The spending focus over the medium term will be on improving service delivery and creating jobs in the environmental sector. The bulk of the budget will be spent on the expanded public works projects within the Environmental Programmes to create 113 748 full time equivalent jobs and 219 089 work opportunities. Expenditure in the Environmental Programmes grew significantly between 2009/10 and 2012/13 due to the rollout of the expanded public works programme, which also accounted for the significant increase in transfers and subsidies over this period. The programme created 54 301 full time equivalent jobs and 172 979 work opportunities between 2009/10 and 2012/13. Over the same period, the significant increase in expenditure on the Administration programme was due to the expanded mandate of the Environmental Advisory Services subprogramme, which manages and facilitates the Department's international relations, engagements and cooperation agreements, and the infrastructure development programme. Table 1 below provides expenditure estimates for the Department of Environmental Affairs over the medium term