Sustainable Skills Development
Annual Meeting
April 19 2005
Niagara College
Welland, Ontario
Agenda
 Welcome & Opening Remarks: Jos Nolle & Kyla Pennie
 South African Update
 Update of Year 2: Lindsay Page
 Update of Tourism Activities: Luvuyo Mlilo &
Mawethu Ndlumane
 Results Based Management & Challenges: Kyla Pennie
 Closing Remarks: Martha Casson
SSD PROJECT
 Assist government to transform labour market through skills development.
SSD PROJECT
Project Overview
SSD Goal & Purpose:
• To build strategic
partnership networks
in education,
government, industry
and the community in
support of poverty
reduction
through skills
development.
Institutional Capacity
What is a Learnership?
• A work-based approach to learning and
gaining qualifications and includes both
structured work experience (practical) and
structured institutional learning (theory).
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Includes a structured learning component
Includes practical work experience
Leads to a qualification
Relates to an occupation
Update
 Mxolisi Sibam (Prince)- Director, Finance
 Alfred Bomvu- Registrar, ECT
 Badikazi Mpongwana, Department of Labour
Status of merger: Walter Sisulu University of
Technology & Science
 Department of Labour: Learnership update
Another world is not only possible, she is on her way.
And on a quiet day, if you really listen, you can hear her breathing.
(R.M. Rilke)
Pivotal issues:
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Community Outreach
Institutional Capacity
Partnership Development
Project Management
Update on 2004-5 Activities
Partnership Development
The importance of working with local partners is
essential in creating collaborative solutions and
initiatives, ensuring sustainability and effectively
engaging the community.
• Eastern Cape Tourism Board • Steve Biko Foundation
• TABEISA (Technical and
• Sosebenza Sonke Women’s
Business Education in South Development Project
Africa)
• Ikhwezi Lokusa HIV/AIDS
• UNITRA (University of the
Wellness Centre
Transkei)
• The Business Place
• Border Technikon
Institutional Capacity
September 2004
• Project Learnership Workshop
–This provided each department at ECT to actively
engage in dialogue with representatives from
relevant Sector Education and Training Authorities
(SETAs).
– Recognized need
to generate strategies
for learnership process
Institutional Capacity (cont’d)
September 2004:
• Canadian Interns’ Arrival
– Interns assist the project strengthen
partnerships and engage communities
while bringing energy, skill and enthusiasm
to outreach programs.
• HIV/AIDS interns at:
– Ikhwezi Lokusa Wellness Centre
– Sosebenza Sonke Women’s
Development Project
– Eastern Cape Technikon
• Business Development and Training
intern at The Business Place
It is what
we make
of what we
have, not
what we
are given,
that
separates
one
person
from
another.
(Nelson
Mandela)
Institutional Capacity (cont’d)
February 2005
• Project Management Team Strategic Planning
Retreat: Johannesburg
– Brainstorming which resulted in a list of proposed
project activities for 2005-2006 workplan
– Project management
team members had the
opportunity to examine
and share information,
consider the project’s
strategic direction and
generate ideas.
Community Outreach:
Entrepreneurship Activities
June 2004
• Self-Employment Partnership (SEP) Program
– Micro-credit initiative in Butterworth
November 2004
• Entrepreneurship Training
– Visiting Canadian professionals conducted
entrepreneurship and
tourism training workshops
Community Outreach:
Entrepreneurship Activities (cont’d)
February 2005
• Entrepreneurship Strategic Planning &
Program Design
– Looking to support the creation of SMME’s
– A group of women entrepreneurs has been
mobilized in King William’s Town (through
The Business Place) and has co-created a
peer support network.
– Emphasis on strengthening partnerships
with relevant service providers and design
an entrepreneurial program:
• mentorship
• practical implementation
• financial assistance.
Community Outreach (cont’d)
Tourism Initiatives
May 2004
• Municipal Twinning: Welland, Ontario
& Mnquma Municipality, South Africa
• Tourism Awareness Campaign:
– The aim is to educate and engage
communities in the importance of
tourism as a method of economic
development.
Whatever
you can do
or dream
you can,
begin it.
Boldness
has genius,
power and
magic in it.
(Goethe)
Community Outreach (cont’d)
August 2004
• Launch of Discover Initiative
– In partnership with ECTB, the Discover Butterworth
brand sought to encourage pride in the Butterworth
community, and develop a culture of tourism.
September 2004
• The Discover Butterworth
competition aimed to engage
the community to generate
ways to attract tourists, as
well as encouraging staff,
student, and faculty
collaboration.
Community Outreach (cont’d)
February-April 2005
Tourism Partnership Development
– Small Projects Foundation
• Possible collaboration with tourism
learnership
– King Sandile Development Trust:
– Mnquma Municipality Local Tourism
Organization (LTO):
– Eastern Cape Tourism Board (ECTB):
• ECT tourism students to promote
Tourism Month Competitions
Project Management
August 2004
• Gender Analysis, Butterworth
–Recognizing the need to incorporate gender-specific
needs into project strategy, a gender needs analysis was
conducted in Butterworth.
