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    TABLE OF
    CONTENTS
CORPORATE PROFILE                             7         Forum Outcomes                          32
VISION, MISSION AND VALUES                    7    •    Implementation of outcomes
•   Vision
•   Mission                                        CHALLENGES                                   33
•   Values                                         •  Identification of Facilitators
                                                   •  Participation Numbers
FOREWORD                                      8
REGISTRAR’S STATEMENT                         10   STANDARDS                                    34
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE                          12   •  Review of The Engineers
BOARD MEMBERS		                               13      Registration Act
BOARD COMMITTEES		                            14
• Finance, Procurement                             REGISTRATION                                 36
  and Asset Disposal                               REGISTRATION STATISTICS                      37
  Committee (FPADC)                                MARKETING                                    40
		                                                 MONITORING
• Human Resource
  and Governance Committee (HRGC)                  1.  Summary of a completed investigation
                                                       – complaint against a registered
•   Registration Committee (RC)                        engineering professional
                                                   2. Completed court cases – unregistered
•   Standards and                                      Engineering Professionals
    Professional Practice Committee (SPPC)         3. Site visits
                                                   3.1 Registration compliance issues
CORPORATE STRUCTURE                           16   4. Practicing certificates renewals
MANAGEMENT TEAM                               17
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION STAFF                18   FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION                   46
REGISTRATION TEAM                             19   APPENDIX A                                   53
STANDARDS TEAM                                20   ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MONITORING TEAM                               21
CORPORATE REVIEW                              22
Engineering Forum 2019
ACHIEVEMENTS AND OUTCOMES
•  Increase of ERB footprint
•  Improvement on value proposition to
   stakeholders
•  Extract of forum poll results ran at the
   end of the forum.
•  Improved buy-in to ERB mandate
•  Improved contribution to the national
   agenda
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FIGURES
 Figure 1   Board Committee Structure                          Figure 19 Registration per Category

 Figure 2   ERB Corporate Structure                            Figure 20 Yearly Performance

 Figure 3   Management Team                                    Figure 21 Registration per Year

 Figure 4   Administration and Finance Team                    Figure 22 Male vs Female

 Figure 5   Registration Team                                  Figure 23 Registration per discipline

 Figure 6   Standards Team                                     Figure 24 Batswana vs Non-Batswana

 Figure 7   Monitoring Team                                    Figure 25 Frames from television advertising campaign

 Figure 8   Training on IEA standards                          Figure 26 Practicing Certificates Renewals Per Catergory

 Figure 9   Engineers Forum Advert                                         April 2016 – March 2020

 Figure 10 Engineers Forum - Sponsorship                       Figure 27 Practicing Certificates Renewals for the period

 Figure 11 Engineers Forum - Participants                                  April 2016 – March 2020

 Figure 12 Engineers Forum - Delegates                         Figure 28 Practicing Certificates Renewals for the period

 Figure13 Engineers Forum-Participants                                     April 2016 – March 2020

 Figure 14 Engineers Forum – Presentations                     Figure 29 Practicing Certificates Renewals (%)

 Figure 15 Engineers Forum - ERB Board Chairperson                         April 2016 – March 2020

 Figure 16 Engineers Forum - Presentation                      Figure 30 Government Grant vs Self Generated Income

 Figure 17 Engineers Forum – ERB CEO Eng. Dennis Olaotse       Figure 31 Government Grant vs Self Generated Income

            presenting tokens of appreciation to presenters.   Figure 32 Operating Expenses vs Income

 Figure 18 Frames from television advertising campaign
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  TABLES
Table 1   Board Composition & Board members attendance

Table 2   Finance, Procurement and Asset Disposal Committee Composition & Attendance

Table 3   Human Resource and Governance Committee Composition & Attendance

Table 4   Registration Committee Composition & Attendance

Table 5   Standards and Professional Practice Committee Composition & Attendance

Table 6   Distribution of Engineer Forum Sponsorship

Table 7   Implementation of outcomes

Table 8   ER Act Review Reference Committee Members

Table 9   Site Visits

Table 10 Practicing Renewals April 2016 – March 2020

Table 11 Short Courses

Table 12 Long term training

Table 13 Conferences and Seminars

Table 14 Five (5) Year Period Income

Table 15 Five (5) Year Period Income vs Operating Expenses
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 CORPORATE
 PROFILE
                                                           VISION
MANDATE
The Engineers Registration Board (ERB) is a statutory
                                                           Ethical Engineering practice
body established by an Act of Parliament, namely
the Engineers Registration Act CAP 61:06 of 1998 as
amended in 2009 and provisions of Act 23 of 2013.
                                                           MISSION
The mandate of ERB as spelt out under Section 3(1)         To protect the welfare and interest of the public by
of the Act provides in part that the Board shall have      regulating the activities and conduct of engineers,
                                                           engineering technologists and engineering
responsibility for regulating the activities and conduct
                                                           technicians as well as promoting the highest
of engineers in accordance with the functions and
                                                           standards of engineering practice.
powers conferred upon it by the Act.

                                                           VALUES
                                                           Integrity
OBJECTIVES                                                 Value Behaviours:
Promote the highest standards of engineering practice
                                                           • We do what we have committed to do
in Botswana; and
                                                           • We take responsibility for our decisions and actions
                                                           • Our behaviour is consistent with our
Protect the welfare and interest of the public in the
                                                             expressed values, principles and ethics
engineering practice.

                                                           Excellence
                                                           Value Behaviours:
FUNCTIONS                                                  We strive for excellence in our actions
Assess applications made to it through the Act.
Register professional engineers and issue practicing       Innovation
certificates.
                                                           Value Behaviours:
                                                           • We critique the current way we do things
Monitor standards of engineering practice and ethics.
                                                           • We support new approaches, methods, or
Conduct or authorize enquiries regarding any alleged         technologies
professional misconduct of any engineer.
Prescribe the eligibility requirements for persons         Value Creation
applying to be registered under this Act
                                                           Value Behaviours:
                                                           • We share information, knowledge, and
to practice professional engineering.
                                                             ideas that may assist in the enhancement of
                                                             engineering practice
                                                           • We embrace new ideas and approaches

                                                           Transparency
                                                           Value Behaviours:
                                                           • We conduct our business in a transparent way
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                                            FOREWORD BOARD
                                            CHAIRPERSON’S REMARKS

                                              I am humbled to present the
                                              Engineers Registration Board’s
                                              Annual Report for the reporting
                                              period April 2019 to March 2020.
                                              I am humbled to present the Engineers Registration Board’s
                                              Annual Report for the reporting period April 2019 to March 2020.
                                              I am particularly happy to report that the Board hosted its
                                              inaugural Engineers Forum in July 2019, hosting more than five
                                              hundred engineers from across the SADC region. The forum was
                                              a strategic activity linked to the strategic goal of “Enhancing the
                                              reputation of the profession”. The forum’s key objective was to
                                              encourage the economic transformation through leveraging the
                                              entire engineering value chain and fostering key partnerships in
                                              the process. The event was held under the theme “Fostering
                                              Engineering innovation and Creativity through Effective
                                              Partnerships” is intended as a ‘’Think Tank” or platform with
                                              a sole purpose of building and growing the reputation of the
                                              engineering profession.

