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							       OFFICE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD: PERFORMANCE
               REPORT- 2007/2008 FINANCIAL YEAR




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ORC Strategic Objective

• To Provide Leadership in the
  Development, Application and
  Management of the National Children’s
  Rights Programme




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              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.


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        Performance Milestones in
                2007/08
KRA 1 : Simultaneous Children’s Rights facilitation,
  coordination and oversight in Government and
  civil society

Achievements

 Mainstreaming of children’s rights in mandates of Line
  Function Departments
 Logical framework for simultaneous children’s rights
  mainstreaming in Government and Civil Society
 Strengthened the understanding of Government’s strategic
  agenda on children’s rights (GDC&Y)
 ORC participation in children’s rights policy and
  programme processes


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            Performance Milestones in
                 2007/08 Cont…
KRA 2: Strengthening of children’s rights competencies at the three spheres of
  Government

Achievements

     Facilitated a workshop to examine case studies that tested the impact of the
     05/06 Introductory Training on the work of ORCs and Focal Points

 Developed Process guidelines to focus preparations for the two annual
  programmes for children 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

 Meetings were held with the Offices of DGs in the Western Cape, North West,
  Free State, and Gauteng to negotiate the efficiency of children’s rights
  mainstreaming systems
 Analysed, 1) Tshwaragano ka Bana Policy Framework 2) Child Labour Action
  Plan 3) Policy Framework for Orphaned and Other Children Made Vulnerable by
  HI&AIDS


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  Performance Milestones in 2007/08
               Cont…
KRA 3 : Enhance co-ordination, monitoring, evaluation and
  communication of children’s rights delivery in SA

Achievements

 Consultations to finalise the text of the sectoral children’s rights
  system
 Agreement with UNICEF to establish baseline data towards the
  development of a comprehensive policy framework for the
  protection of vulnerable children
 Analysis of the process to compile the annual national children’s
  rights delivery report
 Enabled Government to submit the SA input into the Global Study
  on Violence Against Children Enabled Government to deposit the
  2nd children’s rights report with the UN


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        Performance Milestones in
             2007/08 Cont…
KRA 3 : Enhance co-ordination, monitoring, evaluation and communication of children’s
   rights delivery in SA

 Conducted the second Situation Analysis of Children in
  South Africa in partnership with UNICEF-
            - Desktop Review of issues relating to children eg Child Poverty,
               Child Survival l and Health, ECD, Education Care and
               Protection
            - Focus groups with children
 Developed Children’s Rights Comprehensive monitoring and
  evaluation framework
            - Consultation with National Children's Rights Advisory Council
 Collated 1st draft of the 3rd UN Country Report-
            - Input by government Department
            - Consultations with the National Children's Rights Advisory

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

Measurable Objective:

   To strengthen children’s rights
   mainstreaming awareness and systems in
   Government – special emphasis on
   Municipalities

Total Budget: R 951 000

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


Measurable Objective:

   Consolidation and activation of the
   children’s rights M&E system in
   Government

Total Budget: R1 070 000
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 SUMMARY OF KEY RESULT AREAS AND BUDGET
            PLAN FOR 2007-2008

Measurable Objective:
To strengthen children’s rights
 mainstreaming, co-ordination and
 monitoring competencies in ORCs and
 Departmental CR Focal Points

Total Budget: R1 780 075
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GRAND TOTAL BUDGET: R 3 801 000

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            Performance Challenges
 Inadequate competencies in Government for
  children’s rights mainstreaming, policy analysis,
  M&E, and coordination of integrated policy
  implementation

 Location of CR Focal Points in Government
  Departments

 Lack of ORCS in the offices of Mayors

 ORC structures in Gauteng, N.West , E. Cape, and
  Free State
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