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GREEN PAPER ON NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE

APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Technical Team Members
Motsumi Makhene, Convenor
Penny Foley, Joint Enrichment Project
Christof Heyns, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
Danie Brand, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
Carmel Marock, Congress of South African Trade Unions
Nkhabele Prusent Marumo, Department of Labour
Moagi Ntsime, Community Agency for Social Enquiry
Rahmat Omar, South African Institute for Distance Education
Helene Perold, Helene Perold & Associates

Support Staff
Jennifer Mueller, Intern, National Youth Commission
Gail Motsi, Research Coordinator
Jacqui Tshabalala, Logistics Coordinator
Mandisa Dukumbana, Secretary

Provincial Focus Groups
Mr Gavin Paulse, Provincial Youth Commissioner, Western Cape
Free State Provincial Youth Commission
Mpumalanga Provincial Youth Commission
Northern Cape Provincial Youth Commission
North West Provincial Youth Commission
Participants from a range of organisations too numerous to mention

Youth Service Organisations Focus Group
Community Agency for Social Enquiry
Ipelegeng
Joint Enrichment Project
Matie Community Service (formerly USKOR)
Volunteer Centre

Organisations Completing Questionnaire

National Organisations
African Enterprise: Intern Programme
Bertrams Development Brigade
Boy Scouts of South Africa
Ipelegeng
Joint Enrichment Project
School Leavers Opportunity Training
Matie Community Service
Volunteer Centre
Wits High School Partnership Programme

Western Cape
Catholic Welfare and Development
Community Development Trust
Life Line/Childline Western Cape
Resource Action Group (RAG)
Southern Cape Technical Institute

Free State
Community Conflict Management and Resolution (CCMR)
NICRO
Planned Parenthood Associates
Department of Health -
Harrismith District Health Services
HIV/AIDS/STD Subdirectorate
School and Youth Health
Thaba Nchu Youth Development
Department of Social Welfare -
Bohlokong Development Enterprise
Bopanang cooking, Baking & Catering
Itsoseng Broiler Project
Jacobsdal Upholstery Group
Khulani Carpentry Project
Moroto Poultry and Piggery Project
Ntha-Lebohang Bakery
Phumalong Youth Catering Project
Reahola Dry Cleaning Project
Smithfield Youth Club
Thusanong Youth
Thusanong Upholstery Project
Vuka Garden Service

APPENDIX 2

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE PROGRAMME

Name of Organization:
__________________________________________

Contact Person:
__________________________________________

Name of Project/Programme:
__________________________________________

Address:
__________________________________________

__________________________________________

Telephone No.:
__________________________________________

Fax No:
__________________________________________

E-Mail Address:
__________________________________________

Conceptual Framework

1 Why was the project/programme initiated and by whom?
__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

2 What is the emphasis of the project or its key elements? (Rank the items in order of emphasis from 1 to 6)

___ Service

___ Technical skills training

___ Access to employment

___ Lifeskills

___ Work Experience

___ Business skills training

Youth-In-Service

3 What kind of youth-in-service does the project/programme provide? __________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

4 What provision is there for maintaining this service after the project/programme is completed?
__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

Programmes

5 What are the goals of the project/programme?
__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

6 What are the main activities of the project/programme? Describe them.
__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

7 Where do the project/programme activities take place? (province, city or town, community)
__________________________________________________________________

8 How long does the project/programme take?
__________________________________________________________________

9 Is participation in the project/programme compulsory or voluntary?
__________________________________________________________________

Target Group

10 How many participants are there in the project/programme?
__________________________________________________________________

Please quantify these participants if possible along the following lines:

Gender:

_______% Male

_______% Female

Employment Status (prior to the project/programme):

_______% Employed Full-Time

_______%Employed Part-Time

_______% Unemployed

_______% Students

Level of Education (prior to the project/programme):

_______% None

_______%Primary (Gr0-Gr 7)

_______% Junior Sec (Gr 8-9/NTC)

_______%Senior Sec (Gr 10-12/NTC)

_______% Post-Secondary

Nationality:

_______% South African

_______% SADC Regional

_______% International

11 Education and Training

Over what period of time does the education and training take place? (Total elapsed time)
__________________________________________________________________

What is the frequency of the training? (# of times/week or month)
__________________________________________________________________

What is the total number of contact hours?
__________________________________________________________________

Is the education and training formally accredited and if so, at what level?
__________________________________________________________________

12 What social/psychological interventions are made by the project for participants?
__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

13 What incentives are offered to participants during and after the project /programme? (Tick the ones which are applicable.)