                                              The outcome of the forum culminated into projects, which were
                                              assigned to teams of stakeholders and updates and reports
                                              would be given when deliverables are achieved. Resounding
                                              feedback was received from attendees and the Board gave it the
                                              green light to be an annual event. For the event’s sustainability
                                              into the future, interested parties would be solicited to partner
                                              with ERB or take over the responsibility of running the event.

                                              The Board was honoured to have the Minister of Infrastructure and
         Dr. Sebusang Sebusang (Pr Eng)
                                              Housing Development read out the very first message on radio
                         CHAIRPERSON
                                              and television of the inaugural international commemoration of
PhD (Systems and Control Engineering) MBA
     BEng (Hons) – Mechanical Engineering

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World Engineering day on 4th March 2020 under the auspices          The Board is cognisant of the fact that it must collaborate with
of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations and            and recognise international engineering regulatory bodies to
UNESCO.                                                             ensure mobility of our engineers. In the end recognition of
                                                                    Botswana engineering professionals would become a reality
A deficit was recorded for the year under review. Revenues          when ERB attains reciprocal recognition by other bodies and
increased by 15% from the financial year 2018/2019 to               that should be expedited through participation in international
2019/2020, and operating expenses during the financial              engineering bodies’ activities and more so, becoming a
year 2019/2020 increased by 14% from P14,536,256 in 2019            signatory of some of the alliances such as the International
to P16,635,314 in 2020. The significant expenses for the            Engineering Alliance (IEA). To that end, in November 2019
financial year 2019/2020 were marketing expenses, hosting           the ERB signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the
of the inaugural Engineers Forum and staff costs. Purchasing        Engineering Council of South Africa, who are the only signatory
of own offices was a strategic decision taken to save on            of IEA in Africa to date. It is expected that through this MOU,
perpetual rental costs that the Secretariat was incurring, and      ECSA will mentor ERB to prepare the latter to become IEA
which tended to increase year on year but not going towards         signatory among other benefits, in the future.
ownership of an asset. So, it was found very prudent to commit
the accrued retained earnings towards the transaction. I am         Monitoring and compliance to registration has become very
happy to report that the Secretariat now operates from these        essential for the Board. The process of interdicting offenders
offices and they could lease out the surplus office space, a        of the law by working without registration has given the
source of revenue.                                                  Board a few insights into how the future interdicts could be
                                                                    strengthened for a high success rate. Other than strengthening
                                                                    the Monitoring department itself, the Board will be looking at
Going forward the Board must relook at its financing model          aggressively implementing other initiatives that would compel
with a view to ensure that it becomes future proof. Sustenance      prospective registrants to take heed of the call to register.
of the Board is very paramount, and strategies and initiatives
aimed at increasing revenue streams will have to be seriously       I would like to thank members of the Board for their
considered and evaluated. The helping hand of Government,           continuous dedication to the call. The fact that we
through subvention was highly appreciated. It is my hope that       managed to have quorums in all meetings following the
the Government will continue rendering the Board the support        retirement of my predecessor in July 2019 was a good
                                                                    testimony to their spirit of voluntarism. I would also like
it requires into the future in order to realise the mandate given
                                                                    to welcome to the team Eng Jenamiso Mphake, who joined
to this Board. The Board will do its utmost in ensuring that
                                                                    the Board on 21st February 2020 replacing Eng Justice
benefit for which it was created accrues to the stakeholder, in     Moilwa, my predecessor.
particular the public.

                                                                                            Dr. Sebusang Sebusang (Pr Eng)
                                                                                                            CHAIRPERSON

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                                            REGISTRAR’S
                                            STATEMENT

                                          I am happy to present the Engineers Registration
                                          Board’s annual report for the financial year ended
                                          31st March 2020. This year was the last but one for the
                                          current Strategic plan and so emphasis was still given
                                          to the same key strategic themes of Registration of
                                          Engineering Professionals; Reducing Malpractice and
                                          Negligence; as well as Financial Sustenance.

                                        During the period under review, some major strategic initiatives were
                                        undertaken which in our believe served to further clarify the mandate
                                        of the ERB to its stakeholders. Some of the initiatives were done to
                                        invigorate our key partners to claim their rightful roles in the regulation
                                        of the engineering industry. Our value aspirations were demonstrated
                                        profoundly in the way we responded to the constantly changing sphere
                                        of business.

                                        Stakeholder Engagement Activities
                                        The inaugural World Engineering Day was commemorated on 4th March
                                        2020. This international day to celebrate engineers and engineering
                                        will be celebrated annually on this day. The ERB teamed up with
                                        the Botswana Institution of Engineers (BIE) and the Association of
                                        Consulting Engineers Botswana (ACEB) in the celebrations, which were
                                        organised in several places especially in Gaborone within a period of 7
                                        days from the 4th March itself.

                                        The ERB also hosted a successful inaugural Engineers Forum from 29
                                        – 31 July 2019 that was grazed by local and international guests and
                                        attendees. The event was an initiative of ERB’s three-year Marketing
                                        strategy set up in 2017 to enhance the reputation of the engineering
                                        profession in Botswana. Dubbed “Engineers Indaba” the event
                                        was meant to discuss and find solutions to issues of National and
                                        Professional interest but also not forgetting solutions to challenges
                                        faced by the communities and societies engineers operate in. Local
                                        and international experts converged, and shared ideas/ knowledge
   Dennis A. Olaotse, Pr Eng            and it also brought together key players and policy makers into one
           REGISTRAR/CEO                room for debates. We were happy to have received overwhelming
  Certified Director (SA) MBA
BEng (Electrical & Electronics)

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positive feedback and the platform shall be an annual event as             Implementation of the ERP system has taken longer than
originally intended. The Board is also amenable to partnering and          anticipated. Data migration was the biggest contributor to the delay
ultimately give responsibility of hosting the event to entities wishing    largely because of the ERB legacy systems, and several other glitches
to come on board to enhance the value proposition of the forum and         that have been resolved, and it is envisaged to meet its objectives
ensure its sustainability into the future. It is point worthy to mention   of enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.
that a lot of interest was stimulated and several companies, local         Successful completion of this project will provide a platform for
and international have expressed interest in partnering with the ERB       further automation of the organization processes and ultimately
for the event.                                                             achieve a paperless environment.

