Community Development Workers: Progress Report

1. Community Development Workers: Progress Report • Report to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, 22 June 2005

2. Contents • Purpose • Background • Progress report • Rollout • State of the Provinces • Learnership • Relationships • Communication • Policy development • Monitoring and Evaluation

3. Contents • Launches • Discussion • Key challenges • Conclusion and recommendations

4. Purpose • To submit a detailed progress report and the implementation challenges facing the CDW programme

5. Background • The Community Development Workers Programme began in earnest in 2003 • A Unit based in the Ministry for Public Service and Administration coordinates the implementation, in conjunction with DPLG • Unit is assisted by a national task team (NTT) • Provincial units now established

6. Progress report • Rollout - National unit has: • Visited provinces • Followed up on learnership implementation • Met & briefed other departments • With some departments, & youth bodies, exploring joint programmes • Establishing learning network, India visited.

7. Progress report • State of Provinces: • Units established, 3 provinces still unstable • Learnership in progress in all provinces • Provincial leadership support established • Institutional arrangements in progress • Budgets secured in some provinces • Municipalities and local stakeholders brought on board

8. Progress report • Learnership • All provinces on target • Learnership in all provinces progressing • To date 571 learners completed • Gauteng (199) • E. Cape (180) • N. Cape (192) • Provinces finalising selection of remaining number of learners (1579)

9. Progress report • Further training • Linkages to Gateway portal • Running a pilot in Gauteng until Aug 2005 • Training on e-Govt & ICT, Batho Pele, Entrepreneural skills, life skills planned • CDWs utilising MPCCs, Customer Service booths, and joint work on mobile units • Extended ICT linkages explored – e.g. Post Offices

10. Progress report • Relationships • Established relations with municipalities, ward clrs, local CBOs, NGOs, other govt depts. • Established relations with ward committee members – via meetings, workshops • Salga resolution to facilitate smooth relations • Contact with trade union federation initiated. Conference envisaged with unions.

11. Progress report • Joint programmes: • Finalising joint programme with NYS, SAYMP, several national Departments • Collaboration in form of extended training exposure, additional sectors to incorporate in CDW job description • ICT training to introduce eGovt. • Community mobilisation with EPWP

12. Progress report • Communication: • A communication strategy in place • Branding development in progress • A Booklet providing success case studies produced • A webpage development in progress • Contact made with all Departments, provinces and other stakeholders

13. Progress report • Policy development: • A Handbook developed • Deployment strategy framework developed • A Monitoring and Evaluation framework developed • Action research commissioned to study programme impact in areas CDWs are deployed • Funding approach needed

14. Progress report • Launches • Provinces launched are Gauteng, W. Cape and E. Cape • National launch planned for mid-year • Branding finalised – logo, etc. • 15 minute video being finalised. Will be ready for launch

15. Discussion • Relationships – with ward councillors, ward committees and local structures • Mostly cordial • Provincial unit and executive leadership intervening in conflict situations • Rule of law followed at all times • A workshop with all Departments is planned to finalise synergy in implementing the programme

16. Key challenges • Political buy-in to ensure stability in provincial units • Inter-Departmental coordination • Funding • Provincial strategic planning

17. Thank you • THANK YOU