e-Skilling the nation for equitable prosperity
and global competitiveness
PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL
SERVICES
MERGER OF THREE INSTITUTES
(NEMISA, eSI and ISSA)
PROCESS AND CURRENT STATUS
26 MAY 2015
background
 Previous Department of Communications embarked on
a process in 2012 to integrate its three (3) skills
development related entities i.e. the National Electronic
and Media Institute of South Africa (NEMISA), e-Skills
Institute (e-SI) and the Institute for Space and Software
Applications (ISSA).
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More effective use of existing resources across
Government, Business, Education and Civil Society to
impact against the National Development Plan, Medium
Term Strategic Framework, SA Connect, White Paper on
Post School Education and Training and the ICT
Roadmap.
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background (ii)
 In February 2014, the Department officially launched
iNeSI.
realignment, focus and international
benchmark
1. SA’s e-readiness position with regard to its socioeconomic contemporaries
2. the shift for greater alignment and focus
5 - Skills
of activities
6 - Individual Usage
8 - Government Usage
10 - Social Impacts
11 - Affordability
3. strategic position of iNeSI into the future
The model of iNeSI and its current work has already been
designed and mapped to address these areas e.g.
•Skills: Value proposition, NCCF, Aggregation model and
Research agenda for e-skills etc;
•Individual Usage: building e-astuteness (e-literacy and life long
learning);
•Government Usage: service delivery, e-government, egovernance;
•Social Impacts: delivering on the six pillars of the NDP and the
digital opportunities pillar of SA Connect (Broadband Policy);
and
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• Affordability: input into national policies
background (iii)
 In view of the establishing iNeSI into a legal entity and
be appropriately resourced a Business Case was
required.
 Team comprised of senior officials from then DoC
and Ministry; National Treasury; DPSA and
NEMISA
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Lead by: Deputy Director General: e-Skills
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business case outline
 The
Business Case includes the rationale for the integration
of the three (3) entities.
 It goes into greater detail on the background and context for
the further operationalisation of the national e-skills entity.
 In
addition, it outlines the role and purpose of the entity, its
key programmatic areas, corporate form, legislative regime,
organisational structure, human resources, risk analysis and
mitigation, operational and service delivery indicators,
financial plan, corporate governance principles and
implementation plan and interim arrangements.
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business case outline
an all-inclusive approach for national impact
HEIs /
Academia /
Civil Society
Labour
eSkills Knowledge
Production CoLabs
eSkills Knowledge
Production CoLabs
Individual /
Community
Business
Government
eSkills Knowledge
Production CoLabs
LEADERSHIP, INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND EQUITY
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business case outline
iNeSI: A national catalytic
collaborator, facilitator and
change agent for developing eskills capacity in the country.
Gauteng CoLab
Creative New
Media Industries
(Gauteng)
Northern Cape
CoLab
Western Cape
CoLab: e-Inclusion
& Social
Innovation
Knowledge based
economy and esocial astuteness
(e-literacy)
Eastern Cape
CoLab
Limpopo CoLab
ICT for Rural
Development
Connected Health
(Limpopo)
The
Institute
NEMISA,
ESI, ISSA
KwaZulu-Natal
CoLab
Established
North West
Enablement of
Effective Service
Delivery
MOU signed
Mpumalanga
Free State
Yet to be established
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process to advance iNeSI into a
legal public entity
Advancing iNeSI into a fully fledged public entity with its own enabling
legislation and without delaying its present functioning, both National
Treasury and DPSA proposed the following process:
•
Step 1:
Preparing a
Business Case
for Executive
Authority
• Finalised
Step 2: Assess
Business Case
by Minister
DPSA and
Finance
Written
consent
received from
MPSA
•Written
consent
received from
MoF
Step 3:
Formalise the
establishment
of Public
Entity
•Submission to
Portfolio
Committee
•Submission to
Cabinet
•Table Bill in
Parliament
Step 4:
Implement
the
Establishment
of PE
Approve initial
organisation and
post
Appointment
members
Effect the
Transfer
Concurrent steps:
1)Amend the entity’s establishment document in terms of the Companies
Act.
2)Request Minister of Finance to amend NEMISA to iNESI and list in PFMA.
3)Request Minister of DPSA to make a determination in terms of Public
Service Act to transfer functions and staff from DTPS to iNESI.
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challenges
 Jointly
strengthen the role and capacity (human
resources,
business
processes,
financial
resources) of the Institution.