Even though the Board is yet to develop a CSR/CSI policy it has not        Since the launch in October 2018 of a project to develop Discipline
shied away from putting in initiatives that are aligned to its mandate.    Specific Guidelines that will assist the profession in guiding and
To that end, the ERB sponsored the National Maths and Science fair         training of graduates; two Discipline Specific Guidelines, for Chemical
at the tune of P49, 000. We recognise that this event seeks to promote     Engineering and Electrical Engineering were submitted during the
Maths and Science at the grassroots, hence promoting interest in           period by the task teams tasked with their development. The task
engineering careers. The ERB also gave sponsorship to Botswana             teams working on guidelines for Mechanical Engineering and Civil
Institution of Engineers (amounting to P20 000) for their 29th Biennial    Engineering aim to complete work in the next financial year. I wish to
Conference, which was held in November 2019.                               state that this exercise naturally requires more time and effort of the
                                                                           teams. My appreciation to the Engineering professionals who have
Strategy Performance                                                       volunteered to be part of their development.
Since the targeted engineering professionals in the previous
financial year ending 31st March 2020 (5,500) was surpassed where          A total of ten court cases which arose as a result of the Secretariat
5,525 engineering professionals had registered; the new targeted           applying for court to interdict 23 people who were working in the
population of engineers and technicians living and working in              Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing Development (MIH) (21) and
Botswana was revised to 8,000 for the period under review. The             some (2) from the private sector were concluded. Of the MIH cases,
register stood at 6,720 as at 31st March 2020 against a stretched target   five (5) were concluded in our favour, another five (5) lapsed due to
of 8,000. A total of 1,464 engineering professionals were registered       time passage and the remaining 11 respondents were not served.
showing a 9.3% increase of registrants captured in the period              The two (2) cases with private individuals were lost with costs.
compared to 1,340 last year.                                               Experience from the cases shall be used to better handle future
                                                                           cases.
The Engineers Registration Act review was progressed to a point
where the Reference Committee had submitted to the ERB Board               With the foregoing, it is not surprising to mention that the overall
for the latter to internalise the report and recommend amendment           strategy performance as at 31st March 2020 was 84.6%, which
changes to the Ministry. The review was necessitated to address            is a good return. The Performance Management System of the
some of the teething problems picked in operationalising the Act           organisation was a subject of the strategy scorecard and individual
and it is intended to foster enhanced regulation of the industry.          staff objectives were initiatives linked to and derived from strategic
                                                                           objectives.
A deficit of P994 951 was realised for the period under review.
Revenue generated by ERB has over the period stagnated at around           I would like to take this opportunity to appreciate the Secretariat
50% contribution to the annual revenue requirement. Government             team for the oneness and team spirit they have displayed in
subvention was increased from P6,779,520 to P6,844,600 and                 working for this organisation. It is through their dedication that
ERB self-generated revenue stood at P8,795,763 giving a 56%                this organisation would grow from strength to strength.
contribution to the total income. However, expenditure for the year
increased by a factor greater than the revenue income. Deferred
income continued to be a problem to manage for various reasons,
but with the implementation of the ERP system, the situation is
expected to improve.                                                                                                 Dennis A. Olaotse, Pr Eng
                                                                                                                             REGISTRAR/CEO

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       CORPORATE
       GOVERNANCE
       BOARD OF DIRECTORS

       The Engineers Registration Board (ER) Act provides that the Board shall comprise seven members. During the year under review,
       the Board composition was constituted as indicated below in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 (1) of the Schedule
       to the ER Act:

       Board Members are as follows:

       NAME                                       BOARD DESIGNATION                                ATTENDANCE RATE
       Dr. S.E.M. Sebusang                        Chairman                                         4/4
       Mrs. Gaonyatsege Kwakwa                    Vice Chairperson                                 3/4
       Mr. Kobamelo Kgoboko                       Member                                           2/4
       Mr. Francis Mokone                         Member                                           3/4
       Mr. Keitsile G Kutoro                      Member                                           3/4
       Mr. Oliver. M Balebeng                     Member                                           3/4
       Mr Jenamiso Mphake                         Member (appointment – 21 February 2020)
                                                                             st
                                                                                                   1/4
       Mr. Justice Moilwa                         Retired – 31st July 2019                         1/4

     Table 1 - Board Composition & Board members attendance

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BOARD
MEMBERS

Dr. Sebusang                    Mr. Justice                           Ms. Gaonyatsege
Sebusang (Pr Eng)               Moilwa (Pr Eng)                       Kwakwa                                 Mr Ketsile G.
CH A I R P ERSON                R ETIR E D                            VI CE                                  Kutoro (Pr Eng)
PhD (Systems and Control        MSc (Power Electronics Engineering)   CHA I RP ERSO N                        BSc (Electrical Engineering)
Engineering) MBA                BEng (Electrical and Electronic       BEng (Hons) Mechanical
BEng (Hons) – Mechanical        Engineering)
Engineering

                                Mr. Francis                             Mr. Oliver M.                       Mr. Jenamiso
Mr. Kobamelo                    Mokone (Pr Eng)                         Balebeng (Pr Eng)                   Mphake (Pr Eng)
Kgoboko (Pr Eng)                MEng (Engineering Management)
                                                                        BSc (Civil Engineering)             MSc Construction Management
Master of Engineering Science   BEng (Hons) Instrumentation and
                                                                                                            BSc (Civil Engineering)
BSc (Civil Engineering)         Control
                                BTEC Diploma (Electronic and
                                Microprocessors)

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       BOARD
       COMMITTEES
                                                            Board of Directors

          Registration           Finance, Procurement and Asset            Human Resource and          Standards and Professional
          Committee                   Disposal Committee                  Governance Committee            Practice Committee

       Civil Engineering                       Mining                            Mechanical                    Electrical
         Professional                        Engineering                         Engineering                  Engineering
         Assessment                          Professional                        Professional                 Professional
          Committee                          Assessment                          Assessment                   Assessment
                                             Committee                           Committee                    Committee

     Figure 1 - Board Committees Structure

     FINANCE, PROCUREMENT AND ASSET DISPOSAL COMMITTEE (FPADC)

      NAME                                        DESIGNATION                               ATTENDANCE RATE
      Mr Francis Mokone                           Chairman                                  3/5
      Mrs Kefilwe Letsile                         Member                                    2/5
      Mr Kitso Mocuminyane                        Member                                    5/5
      Mrs Seikaneng Diutlwileng                   Member                                    2/5
      Mr Ishmael Akuje                            Member                                    3/5

     Table 2 - Finance, Procurement and Asset Disposal Committee Composition & Attendance

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BOARD
COMMITTEES
HUMAN RESOURCE AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE (HRGC)

