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Title: Community Development Workers: Progress Report


1
Community Development Workers Progress Report
  • Report to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee
    on Public Service and Administration, 22 June 2005

2
Contents
  • Purpose
  • Background
  • Progress report
  • Rollout
  • State of the Provinces
  • Learnership
  • Relationships
  • Communication
  • Policy development
  • Monitoring and Evaluation

3
Contents
  • Launches
  • Discussion
  • Key challenges
  • Conclusion and recommendations

4
Purpose
  • To submit a detailed progress report and the
    implementation challenges facing the CDW programme

5
Background
  • The Community Development Workers Programme began
    in earnest in 2003
  • A Unit based in the Ministry for Public Service
    and Administration coordinates the
    implementation, in conjunction with DPLG
  • Unit is assisted by a national task team (NTT)
  • Provincial units now established

6
Progress report
  • Rollout - National unit has
  • Visited provinces
  • Followed up on learnership implementation
  • Met briefed other departments
  • With some departments, youth bodies, exploring
    joint programmes
  • Establishing learning network, India visited.

7
Progress report
  • State of Provinces
  • Units established, 3 provinces still unstable
  • Learnership in progress in all provinces
  • Provincial leadership support established
  • Institutional arrangements in progress
  • Budgets secured in some provinces
  • Municipalities and local stakeholders brought on
    board

8
Progress report
  • Learnership
  • All provinces on target
  • Learnership in all provinces progressing
  • To date 571 learners completed
  • Gauteng (199)
  • E. Cape (180)
  • N. Cape (192)
  • Provinces finalising selection of remaining
    number of learners (1579)

9
Progress report
  • Further training
  • Linkages to Gateway portal
  • Running a pilot in Gauteng until Aug 2005
  • Training on e-Govt ICT, Batho Pele,
    Entrepreneural skills, life skills planned
  • CDWs utilising MPCCs, Customer Service booths,
    and joint work on mobile units
  • Extended ICT linkages explored e.g. Post
    Offices

10
Progress report
  • Relationships
  • Established relations with municipalities, ward
    clrs, local CBOs, NGOs, other govt depts.
  • Established relations with ward committee members
    via meetings, workshops
  • Salga resolution to facilitate smooth relations
  • Contact with trade union federation initiated.
    Conference envisaged with unions.

11
Progress report
  • Joint programmes
  • Finalising joint programme with NYS, SAYMP,
    several national Departments
  • Collaboration in form of extended training
    exposure, additional sectors to incorporate in
    CDW job description
  • ICT training to introduce eGovt.
  • Community mobilisation with EPWP

12
Progress report
  • Communication
  • A communication strategy in place
  • Branding development in progress
  • A Booklet providing success case studies produced
  • A webpage development in progress
  • Contact made with all Departments, provinces and
    other stakeholders

13
Progress report
  • Policy development
  • A Handbook developed
  • Deployment strategy framework developed
  • A Monitoring and Evaluation framework developed
  • Action research commissioned to study programme
    impact in areas CDWs are deployed
  • Funding approach needed

14
Progress report
  • Launches
  • Provinces launched are Gauteng, W. Cape and E.
    Cape
  • National launch planned for mid-year
  • Branding finalised logo, etc.
  • 15 minute video being finalised. Will be ready
    for launch

15
Discussion
  • Relationships with ward councillors, ward
    committees and local structures
  • Mostly cordial
  • Provincial unit and executive leadership
    intervening in conflict situations
  • Rule of law followed at all times
  • A workshop with all Departments is planned to
    finalise synergy in implementing the programme

16
Key challenges
  • Political buy-in to ensure stability in
    provincial units
  • Inter-Departmental coordination
  • Funding
  • Provincial strategic planning

17
Thank you
  • THANK YOU
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