International Relations
International Relations and Cooperation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
25 Oct 2016
2016 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee met to consider and adopt its draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report on the Department’s performance, financial and non-financial for the 2015/16 financial year.
The Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report was meant to assess the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s ...
International Relations
SA foreign policy execution: expert analysis; DIRCO performance analysis by DPME
19 Oct 2016
The delegation from the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) told the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation that their monitoring and evaluation tools were used to examine and rate how well government departments were handling areas of performance, and to establish whether they had procedures in place ...
International Relations
DIRCO & African Renaissance Fund 2015/16 audit outcomes; Foreign exchange fluctuations on DIRCO budget: Treasury input
12 Oct 2016
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) said the audit outcomes of the International Relations and Cooperation portfolio remained stagnant with no improvement over the last three years from 2013/14 to 2015/16. The lack of improvement had Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) receiving a qualified audit opinion on its financial ...
International Relations
SA Parliament's oversight over Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs): meeting with the UK Parliament
20 Sep 2016
The Committee met with the United Kingdom (UK) All Party Parliamentary Group on Africa, and discussed issues regarding Parliamentary oversight and legislative responsibilities arising from the impact of international trade agreements, such as the economic partnership agreement (EPA) on South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.
The ...
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SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations impact on SA Foreign Policy; South African Jews for a Free Palestine (SAJFP) on current Palestine/Israel political situation
7 Sep 2016
Both the Department of Trade and Industry and of International Relations and Cooperation briefed the Committee on the South African Development Community and European Union Economic Partnership Agreement. The departments were in agreement that trade negotiations were informed by and were in line with national development objectives set out in ...
International Relations
Western Sahara; African Renaissance Fund; 4th Quarter 2015/16 performance: Department of International Relations
24 Aug 2016
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) briefed the Committee on the progress made under the UN auspices towards the realisation of the right to self determination by the people of Western Sahara. The conflict in Western Sahara had been on the decolonisation agenda for more than 50 years. ...
International Relations
Foreign Service Bill [B35-2015]: briefing
24 May 2016
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation briefed the Committee on the Foreign Service Bill.
The Committee was taken through the Bill clause by clause with explanations on what each clause covered. The long title of the Bill was the management, administration and functioning of the Foreign Service of the ...
International Relations
Committee Report on International Relations Budget
20 Apr 2016
The Portfolio Committee met to consider the draft report on the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Budget Vote 6. It was agreed that the observations made by the Members should be considered directly, rather than going through the entire body of the report page by page. The observations ...
International Relations
Department of International Relations & Cooperation & African Renaissance Fund 2016 Annual Performance Plans
13 Apr 2016
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation met with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund (ARF) to be briefed on their annual performance plans for 2016/2017.
DIRCO said that South Africa had highly skilled diplomats who had ensured that ...
International Relations
South African Council on International Relations (SACOIR); SA Association of Former Ambassadors: DIRCO briefing
16 Mar 2016
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) provided a broad overview of the two organisations: the South African Council on International Relations (SACOIR) and the Association of Former Ambassadors. The genesis of the SACOIR came about due to the Minister and Deputy Ministers of International Relations and Cooperation wishing ...