 NAME                                      BOARD DESIGNATION                       ATTENDANCE RATE
 Mr Ketsile Kutoro                         Chairman                                7/8
 Joy-Marie Marebole                        Member                                  6/8
 Nnaniki Makwinja                          Member                                  3/8
 Daniel Mahupela                           Member                                  7/8
 Shadrack C. Kobole                        Member                                  7/8
Table 3 - Human Resource and Governance Committee Composition & Attendance

REGISTRATION COMMITTEE (RC)
 NAME                                      BOARD DESIGNATION                       ATTENDANCE RATE
 Kobamelo Kgoboko                          Chairman                                5/6
 Neo Kwakwa                                Member                                  0/6
 Sedze Sosome                              Member                                  6/6
 Joseph Chuma                              Member                                  0/6
 Len Dimbungu                              Member                                  0/6
 David Hobona                              Member                                  4/6
 Lizzy Tsheko                              Member                                  3/6
Table 4 - Registration Committee Composition & Attendance

STANDARDS AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE COMMITTEE (SPPC)
 NAME                                      BOARD DESIGNATION                       ATTENDANCE RATE
 Gaonyatsege Kwakwa                        Chairman                                2/3
 Khupo Prudence Mabua                      Member                                  0/3
 Thato Tsalaile                            Member                                  1/3
 Letina Disaitsanyeng                      Member                                  3/3
 Rebaone Lechuti-Tlhalerwa                 Member                                  2/3
 Same Makuku                               Member                                  2/3
 Tusha Nkhwazi                             Member                                  3/3
 Khaulani Fichani                          Member                                  3/3
 Lizzy Tsheko                              Member                                  3/3

 Cyril Vista                               Member                                  2/3
Table 5 - Standards and Professional Practice Committee Composition & Attendance
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     CORPORATE
     STRUCTURE

                                                           Board of Directors

                                                                  Registrar                                      Personal Assistant
                                                                                                                  to the Registrar

          Standards                         Registration                  Finance & Administration                       Monitoring
           Manager                           Manager                              Manager                                 Manager

          Standards                                                   ICT         Accounts     Admin                     Monitoring
            Officer                                                  Officer       Officer     Officer                    Officer

 Customer         Registration                     Registration                Registration       Assistant             Receptionist
Service and         Officer                           Officer                    Officer        Administration
Registration      Application                       Certificate                 Database           Officer
 Assistant                                           Issuance

       Figure 2 - ERB Corporate Structure

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MANAGEMENT
TEAM

                                  MS CLARE MOSARWA                MS MERCY KGOSIDIALWA

                                  STA N DA RD S                   RE G I STRATI O N
                                  M A N AGER                      MA N AGER
                                  MA (Leading Innovation          BPhil (Hons) (Knowledge and Information
                                  and Change)                     Management)
                                  BEng (Mechanical Engineering)   BBus (Business Information System)

MR DENNIS A. OLAOTSE

R E G I STRAR
Certified Director (SA)
MBA (Business Administration)
BEng (Electrical & Electronics)

                                                                  MR EVANCE POELY
                                  MR KARISUTU JOAS                FI N A N CE &
                                  M O N I T O R I N G             A D MI N I STRATI O N
                                  M A N A G E R                   MA N AGER
                                                                  Manager - Finance & Administration
                                  MSc(Project Management)
                                                                  MSc (Finance)
                                  Postgraduate Certificate
                                                                  MSc (Strategic Management)
                                  Enterprise Risk Management      Degree in Accounting
                                  BEng (Civil Engineering)        ACCA Associate Member

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     FINANCE &
     ADMINISTRATION TEAM

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REGISTRATION
TEAM

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     STANDARDS
     TEAM

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MONITORING
TEAM

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     CORPORATE
     REVIEW
     Stakeholder Engagement

     World Engineering Day

     The World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO)           Mmusi Kgafela honoured the occasion by reading of statements
     declared the 4th of March each year as an international day to     both on radio and Botswana Television.
     celebrate engineers and engineering. This followed the UNESCO
     resolution to proclaim this day as a World Engineering Day for     ERB on the 4th held a small session with engineering professionals
     Sustainable Development. This is an opportunity to celebrate       in Maun and on the 6th of March 2020 organized a session where the
     the important contributions of engineers and engineering to        first Chairperson of the Engineers Registration Board, Professional
     sustainable development and modern life. The engineering           Engineer Botsile Gubago was given a token of appreciation for
     community in Botswana through a tripartite collaboration between   his contribution to the engineering movement in Botswana. The
     ERB, Botswana Institution of Engineers and the Association of      Celebration of this day is intended to be held every year during the
     Consulting Engineers Botswana joined in the celebrations. The      week of March 4th.
     Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Development, Honourable

     ERB Registrar and ECSA CEO and their witnesses signing the MOU at the BIE Biennial Conference in November 2019;
     also looking on were the BIE President, the SAFEO President and the FAEO President.

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 CORPORATE
 REVIEW
 Collaboration with Engineering Council of South Africa

 In November, 2019 Engineers Registration Board signed a               engineering professionals in Botswana outside the country and
 Memorandum of Understanding with the Engineering Council              improve their prospects of participating in international projects.
 of South Africa. The aim of this Understanding is to facilitate the   The two parties, ECSA and ERB held a joint training on IEA standards
 development and assessment of standards that will lead to ERB’s       from the 10th to the 12th of March 2020 to kickstart events of this
 long term vision of being a member of the International Engineering   important collaboration.
 Alliance. Achievement of this goal will lead to recognition of

Left picture: ERB Registrar & ECSA CEO exchanging signed MOU
Right picture (l-r): BIE President (Eng Oliver M Balebeng); ECSA CEO (Eng Sipho Madonsela), FAEO President (Eng Martin
Manuhwa), ERB Registrar (Eng Dennis A Olaotse) and SAFEO President (Eng George Sitali)

