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Accounting Authority Statement
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As the Accounting Authority I confirm that the Board of the Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency has provided strategic direction and oversight to the planning processes associated with preparing this Annual Performance Plan. These responsibilities were executed as mandated in Section 49 (1) (a) and Treasury Regulation 30 of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) (Act No.1 of 1999).
The Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency (ECPTA) herewith submits the Annual Performance Plan for the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework Period 2022/23-2024/25 in line with the Strategic Plan for the Medium-Term Strategic Framework Period 2020/21-2024/25.
This is the third set of plans prepared using the Revised Framework for Strategic and Annual Performance Plans. As such, these plans are informed by the inputs of stakeholders, and are expressed in terms of the change ECPTA intends to work towards:
• Adaptive management of biodiversity sustains ecological services • Marginalised individuals and communities actively benefit from biodiversity and tourism • The Province is the premier African destination connecting people to authentic experiences • Retaining a clean audit status and 90% performance record in support of mandated functions
To this end, ECPTA enters into a service level agreement (SLA) with the Shareholder (the Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism) each year, in terms of which the implementation of the Annual Performance Plan is supported, reported on, and accounted for. Relevant frameworks for oversight and reporting are stipulated in the SLA.
The Accounting Authority of the ECPTA undertakes to ensure that in the execution of its duties it complies with the ECPTA Act (2 of 2010), the PFMA, and all other relevant legislation. As the Board, we undertake to do all within our powers to assist the ECPTA in realising the priorities outlined above and detailed in this plan.
_______________________________ Tracey Putzier Chairperson: ECPTA Board of Directors (Acting) Accounting Authority
