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DIRCO
Departmental Annual
Performance Plan 2013-2014
Presented to the
Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on
International Relations & Cooperation
by
Ambassador JM Matjila
Director-General
24 April 2013
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Overview
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Situational Analysis
Programme 1 : Administration
Programme 2: International Relations
Programme 3: International Cooperation
Programme 4: Public Diplomacy & Protocol Services
Programme 5 : International Transfers
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Situational Analysis
• Global environment characterised by major shifts in global, political,
social, economic and cultural dynamics which include:
New Economic Powers
New Media and Social networks
Environmental Change
Heightened demand for scarce resources
Changing nature of conflict and insecurity
• New economic powers influencing the balance of the global distribution of
power resulting in the formation of new political and economic groupings
Challenging the established political and economic order and placing
pressure on international organisations to reflect new realities
• SA and African economies increasingly linked to these new economic
powers
• Proliferation of regional and preferential trading blocs leading to
increased intra regional trade but to the exclusion of others
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Situational Analysis (cont)
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Globalisation continues to shape the world notwithstanding the global economic crisis
The convergence of information platforms, globalised media and social networking has a
major impact on governance, economic activity and mobilisation across social, cultural and
religious and national boundaries e.g. (MENA Region)
The Middle East remains in turmoil, exacerbated by the Arab uprisings, primarily in North
Africa, Bahrain, Syria and Yemen. The oil-rich countries of the Gulf, are addressing
concerns about the impact that the regional developments may have on them through a
massive increase in social spending.
Military conflict continues in the Syrian Arab Republic and it is expected that post-conflict
Syria will be characterised by social upheaval and sectarian violence.
Iran remains isolated in the face of perceptions that they are playing a destabilizing
regional role. International sanctions against Iran will remain until the country has made
significant concessions to its nuclear programme.
Natural and man-made disasters are impacting on all aspects of human development
particularly food security
Conflict between environment and development clearly visible in climate change
negotiations
Increasing resource driven competition
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Situational Analysis (cont)
• Debt crisis give rise to deep divisions between Northern and Southern
Europe over future of economic policy- stimulation through increase in
debt vs. austerity
• Rising nationalistic tendencies in Europe
• In Asia increased tensions over disputed territories in the South China Sea
• The situation between the two Koreas remains tense since the testing of a
nuclear device by the DPRK on 12 February 2013 and joint military
exercises between the US and South Korea.
• US shifting some of its military assets to Asia to counter-balance China,
particularly navy & air force
• China’s economy is the largest in the region(second in the world after the
United States) – however, growing concern over the debts of local
governments, which has reached US $1.2 trillion
• Japan using quantitative easing to stop deflation and make Japanese
exports more competitative
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Situational Analysis (cont)
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The environment of the global governance system remains under threat
from unilateralist tendencies as well as a gradual erosion of multilateral
programmes
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Global economic, financial, food, energy and other crises add to the
burden of developing countries in addressing poverty alleviation,
inequality and employment creation
This global rebalancing of power and influence has been taking shape for
decades, but has been accentuated by the global economic and financial
crisis that cannot be resolved bilaterally – the multilateral arena has thus
become the primary area of contestation
The African continent has seen a significant advancement in democracy
and good governance as demonstrated by the increasing number of
credible elections
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Situational Analysis (cont)
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The other significant threat to stability on the continent is the rise of terrorist
groups such as Al-Shabaab, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram and the LRA
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The economy on the continent has shown strong growth in recent years and
Africa is accepted as the new global growth region. However, political
instability inhibits the continent from reaching its full potential
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There has been greater effort in integrating the various economies in Africa
through negotiation of inter-regional blocks, e.g. COMESA, EAC and SADC
Treaty.
