Integrated Strategic Plan (2013-2018)and

Annual Performance Plan (2013/14)

THE INSTITUTE (Nemisa, ISSA, eSI)e-Skilling South Africa for equitable prosperity and global

competitiveness

presentation to Portfolio Committee on CommunicationsMarch 2013

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presentation outline

strategic overview of the Institute:

1. vision

2. mission

3. situation analysis

– performance environment

– organisational environment

4. strategic objectives

– programmes of the institute

– strategic goals and targets

5. Identified risks

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the institutevision and mandatevision and mandate

• A national catalytic collaborator, facilitator, change agent and though leader in the development of SA’s and Africa’s human resource capacity in the optimum utilisation of ICTS for the development and growth of an inclusive Information Society and Knowledge Economy.

DOC’s Strategic Objective: ICT as a strategic social and economic enabler for a knowledge

economy: 1) ICT policy (affordability and skills). 2) national broadband network. 3) digital broadcasting migration policy.

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strategic planning process

e-skills for equitable prosperity and global competitiv

eness

Stakeholder Engagement

Develop Plan and Budget

Execute and Monitor

Aggregate

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Big issue:

e-World

u-World

positioning SA as an informationsociety & knowledge economy

The GAP is increasing

International internet bandwidth

6 billion mobile-cellular subscriptions

How to leverage ICT capabilities and tools to address our socio-economic

needs and improve our human resource base of the country for equitable

prosperity and global competitiveness.

1. world is changing

2. increase in mobile subscriptions

3. international Internet Bandwidth

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building the information societyand knowledge economy

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building the information societyand knowledge economy

USAGE

USAGE

e-SkillsAffordability

Individuals,Civil

Society

GovernmentBusiness(incl ICT Sector)

e-READINESS

Society

Economy

quality of education healthy life for all safe environment decent employment a skilled and capable workforce an efficient, economic infrastructure network rural development improved quality of household life effective local government system environmental assets and natural resources a better Africa and a better world an efficient and development-oriented public service and an empowered, fair and inclusive citizenship.

IS/KE Technologie

s Access

ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

INFORMATION SOCIETY AND KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY DRIVERS

IMPACT (OUTCOMES) AGAINST NATIONAL

STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

ITU (2011); WEF (2012)

innovation

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building the information societyand knowledge economy

Calandro , et al (2012)

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1.

2.

Education system is not producing the required skills for advancing SA’s knowledge economy.

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Education system is not producing sufficient number of people to work in the ICT Sector.

Absence of central coordination of demand and supply and aggregation of data for building e-skills capacity. Therefore difficult to make policy decisions.

4.

ICT Infrastructure across the country is varied, untargeted, unstructured and uncoordinated

challenges facing SAkey opportunities and NDPkey opportunities and NDP

Result: further drop in country’s - global development index-

NDP Priority 3: building the capability of the state to play a developmental and transformative role

NDP Priority 2: improving the quality of education, skills development and innovation

NDP Priority 1: raising employment through faster economic growth

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Individual /Community

HEIs /Academia /

Civil SocietyLabour

GovernmentBusiness

eSkills Knowledge Production

Hubs

eSkills Knowledge Production

Hubs

eSkills Knowledge Production

Hubs

Within Organisation Collaborative Network Architectures

Inputs OutputsOutcome

sImpact

national response to challenges faced

the key building blocks: NeSPA 2010 & 2013the key building blocks: NeSPA 2010 & 2013

Research, Evaluation and Monitoring

e-Skillse-Skills

Business Development

Effective e-Governance and Service

Delivery

Employment Readiness

Socio Economic

Development

1. need for a coordinated effort across all stakeholders

3. national research network for e-skills

2. adopt an integrated approach

organisational environment

skills development entities in the DoC to be integratedskills development entities in the DoC to be integrated

Institute of Space and Software Applications Established in 2001 as a directorate in the DoC to deliver appropriately skilled software engineers for the space industry. Students were trained in collaboration with the University of Stellenbosch. The programme was officially terminated in 2005. Since then the remaining staff mainly focused on the development of software applications for Government.

