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Community Development Workers: Progress Report

Community Development Workers: Progress Report. Report to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, 22 June 2005. Contents. Purpose Background Progress report Rollout State of the Provinces Learnership Relationships Communication Policy development

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Community Development Workers: Progress Report

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  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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