– Goal was to determine
lifestyles, priorities, and values
of male and female
participants in order to inform
project strategy.
Project Management (cont’d)
February 2005
•
Gender Analysis, King William’s Town
– Working with a group of women entrepreneurs, the
analysis sought to determine the distinct needs,
environments and potential of the group.
– Key goals were examining where the women were on
the entrepreneurship
continuum and determining
ways through which
the project could support them.
The Year Ahead
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Where are we now?
Community Outreach
Institutional Capacity
Project Management
Partnership Development
Where Are We Now?
• 2005-6 marks Year 3 of the SSD project
– Critical midpoint of project activities
• Merger is imminent
• Scope of project is
wide; communities
across the province
have worked with
the SSD project
Project Management
• Staffing
– ACE Entrepreneurship intern (Canada)
• Movement
– May:
• In-country project coordinator: Lindsay Page
– July:
• Special Events Coordinator Intern
• Tourism Development Intern
– September:
• Jos Nolle & Dr. Dan Patterson to South
Africa
• 2 HIV/AIDS Canadian interns
Community Outreach (cont’d)
• Community Tourism & Entrepreneurship Awareness
Campaign
– Goal: Assist communities in developing an
understanding of tourism development and
entrepreneurship
– Students will be mentored
by a local organization;
either The Business Place
(KWT) or TABEISA
(EL/Butterworth).
Community Outreach (cont’d)
• Mnquma Municipality
– Establish and formalize areas of collaboration
– Brochure development, audit of attractions, etc.
• Training Materials
– Add to current training manual:
‫ ە‬rural community development
‫ ە‬heritage tourism
‫ ە‬sustainable tourism
‫ ە‬customer care
‫ ە‬entrepreneurship/ business skill
Community Outreach (cont’d)
• Annual tourism event: Butterworth
– To encourage people to start
SMME’s to service the event,
– Showcase local entrepreneurs and
talent
– Hold seminars/
workshops to share
information among
tourism stakeholders
Community Outreach (cont’d)
• Heritage Monument
– Consider developing attraction that will
provide legacy for SSD Project and
the contribution of its participants
and stakeholders, unique to the
Eastern Cape.
•Discover Initiative
–Expand similar initiatives in
other areas (i.e. King
William’s Town)
Community Outreach (cont’d)
Entrepreneurship Pilot Program
• Goal:
– Brings together existing service
providers to offer meaningful and
sustainable support in the creation of 5
viable tourism businesses.
• Community Awareness
– Developing a culture of
entrepreneurship and an environment that
supports tourism is essential.
SA FACT:
Per 100
people, 7
personal
computers
are in use.
Community Outreach (cont’d)
(Entrepreneurship Pilot)
• Mentorship
– Each entrepreneur will be matched with an
experiential learning student “business
coach” as well as a corporate mentor.
• Long-term, comprehensive support
– Life skills, HIV/AIDS, customer service,
budgeting, and other trainings will be offered
to ensure a holistic approach.
Community Outreach (cont’d)
• Emphasis on “deliverables” and process
– Entrepreneurs must undergo market research, etc.,
– Access to start-up financing
– Most viable business
plan will receive a
grant/loan.
– Administration and
structure of grant/
loan?
Partnership Development
• Tourism Learnership
– Small Projects Foundation: ECT
possibly training provider
• Experiential Learning Opportunities
– Mnquma LTO, King Sandile
Development Trust, Small Projects
Foundation
• Eastern Cape Tourism Board (ECTB)
– Promotion of Tourism Month
(September) Schools Competition
SA FACT:
84% of
black
women
believe
they are in
control of
their life
and future.
Partnership Development
• Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE)
– On-campus non-profit organization at
universities and colleges in Canada
– Develop relationship with Eastern Cape
community-based project to import and sell
goods.
– Possibly Hlumani HIV/AIDS
project, King Kei Crafters
SSD Project
Snapshot of Results
2002-2005
RESULT-build strategic partnerships to reduce
poverty through skills development and
income generation (%)
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Current activities
Community Outreach
Institutional Capacity
Partnership
Development
• Project Management
• Areas to develop to
promote sustainability
• Suggestions?
• Ideas?
• Best practices?
Technikon staff, including women, and
project stakeholders enhance strong
leadership development skills (80%)
• Mentorship builds confidence
• Increase participation of local
consultants
• Collaborative project
planning/management
• Lead by example – women in
leadership roles
• New positions created
• planning
• Majority of project coordinators
are women
• Local role models
• HOW they participate
• Mentor and incorporate more
gender planning in new
learnerships (or other
initiatives) at WSU
• Are women perceived as
decision-makers (by self and
others?)
Disadvantaged population groups,
particularly women, represented in decisionmaking and project guidance (80%)
• Advisory Board has
strong, diverse
representation
• Representatives able to
garner benefits for their
constituencies (i.e.:
Connie Kakana)
• Encourage less
established groups to
“piggy back” with other
groups
• Progressive structures to
increase participation
• Seek measurable impacts
(gender-sensitive
indicators)
• Translation to Xhosa
Rural community members, both male and
female, gain understanding and motivation to
enter training programs at the Technikon
• Rural Tourism and
Entrepreneurship
outreach
• South African module
development
• Empowering
pedagogy
• Further integrate ECT
training opportunities
into basic modules (information resource
component)
• What about financial?
