The Strategic Management Directorate is responsible for the overall management of the following sub-programmes:

• Communications
• Policy and Planning

Strategic Management focuses on the following:

Policy Development

• Development of policies in line with the prescribed Provincial Policy Format and relevant applicable legislation,
• The monitoring of policies implemented, through the policy compliance grid.
• Update and maintain the policy register
• Review of policies

Monitoring of the Service Delivery Improvement Plan (SDIP) within the Department.

• The  3year SDIP is been utilized as a monitoring tool on which services rendered by the Department will be evaluated against the expectations of partners and civil society
• Development of service standards per service

Monitoring and evaluation of the Strategic Plan

• Development and implementation of the Annual Performance Plan
• Management of Performance Information in the department
• Development of the Annual Report

Monitoring of the Government Reporting and Planning cycle which includes:

• Quarterly collation, consolidation quality assured and submission of reports to Provincial Treasury, Cabinet Lekgotla , Office of the Premier, Portfolio Committee, and SCOPA,

Monitoring tool for the PGDS Poverty target to measure quality and quantity developed, for future planning
 

• Review of the PGDS
• Inputs for the development of the Spatial Development Framework