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Annual Performance Plans and Strategic Planning for Government Departments

This course guides officials through developing strategic plans and annual performance plans that align departmental work with national priorities and budgets. Participants learn to set measurable outcomes, outputs and indicators and to link plans to the budget process and quarterly reporting. The programme reflects the planning frameworks used across African governments to drive service delivery and accountability.

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What you will be able to do

  • Explain the relationship between strategic plans, annual performance plans and budgets.
  • Translate national and provincial priorities into departmental outcomes and outputs.
  • Develop performance indicators, targets and technical indicator descriptions.
  • Align annual performance plans with the medium term budget and expenditure framework.
  • Structure quarterly performance reporting against planned targets.
  • Review and revise plans in response to performance and changing priorities.

Course outline

  1. 01Government Planning Framework
  2. 02From Priorities to Outcomes
  3. 03Building the Strategic Plan
  4. 04Developing the Annual Performance Plan
  5. 05Indicators, Targets and Descriptions
  6. 06Linking Plans to the Budget
  7. 07Quarterly Performance Reporting
  8. 08Reviewing and Revising Plans

Who should attend

This course is aimed at strategic planners, programme managers, monitoring staff and senior officials in national and provincial departments and public entities.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 30 Sep 2026Kigali3US$1,500Closed
29 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
30 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
5 to 7 Oct 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
6 to 8 Oct 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Oct 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
12 to 14 Oct 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
13 to 15 Oct 2026Online3US$900Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Durban3R13,000Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
1 to 3 Dec 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Dec 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Dec 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
8 to 10 Dec 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Dec 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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