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Transcript of Umsobomvu Youth Fund Friday, 28 February 2003
Presentation to Joint Committee on the Improvement of Quality of Life and Status of
Youth and Disabled Persons
Umsobomvu Youth Fund
Friday, 28 February 2003
Feb 1998 Budget Speech - Minister of Finance announces a levy on the demutualisation proceeds establish the UYF
Sep 1998 Government Gazette - Demutualisation Act
Oct 1999 Monies are transferred from SARS to the Umsobomvu Youth Fund account and placed a deposit with CPD
Oct 1999 National Treasury begins the process of appointing the Board of Directors
Nov 1999 Articles of Association drafted
Jan 2000 Board of Directors appointed
Feb 2000 Board of Directors meet for the first time
Mar 2000 Board begins the process of appointing the CEO
History
Jul 2000 Government Gazette amending the Demutualisation Act to exempt the UYF from income tax
Aug 2000 Consultative Forum
Dec 2000 CEO and COO are appointed
Jan 2001 Strategic planning session between the Directors and Management to establish four key result areas for the UYF Mar 2001 Bankers, auditors and asset consultant are appointed
Mar 2001 Work commenced on the internal structure, policies, procedures and systems to administer the UYF
Mar 2001 Board of Directors approve the focus areas of the UYF
Apr 2001 Recruitment process to fill 10 strategic posts begins
History
Young people today
• Lack of skills that are in demand (both technical and life skills);
• Few employment opportunities in a slow economic growth environment. Despite large number of vacancies, the no of unemployed is still high
• Lack of access to finance for study and business purposes
• Lack of access to valuable economic information and counselling support regarding employment/ self-employment; and
• Access to basic health services and awareness regarding healthy living
Strategic guiding principles
• Government’s mandate– Create a platform for job creation and skills
development transfer for youth
• Strategic guiding principles– Vision: “To enhance the active participation of
youth in the mainstream economy”
– Mission: “To facilitate and promote the creation of jobs and the development of skills for the South African Youth”
Policy
Strategic guiding principles• Key Performance Areas
– Skills development
– Job creation
– Prudent resource management
– Communication of information
• Core competencies- Co-ordinating ability- Access to networks and resources- Being a catalyst for youth development
Policy
Target group
• 18 - 35 years• Predominantly out of school• Catering for different cohorts
– Skilled/ unskilled– Rural/ peri-urban– Women– Disabled– Hiv / Aids
• Not to duplicate the education’s sphere
The structure of UYF
Umsobomvu
Employment Programmes Division
Youth Entrepreneurship Division
Capacity Building, Research, Evaluation, Education & Training Unit
Finance, Administration & IT Unit
Communication Unit
Human Resources Unit
Support
Business
Units
Youth employment programmes
Youth Line
Youth Portal
Contact, Information and Counseling
Youth Advisory Centres
School To Work
Career Development
Bridging Programmes
Community Youth Service
Building & Construction
Home-based Care
Agriculture & Conservation
Employment Programmes Division
Contact, Information & counseling
YouthAdvisoryCentres
Youth LineInternetPortal
Content ServiceProvider
CIC Model
Radio & TV
Youth entrepreneurship programmes
Youth Entrepreneurship
FundingBusiness Development
Services*
Micro Finance
SME Finance
Entrepreneur support
Enterprise support
* Support provided using voucher scheme
The model informing our focus
Provide information & counselling
Provide a platform to acquire skills
Enhance employability
Provide support for self -employment
For effective practice
• Intergrated approach to youth development
• There is no single model
• Leverage resources through collaboration
• Provide extended service: Support & follow-up
• Hire and develop quality staff
• Adult support and structure
• Commit to continuous improvement
• Treat youth as a resource
• Make use of work (including community service)
Policy
Investment philosophies
- Always have a policy of diversifying its exposure by syndicating projects with other funders/donors and by forming linkages;
- Neither be a tag along or a Fund for departments nor should it aim to displace existing programmes;
- Each project must specify outcome measures for on-going monitoring and evaluation;
- Pursue a strategic (narrow) focus in order to achieve sustainable impact;
- Endeavour to attain national coverage; and- Not intending to build a huge bureaucracy.