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Peace and security challenges persist in the DRC, Nigeria, Mali, Ivory Coast,
Sudan, CAR, Somalia and others
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Situational Analysis (cont)
• Unconstitutional change of governments continue and armed secessionist
groups continue to be a threat - Mali, and Nigeria
• The human development index in Africa very low and will continue to
hamper economic development and poverty alleviation
• The Continent is unlikely to meet its MDGs
• Emerging economies like the BRICS are causing a paradigm shift, amid an
ongoing world economic crisis, and institutions like the BRICS
Development Bank could further accelerate Africa’s development
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Population in 1980 for selected countries (World Bank)
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Population in 2011 for selected countries (World Bank)
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Global Share of GDP in 1990 (World Bank)
Middle East & North Africa
(excl Egypt)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excl
mentioned)
Uganda
Rest of the World
Kenya
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Ethiopia
Nigeria
South Africa
1%
European Union
33%
Japan
14%
Turkey
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Vietnam
Brazil
2%
United States
26%
Indonesia
Colombia
Russian Federation
2%
China
2%
India
1%
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Global Share of GDP in 2011 (World Bank)
Middle East & North Africa
(excl Egypt)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excl
mentioned)
Rest of the World
Uganda
Kenya
European Union, 25%
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Japan, 8%
Brazil, 4%
South Africa, 1%
Russian Federation, 3%
India, 3%
Turkey, 1%
United States, 21%
China, 10%
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Vietnam
Indonesia, 1%
Colombia
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Global Trade Linkages
(Regional Economic Outlook, IMF
October 2012)
For each country, bubble
size is proportional to the
number of
countries for which it is an
important export destination.
The arrows point to the
receiving country.
Line thickness indicates
export values relative to the
exporter’s GDP.
Red (blue) lines indicate
exports to (from) South
Africa.
Green lines represent other
bilateral trade above 1
percent of exporter’s GDP.
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USD Billions at Current Prices
BRICS GDP (World Bank)
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
Brazil
4,000
China
India
Russian Federation
3,000
South Africa
2,000
1,000
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15
CIVETS GDP (World Bank)
900
800
USD Billions at Current Prices
700
600
Colombia
500
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Indonesia
400
South Africa
Turkey
300
Vietnam
200
100
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Africa's GDP (IMF)
1400
1200
USD Billions at Current Prices
1000
800
600
400
200
0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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Africa's GDP Per Capita PPP (IMF)
3000
2500
Current USD
2000
1500
1000
500
0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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USD Billions at Current Prices
GDP for selected African Countries (World Bank)
1,400
1,200
1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa
Congo, Dem. Rep.
800
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Ethiopia
Kenya
600
Nigeria
South Africa
Uganda
400
Zimbabwe
200
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South Africa’s GDP Growth Rates (StatsSA)
6
5
4
Percent
3
2
1
0
-1
-2
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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South African Annual Budget
1400
1200
ZAR Billions
1000
800
600
400
200
0
1994
2000
2004
2010
2011
2012
2013
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ZAR Billions
South Africa’s GDP at Current Prices (StatsSA)
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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South Africa's GNI per capita PPP (World Bank)
12000
10000
USD at Current Prices
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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ZAR Billions
South African Trade since 1994
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
Total Trade
SA imports
SA exports
1,500
1,000
500
1994
2000
2004
2010
2012
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South African Imports 2012 (SARS)
CIVETS
2%
BRICS
21%
Rest of the World
31%
SADC
5%
EU27
29%
Japan
5%
US
7%
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TOP TEN IMPORTS FOR JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2012
DESCRIPTION
IMPORT VALUE
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
R
129 033 811 885
Original equipment components: For motor cars of heading 87.03
R
30 136 985 011
Distillate fuel, as defined in Additional Note 1(g)
R
27 470 564 726
Other vehicles of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1 500 cm³ but not exceeding 3 000 cm
R
16 162 210 088
Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: Designed for use when carried
in the hand or on the person
R
15 324 128 334
Medicaments: other
R
12 409 462 024
Petrol, as defined in Additional Note 1(b)
R
12 000 161 105
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, other
R
8 918 833 488
Original equipment components: For motor vehicles for the transport of goods of heading 87.04,
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vehicle mass not exc 2 000 kg or of a G.V.M. not exc 3 500 kg
8 656 612 533
Portable automatic data processing machines, of a mass not exc 10 kg
8 495 438 847
R
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South African Exports 2012 (SARS)
CIVETS
1%
BRICS
19%
Rest of the World
31%
EU27
20%
SADC
13%
Japan
7%
US
9%
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TOP TEN EXPORTS FOR JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2012
DESCRIPTION
EXPORT VALUE
Gold, Non-monetary: Other semi-manufactured forms
R
71 048 075 017
Bituminous coal
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53 869 257 227
Iron ores and concentrates, Agglomerated
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42 350 017 442
Platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, OTHER
R
27 300 864 360
Platinum, Unwrought or in powder form
R
21 963 906 163
Ferro-chromium: Containing by mass more than 4 per cent of carbon
R
21 366 403 542
Other vehicles of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1 500 cm³ but not exceeding 3 000 cm
R
20 303 697 252
Iron ores and concentrates, Non-agglomerated
R
19 199 045 884
Other, double-cab, of a vehicle mass not exceeding 2 000 kg or a G.V.M. not exceeding 3 500 kg,
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or of a mass not exceeding 1 600 kg
14 548 753 837
Catalytic converters of a kind used for motor vehicles
13 173 332 952
R
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Value in ZAR Billions
Top 10 products exported to the EU (2012, DTI)
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30
25
20
15
10
5
0
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Value in ZAR Billions
Top 10 products exported to the USA (2012, DTI)
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
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Value in ZAR Billions
Top 10 products exported to BRICS (2012, DTI)
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
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Value in ZAR Billions
Top 10 products exported to CIVETS (2012, DTI)
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
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Value in ZAR Billions
Top 10 products exported to SADC (2012,
DTI)
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
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FDI Stock in South Africa (Reserve Bank)
700
600
ZAR Billions
500
400
300
200
100
0
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
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Tourist Arrivals South Africa (StatsSA)
12,000,000
10,000,000
8,000,000
6,000,000
4,000,000
2,000,000
0
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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Source of Tourist Arrivals 2012 (StatsSA)
Rest of AfricaRest of the World
5%
2%
Europe
15%
USA
4%
BRICS
4%
SADC
70%
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South African Missions Abroad
140
120
100
80
126
60
92
40
20
36
0
1994
2002
2013
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GDP of countries hosting South African Missions (World Bank)
(Taiwan not recorded by World Bank, No 2011 data for Cuba, Iran or Libya)
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Programme 1
Administration
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2013 ENE Allocations
Programmes
2013/14
2014/15
R'000
2015'16
Administration
1 327 802
1 403 298
1 467 961
International Relations
2 653 389
2 840 570
3 017 794
International Cooperation
447 875
452 695
464 515
Public Diplomacy and protocol
243 943
243 925
249 441
International Transfers
875 381
924 289
966 805
5 548 390
5 864 777
6 166 516
Compensation of Employees
2 238 790
2 306 877
2 365 816
Goods and Services
2 061 500
2 239 600
2 418 400
Transfers and Subsidies
875 400
924 300
966 800
Paymants for Capital
372 700
394 000
415 500
5 548 390
5 864 777
6 166 516
Total
Economic classification
Total
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Baseline Assessment
2013/14
Baseline
(R’000)
Approved baseline
Recapitalisation of ARF
Available budget for operations
5 548 390
476 942
5 071 448
Compensation of employees
2 238 784
Compulsory goods and services: lease contracts
1 024 366
Available budget before eamarked
1 808 298
Earmarked funds: transfer payments & properties
Available budget for to fund departments
operations
1 211 479
Projected Discretionary expenditure
Shortfall
596 819
672 282
-75 463
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HR Performance
Annual Targets
Desired Outcomes
Turnaround time for filling of vacancies
Vacant posts filled within
four months (currently 7.9 months)
SMS performance agreements and
appraisals filed/concluded by due date
100% agreements filed
