MEDIUM TERM PLAN Fully disburse in next 4 years Co-investment target from 7:1 to 0.5:1 Create / sustain 17,000 jobs for mainly youth 67% (vs 50%) of SMMEs - women-owned Successful mainstream micro-finance model Successful mainstream co-operatives model Lower cost of financing for micro-businesses and co-operatives

(partnership with SACCOL) Gross portfolio return (>20%)

CHALLENGES Attracting private sector investment in SMME Increased private sector investment vs UYF influence Managing stakeholder expectations Managing growth Balance developmental & financial returns Maintain focus (especially if seen as successful) Balancing breadth / depth of programs Improving outreach Creating and strengthening partnerships Lower operating costs of programs / projects Lowering cost of financing to SMMEs.

Entreprene

urshipEducation

Youth in generaleducation & training

EE Target Groups

How Voucher

Programme Works

Client completes voucher application form

Undergoes assessment and identification of required intervention

Pays contribution (10%) into BDSVP account

Selects preferred SP from SP directory

Attends the approved intervention

Endorses voucher on completion of intervention

Provides continuous feedback to AA on the provision of services including final evaluation of the intervention

BusinessDevelopment Services Voucher

Programme

i. First BDS Voucher in South Africa

ii. First electronic voucher in the world

iii. 18 month pilot in 5 provinces until March 2004

iv. Focus is on one-on-one business support services

v. Initial focus is on 5 sectors

vi Youth entrepreneurs access up to 4 vouchers to purchase services for pre-start up and business

improvement activities

vii. Voucher values range >< R1 500 & R23 000

viii. Youth are expected to contribute towards the costof service (minimum 10% contribution)

2004-2005 Plans

• Formalise current projects into learnerships

• Contract 18 public FET colleges (34 proposals received)

• Increase provincial representation through FET colleges, parastatals & Setas. New projects in NW, NC, EC & FS

• Increase participants to 3500 by March 2005

• Increase employment rate to 90% through BDS & Enterprise Finance

• Increase partnerships

• Conceptualise Career Development Programme with DoE

Business Development Services Voucher

Programme

Since the commencement ofpilot a year ago more than 2 278 have been assisted

by the programme

Pilot SitesE. CapeGauteng

KwaZulu-NatalLimpopoW. Cape

Sectors/ Sub-sectors

ConstructionManufacturing

TourismICT

Agro-processing

Service ProvidersOver 100

approved SPswith relevantexpertise andexperience

PartnersComsec

Open for BusinessTBDCJunior

AchievementInstitute for Dev.

Services

ServicesBusiness PlanningAccounting & FinanceMarketingMarket Access Operations Management Product development Business Registration

Future Plans

2004/5

Entrepreneurship Education• Review of entrepreneurship education programmes (UWC) and

finalisation of EE strategy

• Hosting of National Entrepreneurship Conference (EE, BDS, access to finance)

• 20 000 young people to be assisted to enhance their entrepreneurial skills.

BDS Voucher Programme• Roll out of programme to remaining provinces : Free State,

Mpumalanga, Northern Cape & North West (RFP for SPs & AAs already issued)

• Provision of business support to 6000 young entrepreneurs

• Approximately 9000 direct jobs to be created/sustained through programme.

 

 

Role of Umsobomvu in NYSP

• In 2003 Implementation Plan was developed and adopted by Cabinet

• The Umsobomvu strategy was to ensure that there was a national framework

which would ensure the implementation of NYS to scale

• 5 000 young people will commence the project in 2004.

• The responsibility for implementing this programme falls to many agencies.

UYF’s responsibility is to resource the youth development components.

• The National Youth Service Programme is an initiative of the Presidency and

managed by a Project Partnership Team. Govt. dept. are resource agents.

Role of Umsobomvu

UYF will support the youth service

programme in a number of ways, including:

• Funding for the youth development components;

• Assisting with exit opportunities;

• Running capacity building for the institutions that

are managing the programmes; and

• Developing the training material and running the

training programmes for the technical advisors

and the programme and institutional assessors.

• Many of these roles are likely to be particularly intense during the first phase of implementation.

• In the immediate term UYF is developing the scope of the initial service projects with govt.

departments.