Joint Task Team Established to Manage the
Creation of iNESI
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morphing into iNESI
ENABLING LEGISLATION
Q4, 2015/16
INESI
Q3, 2015/16
Q2, 2015/16
Q1, 2015/16
NEMISA (integrated APP)
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1
2
3
4
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 Strategic Plan 2015 – 2020 is based on the implementation of the Business Case and that of DTPS targets
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(MTSF Outcome 5, SA Connect (Digital Opportunities))
2015/16 activities undertaken by NEMISA will continue to be aligned to the Business Case.
iNESI will being operational 2016/17
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proposed actions
 Position e-Skills as the Grand Challenge.
 Support the approval of the Business Case and
the development of the enabling legislation.
 Promote the model and work of the Institute.
 Participate in the finalisation of the aggregation
framework for national impact against Outcome
5, SA Connect and the NDP.
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Programmes and Number of Trainees Projected
• The Institute intent to impact approximately
10 million South Africans, and it is expected
that this will be achieved over period of five
years.
• The impact is reflected in the table below
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E-Skills Impact
Courses
Target
Numbers in
5 years
e-Leaders
Post-graduate students
120
Senior decision makers
4, 200
e-skills researches
Total
400
4, 720
E-Practitioners (Creative New Media Industries & ICT sector
Creative New Media Industries & ICT sector
45
Honours & Master’s Students
90
Bachelor Degree Student
900
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E-Skills Impact
Course
Visiting Scholars
Total
Target
Numbers in 5
years
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1, 045
e-User/Knowledge Workers
Certificated industry related
1,000,000
Total
1,000,000
E-Literate Communities
Basic e-literacy skilled citizen
CSO’s( Social appropriation skills)
10,000,000
160,000
Total
10,160,000
GRAND TOTAL
11,165,765
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Programmes and No. of Trainees during FY2013/14
PROGRAMMES
INDICATORS
Multi-stakeholder Collaboration
Provincial
stakeholder
members (n)
Partnerships
formalised (n)
Teaching and Learning
Targeted courses
developed and
implemented (n)
Learners trained
including mobile
apps & e-literacy
(n)
Smart Community
Knowledge
Centres (n)
Research and Innovation
Research projects
initiated/completed
- masters,
honours (n)
PhD students (n)
Publications journals/conferenc
e papers (n)
Mobile apps
developed/initiated
(n)
Advocacy and Awareness
Campaigns/worksh
ops (n)
Mobile Apps
Development
Campaign (n)
No of Mobile Apps
Development
learners
Aggregation
Eastern
Cape
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo
Northern
Cape
Western Cape
ICT for
Rural
Developme
nt
206
200
Creative
New Media
Industries
Connected
Health
150
150
e-Enablement
of Effective
Service
Delivery
67
67
6
6
Knowledge
Society (eliteracy/ eastuteness)
12
12
6
0
0
0
1605
2
276
5
1064
7
1600
268
3
National
e-Inclusion
and Social
Innovation
111
100
552
535
0
11
17
169
1
266
1
118
4
3498
20
1054
156
262
110
3450
3
3
12
3
4
28
8
0
70
25
21
3
1
0
3
3
43
8
146
39
0
5
10
18
2
16
1
0
0
0
0
11
13
50
3
17
0
0
24
44
7
6
1401
0
3
3
1
1
106
0
1521
13
1
1
0
0
1
3
0
1400
0
0
0
105
1505
1
1827
0
1897
0
1155
0
179
0
282
1
379
2
5719
3
3
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Projected Budget
Category
MTEF
Year 1
Key Human Capacity
Development Programmes/
Projects
Year 2
Year 3
140,507,700
149,017,912
158,048,397
Infrastructure Restructuring
Development Programme
Operating Budget
103,000,000
103,000,000
103,000,000
72,617,023
71,281,035
75,617,023
TOTAL
316,124,723
323,298,947
336,665,420
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The Structure of iNeSI
CEO
PA
Executive Director: eAstuteness
Executive Director: MultiStakeholder Collaboration
Administrator
Manager MultiStakeholder
Administrator
Manager:
Communication
Executive Director:
Knowledge for Innovation
Executive Director:
Corporate Affairs
Executive Director:
Aggregation
Researcher
Chief Financial
Officer
Administrator
Business
Analyst
Manager: Finance
Virtual Content
Creator
Manager:
Procurement
Manager: HR
Director :ICT
Network Support:
Internal
External Technical
Support
Events Coordinator
Accountant
Manager: Facilities
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The Governance of iNeSI
Board
Institutional Planing and Policy
Committee
Audit and Risk Management Committee
Human Resources and Remuneration
Committee
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Thank you
QUESTIONS?
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