Audit trails is a crucial feature of the CP3 system, designed to ensure transparency, accountability, and security within municipal operations. With comprehensive audit trails, administrators can monitor and record every user action within the system, creating a detailed log that tracks changes and updates. Audit trails in the CP3 system provide a robust framework for monitoring user activity, ensuring that all actions are accounted for. This not only enhances the security and reliability of the system but also supports municipalities in upholding high standards of governance.

Single Sign-On streamlines access for CP3 users needing temporary or onetime system entry, allowing them to log in with a single set of credentials. This simplifies the login process and reduces the complexity of access management, making it easier for administrators to monitor and track authorised users. By implementing Single Sign-On in CP3, administrators ensure high security and control over system access, keeping user management efficient and secure while maintaining overall system integrity.

CP3 simplifies role management, giving you comprehensive control over user permissions and access levels. With CP3, you can easily assign and manage user roles, ensuring that each individual has the appropriate level of access based on their responsibilities. Whether you are setting up new users or adjusting permissions, CP3 makes it straightforward for administrators to effortlessly manage who can view, edit, or manage various aspects of the system.

Depending on the type of FMS your municipality uses, CP3 can seamlessly pull information directly from it. This integration primarily handles budgetary data and MSCOA (Municipal Standard Chart of Accounts), ensuring that your users do not have to duplicate their efforts between systems. By connecting CP3 with your FMS, you enable a smooth exchange of critical information, which simplifies processes and enhances efficiency.

CP3 simplifies user tracking for administrators, providing you with powerful tools to monitor system usage and data completeness. The dedicated dashboards, accessible exclusively to admin users, offer detailed insights into system activity. These insights help you manage system usage effectively and ensure that all required data is properly populated, making project management more effective and accurate.

CP3 simplifies capital planning by centralising project management, eliminating scattered data from multiple sources. Administrators can customise priorities, streamline budgets, and track progress in near real-time. The user-friendly interface fosters collaboration, ensuring efficient oversight, transparency, and successful outcomes for your municipality.

CP3 is designed to help you plan, manage, and track a multitude of projects across complex and integrated organisations such as municipalities. We have already shown you the many ways CP3 benefits the typical user. Now, for a limited series only, we are shifting the spotlight to our admin users. In the upcoming series, we will explore how easily CP3 can integrate and enhance your existing workflows, making management smoother and more efficient. Stay tuned!

To effectively handle the new requirements that have been initiated by National Treasury’s industry consultations, it is crucial to implement a system that manages administrative tasks and data, including user administration and coordination among various role players. This will ensure accurate tracking, reporting of investment progress, and seamless collaboration among stakeholders. #MunicipalBudgeting #CapitalProjectManagement #CP3 #Novus3 #mSCOA #FinancialManagement #MunicipalReform #MFMA #PublicSectorInnovation #IDP #FundingSources #SpatialPlanning #SpatialReporting #ResponsiveBudgeting #PublicSectorFinance #ServiceDelivery #Accountability #Transparency #SmartPlanning #EffectiveManagement

With the introduction of the “Strategic and IDP Planning” business process, this update aims to improve the monitoring of capital projects by aligning project planning with the IDP goals and detailing and standardising various key data. #MunicipalBudgeting #CapitalProjectManagement #CP3 #Novus3 #mSCOA #FinancialManagement #MunicipalReform #MFMA #PublicSectorInnovation #IDP #FundingSources #SpatialPlanning #SpatialReporting #ResponsiveBudgeting #PublicSectorFinance #ServiceDelivery #Accountability #Transparency #SmartPlanning #EffectiveManagement

As part of National Treasury’s revision of the mSCOA framework, the new business process , known as “Strategic and IDP Planning” , emphasises the identification and documentation of funding sources for each project, ensuring a clear connection between the IDP objectives and the financial resources allocated. #MunicipalBudgeting #CapitalProjectManagement #CP3 #Novus3 #mSCOA #FinancialManagement #MunicipalReform #MFMA #PublicSectorInnovation #IDP #FundingSources #SpatialPlanning #SpatialReporting #ResponsiveBudgeting #PublicSectorFinance #ServiceDelivery #Accountability #Transparency #SmartPlanning #EffectiveManagement

The newly refined business process now known as “Strategic and IDP Planning”, which was initiated during National Treasury’s industry consultation highlights a few important concepts worth exploring. As part of the business process requirement, project planning is now seen as an important direct linkage to a municipality’s IDP objectives. #MunicipalBudgeting #CapitalProjectManagement #CP3 #Novus3 #mSCOA #FinancialManagement #MunicipalReform #MFMA #PublicSectorInnovation #IDP #FundingSources #SpatialPlanning #SpatialReporting #ResponsiveBudgeting #PublicSectorFinance #ServiceDelivery #Accountability #Transparency #SmartPlanning #EffectiveManagement

