OCTOBER 1998

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Preamble
Executive Summary

SECTION ONE - INTRODUCTION AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION
1 Origins
2 Problem statement
3 Target groups for national youth service
4 The challenge

CHAPTER TWO - A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE
1 International models of national youth service
2 National youth service
3 Purpose of national youth service in SA
4 Values of national youth service
5 Defining national youth service
6 Who participates in national youth service?
7 Beneficiaries of service
8 Operating principles of the National Youth Service
9 Establishment of the National Youth Service
10 Assumptions
11 Summary

CHAPTER THREE - PROGRAMMES AND INCENTIVES
1 Conceptualising programmes that form part of the National Youth Service
2 Criteria for programme accreditation
3 Programme principles and guidelines
4 Incentives
5 National youth service support to all programmes
6 Illustrative programmes
7 Summary of recommendations

CHAPTER FOUR - INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE
1 Introduction
2 Current Context
3 International experience
4 Conceptual issues
5 Recommendations

CHAPTER FIVE - FUNDING AND RESOURCING THE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE
1 Introduction
2 Current context
3 International experience
4 Principles for funding the National Youth Service
5 Strategies for programmatic funding
6 Differentiated funding strategies for the target groups
7 Summary

CHAPTER SIX - NEXT STEPS IN ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE
1 Introduction
2 Contextual readiness for the National Youth Service
3 Recommended next steps
4 Conclusion
5 Summary

SECTION TWO - OPPORTUNITIES, CAPACITY AND POLICY TRENDS

CHAPTER SEVEN - OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH SERVICE IN GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES
1 Introduction
2 Infrastructural programmes
3 Special employment programmes
4 Municipal infrastructure programme
5 Department of Trade and Industry
6 Social services
7 Department of Justice
8 South African National Defence Force: Service Corps
9 Jobs Summit
10 Conclusion and recommendations

CHAPTER EIGHT - INTERFACE BETWEEN NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
1 Introduction
2 South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) Act
3 Green Paper on Skills Development and the Skills Development Bill
4 White Paper on Further Education and Training and the FET Bill
5 Adult Basic Education and Training Policy
6 Higher Education White Paper and the Higher Education Act

CHAPTER NINE - SITUATION ANALYSIS OF THE CAPACITY AVAILABLE TO THE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE
1 The non-governmental sector as a strategic resource for youth service
2 Range of services provided by non-governmental organisations in the youth sector
3 Capacity and expertise available in non-governmental and community-based organisations
4 Voluntarism within the youth sector
5 Education and training providers
6 Summary of recommendations