking of post levels
• NT and decog are compiling regulations
together
• IMFO sits on the committees to give
inputs from practitioner perspective
• IMFO has given inputs directly to the
minister of Decog
• Take part in academic research project
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UNCTAD INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
REPORTING FRAME WORK
• UKZN has been appointed by the UNCTAD
to facilitate the process of creating
international standard reporting standards,
this includes private and public sector
reporting
• IMFO sits on the committee with SAICA on
this committee with other private sector
PB’s
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TCF WORKING COMMITTEE (LG
PROCESSES AND FINANCIAL IT SYSTEMS)
• NT is busy compiling a standard IT
framework for Municipalities
• Assessing applications for new IT system
• IMFO sits on the committee
• This project is in its infant stage and is
turning out to be more complex than NT
thought it would be.
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DRAFT POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE VALUER-GENERAL AND THE VALUATION
COMMISSION
• As a response to the draft bill imfo held a
meeting involving IMFO’s ‘Bean Counters’,
municipl Valuers forum and SALGA.
• A strategy was formulated to respond to
SALGA and comment to the Ad hoc
parliamentary committee of land Affairs
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INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS MARKET
OPERATOR DRAFT BIL
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What is the role of ISMO
Will municipal electricity infra-structure be transferred to
ISMO
Will local government constitutional rights be affected
by the establishment of ISMO
In the latest draft bill municipalities fall under the
definition of ‘Customers’. This definition has not been
unpacked yet. This is a serious concern
Imfo is following up to ensure that we give input to the
situation of LG
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MINISTER OF DECOG’S REMARKS
DURING A SERVICE DELIVERY
PROTEST AT RATANDA
• The minister told the community that they
can buy pre-paid electricity while their
other services are in arrears.
• He also said that he will arrange that
eskom supplies electricity to ratanda and
take the provision of electricity away from
the municipality
• The impression was created that the
munic was wrong.
NATIONAL ESTUARINE MANAGEMENT
BILL
• Each municipality that has an estuary
must create and pay for an Estuary
Management Plan
• ECM must form part of munic IDP and
Costal management Plan
• Constitution says that LG is responsible for
the environment.
• This is an unfunded mandate. Funds to
follow function
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PROFESSIONALISATION OF
IMFO
• IMFO lost statutory professional status in
2005
• Board for Municipal Accountants was
repealed
• Protracted SAQA process to register the
designations
• In the new NHEQ framework PB’s were
left out
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Professionalisation of IMFO
continued
• Fasset PB forum attempts to gain
recognition for all PB’s in finance sector.
• SAQA wants all PB’s to register
designations
• IMFO applies to register designations on
SAQA framework
• Min of NHED prescribes that graduates
have career paths in PB’s in all professions
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IMFO ASSISTANCE WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM FOR
THE NEW
PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA IN LOCAL
GOVERNMENT FINANCE
• NHED wants to move away from unit standard
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based education to notional hours study i.e.
Professional degrees and diplomas.
IMFO sits on the advisory committee at TUT
and NT to develop the syllabus of the
professional diploma in public finance.
On completion of studies graduates must have
a PB to find a career path in.
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