National Treasury (NT) initiated an industry consultation to update the business processes and system requirements of the mSCOA framework. As part of this process, they have refined the former business process into 13, well-defined business processes – one of these is called “Strategic and IDP Planning”. #MunicipalBudgeting #CapitalProjectManagement #CP3 #Novus3 #mSCOA #FinancialManagement #MunicipalReform #MFMA #PublicSectorInnovation #IDP #FundingSources #SpatialPlanning #SpatialReporting #ResponsiveBudgeting #PublicSectorFinance #ServiceDelivery #Accountability #Transparency #SmartPlanning #EffectiveManagement

National Treasury has implemented Integrated Financial Management and Internal Control System processes for local government. Key to this is the implementation of the Regulation of a Standard Chart of Accounts, commonly referred to as the Municipal Standard Chart of Accounts (mSCOA). #MunicipalBudgeting #CapitalProjectManagement #CP3 #Novus3 #mSCOA #FinancialManagement #MunicipalReform #MFMA #PublicSectorInnovation #IDP #FundingSources #SpatialPlanning #SpatialReporting #ResponsiveBudgeting #PublicSectorFinance #ServiceDelivery #Accountability #Transparency #SmartPlanning #EffectiveManagement

Submit the Table Budget Process timetable to your council soon!

Approval for the Annual Budgets is on the horizon through your council resolution!

Council approval for the 2024/25 Budgets is imminent!

Within the context of local government, visibility is essential to achieving a municipality’s envisioned goals and objectives. But what exactly do we mean by visibility? In this context, visibility encompasses not only the accessibility of comprehensive data across all municipal departments but also the path this data takes in driving the municipality towards its desired aims and objectives. #MunicipalGovernance #Visibility #DataAccess #Transparency #CommunityEngagement #CP3 #LocalGovernance #Development #Collaboration #Transparency #CommunityEngagement #DataDriven #SustainableDevelopment #Innovation #Accountability #Empowerment #Efficiency #RegionalPartnerships #LocalVoice #ProgressMonitoring #Budgeting #SystemSupport #CapacityBuilding #Partnerships #LocalisLekker

With the municipality’s vision and mandate in place, achieving it necessitates strategic planning and steadfast consistency. Every day, adhering to a strategic approach is important to realise the envisioned goals. #CP3 #LocalGovernance #Development #Collaboration #Transparency #CommunityEngagement #DataDriven #SustainableDevelopment #Innovation #Accountability #Empowerment #Efficiency #RegionalPartnerships #LocalVoice #ProgressMonitoring #Budgeting #SystemSupport #CapacityBuilding #Partnerships #LocalisLekker

All around South Africa, municipalities are expected to provide basic services and infrastructure to communities. Even with concerted efforts to integrate and adopt a developmental approach to planning, the reality remains that responses to on-the-ground issues tend to be reactive rather than proactive. This raises the question of the significance of long-term planning and collaboration, whether in spatial development, infrastructure, or financial realms. #CP3 #LocalGovernance #Development #Collaboration #Transparency #CommunityEngagement #DataDriven #SustainableDevelopment #Innovation #Accountability #Empowerment #Efficiency #RegionalPartnerships #LocalVoice #ProgressMonitoring #Budgeting #SystemSupport #CapacityBuilding #Partnerships #LocalisLekker

Municipalities often face challenges with the delivery of efficient, cost-effective and sustainable services. In part, this can often be attributed to short-comings in their capital planning processes. Some of the typical symptoms of this conundrum are suboptimal resource allocation, delayed projects, and encumbered overall development. #CP3 #LocalGovernance #Development #Collaboration #Transparency #CommunityEngagement #DataDriven #SustainableDevelopment #Innovation #Accountability #Empowerment #Efficiency #RegionalPartnerships #LocalVoice #ProgressMonitoring #Budgeting #SystemSupport #CapacityBuilding #Partnerships #LocalisLekker #CEFs #Frameworks

What are the core components of a CEF? The CEF plays a dual role, acting not only as a guiding investment framework but also as a rationale for capital investment planning. Within the framework, a CEF should be updated on a yearly basis as it is intrinsically linked to the municipal budgeting process, and provides a municipality with invaluable insights in the form of proactive long-term planning, data validation, project synchronisation and prioritisation.

