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Progress report on the Mpumalanga Workplace Centre of Excellence Project

Progress report on the Mpumalanga Workplace Centre of Excellence Project.

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Progress report on the Mpumalanga Workplace Centre of Excellence Project

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  1. Progress report on the Mpumalanga Workplace Centre of Excellence Project • Origin of the project is encapsulated in strategic objective 1 of the NIHE-MP’s strategic plan for 2013/14–2015/16: “Facilitate the coherent provision of higher education programmes that are responsive to the human resource development needs of the Mpumalanga Province”. • Bringing the strategic objective to practise by identifying, based on the needs outlined in the HRDS of Mpumalanga, a key sector that will enable the NIHE-MP to launch a pilot project addressing Work Integrated Learning (WIL) issues mentioned in the Green Paper for Post-School Education and Training and the Mpumalanga HRDS

  2. The Macro Project • The aim of the project is to develop a model that will be implemented to establish Work Integrated Learning (WIL) sites that will lead to workplace centres of excellence and learning incubators to create employable skills and enterprise development • The Project will be piloted through an initiative by the Higher Education and Training sector in collaboration with FETs, Professional bodies, Industry, Organised labour and related Setas • The driving forces behind the proposed pilot project are contained in all the National and Provincial Skills Development Acts and strategies

  3. Macro Model

  4. Progress • The Project team has conducted in-depth secondary (desktop) research on the concepts involved in WIL • The project team networked extensively with the HRDS task team, National Government (NSA, ETDP and other SETAs), Provincial Government Departments (DEDET, MDE, Office of the Premier), and potential accreditation agencies • The project team was invited to form part of the NSA’s presentation at the 18 th World Conference on Cooperative & Work-Integrated Education (WACE) which was held in Durban during June 24-27, 2013.

  5. Progress (…2) • The NIHE-MP subsequently appointed Business Enterprises at University of Pretoria (Pty) Ltd to develop the technical proposal for the MWCoE position paper and rollout plan • The contract includes the compilation of a template on which various funding requests can be based and submitted • Subsequent networking with the MEC for DEDET resulted in a draft submission to DTI upon which the NIHE-MP has now been requested to prepare a formal incubation related request on behalf of the DEDET

  6. Progress (…3) • The NIHE-MP subsequently appointed Business Enterprises at University of Pretoria (Pty) Ltd to develop the technical proposal for the MWCoE position paper and rollout plan • The contract includes the compilation of a template on which various funding requests can be based and submitted • Subsequent networking with the MEC for DEDET resulted in a draft submission to DTI upon which the NIHE-MP has now been requested to prepare a formal incubation related request on behalf of the DEDET

  7. MWCoE: Strategy to convert skills development into economic development

  8. Public Private Partnerships(PPP)

  9. Envisaged outcome of the establishment of the WoPCOE • Ultimately culminate in best practices for the Workplace Centre of Excellence concept • Endorsed as a national training and development initiative by Higher Education and Training, Provincial Government and industry. • Proven success story of a public-private partnership initiative that brings manufacturing, industry, “Post School” Education and Training and government impetus together.

  10. Thank you For detail information you are most welcome to contact Mr Hendrik Janse v Rensburg hendrik@proteatyres.co.za, Dr Henk Jooste (NIHE-MP) henkj@nihemp.ac.za, or Mr Marwaan Davids (RMI) Marwaan.Davids@rmi.org.za

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