100% eligible appraisals concluded
95% for 2012/13
Grievances handled within 30 days of
being lodged
100% of grievances finalised within 30
days
19 cases lodged in 2012-13
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DTRD
Annual Targets
Desired Outcomes
72 training programmes in accordance
with WSP
A Fully skilled Department
62 training programmes for non-DIRCO
officials
2 Learnership programmes
Language training
Providing employment & skills
development to unemployed youth
Improve effectiveness of officials posted &
improve language proficiency
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Programme 2
International Relations
Bilaterals
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Strengthen Political and Economic Relations
Annual targets
Desired Outcomes
31 Structured Bilateral Mechanisms
(83 in total but not all of them are taking
place annually)
Structured bilateral mechanisms and highlevel engagements coordinated and utlised
to promote National priorities, the African
Agenda and the Agenda of the South
25 for 2012/2013
115 Bilateral meetings held with targeted
government ministries and high-level
potential investors
77 Trade and investment seminars
With a focus on growth markets and inline
with NDGP/IPAP
Economic diplomacy activities undertaken
to increase value-added exporters, attract
FDI to priority sectors ( NGP, IPAP),
promote tourism, remove non-tarriff
barriers and engage in development
cooperation programmes
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Strengthen Political and Economic
Relations
Annual Targets
50 Engagements with chambers of
commerce
40 Development cooperation initiatives
source
Desired Outcomes
Economic diplomacy activities undertaken
to increase value-added exporters, attract
FDI to priority sectors ( NGP, IPAP),
promote tourism, remove non-tarrif
barriers and engage in development
cooperation programmes
Scholarships funding project & technology
transfer
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Strengthen Political and Economic Relations (cont) :
Branch Africa Bilateral
Annual Targets
Desired Outcomes
Structured Bilateral Mechanisms:
BNCs
Tanzania, Botswana
JCCs
Kenya, Angola
JBCs
Egypt, Sudan
JEC
Mauritius
JMC
Ethiopia
Senior Officials Meetings
•Burundi
•Ethiopia
• To enhance a relationship between South
Africa and the relevant African country at a
Presidential and Ministerial level
• To sign legal instruments that would benefit
further cooperation/ collaboration
• To review existing bilateral agreements and:
• assess the current status of their
implementation;
• to assess progress in the establishment
of Joint Management Committees
• To examine the feasibility for future
cooperation in specific sectors
• Strengthening of political and economic
relations in order to promote national priorities,
the African Agenda and the Agenda of the
South
• To evaluate strategies with regard to
developments in the various African Regions
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with regard to peace and security as well as
socio-economic factors
Strengthen Political and Economic Relations Branch: Asia
& Middle East
Annual Targets
Desired Outcomes
President Zuma: Working Visit to Japan
• To encourage further investment in
South Africa where Japan is already creating
approx 200 000 jobs in SA
• To encourage greater cooperation on
innovative technology
Incoming State Visit from Kazakhstan
• To broaden the scope of bilateral and
economic relations between the two
countries , especially in the field of
energy technology (Kazakhstan is the regional
power of Central Asia)
Incoming State Visit by the President of the UAE
• Investment in specific projects in South
Africa
Official Visit : Prime Minister of Thailand
• First high-level visit from Thailand since
establishing diplomatic relations
• SA’s largest trading partner in SEA need to balance trade.
• Lifting of the ban on SA fruits which has
caused financial and job losses in the
Western Cape especially
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Strengthen Political and Economic Relations
Branch: Asia & Middle East
Annual Targets
Desired outcomes
Official Visit: Prime Minister of Malaysia
• Largest investor in South Africa from
SEA
• SA wants to deepen its engagement
not only with a key partner in the
region but with a region (Asia) that
has become SA’s largest trading
partner
Outgoing 5th BNC PRC
• Implementation of the Beijing
Declaration re ten investment
projects and priority products to increase
exports to China;
•To review progress of Joint Working
Group on Trade Statistics established
during the 4th BNC
• Both sides have agreed to work
towards a more equitable balance of
trade
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Strengthen & overview of Political and
Economic Relations
Branch: Asia & Middle East
Annual Targets
Desired Outcomes
India: Incoming JMC at Ministerial level
• Continue to focus the attention of India on
SA on sectors such as Automobiles,
education, hotels and leisure, ICT, mining,
pharmaceuticals, tourism
11th SA-Iran Joint Commission Meeting
• To gain a clear understanding of Iran’s
position on unfolding developments in the
Middle East
• To engage Iran on its nuclear programme.