• Numeracy and
Literacy
Students have greater access opportunities to
education and training through a variety of
programming streams to meet their diverse
needs (25%)
• Successful partnership
development has led to
first learnership (WRSETA)
• Plans for implementation
for 5 more learnerships
this year
• New WSU
institutional streaming
policies must
embrace learnership
opportunity
• Be opportunistic
• Stronger community
ties provide better
employment
opportunities
The Technikon is capable of supporting
National Skills Development Strategy
institutional education and training needs
(50%)
• Working closely with
DOL and SETAs
keeps Technikon
informed of training
procedures and
opportunities
• SSD workshop (Sept)
brings together
players
• Ways to increase
transparency and
reduce bureaucracy?
The Technikon strengthens its capacity to
meet Eastern Cape workforce and
entrepreneurship needs through the support
of provincial and national education and
training policies (60%)
• Consolidation
and cooperation
with local
operators
– Varied
approaches
– Community
partnerships
– twinning
• Focus on
tourism
• Further engage
advisory board
to works towards
sustainability
(commitments to
developments)
The Technikon develops models and
partnerships for education and training
services (20%)
• First ECT
learnerships have
been delivered!!!
• Niagara best
practices are shared
(YIP programs,
Netcorps, ACE)
• Strategize rollout
within academic
divisions at WSU
• Local context- Work
closely with funders to
identify local models
that will meet training
needs
• Motivation for
stakeholders
Eastern Cape rural communities gain exposure
to potential for self-advancement through
tourism education and training at the
Technikon (80%)
• Tourism roadshows
encourages
participation in rural
communities
• Outreach is using
brand recognition to
engage community
and youth. “Discover”
campaign
• Link must now be
made from basic
education to higher
education
• Address literacy and
numeracy challenges
in Higher Education
• Address financial
constraints
Skilled entrepreneurs, both male and female,
for new business developments in communitybased tourism market (40%)
• Entrepreneurship
Pilot program assists
in process to start
new businesses
• Roadshow approach
with local orgs
support
• Use “Discover”
initiative to increase
understanding of
tourism
• Develop community
based tourism market
with community
planning via
stakeholder advisory
input
• Communities must
champion the process
• Learnerships to
support skill
development
New tourism businesses established in the
Eastern Cape region (30%)
• Partnership network
development (The
Business place,
Tabeisa)
• Twinning activities
(Ace, Welland,
Rotary)
• Support and engage
students and
graduates
• Network must exist
after project ends
• Challenging
atmosphere- need
infrastructure
development,
financing
Skilled labour provided for the South African
Wild Coast Spatial Development Initiative
(0%)
• Off the mark!
• We still don’t know
enough about it
• Too ambitious(?)
• Initiative has had
many obstacles
• Research to be
conducted
• New partnerships
sought as potential
employers
Department of Labour Occupational
Workplace Skills Training needs supported and
skilled labour, including women, provided to
various sectors (20%)
• Learners are
employed (10 in
grocery stores
via W&R)
• Learning opportunity –
engage stakeholders to
support learnerships
• Need to be opportunistic
• Research via external
relations unit at WSU to
match market needs
with learnership appls
Sector Education and Training Authorities
assisted in administration and outreach for Skills
Plans development via Technikon services
(15%)
• Merger is
delaying
services
development
• Partnership
network will
assist Technikon
in this process
• Mini-road shows
• Continue all
other outreach
activities to
prepare for
services
branch/External
relations unit
at WSU
The Technikon recognized as a regional
education and training centre for workplace
skills training, learnerships, and
entrepreneurship training (25%)
• SSD has engaged
community
stakeholders with
Advisory Group
• SSD an enabler for
SETA’s to work with
Technikon
• SSD workshop in
September-key
activity
• WSU embraces external
relations concept and fund
it accordingly – create a
long-term development
plan
• AB supports new WSU
external relations unit for
further research, and skills
training
• SETAs to play active role
in development and
support
• ECT positions itself
through services offered
Sustainability
• SSD project can be used as a
catalyst for undertaking new
activities, and assisting ECT to
manage change.
• Need for ECT and NC to
support each other through
the change process
Challenges & Issues
• Focus on learnerships
– Confirm and engage SETAs to support learnerships
– Formalize agreements with partner employers
• Critical that activities
correspond to an expected
result (review RBM)
– Project efficiency
– Utilization of
resources to full potential.
Challenges & Issues
◌ Scope of project
• Communities and populations have been
mobilized: how can we support them, remain relevant
and offer new initiatives?
◌ Importance of open communication
• Aids efficiency and time
• Maintain collective focus,
generate ideas and
collaborative solutions.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously
give other people permission to do the same.
Nelson Mandela
T HA N K Y O U