aees summit 2014 unlocking employment opportunities in line with epwp phase 3 smec
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UNLOCKING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN LINE WITH EPWP
PHASE 3African Economic Expansion Summit
11 November 2014
• Introduction• Evolution of EPWP• Maximising Employment within the Existing Economy• Expanding Employment within Maintenance Activities• Using the Zibambele Model as a Best Practice
Guideline
Presentation Outline
EPWP Phase 3 – Evolution of efforts to generate meaningful employment in the response to South Africa’s significant number
of unemployment Provide a framework for generating sustainable employment Promote job creation, wealth creation and economic activity for South African’s Focuses on employment generation that contributes towards development Provides social services – Education, Skills Development Facilitate social upliftment
and empowerment of the disenfranchised
Introduction
Economic Growth and Development through the provision of Social Services
Evolution of EPWP -6 Key Lessons from EPWP Phase 1 & 2
Clarifying the Key Objectives of PEPs – The “Trilemma”
Better Balance Between Work
Opportunity Headcounts &
Other Outcomes
Greater Emphasis on
the Duration of Work
Opportunities
Perception of Risk for Public Bodies Taking
on EPWP Projects
Mitigate the Risk of Projects Being Captured for Patronage
Purposes
Need for Greater Co-
ordination and Integration of
Efforts
Framework for EPWP Phase 3
Improved Monitoring & Evaluation
• Create temporary employment opportunities with a sustainable livelihood focus
• Contribute to social protection of unemployed• Increasing Labour Intensity of infrastructure investments• Emphasis on skills development – Promote transition into mainstream
economy• Expand on social capital – Community Works Programme
Paradigm Shift towards EPWP Phase 3
Evolution of EPWP -Design of EPWP Phase 3
Greater Coordination Across EWP & Other
Developmental Initiatives
Increase Scope of Infrastructure Maintenance
Creation of meaningful
work opportunities
“ To provide work opportunities and income support to the poor and unemployed through the delivery of public and community assets
and services, thereby contributing to development”
Evolution of EPWP -Objective of EPWP Phase 3
Improved targeting & beneficiary selection processes – Promote
community involvement
Greater degree of uniformity &
standardization across programmes
Improving strategic & operational aspects
of EPWP
Improved monitoring & evaluation
Promote synergies between
implementing agents & stakeholders
HOW?• Seek employment opportunities in existing budgets• Increase Labour Intensity of Government’s infrastructure investment• Plan for Labour Intensive activities during the design stage of projects –
Proactive approach to employment generation vs ad-hoc reactive implementation
• Programmes vs projects – Long term sustainability as oppose to emergency interventions
• Emphasis on training and skills development – Appropriate training strategies & policies
• Shift focus from Infrastructure projects to Maintenance Activities
Maximising Employment within the Existing Economy
Expanding Employment within Maintenance Activities
• Employment opportunities within existing service delivery requirements
• Promote labour intensive activities
• Increased scope of infrastructure maintenance
• Emphasis on monitoring and evaluation of assets created
Promote community participation Enhance social cohesion Longer duration work opportunities Skills development Cost efficiency Contribute towards development
Integrated, Holistic Approach to Employment Creation
Zibambele as a model for best practice
• The Zibambele Programme targets destitute women-headed households to provide essential road maintenance and other labour intensive activities.
• Households, rather than individuals, are contracted to carry out the activities – facilitates continuity of employment for the household as opposed to the individual
• Contractors are assigned a length of road varying between 300-500m dependent on the terrain type, i.e. mountainous terrain 300m; relatively flat and flat terrain = 500m.
Using the Zibambele Model as a Best Practice Guideline
• The selection process is a consultative one which engages the community where the neediest of households are identified and this is verified through a Means Test.
• Creates an enormous sense of community ownership and partnership with government.
• Programme provides Contractors with sense of dignity associated with being gainfully employed.
Using the Zibambele Model as a Best Practice Guideline (Continued)
Improved beneficiary targeting
Promote community involvement
• Initiating a project of this nature requires a strategy, which includes:– Understanding the principles of employment-
intensive construction,– Adopting a long-term perspective in which a
Programme is developed (rather than ad hoc projects), and
– Identifying possible projects within the Implementing Authority that are conducive to labour intensive methods
Using the Zibambele Model as a Best Practice Guideline (Continued)
Improving strategic & operational aspects of EPWP
Using the Zibambele Model as a Best Practice Guideline (Continued)
• Successfully implemented in: eThekwini Municipality KwaZulu Natal Department
of Transport Mangaung Metropolitan
Municipality (Pilot Project)
KZN DoT eThekwini Mangaung0
50001000015000200002500030000350004000045000
40000
6005
1100
No. Beneficiaries
Using the Zibambele Model as a Best Practice Guideline (Continued)
Feasibility
Planning
Implementation
Monitoring & Evaluation
• These programmes can be phased as follows:
Improving strategic & operational aspects of EPWP Holistic approach to the design of EPWP
programme Understand monitoring and evaluation
requirements Efficiency across project lifecycle
Using the Zibambele Model as a Best Practice Guideline (Continued)
• Implementation Methodology
Using the Zibambele Model as a Best Practice Guideline (Continued)
• Generic Implementation Model• Structured monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms• Facilitate skills development
Using the Zibambele Model as a Best Practice Guideline (Continued)
Reporting and EPWP Compliance
All reporting should comply with EPWP guidelines and legislation. Some import features include: Standard contracts, Records of beneficiary details and payments, Monthly reporting, Hard and soft copy of documents, Beneficiary database, and Total transparency of systems available to registered
users.
Benefits of compliance include: Access to incentive grant funding (DORA), Meeting Government targets on job creation, and Ultimately the sustainability of the Programme and
continued alleviation of poverty.
Greater degree of uniformity & standardization across programmes
Improved monitoring & evaluation
Using the Zibambele Model as a Best Practice Guideline (Continued)
Live, web-based system providing real time information.
Simple, effective and user friendly interface.
Efficiently manage individual Beneficiary details.
Allows for the geo-spatial representation of collected field data.
Website is accessible to the Client and other authorized stakeholders
Generic Information Management System - ZIMS
Using the Zibambele Model as a Best Practice Guideline (Continued)
• Compliance with Treasury, PFMA, MFMA & EPWP regulations.
• Fully audit compliant.• EPWP Reporting.
FTEs generated – Access to Grant Funding
System is live, web-based and provides actual and real time information.
Provides a simple, effective and user friendly interface to efficiently manage individual Beneficiary details.
Compliant with Treasury regulations, Public Finance Management Act and Municipal Finance Management Act for
full audit compliance.
System also allows for the geo-spatial representation of collected field data.
Website is accessible to the Client and other authorized stakeholders
Greater degree of uniformity & standardization across programmes
Promote synergies between implementing agents & stakeholders
EPWP Phase 3 will be facilitated through the Implementation of models such as Zibambele
Facilitate drawing unemployed into productive work opportunities Generate skills development Provide for social upliftment Promote employment through the provision of assets and services Enhance labour intensive activities without increasing the cost per work
opportunity
Conclusion
Economic Growth and Development through the provision of Social Services
Together lets move South Africa Forward