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Strengthen Political and Economic Relations
Branch: Americas Highlights
Annual Targets
SA-USA Strategic Dialogue (SD)
Working Group on Africa and Global
Affairs
Desired Outcomes
•Promote SA’ as ‘gateway’ & hub to the region
• Increase FDI, maintain ODA levels, especially as
they relate to PEPFAR (in support of better
Health)
• Improve access for SA goods through the
extension of AGOA
• Promote SA as a tourism destination
• To seek common understanding on potential
synergies and problem issues, especially in
Africa
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Strengthen Political and Economic Relations
Branch: Americas
Annual Target
Desired Outcomes
SA-Canada Annual Consultations (AC)
• Attract Canadian investments in the mining
sector
• Promote Canadian training courses for the
military and police and tertiary education
scholarships
Brazil Joint Commission (JC)
• Allow for due alignment of the bilateral portfolio
with South Africa’s strategic priorities
• Ensure further implementation of those
instruments that will ensure benefit for South
• Africa’s constituencies, most importantly the
MoU on Trade Facilitation and the Agreement
on Defence Cooperation.
Cuba: The 11th Joint Consultative Mechanism
(JCM)
• Address key issues such as cooperation
in Health
Mexico: 2nd BNC
• Align domestic priorities with the bilateral
portfolio for Mexico and with a view to prepare
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for a first visit by Mexico’s President Pena
Strengthen Political and Economic
Relations Branch: Americas
Annual Target
Desired Outcomes
Venezuela: 2nd SOM
• Foster closer political cooperation
• Focus on economic areas such as its
largest oil reserves in the world,
defence industry, agriculture and
mining
Southern Cone Latin American countries: JCM
with Chile and BNC with Argentina
• Ensure opportunities to further
reconfigure bilateral engagements to the
benefit of South Africa and our domestic
priorities, mainly job creation
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Strengthen of Political & Economic Relations
Branch: Europe
Annual Targets
Desired Outcomes
High Level Visits (14)
Structured Mechanisms (10)
Senior Officials Meetings (5)
Register SA’s commercial interests and ensure
an enabling political, social and economic
environment to pursue inward investment +
promote and or maintain SA’s exports in Europe
Targeted Investment Seminars
Penetration of the Central and Eastern
European market where large potential for
growth exists and maintenance of the Western
Europe market
Targeted Trade Promotion Exhibitions/Events
Penetration of the Central and Eastern
European market where large potential for
growth exists and maintenance of the Western
Europe market
Engagements with Organised SA and European
Business
Engagement to ensure immediate identification
of barriers to trade & prompt escalation
Foster a closer working relation with organised
business
Tourism Promotion Events
Penetration of the Central and Eastern
European market where large potential
for
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growth exists and maintenance of the Western
Europe market
Programme 3
International Cooperation & Continental
Cooperation
Multilateral
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International Cooperation – System of Global Governance
Annual Targets
Desired Outcomes
Engagement with multilateral structures and
processes to enhance the responsiveness of the
multilateral system to South Africa’s needs and
the needs of developing countries
Contributions to decisions and resolutions of the
UN System related to international peace and
security, sustainable development and the
promotion and protection of human rights
Advancement of South African positions on
climate change and the Durban Platform for
Enhanced Action and ensure the interests of
Africa and the developing world are also
advanced
• 68 Plenary Session of UNGA
• 9 regular sessions of UNGA main & standing
• committees
• 1 meeting on UNHCREXCOM
• 1 meeting of the Committee on World Food
Security
• 1 meeting of UN Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues
• 4 UNFCCC meetings
Promote SA’s candidatures for membership and
participation in strategic intergovernmental
organisations
• 4 meetings of the Peace Building
Commission (PBC)
• 4 meetings of Disarmament, Nuclear
security and non-proliferation mechanisms
• 3 meetings for ECOSOC sessions