Policy
How UYF will function
Support
Service
Providers
e.g.
- Auditors
- Treasury
- Research
- IT
- Consultants
UYF
- Finance
- Management
- Board
- Committees
- Monitoring &
evaluation
Core Functions
Service
Providers
& Partners
- NGOs & CBOs
- Academic institutions
- Private sector
- DFIs
- Government
- Labour
Focus Areas
-Contact, info, counselling
-Skills dev.& transfer
-Entrepreneur support
Promises
• Presented May 2001
• R123 m to R172 m per annum
• Implementation of focus areas as described
• Building of instituional capacity
How UYF has / will evolve (phase 1)
1st 6 months 6 to 18 months 12 to 24 months
Business plan, benchmarks
Implementation of pilot programmes
Pilot grass-roots programmes
Infrastructure & systems
Exploring linkagesGenerate policy parameters
Human capacityCapacity building programme
Strengthen linkages
Consultations Brand awarenessIntegration of UYF programmes
How UYF has / will evolve (phase 2)
Year 2-3 Year 3 - 5
National planning integrates Youth dev.
Implementation of pilot programmes
Capacity at provincial and local level
Share experiences in Africa
Best practice modelAll nodal points have youth programmes
Comprehensive review
Targets: Youth employment programmes
Contact, Info & Counselling
Youth Service School to Work
150 000 young people have accessed & used info each year
600 young people (’02); 1500 (’03), 3000 (’04) in prog each year
500 young people (‘02/03); 1000 (‘03), 2000 (’04) in prog each year
15 youth advice centres (‘02); 30(’03); 70 (’05)
Youth-line (’02)
Youth Portal (‘02)
Targets: Youth entrepreneurship
Funding Business Dev. Support
Job creation impact (5 yrs)
10 000 youth owned SMMEs have access to finance (’06)
5 000 young entrepreneurs have received BDS support
20 000 jobs created
2500 sustainable businesses (’06)
9 000 youths provided basic entrepreneurship orientation training
Voucher scheme (’02)300 BDS service providers and mentors trained
100 providers accredited
How much?
Programme Funds Committed Funds Approved
Youth Advisory Centre 60,213,343 22,625,493
Call Centre 1,010,640 1,010,640
Internet Portal 5,612,000 5,612,000
School to Work 89,904,711 31,185,847
Youth Service 35,437,553 24,691,370
Business Development Services 8,800,000 8,800,000
Enterprise Funding 254,616,931 254,616,931
Research and Development 1,866,086 1,866,086
Communications 3,877,815 3,877,815
TOTAL 461,339,079 354,286,182
Challenges
• Capacity– Govt. support (line managers)
– Private sector support
– Funding not sufficient
– NGOs/CBOs (institutional and individual capacity)
• Policy & strategy– Consensus (e.g. with organised labour)
– Co-ordination(Intergrated youth, rural, H.R. develoment)
Policy
Challenges
• Information– Access to right channels– Alternative channels of communication
• Youth– Participation– “Unrealistic” expectations– Lack of capacity amongst youth structures
• Risk management– Monitoring and evaluation
Policy
Key milestones
• Integrated Sustainable Youth Economic Participation Programme linking with other developmental projects using the experience– Public works– Skills Projects with DoL and Setas– Youth diversion– Youth Service
Policy
Key milestones
• Youth Service– Infrastructure to manage project and
volunteer based projects
• Mainstream micro finance (Systems, etc)
• Provincial coordination
• Youth Card
Policy
Sustainability
• Good and effective practice (management) • Focused approach - not everything to every one• Form linkages (e.g. National Skills Fund)• Donor funding• Government’s on-going funding• Youth entrepreneurship
Thank you