Areas of service2004

• Department of Health 3 000

• Department of Social Development

500

• Community Development Worker Support

250

• MPCCs 250

• Conservation and environment 500

• Agriculture 500

• Infrastructure: 1 000

• Construction: 1 000

• Additional 500

The Sector plans agreed by the EPWP are

guiding the location and nature of projects.

Programme Description

School to Work

• The School to Work (STW) Programme is a strategic intervention aimed at improving the employability of youth in high growth sectors through the development of high level technical skills training and work experience

• Targets unemployed matriculants & graduates

Programme Model

• Life & professional skills training for holistic development

• Technical skills training & entrepreneurship education to assist youth to acquire sufficient preparation for the world of work

• Structured work experience to develop learners’ occupational competencies & an opportunity to apply theory

• Case management (counselling support, mentorship, follow-up and aftercare)

Target Areas

• Accounting• Agriculture• Banking and Financial Services• Engineering• Information Technology• Sport and Entertainment• New sectors under FETC RFP

– Mining– Manufacturing– Agri-processing– Engineering

External integration

Partnerships with Setas

• Poslec Seta: Learnership for People with Disabilities• Chieta: Medical Sales Representative Learnership• Insurance Seta: Formalisation of the RAF Internship into a Learnership

Benefits

• Joint project design• Co-funding• Access to employers• Integration of life skills & entrepreneurship education• Integration of Enterprise Funding and BDS for self-employment exit

opportunities

Lessons Learnt (cont.)

2004-2005 Plans

• Formalise current projects into learnerships

• Contract 18 public FET colleges (34 proposals received)

• Increase provincial representation through FET colleges, parastatals & Setas. New projects in NW, NC, EC & FS

• Increase participants to 3500 by March 2005

• Increase employment rate to 90% through BDS & Enterprise Finance

• Increase partnerships

• Conceptualise Career Development Programme with DoE

The Public FET Colleges Programme

• In line with our mandate, UYF has identified DoE as a strategic partner to deliver skills development interventions for unemployed youth.

• UYF & DoE are currently finalising the operational plan which will guide the implementation of identified interventions, one of which is to support public FET colleges to deliver skills & learnership programmes.

The Public FET Colleges Programme

The FET Colleges Programme began in

February with the following investment

from UYF:

• Technical support to enable colleges to consolidate various capacity building interventions they have received.

• Technical support to assist colleges to align their programmes with SETA requirements

• R18 million direct investment into training programmes over the next 2 years.

Purpose and

Nature• CIC Project Purpose

– Young people make informed decisions about their skills development,

employment and self-employment and are linked to sustainable livelihood

opportunities (What is CIC?)

Achievements since 2001

• UYF Institutional Infrastructure and Capacity Developed

CDMP operational - Content Development and Management Project (CDMP),

YouthConnect operational as of March 2004 YL (Call Centre) has serviced 60 000 callers in last year

Internet Portal now live!

SAY! to be launched in June 2004

• Service Provider Institutional Infrastructure and Capacity Developed

13 YACs operational

YACs have serviced 86 554 direct beneficaries and benefited 408 indirect

beneficiaries

Achievements since 2001 - Continued

• CDMP

46 Information Products developed in key information areas and converted for the web (

CDMP Information Products)

Database of 18 000 Youth Service Providers

Database of careers and 900 bursaries

20 + Project Management Resources developed

• IP has deployed an information site, corporate site and also systems for the

development, management and dissemination of content (

Internet Portal Screenshot)

• SAY! is conservatively expected to reach 65 000 in Year 1 young people in

2004/5

CDMP Information Products

1. Coping with Teenage Pregnancy: A Guide for Young People 2. Dealing with HIV/ AIDS in the Workplace: A Guide for Young People 3. Fact Sheet: Substance Abuse and Addiction4. Fact Sheet: Do I Have a Substance Abuse Problem?5. Fact Sheet: How Substance Abuse Affects Your life6. Fact Sheet: Sexually Transmitted Infections7. Fact Sheet: Preventing HIV/AIDS 8. Fact Sheet: Voluntary Testing and Counselling9. Fact Sheet: Positive Living10. Fact Sheet: Healthy Eating 11. Fact Sheet: The ABCs of Good Health12. Fact Sheet: Leisure and Fitness13. Safe Sex Revolution: A Guide for Young People