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     The Inaugural Engineers Forum 2019 held from the 29th to the             Increase of ERB footprint
     31st of July 2019, was hosted to provide a discussion platform for       The aim of the Secretariat was to use this forum to get mileage in
     the engineering fraternity and stakeholders to discuss strategies        terms of publicity not just locally but beyond the borders. Visibility
     on developing the practice of engineering. This happened within          of ERB to all stakeholders and the nation was very evident in
     the context of rapid change necessitated by the Fourth Industrial        weeks leading to the event as we advertised through print media,
     Revolution and the plethora of challenges Botswana is facing. The        radio and television. The decision for ERB to advertise on DSTV
     forum that was grazed by 512 participants from Botswana, South           proved to be effective in achieving this benefit as we got calls from
     Africa, Zambia, and Namibia was a huge success.                          international bodies, whom we had invited but started responding
                                                                              because they saw our advert on TV. This mode should be exploited
     The inaugural Engineers forum under the theme “Fostering                 for future events as it proved to cover wider audience.
     Engineering innovation and Creativity through Effective
     Partnerships” enabled key stakeholders in the engineering                Improve on the value proposition to our stakeholders
     environment to review trends and challenges that impact on               For many years Engineering professionals have been demanding
     the engineers in their quest to create and maintain the built            that ERB provide for them benefits that will justify their continued
     environment we live in. Three sub themes of Innovation and               payment of annual fees. They have been making a lot of suggestions
     Creativity in Delivery of Engineering Services and Products, The         for a platform where they could have access to policy makers and
     Role of the Engineering Society in Achievement of Sustainable            make input that will assist them to deliver their services in an ethical
     Development and Striking Effective Partnerships amongst key              and creative way. They believe that the current set up in the country
     stakeholders successfully unpacked critical factors that create          perpetrates the erosion of integrity of the engineering profession
     bottlenecks for innovation and creativity. The Forum highlighted         and needed to be discussed. This forum made efforts to bring
     opportunities that exist both locally, regionally and internationally    policy makers to the table, but the numbers of those who made it
     in the form of technology and institutional structures to enhance        can still be improved. The engineers through their feedback were
     innovation and creativity. It recognized the need for a mind-set shift   very receptive of this initiative and encouraged that it be held on an
     to fully take advantage of the existing brain power to lead Botswana     annual basis. Many proposals of improvement of the event showed
     into the knowledge-based economy.                                        stakeholders support for the event and their interest in seeing it
                                                                              serve them going forward.
     Achievements and Outcomes
     The project was envisaged to derive for the ERB the following
     benefits that were highlighted at the beginning when this
     “Engineers Indaba” initiative was conceptualised.

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                                                                                                        29-31                                                                                                             29-31

                                                                                                      JULY                                                                                                               JULY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         2019
                                                                                                      2019     @ BOIPUSO HALL
                                                                                                                       FAIRGROUNDS

                                                                                                                                           Call for Participants:
                                                                                                                                           Engineers Registration Board is excited to host its inaugural Engineers Forum on
                                                                                                                                           the 29th – 31st July 2019, under the theme “Fostering Engineering Innovation and
 Engineers Registration Board is excited to host its inaugural Engineers Forum on                                                          Creativity Through Effective Partnerships”, and the following sub-themes:
 the 29th – 31st July 2019, under the theme “Fostering Engineering Innovation and                                                          •     Innovation and creativity in delivery of engineering services and projects
 Creativity Through Effective Partnerships”, and the following sub-themes:
                                                                                                                                           •     The role of engineering society in achievement of sustainable development
 •      Innovation and creativity in delivery of engineering services and projects                                                         •     Striking effective partnerships amongst key stakeholders
 •      The role of engineering society in achievement of sustainable development
 •      Striking effective partnerships amongst key stakeholders                                                                           The forum seeks to serve as a think tank for engineering discussions on issues, amongst
                                                                                                                                           others, of national concern. It also aims to provide an opportunity for dialogue on topics
                                                                                                                                           that are of keen interest to the engineering profession and its stakeholders.
 CALLING ALL IN THE ENGINEERING FIELD:
                                                                                                                                            Who should attend?
                                                                                                                                            •     Players in the built environment,
     Aerospace/Aeronautical    Civil Electrical/Electronics   Engineering management    Chemical Engineering    Mechanical Engineering
                                                                                                                                            •     Local and international engineering experts
                                                                                                                                            •     Policy makers
     The forum seeks to serve as a think tank for
     engineering discussions on issues, amongst
                                                                        Who should attend?                                                  •     Procuring entities
     others, of national concern. It also aims to                       •   Players in the built environment
     provide an opportunity for dialogue on topics                                                                                          •     Consumers of engineering services
                                                                        •   Local and international engineering experts
     that are of keen interest to the engineering
                                                                        •   Policy makers                                                   •     Engineering Graduates
     profession and its stakeholders.
                                                                        •   Procuring entities
                                                                                                                                            •     Selected Engineering Students
     For Registration Contact:                                          •   Consumers of engineering services

     Engineersforum@erb.org.bw                                          •   Engineering Graduates
                                                                        •   Selected Engineering Students
     Tel.: 3984908/ 09

                                                                                                                                                                                                              BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

                                                                                        BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
www.erb.org.bw           erbbots                                                                                                         www.erb.org.bw   erbbots

                              Figure 9 – Engineers Forum 2019 Adverts

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     Extract of results of the poll ran at the end of the forum.

                                         Score 4.0                                           Score 4.0
     The objectives of the                                         The presentations
     forum as expressed                                            delivered over the 3
     were met                                                      days were relevant

                                         Score 4.0                                           Score 4.4

     The information shared                                        The venue was
     through the presentations                                     conducive for the forum
     has broadened my
     knowledge

     From the poll conducted, more than 70% of the participants who took part in the poll were happy with the event.

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From the poll conducted, more that 70% of the participants who took part in the poll were happy with the event.

Improved buy-in to ERB mandate
The presence of government departments such as DPSM, and participation of facilitators from other professions was an
indicator of peoples believe on ERB. Companies pledged to pay for their employees to attend the event in large numbers and to
top it, were organizations (including our parent Ministry) that pledged a lot of money in sponsorship of this event which showed
their buy-in into what we stand for as a regulator.

The following table shows the distribution of sponsorship to ERB for the Forum:

NAME                                     TYPE OF SPONSORSHIP                      AMOUNT
 Botswana International University of     Gold Sponsor                             100,000
 Science & Technology

 Ministry of Infrastructure & Housing     Gold Sponsor                             100,000
 Development

 New Era College                          Silver Sponsor                           51,000

 Flo-Tek                                  Silver Sponsor                           50,000

 Debswana                                 Silver Sponsor                           50,000

 CCC & CSCEC                              Silver Sponsor                           50,000

 Association of Consulting Engineers      Bronze Sponsors                          15,000
 Botswana

 Architects Registration Council          Bronze Sponsors                          15,000

 Quantity Surveyors Registration          Bronze Sponsors                          15,000
 Council

 China Jiangsu                            Bronze Sponsors                          10,000

 Impression House                         Bronze Sponsors                          10,000

                                          Total Sponsorship                        466,000

Table 6 - Distribution of Engineers Forum Sponsorship

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                                                  GOLD SPONSORS

                                                 SILVER SPONSORS

                                                 BRONZE SPONSORS

     Figure 10 – Engineers Forum - Sponsorship

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Figure 11– Engineers Forum - Participants
ERB Board Chairperson, ERB CEO and Registrars of other regulatory bodies in Botswana
and Zambia in attendance                                                                         Improved contribution to the national
                                                                                                 agenda

                                                                                                 Several discussions around technology and
                                                                                                 sustainability were aimed at encouraging
                                                                                                 engineering professionals to see what others are
                                                                                                 doing out there to advance the profession. The
                                                                                                 Project Team had specifically wanted to target
                                                                                                 three areas of national agenda, water, electricity
                                                                                                 and food sustainability. As stakeholders
                                                                                                 highlighted there is a need to do more to bring
                                                                                                 on board Water Utilities Corporation, Botswana
                                                                                                 Power Corporation and other service providers
                                                                                                 like Botswana Telecommunications Corporation,
                                                                                                 Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority,
                                                                                                 etc. The aim is not just to discuss but to assist
                                                                                                 this dialogue to end in solutions to address
                                                                                                 shortcomings.