NEMISA offers 5 MICT SETA accredited courses namely:–National Certificate: 2D Animation (NQF Level 5)–National Certificate: 3D Animation and Visual Effects (NQF Level 5)–National Certificate: Radio Production (NQF Level 5)–FET Certificate: Design Foundation (NQF Level 4)–FET Certificate: Film, Television and Video Production Operations (NQF Level 4) NEMISA is delivering two major national projects: (1) the National Digital Repository: captures: local heritage content is captured in an online environment; and (2) the skilling of employees of local community radio stations. It accommodates a maximum of 140 students at its campus in Parktown and 60 students at is facility in Franschhoek in the Western Cape. Currently it has 100 registered students. Most of its students (77%) come from the provinces of Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.

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organisational environment

skills development entities in the DoC to be integratedskills development entities in the DoC to be integrated

e-SI focuses on six thematic areas:–e-Inclusion and Social Innovation; Creative New Media Industries; e-Enablement for Government Service Delivery; ICT for Rural Development; Knowledge-based economy and e-social astuteness and Connected Health.

Given its mandate and through its decentralized network architecture, the e-SI during the financial year 2012/13 made the following inroads at a national and international level:– Increased the number of accredited courses through participating universities that are relevant to new market needs and demands in a coordinated environment;–Increased University and FET colleges intake in relevant e-skills aligned to and accepted by industry, government and educational needs;–Identified Creative Industries (incl. Broadcasting and ICT) as industries for sustainable employment;–Established a national e-skills research network focusing on continuous research in cross disciplinary manner to concentrate on new ways to embed technology to improved business opportunities, access to government services and social cohesion;–A major recognized contributor and aggregator to improving the country’s global e-readiness indicator rankings. The e-SI has directly influenced national departments on the usage of ICTs in national plans and programmes to promote growth of the human resource e-skills base in the country. The International Communications Union (ITU) at the recent national e-Skills Summit 2012 endorsed the e-SI model;–Established a proactive approach to environmental scanning in a rapidly changing landscape that can more adequately assess gaps, overlaps and opportunities for collaborative approaches for e-skilling the nation; and–Through its proof of concepts impacted on over 10 000 citizens across a wide spectrum of society, from PhD students to individuals in communities. 12

building e-skills capacity

the integrated distributed model

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A positive engagement with stakeholder groups locally, provincially. These will bring to bear context, praxis and resource networks to existing programme delivery in subject matter that by its very nature is multidisciplinary and multilayered. Develop relevant curricula and training in line with the national curriculum and competency framework and standardised curriculum guidelines. Establish a sound basis for innovative research and evaluation tied to the MTSF and NDP 2012 and which provides us with substance to develop relevant policy. Link to university networks in South Africa and across the world that can help evaluate case study approaches, provide post graduate research capacity and internships and provide new approaches to skilling existing resources in ways that are more responsive to emerging trends and technological development. The means to increase the size of the national and international opportunity within a ‘government recognised’, ‘business credible’ and integrated framework that is responsive to new development and delivery approaches. A collective energy for developing appropriate methodologies applicable to a range of markets in developmental states, whilst also providing a base for collaborative approach towards these markets. A useful network across academia, business, government, international agencies and civil society for pedagogy, research, innovation and policy development in a trans-disciplinary area that has been highlighted by all evaluations of limits to growth, sustainability, equity and global competitiveness.

HRD Workplan: Production of academics and stronger and industry-university partnerships in research and development

building e-skills capacitynatiional e-skills model for impact (coordination, aggregation of demand

and supply)natiional e-skills model for impact (coordination, aggregation of demand

and supply)

knowledge economy and

e-social astuteness

creative industries

e-enablement of government

services

ICT for rural development

e-inclusion and social innovation

connected health

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•Cisco•Vodacom•MTN•Dimension Data•Bytes Technology•Internet Solution•Chamber of Commerce•RIM•Samsung•Google•Apple•Gijima

•Telkom•USAASA•SENTECH•NEMISA•SABC•SALGA

•UNDP•ITU •UNCTAD•EIDOS - Australia •Telecentre.org•Tech de Monterrey, Mexico•TISI

•ICDL•SANGONET•MICT & ALL SETAs•BITF•Computer Society•COSATU•SACF

•WSU•UP•DUT•VUT•UWC

•DHE•DBE•Rural Development•DTI•DoL•DST•National Treasury•Provincial & Local Governments

•Egypt•Kenya•Rwanda•India•South Korea•China•Brazil•Russia•Australia•Mexico•Cuba

building e-skills capacitynational multi-stakeholder network model

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Supports the priority areas of the national HRD strategy work plan

building e-skills capacity

e-literate

e-user skillse-user skills

e-practitioner skills

e-practitioner skills

e-skills curriculum and competency framework - teaching and learning

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building e-skills capacity

1- New curriculum development and training2. Research and policy3. Skilled resources with applications

Provincial Apps Factories

Provincial ICT Incubators

High-growth ICT enterprises

Impacting the National Growth Path, MTSF and MDGs through localisation of Application Factories to support e-Skills Development

Impact: New Talent, Technology, Capital, and Know-how to leverage

entrepreneurial talent, accelerate the development of new technology-based

firms, and speed the commercialization of technology.