Ever wondered how to turn your municipal vision into tangible projects that align with strategic, spatial, financial, and socio-economic considerations? At Novus³, our role in the Capital Expenditure Frameworks (CEFs) journey is instrumental in transforming plans into reality, ensuring a solid foundation for defendable, rational decision-making.

Why do we need a CEF? The CEF concept is rooted in legislation, particularly the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA) of 2013, section (21)(n). This framework aligns with the constitutional mandate for municipalities to prioritise basic needs, promote social and economic development, and structure their administration, budgeting, and planning processes accordingly.

The submission of Draft Budgets at your Council is approaching soon!

In the challenging environment of municipal governance, the need for a strategic and sustainable approach to infrastructure investment has never been more crucial – we simply have to make the right choices from the onset. Moreover, those choices absolutely need to be the most effective choices with the biggest overall impact. Fortunately, the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA), 2013 (Act 16 of 2013) provides us with a solution.

Capital projects only have a lasting and evidential impact if they are successfully and timeously implemented. Capital projects provide tactile evidence to communities on how vision was turned into reality.

Data-driven progress is the masthead of successful development and smart decisions. CP3 leverages technology to enhance the District Development Model outcomes.

Employ CP3’s Budget Adjustment Module (BAM) module to facilitate and enhance your municipal adjustment budget process!Employ CP3’s Budget Adjustment Module (BAM) module to facilitate and enhance your municipal adjustment budget process!

In the heart of the District Development Model’s transformative journey lies the point in which capital projects take centre stage in driving change and shaping the landscape of progress.

One of the biggest challenges faced by the District Development Model is the collaboration between different entities across the municipalities. Therefore, unlocking district-wide collaboration requires municipalities and other governmental entities to join forces in a synergistic ‘dance’.

The District Development Model has its sights set on economic development and job creation, identifying and harnessing each district’s unique potential through infrastructure projects, skills development, and support for local businesses.

The District Development Model (DDM) in South Africa is creating regional efficiencies and much needed capacity to address challenges in the local government environment. the outcome is a single, strategic “One Plan” for each district.

Here’s to fresh opportunities, shared successes and a prosperous journey ahead! Let’s make 2024 an unforgettable chapter in our partnership and collaboration together.

As the year draws to a close, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to all our amazing clients, valued business partners and dedicated colleagues. Your unwavering support and collaboration have been the driving force behind our success this year.

In the municipal environment where cost savings are essential, the use of management and operational dashboards becomes a game-changer, offering efficiencies beyond measure.

In today’s digital age, data-driven decision-making is not just a buzzword; it’s the lifeline of effective governance. Local governments are embracing this transformation and at the heart of it, lies the made-for-purpose dashboards.

Municipalities are often required to report to various Provincial and National Departments, with data drawn from the same database but presented in different formats for various users.

An at-a-glance, visual representation of the way things are – our human brains are wired to respond to quick and easily understood visual inputs. The word “dashboards” has various associations and maybe most foremost among these in most people’s minds, we associate dashboards with vehicles.

CP³ serves as an invaluable tool for municipalities in the identification and mitigation of risks associated with capital investment.

CP³ empowers municipalities to accurately identify areas requiring capital investment through data-driven analysis and spatial targeting.

CP³ provides municipalities with valuable insights into the impact of their capital expenditure decisions.

CP³, through a data-driven and evidence-based approach, empowers municipalities with comprehensive monitoring capabilities, allowing them to track the progress of capital projects in real-time.

CP³ ensures meticulous financial planning that harmonises with available funding sources and affordability constraints.

CP³ provides crucial support to municipalities in aligning their initiatives with Economic, Social, and Governance goals.

CP³ supports municipalities to determine the most effective approach for implementing their initiatives in the most cost-effective and affordable manner.

CP³ empowers planners and officials to delineate precise scopes and targets to achieve better service delivery. This process lays the groundwork for crafting impactful strategies that facilitate seamless implementation, charting the course towards enhanced delivery excellence.

The central repository created by CP3, efficiently houses investment and implementation needs, offering a comprehensive overview for effective decision-making.

CP³ enables municipalities to evaluate parity between the intent of their objectives and their overarching vision. With the help of CP³ , decision-makers can test budget outcomes against their stated vision and IDP objectives.

CP3 Dashboards assist municipalities as a much needed lens in affecting effective spatial transformation. It provides a visual representation and meaningful blends of complex data related to urban development and planning.

