Transcript Group 3 - SPL Short Courses

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National Development Plan Presentation
Chapter 9 - Improving education, training and innovation
Chapter 10 - Promoting Health
Chapter 11 - Social Protection
Ghukkaam Booley
Louise Grobbelaar
Joepie Joubert
Mark Koesnell
Mike Marsden
Keith Miller
Nicky Rheeder
Faiez Votersen
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*Improving education, training and innovation
*Promoting Health
*Social Protection
NDP
IDP
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* Chapter 9 focusses on (in terms of Local Government
competencies) IDP: SFA 3.1 –The Caring City
* Early Childhood development (ECD) – change focus
* CHALLENGES
* Funding for infrastructure and staff
* Training for teachers, resources for children
* PROPOSALS
* ECD must be made a top priority
* 2 years preschool enrolment for 4 and 5 year olds
* Dedicated resources must be allocated
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The Caring City:
Prog. 3.1 (a) Targeted Developments
Improved Libraries and Access to Info.
Partnerships – eg. Friends of Library Assoc.
Prog. 3.2 (C) Partner with province in education and school sites
Unused portions of land
Proposals:
* Professional associations - Trainers / Incentives eg. IMFO
* Improve district support - Capacity / Deploy support team
* Learning outcomes - Co-operatively address socio-economics
* Community ownership - Stake in governing bodies / School nutritional Prog
* Post-school system - Supported by effective governance eg. EPWP
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* Higher education enrolment increased from 490 494 in 1994 to 837 644
in 2009
* Universities – must improve quality of teaching & learning.
* Colleges – must produce 30 000 artisans by 2030.
* Adult education – under-developed. Runs on a part-time basis.
* SETA – Poor Governance, Poor Administration and financial management
Proposals
* Above institutions need to clarify their mission, purpose and mode of
operation.
* Proper monitoring and evaluation required.
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* Attention to designs of Integrated Human Settlements with easy
access to Early Childhood facilities, Creches and Schools
* Partnerships with Higher Education in designs of curricula and
post graduate research in issues related to the Urban
Environment and problems in Informal Settlements
* City to expand Apprenticeships programme to address critical
shortage of Artisans
* Expand bursary and training opportunities for Engineers and
Urban professionals in City Administration
* City to expedite roll out of Broadband linking all educational
facilities into one integrated network
* Increased emphasis required on ABET programmes for staff
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Systems
Wellbeing
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•1: Ave male and female life expectancy at birth increases to 70 years
•2: Progressively improve TB prevention and cure as well as HIV/Aids
•3: Reduce maternal, infant and child mortality
•4: Significantly reduce prevalence of non-communicable chronic diseases
•5: Reduce injury, accidents and violence by 50 percent from 2010 levels
•6: Complete health systems reforms
•7: Primary healthcare teams provide care to families and communities
•8: Universal health care coverage
•9: Fill posts with skilled, committed and competent individuals
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* 1: Address social determinants that affect health and disease
* 2: Strengthen health system
* 3: Improve health information systems
* 4: Prevent and reduce the disease burden and promote health
* 5: Financing universal healthcare coverage
* 6: Improve human resources in health sector
* 7: Review management positions and appointments and
strengthen accountability mechanisms
* 8: Improve quality by using evidence
* 9: To establish meaningful public-private partnerships
* These strategies should be included in the City’s IDP Objective
3.7 (a) Provide effective primary health-care services
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* City’s highest priority should be to expedite the upgrade of
poorly serviced informal settlements – especially sewerage,
water, refuse collections and electricity as a priority
* Prioritise proper resource of City Clinics – Doctors, nurses,
staffing, facilities, medicine
* City should increase communication and education on health
related issues
* City to expedite integrated Health Plan with National, Province
and City
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* Chapter is response to chronic poverty, unemployment, risk and vulnerability
* Areas of discussion include:
* Protection – save lives and reducing poverty
* Preventative – reduce vulnerability to natural disasters, famine, illness
* Promote – enhance capability to participate in economic and social activity
* Transform – tackle inequity
* Developmental – access to opportunities and local economic development
* Response to chronic poverty, unemployment, risk and vulnerability addressed with
reference to:
* Social grants
* Free basic services
* Free education
* Free health care
* Statutory Social Insurance eg UIF, COIDA and RAF
* Social Security Pensions
* Household load and Nutrition security
* Labour Market policies
* Public Works Programmes
* Social Development focussed on individual family and community
* Demographic window currently exists. By 2026 proportion of older people
increase and youth bulge disappears.
* Dependency on State will increase thereafter. Serious financial
difficulties.
* 13 million employed. Only 10% will preserve retirement funding.
Intervention
* Serious shortage of skills in social welfare services particularly in trained
Social Workers
* Local government to play a significant role in Occupation Helath and
Safety in Informal Sectors and Private Sector
* Encouragement of Informal Insurance via Stokvels eg Burials
* Greater emphasis to be placed on alleviating plight of the disabled in
participation
* Emphasis on training and skills development
* State to play larger role in provision of Social Welfare Services
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* Vulnerability of Communities in Informal Settlements
* Public Works Programme such as EPWP focus on Temporary Employment
to include
* Skills development and training
* Entrepreneurship
* Vulnerability of food shortages to be addressed by supporting
community food gardens and urban agriculture
* Urban designs to address issues of access to facilities and public
transport for disabled
* Greater attention to designing integrated human settlements with easy
access to facilities, public transport and health facilities to develop
sustainable communities
* Partnership with Province and National to educate and communicate
the availability of social grants
* City to support Community Co-operatives for saving for emergencies
such as Burials etc with provisions of guidelines and education
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* National Development Plan (NDP) is a comprehensive long term
strategic plan to make South Africa a successful country
* City can play a significant role in achieving objectives of NDP
and improving lives of our people
* City should align IDP where necessary with the NDP to ensure
an integrated approach to achieving the objectives of the NDP