Recreational Water Use Policy, General Strategic Plan for Commercialisation & RMP Action Plan

Operational Policy for Recreational Water UsePurpose: Defines the Department’s responsibility regarding recreational water use and establishes the fundamental principles, policy, objecti

RMP and PPP Workshop

28 September 2011

Recreational Water Use Policy,

Operational Policy for Recreational Water Use

Purpose:

Defines the Department’s responsibility regarding recreational water use and establishes the

fundamental principles, policy, objectives and

strategies for regulating this water use

Recreational Water Use

It includes all recreational activities and exploits , which require water or the water surface of water resources for successful completion These

activities may comprise in alia sport, culture or

tourism and can range from de minimus (personal use) to commercial in extent and intent

Recognised as a formal use of water

(non-consumptive) under Chapter 4 , s21(k) as well as

Equitable Access

Equitable Access (Empowerment)

Equitable Access (Empowerment)

KPA 1: Integrated Resource Planning,

Management and Classification

• Objective 1: A planning and zonation

framework for water resource planning and

management is established and included in

provincial and local planning frameworks

• Objective 2: Resource management plans

(RMPs) are compiled based on the principles

underlying the recreational water use resource

planning procedure

• Objective 3: Based on RMPs water resources

KPA 2: Safety

• Objective 1: The manner, purpose and extent

to which water resources are used safely are

appropriately regulated, controlled and managed

• Objective 2: Compliance with industry norms and standards is ensured

• Objective 3: The safe use of water is

promoted

KPA 3: Authorisation

• Objective 1: Appropriate authorisation of

recreational water use is ensured and facilitated

• Objective 2: Appropriate management of water use entitlements is ensured

KPA 4: Equitable Access

• Objective 1: The rights of communities to

physically access resources for recreational

purposes are protected

• Objective 2: Equitable access to the

water-based recreation economy for communities is

ensured

KPA 5: Communication and

Capacity Building

• Objective 1: Understanding of recreational

water use and co-operation with and among

stakeholders are ensured by changing

perceptions and attitudes through the promotion

of the value of recreational water use

• Objective 2: Stakeholders and role-players are empowered by ensuring sufficient capacity

regarding recreational water use

KPA 6: Institutionalisation and Linkages

• Objective 1: Appropriate institutions are

established to manage recreational water use

effectively

• Objective 2: Functional linkages are

established to ensure co-operative governance and effective sharing of management

responsibilities regarding the sustainable

management of water resources for recreational purposes

KPA 7: Legal Framework

• Objective 1: Compliance with relevant

legislative requirements is ensured

• Objective 2: Recreational water use is

positioned as a strategic issue and DWAF as a

strategic partner in the legal processes related to recreation, water use, and the use and

management of associated resources, etc

KPA 8: Monitoring, Evaluation and Information Management

• Objective 1: Performance and compliance

regarding recreational water use are monitored and evaluated

• Objective 2: Information is managed and

provided in a user friendly and effective manner

to assist in decision-making regarding

recreational water use

RWUM Next…

Institutionalisation of the Tourism Public Private Partnership (PPP) Toolkit

within DWA

General Strategic Plan for Commercialisation for Tourism PPPs at Government Waterworks

General Strategic Plan for

Commercialisation

The need to carry out this particular project was identified as one of the options the Department of Water Affairs should consider to address issues of under utilisation of State Dams especially on multipurpose dams to optimise the benefits

thereof

The General Strategic Plan for Commercialisation project

(SPC) started in 2006 within the Branch: Policy and

Regulation, Sub-directorate: Environment and Recreation

It was later handed over to Branch: NWRI, Directorate:

Integrated Environmental Engineering

Need for Strategic

Commercialisation Plan

Two critical building blocks of the PPP process is:

Strategic Fit: PPPs must always be grounded in the

statutory mandate, mission and strategic objectives of the institution, such as its conservation, empowerment and

development priorities The institutions PPP projects must complement these objectives and be reflected in its

Resource Management Plans

Capacity: Often institutions start PPPs before they have either the internal capacity to manage them or the ability to

What does the General Strategic Plan

for Commercialisation address?

