NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 1058
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 4 SEPTEMBER 2009
Mr W P Doman (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance:
(a) Who runs the Vulindlela Academy, (b) what are the purposes of the
academy, (c) what training courses are offered and (d) what have been the
successes to date?
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REPLY:
(a) The Development Bank of Southern Africa runs the Vulindlela Academy.
(b) The purpose of the academy is to provide critical training in
finance, management and planning, to build human and institutional
capacity and to improve service delivery in South Africa and the
region.
(c.) Training courses are offered in the areas of finance, management and
planning, including the following:
Full Qualifications:
|Type of Qualification|Qualification Title |NQF |Minimum |
| | |Level |Credits |
|National Certificate |Municipal Integrated |4 |160 |
| |Development Planning | | |
|Further Education and|Municipal Finance and |4 |157 |
|Training Certificate |Administration | | |
|National Diploma |Public Finance Management |5 |260 |
| |and Administration | | |
|Certificate |Municipal Financial |6 |166 |
| |Management | | |
Short Courses: Learning Programme/Skills Programme/Short Courses
|Focus Area |Programme Name |
|Planning |Municipal Integrated Development Planning |
| |Local Economic Development |
| |Project Management |
| |Infrastructure Management |
| |Environmental Management/Practice |
|Finance |Municipal Finance Management |
| |Project Finance |
|Management |Municipal Governance Programme |
| |Councillor Development Programme |
| |Community Leadership Development Programme |
|Other |Customer Service Excellence |
| |Sustainable Development |
| |Sanitation, Health and Hygiene |
| |Monitoring and Evaluation Systems |
|Computer Training |MS Office 2003, 2007 full packages |
| |MS Office Basic, Intermediate, Advanced |
|LGRC powered by LGNET |LGRC powered by LGNET User Training |
|Additional training |Municipal Preferential Procurement |
| |Sanitation for the New Millennium |
| |Workplace Skills Training |
| |Financial Modelling |
| |Leadership Training |
| |Negotiation Training |
| |Municipal Infrastructure Investment Planning |
| |Community based planning |
| |Basics for Local Government Policy Process |
| |Governance and Institutional Arrangements |
| |Local Business Environment |
| |Stimulating Competition in Local Economies |
| |Assessor Training, Moderator Training |
| |Facilitation and Communication Training |
| |Value Chain |
| |Skills Development Facilitation |
(d) The successes to date include;
⢠Training of 1,537 delegates on the Local Government Network (LGNET)
⢠Training of 5,259 delegates in courses on finance, planning and
management. This is an increase of 56% over the previous financial
year
⢠Providing training to the Japan International Cooperation Agency on
public finance and public-private partnerships to all development
finance institutions in the region.
⢠Establishing an e-learning platform to increase the outreach of the
Academyâs training courses.
⢠Strengthening partnerships with key stakeholders such as SALGA,
LGSETA, PALAMA, Local Government Leadership Academy (LOGOLA), the
Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and National Treasury.
⢠Agreed to Memorandum of Understanding with Agence Francaise De
Developpement (AFD) and IDC on experiential placement of 15 young
professionals to municipalities in France.
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