Contributions to policy coherence on peace and
security through PBC and Disarmament fora;
development issues through membership of
ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies; and human
rights through the HRC and Human Rights
Treaty Bodies
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International Cooperation – System of
Global Governance
Annual Targets
Desired Outcomes
Contribute to the formulation and
development of international law and policy
South African experts serving on ILC,
ITLOS etc. to enhance international justice,
international law and jurisprudence
• numbers of meetings related to
justice,
international law and jurisprudence
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System of Global Governance
Annual Targets
Intergovernmental processes, influential in the
Global Governance System, engaged in to
advance South Africa’s foreign policy objectives
• 2 IMF & 2 WB meetings
•1 CHOGM Summit
• 3 working group meetings Common
Wealth
•2 WEF meetings
• 9 meetings of G20 structures & processes
Desired Outcomes
• Promotion of development issues in
support of national development
imperatives, regional objectives and
continental aspirations of Africa and
the South through participation in the
international discourse on the UN
Development Agenda beyond 2015
• Promotion of global development
issues, especially through high-level events
such as the biennial CHOGM Summit, WEF
meetings etc.
• Championing South Africa’s needs and the
special needs of Africa at the annual World
Economic Forum on Africa
• Promotion of global economic stability and
long-term sustainable growth, furthering the
interests of Africa and other developing
countries, through G20 structures and
processes
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Continental Cooperation –Enhanced African Agenda &
sustainable development
Annual Targets
Mainstream the African Agenda and the
African Renaissance
• 4 meetings of AU structures
•1 AUPSC Summit & Ministerial
meetings per annum
• 2 PAP sessions per annum
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the
OAU/AU under the theme ‘Pan
Africanism and African Renaissance’.
Desired Outcomes
• The promotion of peace and stability, socioeconomic development, good governance
and democracy, and the consolidation of the
continental economic and political
integration
• Celebrate AU achievements and re-double
efforts to address African development
challenges
• Popularize and explain the African Agenda
to local and international audience
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Continental Cooperation : Enhanced African Agenda &
sustainable development
Annual Targets
Desired Outcomes
Strengthen the capacity of the AU, SADC,
SACU, NEPAD, and other organs
• 1 SADC Summit
• 2 SADC Council meetings
• 1 Ministerial Organ Troika
meeting
• 1 Organ Troika and
Ministerial & Summit
• 3 Tripartite FTA meetings
• 1 SADC/ EU EPA meeting
• Utilise SADC structures and processes
with substance & logistics to promote
peace and stability, socio-economic
development, good governance and
democracy as well as regional integration
•South Africa quotas filled through
secondments
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Continental Cooperation –Enhanced African Agenda & sustainable
development
Annual Targets
Desired Outcomes
Coordinate the deployment of South African • Create a seamless coordination mechanism to
Security Personnel under UN Security Council ensure proper support is provided to the
and the AUPSC.
deployments in Sudan, South Sudan, and the
DRC
• Assist the continent in its post-conflict
reconstruction and development programmes.
Participate in continental and regional economic • Implementation of SADC Protocol on Trade.
integration processes.
• Progress in EAC-COMESA-SADC T-FTA
negotiations
• Support the formation of the Africa Economic
Mainstream NEPAD in strategic multilateral for a
Community as per the Abuja Treaty.
in order to promote Africa’s development agenda
• Support regional infrastructure development
- 2 NEPAD Heads of State & Orientation
projects
Summits
• Support the implementation of key NEPAD
Framework programmes
• Strengthen South-South Cooperation
(FOCAC, TICAD V Summit).
• Africa benefiting from the North-South
Cooperation
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Continental Cooperation –Enhanced African Agenda & Sustainable
Development
Annual Targets
Desired Outcomes
Provide support infrastructure for PAP and
NEPAD.
