DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT & HOUSING

 

HUMAN RIGHTS MAINSTREAMING BUSINESS PLAN 2005 - 2006

Vision

A society in which women and men are both able to participate as equal partners in realising their full potential through mainstreaming human rights into the core business of the Department.

Mission

To create an enabling environment through development of policies, procedures and practices that promote and enhance equal enjoyment of rights and opportunities for women and men.

 

 

KEY PERFORMANCE AREA

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR

RESPONSIBILITY

TIME FRAME

RESOURCES

BUDGET

1.Governance of

mainstreaming Human

Rights

  1. Establishment of a Departmental Human Rights & HIV & AIDS committee

  2. Ensure integrated and co-ordinated approach to Human Rights activities within the Department

  3. Implementation of Departmental Human Rights policy/strategies and implementation plan.

Directorate: Human Resources,

Sub Component Transformation Management

Component Human Rights & Special Projects

Operational by the end of September 2005.

Organisational Human Rights structures/ role-players

Still to be determined

2.Awareness& Education

To ensure effective Internal

Communication and External

Liaison regarding all Human

Rights issues (gender, youth,

disability, HIV & AIDS, and Moral

Regeneration)

 

 

1a. Internal

  1. Director: HRM to give advise and info at Executive Management Meetings;

  2. Attend Personnel Meetings within the various Directorates in order to give advice and information on request;

  3. Gather and distribute information e.g. electronically and on the website for special events e.g. National Youth Day, National Women’s Day, Disability day, HIV/AIDS day.

  4. Newsletters, workshops and events for awareness-raising to the staff of the Department on issues of gender, youth, disability and HIV/AIDS

1b. External

  1. Ensure integrated and co-ordinated approach to Human Rights activities within the Department

  2. Director: Customer Relations & Communications to give advise and info at Executive Management Meetings

  3. Establish links with other Department’s Human Rights Focal Units;

  4. Maintain links with the Directorate Human Rights Programme.

  5. Exhibitions and events for awareness-raising to the clients of the Department of Local Government & Housing on issues of gender, youth, disability and HIV/AIDS

 

 

 

 

Directorate: Human Resources,

Sub Component Transformation Management

 

 

Component Human Rights & Special Projects

Component Communication

 

 

 

 

 

Directorate: Human Resources,

Sub Component Transformation Management

Component Human Rights & Special Projects

Component Communication

 

 

Ongoing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ongoing process

 

Policies/Strategies/Programmes

Human Rights & HIV & AIDS Committee

 

Equipment (Lap Top, Digital Camera, N-view projector, TV, Video, DVD machine, Scanner, colour printer, Photostat machine, Laminator)

Facilitators & Human Rights Specialists

 

 

Still to be determined

3. Capacity Building &

Training

To ensure the necessary

capacity building of the unit

and Local Authorities, and

sensitising personnel by

way of training and

workshops.

1a. Internal

  1. Determine training needs (KAP survey, etc.) and facilitate training for relevant role-players,

  2. Provide training for CDW’s in conjunction with other line departments

  3. Advice and assistance to Line function managers / EE Forum on mainstreaming Human Rights policies/strategies

1b. External

  1. Determine training needs and assist with the provision of training to Local Authorities

Provide training for councillors and officials at municipal level.

Directorate: Human Resources,

Sub Component Transformation Management

Component Human Rights & Special Projects

Component Communication

 

Directorate Service Delivery & Community Empowerment

Directorate: Planning & Research

 

 

 

 

Training to be provided as need arises.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ditto

 

 

 

Ditto

4.Research and Policy

development

  1. Conduct research in order to determine the impact and gaps of line function programmes and projects for its gender, youth, disability and HIV & AIDS implications.

  2. Departmental (sectoral) policy/strategies development on issues of gender, youth, disability and HIV & AIDS,
  3. Develop Departmental Human Rights policy and related gender, youth, disability and HIV & AIDS strategies

Directorate Planning & Research

Directorate: Human Resources,

Sub Component Transformation Management

Component Human Rights & Special Projects

When need arises.

Ditto

Ditto

5.Special Programmes

/Projects

  1. To develop, implement and sustain special projects in conjunction with partners, clients and civil society on issues of gender, youth, disability and HIV & AIDS.

  2. Assist the National and Provincial machinery on ad-hoc Human Rights task teams

Directorate: Human Resources,

Sub Component Transformation Management

Component Human Rights & Special Projects

Ongoing process

Ditto

Ditto

6.Monitoring

  1. Monitor implementation of EE Plan

  2. Monitor and interpret Human Rights Statistics in line function projects/ programmes.

  3. Monitor Departmental Programmes and Projects (Internal/External).

Directorate: Human Resources,

Sub Component Transformation Management

Component Human Rights & Special Projects

Quarterly and /or when need arises.

Ditto

Ditto

7.Evaluation

  1. Evaluate all Departmental policies, programmes and projects for their human rights implications (internal/ external).

  2. Investigation and Evaluation of Organisational Human Rights Structures

  3. Equality tools to be implemented such as:

    • Mainstreaming Equality Analysis

    • Impact Assessment

    • Mainstreaming checklists

    • Surveys

Directorate: Human Resources,

Sub Component Transformation Management

Component Human Rights & Special Projects

Directorate: Organisational Development

Quarterly and /or when need arises.

Ditto

Ditto

8.Reporting/Auditing

  1. Report to the Gender Equality Commissioner (Western Cape)

  2. Report to the Office for Disabled People (Western Cape)

  3. Report to the Office for Youth Affairs (Western Cape)

  4. Report to the Office for the Status of Woman (Western Cape)

  5. Report to the Human Rights Commission

  6. Report to the Public Service Commissioner

  7. Report to the Departmental Human Rights and HIV & AIDS Committee

Directorate: Human Resources,

Sub Component Transformation Management (Internal)

Component Human Rights & Special Projects (External)

Quarterly and /or when need arises.

Ditto

Ditto

9. Coordination and

Partnership formation.

  1. Participate in international, national and provincial dialogues with social partners on human rights issues

  2. Networking with NGO’s, CBO and Local Authorities on Human Rights Issues (Gender, youth & disability)

  3. Networking with National Departments and International organisations

  4. Maintain links with specialists on gender, youth and disability issues

Directorate: Human Resources,

Sub Component Transformation Management (Internal)

Component Human Rights & Special Projects (External)

As need arises

Ditto

Ditto