CP3 is a powerful tool developed by Novus3 that can assist in spatial transformation in South Africa. CP3, which stands for Collaboration, Planning, Prioritisation and Performance. One of the key strengths of CP3 is its ability to unlock collaboration and enhance efficiency in the decision-making process.

Spatial transformation can be used as a tool to address spatial inequality by promoting more inclusive and sustainable development in urban areas. Spatial inequality is often the result of historical patterns of exclusion and discrimination that have led to unequal access to services and infrastructure in certain neighbourhoods and communities.

Spatial targeting can assist in spatial transformation by directing resources towards specific geographic areas or communities that are in need of investment and support.

Spatial transformation is a critical process in South Africa aimed at promoting more equitable and sustainable development in urban areas. One of the key tools used to achieve this goal is spatial targeting, a budgeting approach that directs resources towards specific geographic areas or communities in order to address spatial inequalities and promote more equitable service delivery.

As a municipal official, you know that managing capital projects can be a complex and time-consuming process. With so many moving parts, it can be challenging to keep track of project progress, financial performance, and resource allocation. CP3 is a cutting-edge tool that makes it easier to manage capital projects effectively.

Budget planning can be a daunting task, especially for municipalities with limited resources and competing priorities. It is crucial to prioritize projects and allocate funds effectively to meet the needs of the community. This is where the CP3 tool comes in.

Prioritisation is a crucial decision-making tool in every aspect of life, whether it’s going on a road trip or running a municipality. In business and local government, the limited resources and mandate make prioritisation an essential process to achieve a common goal. It helps organizations to use their time and resources wisely, and with the right approach, it can make the complex consideration process effortless.

Strategic decision-making is key to achieving long-term goals and success! It’s about making the right choice at the right time with the right tools. For example, imagine you’re running late for a meeting and there’s an accident on your usual route.

As an IDP official, you know how complex the planning and budget process can be. There are numerous projects to consider, community participation to factor in, and lists of tasks emanating from various sources.

Are you familiar with the Local Governmental Accountability Cycle (LGAC) as provided in National Treasury’s Circular? Let’s break it down!

It’s all about planning, strategising, and coordinating effectively while factoring in multiple issues across multiple scales. With multiple projects, activities, and programs, it’s essential to prioritise competing needs from communities and various sectors while keeping in mind the municipality’s ultimate objective.

In order to develop and implement a successful Integrated Development Plan (IDP) for your municipality, there are some key steps to keep in mind. Read more about the key steps.

The purpose of the IDP is to provide a strategic framework for the development of your municipality, and to outline the objectives and strategies for amongst others socio-economic development. However, it’s not just about meeting legal requirements. The IDP must be developed in consultation with the community and all relevant stakeholders, ensuring that it reflects the priorities and needs of the local community.

In our country, there are many government entities with different goals and objectives. But as the sphere of implementation, it’s up to the municipality to coordinate and integrate those goals while promoting social and economic development and putting the needs of the community first within a 5-year term. And how do we do that, you ask? Through the Integrated Development Plan!

As we embark on this journey together, we want to emphasize just how crucial your role is in the success of your municipality. As the official responsible for planning, participation, and strategizing, you are at the forefront of shaping the future of your community.

When it comes to prioritising projects, it’s important to have a clear and structured way of assessing their impact on the community and the environment. That’s why we recommend using a modification of the “PESTLE” method as part of a multi-criteria assessment framework, in conjunction with the CP3 suite.

Spatial targeting is a concept that has gained significant attention in the field of urban planning and development. It refers to the process of prioritizing projects and initiatives based on their location and the needs of the surrounding community. By using location data as input to the overall strategy of the Integrated Development Plan and the Spatial Development Framework (SDF) of a municipality, local governments can ensure that resources are allocated in a way that meets the needs of the community in a strategic and efficient manner.

We applied a multi-criteria assessment framework to assess all capital demand projects against the strategic objectives of the municipality. By doing so, we were able to identify the projects that would have the most significant alignment with the municipality’s strategic objectives. We then compared the results of the prioritisation model to the current funded budget to determine whether funds were being allocated to the priorities of the municipality.

We solved the challenge of identifying the most eligible capital projects for the Integrated Urban Development Grant (USDG) within a metropolitan municipality. Our parameters were to find the top 100 projects that were best aligned to the USDG eligibility model, with the potential to double the impact of the grant within the municipality.

We used CP3’s Prioritisation module to identify projects that best align with a municipality’s climate change response strategy. By applying a data-driven approach to prioritisation, we were able to identify projects that would have the greatest alignment with the strategic vision as well as the investment intent of the C40-programme.