WCG DoTP APP 2023/2024

roadmap that will take the institute to the desired state of functioning. The principle of innovation was accepted and endorsed and the hub will become a space for innovation through learning and development, innovation through research and innovation through service delivery improvement. The physical manifestation would be a well-equipped, well-maintained, inspiring and technologically advanced space with capacitated and knowledgeable staff. Experientially it would be a refreshing and energising space of innovation and connection. With a supportive culture, infrastructure and other foundations in place, an environment can be created that makes Kromme Rhee and the PTI an exciting asset and innovation leader not only for the WCG and its municipalities but for all of the public sector – employees of and contractors to all levels of government, stakeholders, university students and innovators. While we cannot formally prepare for a future in which the only certainty is that we will be surprised, we can be intentional about the way we meet change; personally, and systemically transforming to people and entities which are genuinely adaptive, agile, curious, creative and comfortable with change. Every employee and every structure need these qualities.

The following interventions at the PTI will be prioritised:

• Curriculum design optimisation of current curriculum that is topical, future looking, and circular where we modify the content and form partnerships with HET’s and various other stakeholders • The PTI’s learning programmes will receive accredited learning transfers from various universities within the ecosystem of delivery

• The Operational Model has been designed, inclusive of the Innovation Hub concept

• An implementation Roadmap is in the process of being developed.

Transformed Governance

DIAGRAM 6: ACL Audit Analytic Capability Model

One of this department’s contributions to transforming governance is the implementation of continuous auditing. Practically, Continuous Auditing provides an automated, rules-based, data-driven auditing approach that addresses some of the shortfalls of conventional auditing that enables the testing of 100% of transactions in real-time, with early identification of emerging risks. This is significantly more efficient than the traditional testing methods and will be designed in consultation with AGSA to potentially decrease their substantial testing. The ultimate objective of continuous auditing is to improve the control environment as it is considered a preventative control. Over the medium term, the department will intensify efforts to establish continuous auditing as an embedded practice in the WCG. The WC Internal Audit Service is

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DOTP ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN FOR 2023/2024