Figure 12– Engineers Forum - Delegates
From left to right - Representative from Engineering Institute of Zambia (EIZ), Permanent
Secretary in the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources Mr Mmetla Masire, and former
ERB Board Chairperson Mr Simon Mmopi attending the Engineers Forum 2019 Cocktail Dinner.
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                                        Figure 13– Engineers Forum - Participants
                                        Participants and the Engineers Forum 2019 listening to Eng. Arthur Taute from Engineering Council of South
                                        Africa (ECSA) delivering address on how to build a professional engineering industry.

       Figure 14– Engineers Forum – Presentations                                            Figure 15– Engineers Forum - ERB Board Chairperson
       From left to right - Programme Director Tshepo Ntshole facilitating a panel           Eng. Justice Moilwa receiving a “surprise” birthday
       discussion with Kabelo Semele and Prof. Ezekiel Chimbombi being part of the           gift.
       panel.
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Figure 16– Engineers Forum - Presentation                                       Figure 17– Engineers Forum – ERB CEO Eng. Dennis Olaotse
From left to right - Moderator Doreen Moapare facilitating a panel discussion   presenting tokens of appreciation to presenters.
between Eng. Shahid Mohamed, Eng. Tshepang Rasethora, Colonel Eng. David
Hobona, Eng. Zwelithini Witbooi, and Eng. John Major.

                                                                                                                 Figure 18– Engineers
                                                                                                                 Forum – Participants
                                                                                                                 Eng. Linda Moseki from Southern
                                                                                                                 African Federation of Engineering
                                                                                                                 Organisations (SAFEO)
                                                                                                                 sharing information about the
                                                                                                                 organisations’ mandate.

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          Forum Outcomes                                                      8.    Corruption within the engineering and allied sciences
                                                                                    is a major hindrance to sustainable development and a
                                                                                    major risk to lives and must be condemned and rooted
          The forum had a number of issues that                                     out. It is critical to ensure registration of all practitioners
          emerged, and the section below seeks                                      through relevant structures such as ERB, BIE, ACEB, ARC,
                                                                                    and QSRC.
          to give a summary of outcomes from the                              9.    Capacity building for young engineers, contractors and
          inaugural forum                                                           similar service providers is paramount to guarantee
                                                                                    sustainable development.
          1.   The convergence of purpose by the globally recognized          10.   To guarantee sustainability and ownership of this
               sustainable development goals and the national vision                Forum, it is critical to create a multi stakeholder vehicle
               2036 can benefit from the ecosystem provided by                      independent of the ERB to facilitate the future activities
               the Fourth Industrial Revolution driven primarily by                 of the Forum. The structure of the vehicle is to be
               Engineers.                                                           determined by key stakeholders in the engineering and
          2.   Sustainability in engineering innovation and creativity              allied sciences.
               can only be guaranteed by collaborative and teamwork           11.   There is a critical and urgent need to establish a high-level
               among engineers and allied services.                                 project execution structure with requisite resources and
          3.   Environmental challenges posed by climate change                     powers to be at the heart of national projects delivery.
               present opportunities for engineering solutions                12.   There is need for professional bodies to consider
               specifically in areas of food security, transport and                assisting government by developing an Infrastructure
               logistics as well as health.                                         Development Master Plan.
          4.   There is an urgent need to realign and restructure the         13.   The role that ERB can play to ensure the quality of
               education process to enhance skills transfer and harness             life of engineering professionals is uplifted is in the
               creativity throughout the value chain particularly in view           development of a wage policy for the profession
               of continuous changes in the job culture.
          5.   There is an urgent need to review current procurement          Implementation of outcomes
               processes to reduce red tape and enhance innovation,           In order to ensure implementation of outcomes from the
               local industry support and skills transfer. To this end, the   forum there was a need to note that implementation of all the
               commitment by government to prefer local consortia             expected outcomes is impossible. The Secretariat used
               for projects is welcome. In addition, experience in other      the 20/80 pareto rule and proposes implementation of
               jurisdictions strongly indicate that competition on            outcomes that will facilitate for 80% impact if implemented.
               quality on all aspects of projects must always inform          The responsible organs indicated have the role to ensure
               procurement decisions.                                         that the outcome is shared with relevant stakeholders and
          6.   The Platform initiated by the Engineers Forum 2019 is a        implementation takes place. In this case, the below tabulated:
               call for the engineering fraternity to engage in focused
               dialogue which yields practical solutions that speak to
               people’s daily lives. These include, renewable energy,
               transport logistics, food security and health needs
               among others.

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O/N    Outcome                                                                                               Responsible organ
1.     1.1 Review current procurement processes to reduce red tape and enhance innovation, local             PPADB
       industry support and skills transfer. To this end the commitment by government to prefer local
       consortia for projects is welcome. In addition, experience in other jurisdictions strongly indicate
       that competition on quality of all aspects of projects must always inform procurement decisions.
       1.2 There is a critical and urgent need to establish a high-level project execution structure with    ACEB
       requisite resources and powers to be at the heart of national projects delivery.
2.     There is need for professional bodies to consider assisting government by developing a                BIE/ ACEB
       comprehensive High-level Infrastructure Development Master Plan that also caters for
       maintenance and upgrades.
3.     The role that ERB can play to ensure the quality of life of engineering professionals is uplifted     ERB
       is in the development of a wage policy for the profession.

Table 7 - Implementation of outcomes

Challenges                                                        will review all the advertising activities to determine which
The project had a number of challenges associated with            ones will be effective to use in future. Feedback given to the
project execution, but it will be critical to highlight those     Secretariat will also be reviewed to ensure that all stakeholders
which nearly led to failure to host the forum.                    are included in adverts, facilitation and programme content.

