Presentation to JMC

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Presentation to JMC

• Date 10 November 2006

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Introduction

• The presentation on NYS focuses on
• Delivery partners of NYS
• The Lobbying and Advocacy Role that the NYC has
  played thus far
• Examples of NYS projects that are been rolled out
• Planned actions and Projects on NYS

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Delivery Partners
Organisation Role
The National Youth Service Unit (Minister in the Presidency coordinates this function through the NYC the UYF) Work with government departments civil society organisations to explore opportunities for service Develop clear guidelines manuals to support the identification, design implementation of youth service projects Train register Technical Advisors (TAs) Programme Institutional Assessors (PIAs) who provide technical support to organisations implementing NYS Identify register projects that meet NYS criteria, brand profile NYSP, secure funds raise awareness about value of service
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Delivery Partners
Organisation Role
The National Youth Service Unit (Minister in the Presidency coordinates this function through the NYC the UYF) Work with government departments civil society organisations to explore opportunities for service Develop clear guidelines manuals to support the identification, design implementation of youth service projects Train register Technical Advisors (TAs) Programme Institutional Assessors (PIAs) who provide technical support to organisations implementing NYS Identify register projects that meet NYS criteria, brand profile NYSP, secure funds raise awareness about value of service
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Delivery Partners
Organisation Role
The Presidency Political Principal Minister in the Presidency Co-ordination via the Policy Unit
The National Provincial Youth Commissions Lobbying, advocacy, project identification, monitoring, evaluation policy framework
Umsobomvu Youth Fund Manage the NYSU which in turn identifies, register facilitate programme implementation. Provide financial technical support, capacity building, contract management (service providers), follow up aftercare (manage exit opportunities for youth)
State Departments (incl. Provinces Municipalities) e.g. Health, Social Development Housing Implement NYS through platforms like Home Based Care, Peoples Housing Process, Water, Sanitation other infrastructure initiatives (e.g. construction of community infrastructure), Adult Basic Education Extension Service
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Achievements within the current financial year

• Lobbying and Advocacy
• Orientation Workshops has been held with various
  departments on NYS
• Bilaterals have also been engaged to further
  clarify expectations on NYS
• Platform was given at the Inter-Ministerial
  Committee to further lobby departments into
  rolling out NYS
• About 18 departments have been brought to an
  understanding of what NYS is
• Amongst issues that had to be clarified is a
  distinction between NYS and learnerships, and
  between NYS and EPWP

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Projects that kicked off the ground

• Public Works
• Has started an intervention of preparing young
  people to become skilled artisans in the area of
  construction through skills development training
  programmes within 18 month duration.
• The department has identified buildings in all
  the regions of the Department of Public Works and
  ring fence them for maintenance work using the
  National Youth Service approach
• In addition the EPWP Programme that is
  coordinated in the Department of Public Works is
  providing additional opportunities for NYS
  through the various clusters of the EPWP

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Health Department

• Health has Home Based Care support Programme to
  assist clinics and NGOs/CBOs/FBOs to provide
  greater community care and support
• KwaZulu Natal, Limpopo, Free State have included
  NYS targets and budgets in their provincial
  business plans for the next financial. The
  targets in these business plans do not, however,
  reflect the additional targets as the result of
  the massification/scaling up of the NYS under the
  EPWP.
• Engagement with stakeholders in Mpumalanga and
  the Western Cape have not yet yielded results as
  in the above three provinces, however, the Senior
  Provincial Management in Mpumalanga have
  committed themselves to working towards meeting
  the requirements of the programme. The strategy
  is to elevate the engagements regarding the NYS
  to the level of the Provincial Steering
  Committees where it has been demonstrated that
  positive results can be achieved.
• Engagements with the provinces of Gauteng, North
  West, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape have been
  begun in earnest.

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GCIS

• The project has Multi-Purpose Community Centre
  (MPCC) Youth Service project will be implemented
  in partnership with the Government Communication
  and Information Systems (GCIS).
• This project aims to support the Department in
  the provision of human resource capacity to staff
  the second generation MPCCs that are being rolled
  out currently.
• Through this project young people will be trained
  in customer care and community service skills
  after which they will be deployed in MPCCs to
  provide services to members of communities
  visiting MPCCs.
• As such the project will contribute to the
  enhancement of skills and employment
  opportunities for unemployed youth through
  participation in service activities that offer
  learning and occupational competencies.
• The youth will serve in the General Services
  Counters (GSCs) as well as assist other
  Departments operating in MPCCs with the provision
  of services. In the main the other Departments
  are Home Affairs, Social Development, Health etc.

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Strengthening our Call for NYS

• Country wide mass mobilisation planned for
  December and January to attract about 5000 young
  people into service
• Deputy President fully supports the mobilisation
• The JMC s support is needed in spreading the
  message across
• Site visits are planned for departments to view
  examples of best practice
• The Deputy President has visited a site in
  Diepsloot and has two visits planned in two weeks
  time, one in NW another in Limpopo

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Policy Review on NYS

• NYC leading an NYS Policy Review
• The Review will be based on the Green Paper(1998)
  and White Paper (1999)on NYS
• The delivery date for a revised policy is March
  2007

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Conclusion

• An estimation of 8 000 young people have gone
  through NYS programs
• What needs to be established is exit
  opportunities created for these young people.