HE PRESIDENCY:

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

OFFICE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD: YEAR END PERFORMANCE REPORT 2006 - 2007

1. INTRODUCTION

The following is a summary of the ORC’s performance progress report for the period April 2006 – March 2007. This report is based on the ORC’s mandate, strategic objectives and key result areas in the period of reporting.

2. BROAD MANDATE

The broad mandate of the Office on the Rights of the Child is to facilitate delivery on the children’s rights Constitutional mandate – through 1) mainstreaming of children’s issues in governance processes 2) mainstreaming capacity building in Government 3) monitoring and evaluation of children’s rights delivery in Government.

Mainstreaming of a Child Centred Governance Approach
Key Result Area		Achievements	Indicators
	Development of tools for children’s rights work in Government and civil society	· Process guide for establishing ORCs at the three spheres of Government – as well as children’s rights focal points in Departments.	· Guidelines for the Establishment of Offices on the Rights of the Child and Children’s Rights Focal Points in Government · Activation of the ORC in the Western Cape
		· Framework for children’s rights work in Municipalities	· Guidelines for Children’s Rights Delivery in Municipalities
		· Mainstreaming of children’s rights in mandates of Line Function Departments	· Departmental Children’s Rights Delivery Guide
		· Logical framework for simultaneous children’s rights mainstreaming in Government and Civil Society	· ORC and NCRC Partnership Programme Framework
		· Strengthen the understanding of Government’s strategic agenda on children’s rights (GDC&Y)	· ORC and SALGA Partnership to mainstream children’s issues in IDPs throughout 2007/08 · 1^st Presidency GDC&Y Dialogue with Municipalities
		· ORC participation in children’s rights policy and programme processes	· ORC inputs into the Tshwaragano ka Bana Framework, the Children’s Act process and the ABSA ECD Programme
Building Capacity for Children’s Rights Mainstreaming in Government
Key Result Area		Achievements	Indicators
	Strengthening of children’s rights competencies at the three spheres of Government	· Workshop to examine case studies that tested the impact of the 05/06 Introductory Training on the work of ORCs and Focal Points	· 2^nd level training on CR mainstreaming, co-ordination, monitoring and evaluation for ORCs and Focal Points
		· Process guide to focus preparations for the two annual programmes for children	· Guidelines for the Celebration of the National Children’s Day and the Day of the African Child
		· Strengthening awareness on the importance of 1) preventative medical examination of children in Primary Schools 2) affordability and the recreation nature of indigenous games · Awareness of the need to strengthen child protection and development in the Region	· National Children’s Day Programme · Day of the African Child
		· ORC technical support to Provinces	· Eastern Cape · KZN
Monitoring and Evaluation of Delivery on the Constitutional Mandate
	Enhance co-ordination, monitoring, evaluation and communication of children’s rights delivery in SA	· Consultations to finalise the text of the sectoral children’s rights system	· Sectoral agreement on the elements of the National Sectoral Children’s Rights Template
		· Agreement with UNICEF to establish baseline data towards the development of a comprehensive policy framework for the protection of vulnerable children	· 2^nd SA Situation Analysis on the Status of Children in SA – Special reference to Multiple Categories of child vulnerability
		· Analysis of the process to compile the annual national children’s rights delivery report	· Agreed National Children’s Rights Evaluation Framework
		· Enabled Government to submit the SA input into the Global Study on Violence Against Children	· SA Report to the UN on Violence Against Children
		· Enabled Government to deposit the 2^nd children’s rights report with the UN	· 2^ndCountry Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

3. BUDGET PERFORMANCE

Expenditure in the Office on the Rights of the Child is primarily on the following areas of work:

· Programme implementation processes such as communication, travel, accommodation and so on.

· Programme administration such as documentation, venues and facilities, catering, stationary and so on.