1 The Institution’s mandate, vision, objectives and activities

2 It identifies possible sites and opportunities for PPPs

3 It assesses the institution’s legal capacity to carry out a

PPP

4 It articulates the institutions commercialisation policy,

objectives and strategy

5 Assesses the institution’s personnel and systems capacity

for PPPs

6 Establishes budgetary parameters

7 Identifies internal and external stakeholders

8 Identifies what additional support the institution needs

9 Compiles an initial checklists for each of the commercial

Government initiatives

• Government’s Accelerated and Shared Growth

Initiative for South Africa (ASGISA) indicates

that tourism is one of three sectors within which strategies are being developed to promote

private sector involvement in rural areas

• Some of DWA’s assets do have a clear value as

potential tourist destinations, which could serve

a beneficial purpose to poverty alleviation by job creation in mostly rural areas, and benefit the

Department if co-operative use reduces

Government initiatives…

Hence the strategy to allow recreational or tourism

use, which is commercial in nature, to conditionally

take place (This is not commercialisation of DWAF

dam basins, but rather the controlled facilitation of

those commercial uses which meet Governments

objectives.)

The objectives of Governments process of Public

Private Partnerships are to:

put private capital at risk;

transfer operational costs from public to private

• Of the 334 dams where DWAF has a mandate, 109

(33%) are currently used for some recreational purposes with the remaining 225 (67%) not being utilised (SPC, 2009) This clearly shows that there may be scope for

the increase in recreational use of DWAF dams

Recreational use in terms of the tourism products

defined in the PPP Toolkit for Tourism can entail one or more of the following categories:

– Accommodation (e.g floating chalets; house boats; caravan

parks);

– Food, beverage and retail (e.g restaurant boats; picnic sites);

– Activity-based tourism (e.g canoe safaris; game viewing; hiking

DWA’s policy for commercialisation :

1 The equitable and sustainable use of dams for

commercial recreation and tourism, based on RMPs

developed in association with all stakeholders This

does, however, not preclude DWA from concluding hoc PPPs based on market, community or other

ad-demand

2 Optimising revenue and return on investment relating to State assets (dams), in keeping with the NWRI Branch intention of operating based on sound business

principles, through the risk transfer mechanism of PPPs

3 Fulfilling social and economic objectives of government,

DWA’s policy for commercialisation:

4 Effective expenditure and financial

management - an area identified in

ASGISA as an area for macroeconomic

improvement

5 Implementation of PPPs in co-operation

with relevant government institutions to ensure that State dams are developed in order to unlock their socio-economic

DWA’s policy for commercialisation :

6 Entering into co-management agreements with private, communal and other parties who hold land areas surrounding or adjacent to dams Co-management agreements will look at the dam context and seek to realise environmentally sustainable LED opportunities These agreements will be determined where benefits of the

combined land utilisation will generate increased value for money, revenue, and local economic and job creation benefits for all the parties Because of the neighbour relationship these items cannot

be achieved by competitive procurement and will take the form of a negotiated agreement Co-management agreement will make

express provisions for developing economic opportunities on the

Annual Market Test

DWA’s commercialisation strategy is to via an annual

market test (i.e by issuing an Expression of Interest, both internal and external) determine demand and identify

possible PPP opportunities The possible opportunities will

be evaluated and a decision made as to whether a detailed planning (i.e RMP) or an ad-hoc process should be initiated (refer Figure 1)

Commercialisation Strategy

Prepare EOI

Publish / Communicate EOI

Receive EOI from internal and external proponents

RMP

Evaluate EOIs

EOI period and submission

Yes, but significant

No

Undertake

procurement Report to AO and Register PPPs

Decisions for PPPs

No, but other procurement

Prepare Draft LCP

Public Review Process Notices for Public Review

Public input Review LCP

Disregard opportunities and report to

No

Ad-hoc process trigger

Prepare a RMP* Review and update

RMP*

Is an RMP in place?

Planned Approach Trigger

Review PPP opportunities ito SPC and RMP

Disregard opportunities and

Opportunities do not

Report to AO and register PPPs

Recommendations for approval Approve RMPs Chief Director: Operations Approved RMPs

Review PPP opportunities D:IEE

BEC Sub-committee for PPPs

Recommendations for registration

Prepare registration application

to PPP Unit of National

Treasury and submit to

Departmental Bid Adjudication

Committee (DBAC)

DIEEBEC Sub-committee for PPPs

Is it a PPP opportunity in terms of the Toolkit

definition?

Does it fall within DWA’s mandate?

Is it in line with government priorities and DWA’s

Medium Term Strategy

• Staffing of D: IEE and Infrastructure Operations

• Professionals from different backgrounds will be

appointed with a view on employing a variety of

skills within the RMP/PPP function

• PPP capacity will be appointed within the

PPP Responsibilities

Finance Branch

(SCM)

D:IEE (RMP and PPP Unit)

-Procurement (technical) -Compliance

-Contract Management

Participation and Inputs

Recreational Water Use Manual -

Action Plan

See Information Pack