About us: Department of the Premier
Our Department plays a leading role in envisioning and implementing the strategic path of the Western Cape Government, while working to ensure accessible, quality and people-centric services across the province.
Role and mandate of the Department:
- Enable – equip departments to deliver, including governance towards service delivery for maximum citizen impact.
- Guide – foster learning, innovation, culture change, collaboration, adaptation, integration of service delivery and citizen-centricity.
- Direct – drive the implementation, monitoring and review of the Provincial Strategic Plan and ensuring accountability through leadership structures.
The Western Cape Government has identified five Vision-Inspired Priorities (VIPs) to deliver on its vision of a "safe Western Cape where everyone prospers", and to help realise the objectives of the National Development Plan over its five-year term.
The Vision-Inspired Priorities: Safe and Cohesive Communities, Growth and Jobs, Empowering People, Mobility and Spatial Transformation, and Innovation & Culture.
The Department of the Premier has a direct responsibility for the implementation of VIP 5: Innovation and Culture. Our key delivery partners in VIP 5 are the Provincial Treasury, the Department of Local Government and the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning.
The five focus areas of VIP 5 are:
- Citizen-centric culture
- Innovation for impact
- Integrated service delivery
- Governance transformation
- Talent and staff development
Vision:
To enable a safe Western Cape where everyone prospers.
Mission:
To enable and lead a capable Western Cape Government by institutionalising a culture of innovation and collaboration for improved services to the people of the Western Cape.
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