___ Access to education

___ Technical training

___ Employment

___ Work experience

___ Cash income

___ Potential bursaries

14 What do the participants do after the project? (Please put an estimated percentage for each item.)

___ Further education and training (i.e. technical colleges, senior secondary school)

___ Higher education and training (i.e. universities, technikons)

___ Employment in the formal sector

___ Self-employed

___ Other (specify)

15 How many staff are involved in the project/programme? (Please fill in the boxes with numbers.)

___ Full Time ___ Part Time ___ Voluntary

What type of staff are involved? (Please fill in the boxes with a number.)

___ Management ___ Programme ___ Administrative

Governance and Institutional Arrangements

17 Who approves the policies, workplan and budget related to the project/programme? __________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

18 With which organisations or institutions do you collaborate on your project/programme?
__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

What form does this collaboration take (i.e. consultations, involvement in decision-making, involvement in delivery, reporting, etc.)?
__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

Funding and Financing

19 What is your project/programme's annual budget?
__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

20 What is the cost per participant?
__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

21 What are your sources of funding? (Please fill in the boxes with a percentage of the total)

___ Government funds

___ Foreign donor contributions

___ National businesses

___ Local businesses

___ Individual contributions

___ Income generated from programme or other activities of the organisation

22 What in-kind contributions do you receive? From what sources?
__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

Conclusion

23 What are the key reasons for the success of your project/programme, i.e. its strengths?
__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

24 What are the key constraints, i.e. weaknesses?
__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

APPENDIX 3

LIST OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INTERVIEWED

Department of Constitutional Development
Richard Kruger
Municipal Infrastructure Programme

Department of Defence
Brig. Gen. J. M. A. Swanepoel, Chief
Service Corps

Department of Health
Mr. Hendricks, Director, Health Resource Planning
Mr. Mabope, Chief Director, National Health Systems

Department of Justice
Zelda Moletsane
Gender and Children's Directorate

Department of Public Works
Alec McKay, Chief Director
National Public Works Programme

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
Clayton Lillienfeldt
Institutional and Social Development, Working for Water Programme

Department of Welfare
Dr. Maria Moate, Melanie Henry, Stefane Scholte, Frances Viviers, Mrs S Moodley, Coenie du Toit, Thuli Mahlangu, H Dubazana, Nettie Boshoff, Vasiniti Pillay, Louise Erasmus, Sophie Mkhasibe
Children, Youth and Family Programmes

APPENDIX 4

LIST OF REFERENCES

International Information

Argentina
Australia
Botswana
Canada
China
Egypt
Finland
France
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain
India
Israel
Italy
Kenya
Lesotho
Malawi
Middle East
Namibia
Nigeria
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Russia
Seychelles
Trinidad and Tobago
UK
USA
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Selected Reading

A survey of adult basic education in South Africa in the 90s, Anne Harley, John Aitchison, Elda Lyster, Sandra Land, 1996

Charter of the International Association for National Youth Service: Remarks

Community Service in Higher Education : A concept paper, Helene Perold and Rahmat Omar Joint Education Trust, September 1997

Hewers of wood and drawers of water? Analysing the views and needs of out-of-school youth in South Africa,@ Community Agency for Social Enquiry, December 1995

Joint Education Trust Report on Workshop Held with Members from Higher Education Institutions, 30 March 1998

Knowledge and Skills for The Smart Province: An Agenda for The New Millennium: A Situational Analysis of Technical Colleges, National Business Initiative, October 1998

Lessons Learned : 32 Effective Youth Employment Initiatives, PEPNet 97, National Youth Employment Coalition, 1997

