SECTION A: PROJECT SUMMARY In South Africa latest statistics indicate that 70% of the unemployed are youth. Over the years government has initiated various policies and programmes to address the problem. The W2P programme aims to either transit youth who are on welfare into permanent lucrative employment or provide further education opportunities. The project involves taking welfare recipients to the work environment provided by host NGOs. This project includes the recruitment and selection, assessment, placement and on-job development, case management, training and developmental education, support services and job retention services. It will help participants to be ready for the world of work and provide them with work experience in order to help them to get and to keep a job. The project includesbeneficiary transformation concern and it has explicit measurable impact. The project will span over 3 years. The project budget includes two critical phases, phases II and IV. The project Phase II budget covers a cost estimate of R179 760. There will be a for 150 participants, which means that it will cost the sum of R239.68 /person/day excluding logistics. Thus the project starts with a boot-camp by the third week of October 2013.Phase IVstarts during year 1 and continues during the 2nd and 3rd year of the project. During the first year of placement and training, it will cost the sum of R881.08/person/month for a period of 6 months. Thereafter it is reduced to R647.22 per person per month for the subsequent period of 12months.Towards the end of the first full financial year, subsequent budgets will be submitted by February for approval. SECTION B CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK INTRODUCTION After studying the various intervention applied elsewhere in the world, there is a need for a model that takes into account the heterogeneous characteristics of youth because of differences in their background, their socio-economic differences and variation in their level of education and natural abilities. For example, some youth have incomplete matric results while some of the youth with matric are unemployedor cannot access higher education opportunities. Another category of unemployed youth has dropped out from tertiary institutions because of their inability to cope with the demands of higher education. Some graduatesare unemployed. These different categories suggest different needs, which requiredifferent interventions in order to address the problem of unemployment. camp
Safety and security (crime) M 50% Emphasis on venue safety Participants could be injured on site Participants to sign an agreement with GDSD Induction before training the participants Most venue has safety plan on site and additions) L 10% Substance abuse and alcohol abuse is a reality and need to be stressed during the participants contact session Participants to sign an agreement Induction training for participants The GDSD can terminate participants contracts and recover lost investment after the necessary procedures have been followed and H 60% Without consistent participation the project will not be successful Compliance with timely workplace attendance and punctuality during training sessions Proper screening from the GDSD Household profile and prior placement Assessment by provider Ground rules and sanctions to be communicated and enforced effectively Political H 70% With political interference the identification of participants could pose a problem and political principals’ decisions to suspend the project The GDSD to make a long term commitment throughout the project life cycle. Strict selection based on set criteria. in the identification process of participants M 50% Limited gainful employment attachment opportunities Training not recognised Involvement of private sector employers and finding other funding sources Work with placement agencies and seek Apprenticeship opportunities Provider to seek deep linkages with other higher education providers Provision of accredited training HIV/AIDS H 70% Health of participants could jeopardize their participation HIV/AIDS counselling as part of the training programme Formal contact session on HIV/AIDs Education and participants could continuously access information Literacy levels M Low levels of literacy and numerously exist Clear entry levels identified for all learning programmes Ensuring that participants are appropriately allocated
consideration Economic growth Between sectors Economic sector and Social development /labour development Enablers Enterprise development and human resource development Weak cross sectorial cooperation Inadequate funding (micro loans) for new small businesses Increase in critical and scarce skills development Socio-cultural development Between sectors Active citizenship through community involvement and environmental agencies Enablers Values and practice of Ubuntu Changing and cultural interconnectedness Lack of adaptability and responsiveness Continued life-long learning and social cohesion and dream in a different way Poverty reduction Enablers Emphasis on self-help mind set, self-employment and willingness to, ready to look and take up employment Low level of skills Long stay in welfare system Safety net for participants seeking to take up further study Positive attitude change and increase in confidence level to undertake self-initiatives Other benefits include strengthening participants’ sense of belonging and hope. Furthermore the programme will restore of participants’ self-respect and dignity amongst other GDSD developmental and transformational target. MONITORING AND EVALUATION Intended measures for activities monitoring and evaluation include amongst others The Project Manager will develop detailed schedules to ensure timely implementation and inform all partners Workshops with strategic partners will be scheduled to communicate strategic information according to the contract A mailing list with details of all role players will be utilized to inform and correspond with all Record of all actions, meetings, attendance registers in relation to the programme implementation and activities.