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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) 2023/24 Financial Year
x Conducting performance mid-term and end-term evaluations in prioritised areas and provide

recommendations based on the findings;
x Facilitating service delivery interventions to unblock service delivery blockages in prioritised areas as
needed;

x Monitoring and providing technical advisory support on the implementation of transformation
programmes in all departments;

x Providing Cabinet Secretariat functions including communicating all resolutions of Executive Council
(EXCO) Cabinet Committees, Cluster and Provincial Management;
x Facilitating the resolution of all public enquiries as registered and tracked on the Presidential Hotline;

x Providing policy and legal advice to the Executive Authorities and departments;
x Communicating government message and portray government effort continuously, promptly, in a
coherent and coordinated manner; and

x Facilitating intergovernmental and stakeholder engagements geared towards achievement of
provincial objectives in line with the governmental programme.

1.5 Demands for and expected changes in the services
The provision of shared services underpins the future of ICT. In view of this, and in an effort to operate

smarter, it has become necessary for the Eastern Cape Provincial Government (ECPG) to explore the
possibility of sharing resources of a similar nature. As part of the consolidation strategy of ICT services to
reduce duplication of efforts and improve efficiencies, the Office of the Premier will be consolidating

Microsoft Licence Enterprise Agreements for all departments as from 1 April 2023, and as such the
Microsoft Licence budget for the 2023 MTEF has been shifted to Office of the Premier. This means that

all Microsoft Licence Agreements will be administered at one central point at OTP for the 12 departments
excluding Provincial Legislature and Education (which uses discounted academic licences). Administering
licences at one point will further enable effective monitoring and reporting of licence utilization to ensure

optimal utilization of licences. Technical sessions and migration plans are in progress.

The department has revised its organisational structure to strengthen its capacity in areas that have been
identified as opportunities for the province. These include the co-ordination of investments into the

province, policy co-ordination and co-ordination of the rural development. Given the tight fiscus, the
department will continue to strengthen its efforts to harness resources within and outside government

through co-ordination on Corporate Social Investments, Foreign Direct Investment and well as Gross
Capital Formation.

Youth development is an area that increasingly getting attention from the department since this function

was established in the OTP. To match this increasing demand of focus the department also intend to
strengthen its capacity for the rollout and coordinate the youth development programmes in the province.
This include initiatives such as Isiqalo Youth Fund which seeks to assist young entrepreneurs to take the
first steps into the world of commerce. The OTP has also been tasked with the responsibility of co-

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