TAU provides technical assistance to government institutions through the application of relevant expertise and knowledge management. Furthermore:

(i) TAU is a 'facility' in the National Treasury which supports government institutions in programme and project management, thus contributing to the quality of spend by improved management capability in government to deliver on its mandate,

(ii) Through its practice, TAU informs National Treasury policy in relation to its mandate of developing norms and standards, by developing practices and methodologies to improve decision-making along the planning and budget cycles,

(iii) TAU builds capacity (investing in human resources for sustainability) in government by leveraging itself through the use of private sector consultants though ensuring that the private sector consultants establish and implement appropriate approaches to public sector management consulting in a development manner and thus TAU frames consultants to be responsive to the needs of government, and

(iv) TAU proactively develops its own capability to enable government to build management capacity and capability for delivering on development results i.e. reduction of poverty and stimulating economic growth.

The TAU’s services aims at building an effective and responsive Public Administration (operationally focussed and ready to meet the expectation of all stakeholders) accountable for the quality of spend of public funds. TAU’s services include, but are not limited to:

• Programme and Project Management Support services across the project management cycle
• Facilitation of strategic planning and seminar sessions to accelerate the delivery of programmes and projects
• Advice, coaching, mentoring and transfer of Programme and Project Management knowledge
• Project and Programme Analysis (reviews, evaluations and audits)
• Procurement management advice and support to accelerate delivery of projects and programmes
• Targeted professional workshops, mainly in the field of Results Based Management