Identification of Facilitators                                    Comments from an overwhelming majority of forum
The call for facilitators resulted in a lot of show of interest   attendees indicated that this forum was a success and there
from potential facilitators. Unfortunately, a number of them      was a suggestion that it should be an annual event. The
pulled out at the last minute which resulted in ERB having to     Secretariat, therefore, proposed that this forum be held
head hunt presenters and panelists at the last minute. We had     annually and the next one was to be hosted on the 29th to
targeted female presenters, and two of them having sent in        31st of July 2020. Preparations for the event started as early as
their presentation summaries informed us that they were no        October of 2019, but due to COVID-19 they were subsequently
longer available. The presenters were replaced with others        seized and the event for this year was cancelled. It is pledged
that we had identified but not engaged.                           to all stakeholders that progress on implementation of the
                                                                  four identified outcomes above will be discussed with the
Participation numbers                                             engineering participants.
Late response by potential participants made it very difficult
for ERB to plan well, especially for workshop packages and
merchandize. The initial advertising of the event had not given
the event, the response that had been expected. The team

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     STANDARDS

     Review of the Engineers Registration Act                           of Botswana Institution of Engineers (BIE), Association
     The Engineers Registration Act (No. 17 of 1998) was first passed   of Consulting Engineers Botswana (ACEB), Government
     by Parliament in 1998 subsequently amended in 2008 by the          Ministries, Parastatals and the private sector and individual
     Engineers Registration (Amendment) Act (No. 19 of 2008). This      engineering professionals. A Reference Committee was
     amendment was followed by an amendment Act 23 of 2013              constituted and reviewed inputs from stakeholders with the
     which was passed by parliament on the 5th of August 2013.          aim to ensure that due process was followed when compiling
     In its 2nd Strategic Plan 2017/ 21, the Engineers Registration     a report by the Secretariat.
     Board agreed to change its focus of implementing its mandate
     as stated in the Engineers Registration Act Cap 61:06 of 2009      The Committee completed its work and a compiled report
     from Registration to Monitoring activities. As one of its Key      was submitted and presented to the ERB board on the 6th
     Strategies ERB committed to strengthen compliance through          of March 2020. The report is to be approved by the Board
     registration of Companies.                                         and submitted to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing
                                                                        Development to progress the proposal for amendment. The
     Following this decision, a series of consultations with key        work of the following Reference Committee Members is highly
     stakeholders were conducted around the country, inclusive          appreciated.

      1.     Tshipa Mothibatsela (Chairperson)                  Professional Engineer
      2.     Zambia Champi                                      Professional Engineer
      3.     Magdaline Ndlovu                                   Professional Engineer
      4.     Daphne Matlakala                                   Attorney
      5.     Pinkie Gaopelo                                     Professional Engineering Technician
      6.     Unangoni D Mangole                                 Professional Engineer
      7.     Daniel Mophokeng                                   Professional Engineer
      8.     Benjamin Rugumyamheto                              Professional Engineer
      9.     Oagile Johannes Setlhare                           Professional Engineer
      10.    Russel Ives                                        Professional Certificated Engineer
      11.    Amar Amar                                          Engineer – Mines Department
      12.    Thuso Matshameko                                   Professional Engineer

     Table 8 - ER Act Review Reference Committee Members

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STANDARDS

Discipline Specific Guidelines
In October 2018, ERB launched a project whose main aim is to
develop Discipline Specific Guidelines that will assist the profession
in guiding and training of graduates by:

•    Setting Industry standards
•    Setting professional obligations on individuals
•    Setting yardstick for derivation & determination of professional
     misconduct
•    Address & compile industry needs/requirements
•    Set performance and competence expectations for various
     disciplines of engineering.

The guidelines are intended to support initial professional
development and experience through good practice elements. It
is developed for Graduates, Registered Engineers/ Technologists,
supervisors and mentors in the discipline of Engineering. It
is applicable to persons who have completed the education
requirements for Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Science
qualification, or a Washington-Accord recognized qualification
or equivalent (Engineer) or Bachelor of Engineering Technology
qualification or a Sidney Accord recognized qualification
(Technologist). These standards are aimed at providing guidance
on how to impart specific skills and competencies required for
graduates to transition to registration in the professional category.
In this reporting period two Discipline Specific Guidelines have
been completed and submitted to the Secretariat—The Chemical
Engineering and the Electrical Engineering Guidelines. The
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Guidelines will be completed in
the 2020/21 financial year.

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     REGISTRATION

     Registration of engineers remains one of the Boards core            Following the approval of the Initial Professional Development
     functions, hence it continues to enjoy its position as a            (IPD) Policy and Guidelines by the Board at the end of 2018,
     strategic priority. In the year under review the Board registered   the Secretariat began the rollout in 2019 and embarked
     one thousand four hundred and sixty-four (1,464) engineers,         on sensitization workshops throughout the country. These
     resulting in a cumulative six thousand seven hundred and            workshops were meant to prepare the Graduate and
     twenty (6,720) engineers registered as at 31st March 2020. This     Registered Engineers for the policy’s implementation in 2020.
     cumulative figure indicates an under performance of 16%             The key object of the IPD policy is to ensure that Graduate and
     against the stretched target of 8000. Numerous strategies           Registered persons undertake their training and development
     including targeted stakeholder workshops, heightened                under the guidance of an appointed mentor and an agreed
     awareness due to marketing, and increased efficiencies in the       mentorship program. By so doing, the Graduate or Registered
     processing of applications were however applied in order to         person ensures that when it is time to upgrade their
     remedy this under performance going forward.                        registration to the Professional category, they have adequate
                                                                         records of their training and competence development.
     One of the key advances in increasing efficiencies was the
     appointment of more professional application reviewers                               Registration per category
     and assessors which not only assisted the Board in assessing
     applications in a timelier manner, but also added the much
     needed credibility to the registration process as these
     individuals are competent professionals in their own right.
     The fact that the new pool of assessors contains Technicians,
     Technologists and Engineers allows the assessment process
     to be granular, fairer, and hence more effective as each
     assessor considers applications for the same category they’re
     in, that is Technicians assess Technicians and so on. These
     improvements have resulted in the increase in the number
     of applications assessed each month by at least 20% since
     applications can spread across a larger pool of assessors.

     The Secretariat completed the development of the web-
     based registration management platform which will enable
     engineers to manage their registration real-time. This system
     will not only allow engineers to manage their own profiles
     but will also allow the Secretariat to shift focus to other                          Figure 19
     strategic priorities related to the regulation of the engineering
     profession.

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REGISTRATION
STATISTICS
                                            Yearly performance against target

                                                          Figure 20

 The Board has consistently exceeded its registration target since 2015 when it conducted a survey to determine the approximate
 number of engineers in Botswana. In pursuit of the need for continual improvement, the Board stretched its 2019/20 target to
 8000, and has also established the need to re-determine the registrable population of engineers in Botswana so as to inform
 targets going forward. To this regard, another survey will be undertaken in 20/21 financial year and the results will be used to
 inform targets going forward.