Provincial e-SKPC colabs

National Growth Path, MTSF, MDGs

research and innovation

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e-Skillswithin a

developmental context: There is a

key role for ICT & the ICT sector

e-skills delivery model supported by ICT

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21st century e-skills virtual network for knowledge production & transfer

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•10 E-Centres

EntrepreneurshipProgram

Basic training

Incubation and consulting

Connection with microcredits

Smart Knowledge Community

Centres

Connection with marketing

networks

EducationFormal

Education

InformalEducation

AppliedKnowledge

Legaladvice

Health and Nutrition

Natural Resourcesuse and managementSelf

construction

towards e-inclusion through e-centres (e.g. USAASA

Centres)

Over the next 5 years, the Institute aims to deliver on: 1.Thought Leaders (across business, government, education, civil society

including labour)• 120 post-graduate students• 4200 targeted seminars lectures aimed at senior decision- makers, researchers• 400 e-skills researchers (ReSNeS)• 1 000 e-Skills Summit (NeSPA)

2. Creative industries & ICT sector (practitioners) • 45 PhD students• 90 Honours & Masters degree students• 900 B Degree students• 10 international visiting scholars• Recognised, Certificated Industry-related Qualifications (short-courses)

3. Users across key sectors i.e. government, health, education (FETs), business• 1 million recognised, certificated industry-related qualifications (short-courses) targeted at business,

government (including local government) , education, health and private sector

4. Communities (citizens, unemployed, women, youth, physically disabled)• 10 million basic e-literacy skilled citizens (social appropriation of technology)• 20% Civil society organisations capacitated to delivery on social appropriation skills

e-skills targeted delivery for impact

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human resource development for an inclusive information society and vibrant knowledge economy (e-literate society by 2030)

strategic outcome oriented goals

Strategic Outcome Oriented Goal 1:

Build an Institute that will be responsive to the needs and demands of a knowledge and learning organisation

Goal Statement Ensure that the organisation functions optimally to achieve its strategic plan.

Strategic Outcome Oriented Goal 2:

Formalised multi-stakeholder collaborative networks for e-skills delivery

Goal Statement Build a network of partnerships to stretch and combine resources to accomplish projects and objectives of mutual interest and benefit

Strategic Outcome Oriented Goal 3:

Create a strong human capital base for life opportunities in a knowledge driven-economy

Goal Statement Leveraging existing ICT education and training expertise, infrastructure and courses to deliver the requisite e-skills that the society and economy need

Strategic Outcome Oriented Goal 4:

Create a critical mass of students and researchers that will propel e-skills development for a Knowledge Economy

Goal Statement Provide a focus for continuous research and innovation in a trans-disciplinary manner to concentrate on new ways to embed ICT into peoples lives for socio-economic benefit

Strategic Outcome Oriented Goal 5:

Ensure that the e-skills, expertise, knowledge and resources impact the developmental strategies of Government

Goal Statement Implement a monitoring and evaluation framework to aggregate the uptake of ICT within society and address the opportunities highlighted between supply and demand of e-skills

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Key Risk Issue Mitigation

Failure to step up commitments made by big international companies, donor agencies and leading universities.

Inability to deliver on the recommendations of the NeSPA 2013 and to increase uptake and usage at national scale.

Ensure continuous support and commitment by the Minister, Deputy Minister of Communications through bilateral meetings.

Ensure that the Institute carry out the recommended actions made by the NeSPA 2013 and host biennial e-Skills Summit involving thought-leaders in e-skills.

Inability to address e-skills challenges with limited budget allocation

Use the establishment of an e-Readiness Fund to attract funding investments.

Lack of adequate physical infrastructure to carry out the mandate of the Institute at a national, provincial and community level.

Leverage infrastructure space from partnering universities and contributions made to the e-Readiness Fund.

identified risks

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