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Department: Public Works and Infrastructure%uf0d8 4 Availing properties for student accommodation. o Ensure adherence to policy and regulatory frameworks governing the infrastructure sector and the following will be undertaken that will lead to Energy and Water efficiency gains on State-Owned Facilities with Electricity at 10 per cent and Water at 20 per cent. Outcome 2: Productive assets This outcome will seek to optimise the management of the asset portfolio, which includes land and buildings in order to positively impact the economy, service delivery, productive use of state-owned assets and creating value through the following. %uf0b7 Provision of office accommodation o 40/60 ratio of provision of state-owned office accommodation (state-owned/lease in), and o 383 facilities (office accommodation) provided to Eastern Cape Provincial Government. %uf0b7 Disposal of 2 269 properties availed to other government departments or stakeholders for various socio-economic purposes such as: o Coastal land parcels and properties that contribute to the Ocean%u2019s Economy and Eastern Seaboard initiatives; o Use of Government land and buildings as a catalyst for spatial transformation and social justice; o Address the land restitution and land claim requests to support Land Reform Programme; o Address the scourge of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF), LGBTQI+ and other social ills; and o Contribute to the Early Childhood Development Programmes. The Department plans to conduct 60 utilisation inspections to be conducted for office accommodation to determine optimal utilisation in both the provincially owned and leased-in immovable assets. Assessment / Examinations of the condition of the 300 state-owned buildings to identify any issues or deficiencies with expected costs to remedy those deficiencies will be undertaken. For new provincial state land survey (including consolidation) applications, 160 will be submitted to the Office of the Surveyor General for approval. Surveying of State Land implies the creation of a survey diagram for the purposes of identifying a property spatially and establishing the official extent and cadastral description of the land. Outcome 3: Transformed built environment The department will strive for the transformation of the Property and Construction Sectors, targeted contracting, Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) support and skills development as well as participation on black-owned start-up enterprises in direct ownership or development of property assets. This will be achieved through: %uf0b7 Concluding 65 per cent of leases with black developers; %uf0b7 Implementation of Local Economic Development (LED) through: o Ring-fencing/setting aside 30 per cent infrastructure budget for MSME; o 80 per cent awards of goods and services (monetary value) sourced from local suppliers / manufacturers; o 70 per cent awards of Infrastructure capital expenditure items (monetary value) sourced from local suppliers / manufacturers; and o 100 per cent of invoices (monetary value) paid within 30 days. %uf0b7 Support and implementation of skills development programmes in relation to built environment MSME through: o Implementation of Accelerated Professional and Technical Competency Development (APTCoD) programme targeting 105 learners assessed and pass the trade test; o Implementation of the Contractor Development Programme to support 160 ICDP Contractors; 296