National Service : An Action Agenda for the 1990s

National Youth Service : A Democratic Institution for the 21st Century

National Youth Service : A Global Perspective

National Youth Service in the 20th and 21st Centuries, Donald J. Eberly, International Association for National Youth Service

Out-of-School Youth Report: Policy and Provision for OutBof-School and Out-of-Work Youth, Wits EPU, February 1996

Pilot Research and Identification for Possible Housing and Urban Infrastructure Projects, Compiled by Palmer Development Group for The Independent Development Trust, 1993

Poverty Elimination, Employment Creation, and Sustainable Livelihoods in South Africa, A. Adelzadeh, C. Alvillar, C. Mather, National Institute for Economic Policy

South Africa : Training for Employment Concept Paper, Produced for the U.S. Agency for International Development under the auspices of the Academy for Educational Development, January 1993

Towards a South African Student Volunteers Organisation, University of Pretoria Centre for Human Rights, 1993

UNESCO Youth Commitment into 2000

Youth Job-skills Training : Strengthening provision and developing policy, Joint Education Trust Conference, 12 September, 1995

World-wide Update on National Youth Service

Programme Literature

A Manual for Participants in the Wits/High Schools Programme, November, 1995

Case Study on the University of Natal Pietermaritzburg Student Employment Project for the Joint Education Trust, 27 March 1998

Pilot Partnership Project Between University of Witwatersrand and Twenty Black High Schools in the Gauteng Region, Project Information Booklet, 30 April 1997

Pilot Partnership Project Between University of the Witwatersrand and Twenty Black High Schools in the Gauteng Region, Project Manual, May 1997

SASVO Audit of Project Results, 1993-1997

Southern African Student Volunteers Organisation (SASVO) Project Description and Funding Proposal: Two Year Plan (December 1997 to January 2000)

Southern African Youth Practitioners= Working Conference (17-22 March 1996)

Student Services Centre, 1997 Annual Report

University of the Witwatersrand Partnership Programme Final Report: Analysis of Matriculation Results in Partnership Schools, June 1998

Government

Department of Agriculture

Centers for Tertiary Training in Agriculture

Draft Proposal for Entrepreneurship Development in Agriculture

Department of Constitutional Development

Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Programme (CMIP), Monthly Report, February 1998

Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Programme (CMIP), Monthly Report, July 1998

Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Programme (CMIP), Monthly Report, June 1998

Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Programme (CMIP), Monthly Report, March 1998

Municipal Infrastructure Programme and Extension to Municipal Infrastructure Programme, Monthly Report to 31st March 1998

Municipal Infrastructure Programme and Extension to Municipal Infrastructure Programme, Quarterly Report, January 1998 to March 1998

Department of Defence

Defence in a Democracy: White Paper on National Defence for the Republic of South Africa, May 1996

Draft National Service Corps Bill, 1997

Regulations for the Auxiliary Service to be known as the Service Corps, 1 March 1996

Resettlement Organisation for the SANDF, March 1998

Department of Education

A National Multi-Year Implementation Plan for Adult Education and Training : Provision and Accreditation, October 1997

Annual Report 1997

A programme for the transformation of Further Education and Training, Education White Paper 4, August 1998

A Programme for the Transformation of Higher Education, Education White Paper 3, 24 July 1997

Further Education and Training Bill, 1998

Green Paper on Further Education and Training : Preparing for the Twenty-First Century Through Education, Training and Work, April 1998

National Commission on Higher Education: A Framework for Transformation,1996

National Education Policy Act, 1996 (Act No. 27 of 1996): Regulations to provide for the establishment, composition and functioning of the National Board for Further Education and Training

Policy Document on Adult Basic Education and Training, October 1997

Provision of Education and Training Programme for Out-of-School Youth Within the Framework of Community Colleges and Community Learning Centres, A Project of the Department of Education, 1997

Report of the National Committee on Further Education : A Framework for the Transformation of Further Education and Training in South Africa, 14 August 1997