                                                  No. Registered per year

                                                          Figure 21

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     REGISTRATION

                Male vs Female                   Registration per discipline

                 Figure 22                               Figure 23

                                     Figure 24

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     MARKETING

     The Board’s three-year marketing strategy identified an
     annual engineer’s convention as a key activity which the
     Board could leverage to add value to the profession and
     at the same time create a heightened awareness. To this
     end, the Board hosted its inaugural Engineers Forum in
     July 2019, hosting more than five hundred engineers from
     across SADC. The forum’s key object was to encourage the
     economic transformation through leveraging the entire
     engineering value chain and fostering key partnerships
     in the process. The event was a resounding success as it
     generated the needed mileage for the organization and
     engineers were also able to develop their knowledge
     through the numerous topics that formed the three-day
     agenda.

     The Board also ran a successful six-months television and
     radio advertising campaign which saw a sizable growth in
     the number of enquiries about the Board from engineers
     across Africa. The growth in the website traffic and social
     media following and engagement also bears testament to
     the success of this campaign. Another benefit tied to the
     success of the forum was the increase in both application
     and registration numbers which became evident at the
     end of August 2020. For the first time in 2019, applications
     assessed exceeded two hundred (200) whilst new
     registrations exceeded one hundred and eighty (180) in
     one month.

                                                                    Figure 25 - Frames from
                                                                    television advertising
                                                                    campaign

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MONITORING

The Engineers Registration Board of Botswana is mandated by            against a Professional Engineer registered in terms of the Engineers
the Engineers Registration Act, 2009 CAP. 61:06, to take any steps     Registration Act. The allegations included technical incompetence
it considers necessary to promote ethical engineering practices        as a Civil Engineer, poor project management and failure to act
and to protect the welfare and interest of the public. The two         in the best interests of the Client by failing to correctly advise the
major functions of the Monitoring Department, as stipulated in the     Client.
Engineers Registration Act are:
                                                                       Several interviews were arranged with the complainant, the
i. To monitor standards of engineering practice and ethics; and        defendant, as well as the representatives of the client. The
ii. To conduct or authorize inquiries regarding any alleged            investigation committee also conducted a site visit to the project
    professional misconduct of any registered engineering              site to familiarise themselves with the area and the project.
    professional.                                                      It was found that the allegations that were made against the
                                                                       Professional Engineer were not supported by documentation.
  The Monitoring Department is put in place to ensure                  It was therefore impossible to ascertain the correctness of the
  compliance with the following available instruments:                 allegations on the engineer.

I. The Engineers Registration Act, 2009 CAP (61:06) (currently         2. Completed Court Cases – Unregistered
     undergoing review)                                                   Engineering Professionals
II. Engineers Registration Regulations (2016)
III. Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics (Draft until the ER Act   Twenty-three names of people practicing engineering without
     Review process is complete)                                       registration were filed with the court in Gaborone on the 28th
                                                                       September 2018 and were concluded during this reporting period,
In order to drive the two strategic goals of decreasing malpractice    that is twenty-one (21) persons from MIH and two (2) from the
and improve monitoring objectively and effectively monitor             private sector. Of the twenty-one (21) engineering professionals
engineering practices in the country with the aim to decrease          from MIH; three (3) cases were completed and respondents were
engineering malpractice and negligence and to build monitoring         approved for registration, one (1) case was not registered and
capacity and drive compliance to engineering standards and             the respondent resigned from the public service, eleven (11)
ethics throughout Botswana respectively, the Board recorded a          respondents were not served and court applications for five (5)
total of twenty five (25) cases of engineering malpractice and non-    respondents were dismissed/lapsed , One case (1) was settled
compliance during the reporting period.                                out of court and it was agreed that the respondent shall make an
                                                                       application for registration to the Engineers Registration Board not
1. Summary of a Completed Investigation –                              later than 31st December 2019. Matters for the two (2) respondents
   Complaint against a registered Engineering Professional             from the private sector were dismissed with costs.

An Investigation Committee was setup as per the Engineers
Registration Regulations, 2016 section 16(1) to investigate
allegations of professional misconduct which had been made

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     MONITORING
     3. SITE VISITS
       SI      Project Name                      Implementing         Project              Executing Enti-   Location of the    Site Visit Date
       No.                                       Ministry/            Managers/            ty/ Contractor    Project
                                                 Department           Engineers/
                                                                      consultants
       1       Design, Build and transfer        MTC/Roads            NAMA – ADK –         China Civil       Gaborone           20/01/2020
               of selected Urban Road            Department           PTV (Pty) Ltd        Engineering
               Intersections in Greater                                                    Construction
               Gaborone under output and
               performance Based contract
               methodology
       2       Construction Completion           Ministry of          AMA Projects         Zhengtai-         Moshupa            30/01/2020
               and Maintenance of new            Health and           Botswana             Whitacon JV
               Primary Hospital                  Wellness
       3       Proposed Staff Houses             Ministry of          AMA Projects         Classic Clean     Moshupa            30/01/2020
               for New primary Hospital          Health and           Botswana             (Pty) Ltd
               Housing at Moshupa                Wellness
       4       Pinnacle Office Park                                   Time Projects        Red East          Gaborone           31/01/2020
                                                                                                             Block 10
       5       Maun Airport Development          Civil Aviation       Royal Haskoning Stefanutti Stocks Maun                    05/03/2020
               - Terminal Building               Authority of         DHV             Botswana (Pty)
               Renovation Works                  Botswana                             Ltd
     Table 9 – Site Visits

     3.1 Registration Compliance Issues                                         •     Accessing information for Engineering personnel on projects
                                                                                      remains a challenge because the Engineers Registration
     The Board has discovered the following challenges and tribulations               Board does not have power of entry into construction sites.
     in its monitoring and compliance endeavours.                                     This was witnessed when the Maun Airport construction site
     •      There are people out there who will continue to perform                   was visited, as all engineers supervising the project were
            engineering without being registered.                                     alleged to be in a site progress meeting and a receptionist
     •      Employers of Engineering Professionals on construction                    declined to allow the ERB member into the meeting.
            projects are not willing to provide information of their key
            personnel onsite.                                                   3.2 Action Plan
     •      Some technical staff on site keep their registration and
            practicing certificates at their head office. The Act in clause     The above challenges and experiences notwithstanding, the Board
            19(6) stipulates that “Every engineer who has been issued           seeks to conduct site visits for monitoring and awareness when
            with a practicing certificate shall display that certificate in a   necessary; conduct continuous development and implementation
            conspicuous place at his place of business”; at all the sites       of stakeholder engagement plans. The Board shall forge ahead
            visited, engineering personnel are reluctant to display their       with the issuing of letters of notice to desist and interdictions
            practicing certificates.
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