Participate in APRM processes
2 APRM sessions pa
• Contribute towards good governance
and democracy; and
Participate in election observer missions in
Africa under AU and SADC Mandate
Deploy Electoral Observers to Zimbabwe
and Madagascar where South Africa is
playing an important role in regional
mediation efforts. Observer also to be send
to other regions of the continent
Provide development assistance through
ARF/SADPA
Establishment of SADPA
•
Promote transparency and
accountability
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International Cooperation : South-South Processes
Annual Targets
Desired Outcomes
Engage with organisations of the South to
contribute to and advance common
positions of the South aligned to South
Africa’s foreign policy positions
-12 NAM Coordinating Bureau meetings
-1 NAM ministerial (UNGA 68)
Contributions to the development of
common G77 and NAM positions and
initiatives on political, economic and social
issues, including human rights, on the
agendas of UN bodies and associated
organisations
6th IBSA Summit New Delhi, 06 June
2013
• To deepen the sectoral and people-to
people cooperation;
• IBSA Trust Fund Agreement in the
pipeline to be ready for signature;
• Following the 10 years milestone
reached by IBSA, the meeting will
determine the course for the IBSA Group
going forward
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International Cooperation: South-South
Processes
Annual Targets
Desired Outcomes
BRICS
• South Africa is Chairperson of BRICS
and will oversee the Implementation of the
eThekwini Action Plan in the
course of 2013/14 which entails 18
intra-BRICS areas of cooperation as
well as exploring identified new areas
of cooperation
IOR-ARC
• First Meeting of the IOR-ARC Trade
Ministers, July 2013, Mauritius,
Committee of Senior
officials(CSO) meeting in New Delhi,
August 2013 and 2th COM Meeting in
Australia (date tbc but usually around
October/November, 2013)
• Renewed strategic interest in the Indian
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Ocean through the political and
economic activities of major powers
International Cooperation:
North-South Cooperation
Annual Targets
Advance South Africa’s foreign policy
objectives and positions of the South
through engagement with formations
of the North e.g. SA-EU partnership,
TICAD, KAF
Desired Outcomes
Promotion of national interest, the
African Agenda and the Agenda of the
South with identified development
partners and formations of the North
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Programme Four
Public Diplomacy & Protocol
Services
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Public Diplomacy
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The establishment of “Ubuntu Radio” will further enhance and strengthen the efforts in reaching
out to the public through innovative platforms.
Expand PPP programme to international platforms
Start implementation of DIRCO/Missions portal project to enhance Brand SA.
Regular media workshops on key issues
Annual Targets
Desired Outcomes
52 Media Briefings (weekly)
• Promoting a positive projection of
SA’s image,
• Communicating foreign policy
positions to both foreign and
domestic audiences, and
• Marketing and branding SA by
utilising PD strategies, platforms and
services.
52 Opinion pieces (weekly)
15 public participation programmes
365 media reports (daily)
52 regional reports
64 publications (internal, external)
24-hour online broadcast through
Ubuntu Radio
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Protocol Services
Annual Targets
Desired Outcomes
100% of requests for coordination of
international conferences responded to
100% of requests for the utilisation of State
Protocol Lounges responded to
Provide effective State Protocol Services
100% of requests for incoming and
outgoing international visits for local and
provincial governments responded to
100% of requests for incoming and
outgoing international visits for principals
responded to
100% of requests for protocol ceremonial
and hospitality services responded to
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Protocol Services
Annual Targets
100% of requests for South African
Diplomatic and Official Passports and
visas responded to
100% of requests for heads of Mission
appointments responded to
Desired Outcomes
Percentage of requests for Diplomatic
Immunities and Privileges, South
African Diplomatic Passports and
appointments of Heads of Missions
responded to
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Programme 5
International Transfers
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APP Fully Compliant
• Auditor-General audited Departmental APP 2013-2014 and is
satisfied that it is compliant with prescripts- No findings made
• The Department of Performance Monitoring & Evaluation in
the Presidency has confirmed that the Departmental APP
2013-2014 is fully aligned to Outcome 11 (see attached letter)
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Thank you
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