Department of Environment Affairs and Tourism

Discussion Document on Environmental Education, December 1997

Draft National Environmental Management Bill, July 1998

Presentation on the Policy Development Process

White Paper on Environmental Management Policy, July 1997

Department of Finance

Budget 98: National Budget Review, March 1998

Growth, Employment and Redistribution: A Macroeconomic Strategy, 14 June 1996

Department of Health

Health Department Memorandum re: Government Youth Services

White Paper for the Transformation of the Health System in South Africa, 1997

Department of Justice

Legislation Promoted by the Department for Justice Since 1994 which has a Direct or Indirect Bearing on Fundamental Human Rights or Obligations in Terms for the Bill of Rights, A Summary

Department of Labour

Annual Report 1997, Chapter 5, Human Resources Development and Employment Services

Creating Jobs, Fighting Poverty: An Employment Strategy Framework, June 1998-08-03

Draft Guidelines for the Short Term Training Contract Under the Scheme for the Training of Unemployed Persons, March 1998

Green Paper Skills Development Strategy for Economic and Employment Growth in South Africa, March 1997

Monthly Bulletin of Registered Unemployment Statistics, June to December 1997

Provincial Skills Development Pilot Project : Mid-Term Review Final Draft Report, Carl Bro Management, May 1998

Restructuring the South African Labour Market: Report of the Presidential Commission to Investigate Labour Market Policy, June 1996 The Skills Development Bill,1997

Department of Public Works

1997 Annual Report

An Experiment In Empowerment: An Evaluation of the Community Based Public Works Programme, Final Report, Community Agency for Social Enquiry and the International Labour Organisation, October 1997

Construction Industry Development Policy, August 21, 1998

Public Works Towards the 21st Century: White Paper, September 1997

The Realigned CBPWP: A Pre-Implementation Task Team Report, Final Report to the Department of Public Works, Prepared by Oni Dliwayo and Malusi Damane

Department of Trade and Industry

Project Crime Buster : A feasibility study on Opportunities for Youth Enterprise in Recycling Industry, Commissioned by Ntsika Enterprise Promotion Agency, Joint Enrichment Project, May 1998

Proposal for Technopreneur Training Programme, Special Projects Units, Ntsika Enterprise Promotion Agency

Technopreneur Programme Implementation Manual, Version 1, 1998-99, Ntsika Enterprise Promotion Agency

White Paper on National Strategy for the Development and Promotion of Small Business in South Africa, 20 March 1995

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

Sustainable Forest Development in South Africa: The Policy of the Government of National Unity, White Paper, March 1997

White Paper on Water Policy, April 1997

Working for Water Programme, Annual Report, 1997/98

Department of Welfare and Population Development

Interim Policy Recommendations, The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Young People at Risk, November 1996

Minimum Standards South African Child and Youth Care System, Interministerial Committee, May 1998

White Paper for Social Welfare, July 1997

Human Sciences Research Council

Position Papers: Education and Training, Development and sustainable livelihoods, Research Capacity Development, People and Work, Democracy and Governance

Programmes 97/98 and 98/99

National Youth Commission

Act No.19, 1996, To provide for the establishment, constitution, objects and functions of a National Youth Commission; and to provide for matters connected therewith

Debates of the Free State Youth Parliament, 12 June 1998

Inter-Departmental Committee on Youth Affairs Guide to Government Youth Programmes and Programme Plan 1998/99

Mpumalanga Youth Commission Business Plan for Graduate Experience Bridging Initiative National Youth Policy, 3 April 1998

National Youth Policy, December 1997

Policy Colloquium : Youth Solutions AMade Easy@, Draft Concept Document on Unemployment but with Specific Reference to Employable Youth, Mpumalanga Youth Commission, 1997

Reconstruction and Development Programme

Education and Training: A Summary

RDP Provincial Youth Detachment

Reconstruction and Development White Paper, September 1994

South Africa Law Commission

Sentencing Restorative Justice : Compensation for victims of crime and victim empowerment, Issue Paper 7, 30 June 1997

Juvenile Justice, Issue Paper 9, 31 August 1997

Call for Submissions Preamble Executive Summary Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3
Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Appendicies