· Facilitation of civil society participation in national, Regional and international children’s rights processes

· Human or technical support

· Facilitation of participation in national, Regional and international children’s rights processes by children from especially rural and poor communities

· National Children’s Day and the Day of the African Child

· Unforeseen opportunities to advance children’s rights delivery in the country

The following is a summary of expenditure on the ORC budget in 2006-2007

Key Result Area		Expenditure	Total
1	Children’s Rights Mainstreaming	R 1 000 200	R 1 000 200
2	Mainstreaming Capacity Building	R 1 300 000	R 1 300 000
3	CR M&E, Evaluation and Coordination	R 477 943	R 477 943
			R 2 778 143

4. PERFORMANCE CHALLENGES AND CONTINGENCIES

INSTITUTIONAL
Challenges		Contingencies	Timelines
1	Lack of CR point of entry in the Premier’s Office in Gauteng	Rev Chikane’s intervention to be solicited	April 2007
2	Differential CR systems in the various spheres of Government	DPSA intervention to be solicited	May 2007
3	Inadequate awareness in top management on Sectoral Performance Targets for the year	Rev Chikane and FOSAD’s support to be solicited	April 2007
PROGRAMME CHALLENGES
Challenges		Contingencies	Timelines
The following remain South Africa’s key children’s rights issues: · Children living in poverty · Violence against children · Child headed households · Children living in the streets · Children in Prisons · Children living with terminal diseases · School based Social Workers · Children who travel long distances to school		Children’s rights advocacy cooperation between the ORC and Joint Monitoring Committee on the Quality of Life for Youth, Children and People with Disabilities	April 2007 – March 2008

5. SUMMARY OF KEY RESULT AREAS AND BUDGET PLAN FOR 2007-2008

MAINSTREAMING OF A CHILD CENTRED GOVERNANCE APPROACH
Measurable Objective	Key Activities	Budget Allocation	Total
To strengthen children’s rights mainstreaming awareness and systems in Government – special emphasis on Municipalities	· Establishment of District Municipalities – in partnership with SALGA and Provincial ORCs	R 250 000	R 250 000
	· Establishment of Provincial and District Municipality CR Advisory Councils	R 50 000	R 50 000
	· Consolidation of the framework, tools and systems for children’s rights mainstreaming in civil society	R 150 000	R 150 000
	· Approval, printing and popularisation of: The National Policy Framework for the Advancement of Children’s Rights Delivery in South Africa · Children’s Rights Delivery Guide for Municipalities · Departmental Children’s Rights Guide · Directory of Children’s Rights Policies and Legislation in South Africa	R 500 000	R 500 000
Total: R 951 000
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR CHILDREN’S RIGHTS MAINSTREAMING
Measurable Objective	Key Activities	Budget Allocation	Total
To strengthen children’s rights mainstreaming, co-ordination and monitoring competencies in ORCs and Departmental CR Focal Points	· Introductory CR mainstreaming training for new District Municipalities	R 160 000	R 160 000
	· 3^rd level on the job training for Provincial ORCs and CR officials in Departments and Municipalities who started with the 3Yr Training Programme in 2005	R 250 000	R 250 000
	· Development of a format for an accredited training manual on CR mainstreaming	R 30 000	R 30 000
	· Children’s rights advocacy – in cooperation with the JMC for children	R 30 000	R 30 000
	· National Children’s Day and the Day of the African Child	R 1 310 000	R 1 310 000
Total: R 1 780 075
MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS DELIVERY IN GOVERNMENT
Measurable Objective	Key Activities	Budget Allocation	Total
Consolidation and activation of the children’s rights M&E system in Government	· Finalisation of the Comprehensive Children’s Rights M&E Template	R 268 000	R 268 000
	· Situation analysis on the status of children in SA – special focus on vulnerable children (ORC & UNICEF partnership)	R 100 000	R 100 000
	· Annual Sectoral Performance Evaluation and Planning Meeting	R 200 000	R 200 000
	· Facilitation of the National Advisory Council’s work	R 202 000	R 202 000
	· South Africa’s 1^st AU and 3^rd UN Children’s Rights Reports	R 300 000	R 300 000
Total: R1 070 000
GRAND BUDGET TOTAL: R 3 801 000