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Briefing Presentation on Strategic Plan and Budget Vote to Parliament Select Committee South African Weather Service Cape Town 20 May 2008. Table of Contents. 1. Vision and Mission 2. Enterprise View for SAWS 3. Strategic Objectives 4. 2007/2008 Prelim Results
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Briefing Presentation on Strategic Plan and Budget Vote to Parliament Select Committee South African Weather Service Cape Town 20 May 2008
Table of Contents 1. Vision and Mission2. Enterprise View for SAWS 3. Strategic Objectives 4. 2007/2008 Prelim Results 5. Key strategic Projects 6. Employment Equity 7. Financial Projections
Vision To be a world-class meteorological organisation that contributes to the sustainable development of South Africa and beyond our borders.
Mission To collect, process and provide meteorological data, products and services for the use of all South Africans and beyond our borders. This will be achieved through: • Excellence in forecasting processes • Cutting edge technology • Accessing international observation networks • Research and innovation aimed at improving and developing our products and services • Facilitating co-operation with regard to observation network
Prelim Results 2007/2008 • Total revenue 99% to budget • Total commercial revenue 97% to budget • Total expenditure 97% to budget • Operating surplus before interest and land revaluations • R 0.05 million : less than 1% of total budget • 99% of targets set for the year has been achieved.
Key Strategic Projects • South African Air Quality Information System in partnership with DEAT • Implementation of a Total Quality Management system • Research and Development • Climate Change related research • Air Quality forecasting • Trace gas measurement - GAW • Severe Weather Forecast Program. Roll- out the demonstration project
Key Strategic Projects • Implementation of the Flush Flood project in collaboration with Disaster Management. • Modernisation Plan • Upgrade Lightning Detection Network • Upgrade of Automatic Weather Stations and Rain Stations • Upgrade Upper Air Soundings • Meteorological Association of Southern Africa (MASA) secretariat • Implementation of SAWS 2010 business plan
Key Strategic Projects Development of Waterkloof Land Development Plan Branding of the South African Weather Service HIV/Aids and employee wellness programs Community outreach projects Establish regional meteorological training centre Development of Critical Mass of black scientists
Revenue Forecast – Grant stabilize in 2011, Commercial Income Increase steadily
Capital Expenditure Radar network 2007/8 R 60 million committed 2008/9 R 35 million 2009/10 R 67 million 2010/11 R 78 million Modernization Plan 2007/8 R 28 million 2008/9 R 18 million 2009/10 R 16 million 2010/11 R 14 million Plan includes automatic weather stations, automatic rain stations, weather buoys, upper air soundings, unified model, NINJO, TRIVIS, cam cameras