Health and Wellbeing

1. Fact Sheet: Establishing and Running Community Committees2. Fact Sheet: Types of Organisations Working In and With Communities3. Fact Sheet: How to Raise Funds4. Fact Sheet: Public Participation – Getting Involved in Decision-Making that will Affect Your

Community5. Fact Sheet: What are My Right s and Responsibilities as a Volunteer?6. Fact Sheet: Why Should I Volunteer?7. Fact Sheet: Making Use of Volunteers8. Is My Community Project Working? A Basic Guide to Evaluation9. Let’s Get Involved with Our Communities: A Guide10. Understanding My Community’s Needs: A Guide 11. Developing Life- Skills for Citizenship: A Guide12. Get Active! You’re A South African 13. My Rights and Responsibilities as a South African Citizen14. What Does Democracy Mean for Me?15. The Nuts and Bolts of Volunteer Programmes and Policy16. Understanding Volunteering: A Guide for Young People

Citizenship

1. Career Planning and Development: A Guide for Young People2. Education and Training Options in South Africa: A Guide for Young People3. A Learner’s Guide to Higher and Distance Education4. Careers and Occupations Directory for Young People

Education and Training

1. From Idea to Opportunity: A Guide for Young People2. Getting Business Finance: A Guide for Young Entrepreneurs3. Starting Your Own Business: A Guide for Young Entrepreneurs4. Writing a Business Plan: A Guide for Young Entrepreneurs5. Starting a Co-operative: A Guide for Young People6. Networking Your Way To Business Success: A Guide for Young Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship

1. You and the Workplace: A Guide for Young People2. Using Labour Market Information: A Guide for Young People3. Fact Sheet: Special Public Works Programmes4. Industry Profiles

Employment

TitlesInformation Stream

back

Lessons Learned

• UYF Investments UYF investments are skewed to infrastructure, labour, capacity

building and operational costs Currenty the average YACs costs are:

o ± 45% on Infrastructure and Operations

o ± 40 % on Labour and Capacity Building

o ± 15% on Direct Programme Related (some programme costs are built into Labour costs)

• Scale and Sustainability will be achieved through Partnerships (to be covered later)

Partnerships, Sustainability and Scale

• Key Principles of Sustainability

• Working through Infomediaries

• Deploying innovative dissemination tools – Internet Portal, Community Print Media, Radio, On-demand Print, On-

demand Mulit-media Datacasting

• Through Partnerships with:

GCIS – 2000 Points of Presence (POPs), databases of 5000 + government services

MPCCs – projected 50 sites nationally

USA Telecentres – projected 100 sites nationally with internet connectivity

DoL Labour Centres – approximately 150 sites nationally

Local Governments - approximately 290 local governments

LoveLife Centres – as sites for info dissemination

Strategic partnerships with Youth Formations and Bodies – SAYC, NYC, etc.

Network of Municipal Libraries

Network of Higher Education and FET Institutions Libraries/ Student Centres

Mindset Livelihoods Channel – 800 000 households, 2000 schools

Community Radio – average of 80 000 listenership per station

• Use Youth Advisory Centres for learner recruitment & reference purposes

CIC going forward

Key to CIC Impact:

– Move Information Content to where Young People are – focus

less on physical infrastructure and more on creating access

– Use ICT to effectively develop, manage and disseminate content

– Target UYF investments to information content development and

training of infomediaries

– Ensure integration with partners who share common purpose

Performance

• UYF pioneering almost all the initiatives in South Africa

• 2 years of programme experience. Growing i.t.o geographic coverage & scale

• Received R855 milliion, committed R500 million to 88 projects. More than 100 000 young people have participated in UYF projects

Challenges

• Risk of being perceived as a panacea• Improving access especially for rural areas

– Launch of the “Take it to the People” concept

– Recruitment of Prov. Coordinators

• Dependancy on partners• Youth development agenda not mainstreamed• Diminishing resource base (sustainability)• Capacity (internally & externally)

Challenges

• Capacity of Service Providers – OD, accreditation, partnerships & job development

• Formalise partnerships with the public and private sector institutions = sustainability