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Gateway Centres Briefing

Gateway Centres Briefing. Agenda. VSO: our theory of change. We believe that it is people who can play crucial roles in initiating, promoting and facilitating change in organisations, in the provision of services and in changing policies. VSO Uganda. VSO Uganda began in 1961

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Gateway Centres Briefing

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  1. Gateway CentresBriefing

  2. Agenda

  3. VSO: our theory of change • We believe that it is people who can play crucial roles in initiating, promoting and facilitating change in organisations, in the provision of services and in changing policies.

  4. VSO Uganda • VSO Uganda began in 1961 • Today, over 40 volunteers work inUganda • From April 2012 – March 2013: • We worked together with 30 partner organisations • VSO Volunteers have worked 5602 days • We reached 58.355 intermediate beneficiaries • We reached 1.840.327 ultimate beneficiaries

  5. VSO Uganda – our vision

  6. Secure Livelihoods – our programmes • Youth Employment and Local Governance (YELG) • Supporting 653 youth to achieve gainful employment • Strengthening local leaders to effectively represent disadvantaged people • Partners: Gulu DLG, Lira DLG, NUYDC

  7. Secure Livelihoods – our programmes • Consolidating non-formal skills and vocational training • Strengthening organisation capacity of partners, vocational support to 2,800 youth, post-training support (enterprise incubators) • Acholi(Kitgum, Lamwo), Lango (Kole, Oyam) • Partners: AIVI, CEASOP

  8. Secure Livelihoods – our programmes • Supporting YDP • Supporting the quality of vocational training , capacity and sustainability of a network of VTI’s • Supporting the development of literacy and core skills programme • Partners: 42 VTIs

  9. Secure Livelihoods – our programmes • Completed programmes • Child protection and youth empowerment (including livelihoods) – Comic Relief funded pilot • Working with national & international volunteers to promote environmentally friendly businesses in the Ruwenzoir region – Ben & Jerrys

  10. New programme Overview

  11. New programme: Key features • market focused: relevant to local economic context • pathway for youth to progress from increased skills to increased income • tailored, holistic approach to assist conflict affected youth based on need • conflict sensitive: services are biased towards conflict intense areas • gender inclusive – interventions encourage and facilitate participation of females (e.g. proactive recruitment of women, additional empowerment support) • strong governance arrangements • consistent with GoU’s National Development Plan (NDP) and Northern Uganda Peace, Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP 2)

  12. The Beneficiary Journey

  13. Proposed model Marketassessment: understandinggaps in market (skills & opportunities) Immediate: Rapid assessment - informedby VTI tracking surveys, desk based research, research with reps from private sector, UGAPRIVI and other stakeholders. Medium term: more detailed market research Beneficiary journey: Youth receive guidance counseling at a Gateway Centre and are signposted to suitable opportunities that include one or more of the following: Arua Lira Marketplace Gateway Centre VTI course LANDY Post-training intervention Lamwo/ Kitgum (EC) Soft/ life skill Gulu

  14. Overview of Gateway Services

  15. Programme Outputs

  16. Gateways will bid for resources to cover • Cost of vocational training • Cost of psychosocial counselling and the engagement of other organisations to provide this support • Cost of literacy training • Cost of capacity building for gateway and partner VTI staff • Costs of learning and exchange visits • Cost of employing guidance and counselling staff in each gateway ( approx 5) • M and E systems • Setting up incubation workshops and industrial placements • It will not cover new buildings or purchase of large machinery

  17. Locations and Lots

  18. The Benefits of being a Gateway A step change in the capacity of the organisation to deliver quality training to youth • Market focused training • Looking at the whole person – improved guidance and counselling and support • Builds on existing successful practices and approaches • Long term sustainability and organisational development of institution improved • Development of strong partnerships between organisations

  19. Questions

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