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INFRASTRUCTURE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GRANT (ISDG)

AMEU EDUCATION & TRAINING COMMITTEE | 12 NOVEMBER 2014

OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION

PART I: ISDG STATUS QUO PART II: ELECTRICAL GRADUTES and APPRENTICES PART III: PARTICIPATION ON THE ISDG PART IV: CHALLENGES AT IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL PART V: NEW APPLICATIONS 2

BACKGROUND

• ISDG was introduced in 2011/12 financial year with an objective to increase the pool of built environment professionals within Local Government (i.e. engineering, town planning, architecture, quantity survey and geographic information systems); • The programme was communicated to municipalities and water boards.

Interested municipalities were invited to submit 3 year business plans to the National Treasury; • The critical factor in the business plans was for the hosts (municipalities and public entities) to demonstrate ability and capacity to implement the programme as per conditions of the ISDG framework; and • It is a schedule 5B in terms of the DoRA and funds are directly transferred to municipalities.

PURPOSE OF THE ISDG

• To strengthen the capacity of local government to effectively and efficiently deliver quality infrastructure, by

increasing the pool of skills

available in the local sphere • To

create jobs for unemployed graduates

in the Built Environment ( e.g. engineering & town planning)

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

• • Three broad policy direction (amongst many) :

National Development Plan

– Building a capable state and thus skills for infrastructure delivery and management –

Strategic Infrastructure Programmes

(SIPs) – relies on the existence of the technical skills

Youth Accord

– youth employment and skills development

Address the aging skills gap within the built environment and within municipalities, in particular Engineering. 5

PART i:

ISDG STATUS QUO

MUNICIPALITIES IMPLEMENTING THE ISDG & NUMBER OF GRADUATES

Provinces

Eastern Cape Gauteng Kwazulu Natal

Municipality Name

Buffalo City Nelson Mandela Bay Lukhanji King Sabata Dalindyebo Aflred Nzo Westonaria City of Johannesburg Ethekwini Ethekwini (Umngeni Water) Limpopo Mpumalanga Umhlathuze Polokwane (Lepelle Northern Water) Gert Sibande Govan Mbeki (Rand Water) Northern Cape Sol Plaatjie John Taolo Gaetsewe North West Western Cape Ditsobotla George City of Cape Town

Total Number of Graduates Number of Graduates Start date

2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

44 8 19 28 27 42 8 17 28 2011/12 2014/15 2011/12 2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2013/14 2011/12 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2013/14

419

13 0 31 44 23 16 0 116 15 8 22 13 0 15 8 21 14 7

446

13 0 37 44 20 17 12 116

FUNDING ALLOCATIONS

2014/15 2013/14 2012/12 2011/12 39 Allocations (Million) 104 425 98 500 75 460 Allocation (Million) *Funds are directly allocated and transfarred to municipalities * Allocations are published in the Division of Revenue Act * Conditional grant to municipalities *Payment to municipalities made according to the payment schedule * Allocation of funds depends of funding availability in the fiscus 8

PART ii:

PART II: ELECTRICAL GRADUTES AND APPRENTICES

NUMBER OF ELECTRICAL GRADUATES and APPRENTICES

A total of 74 Electrical engineering trainees, there has been an increase compared to 38 trainees that were reported in February 2014.

• 2 Engineers (ECSA) • 4 Technologists (ECSA) • 31 Technicians (ECSA) • 37 Apprentices (SETA)

37 2 4 31 Engineers Techhnologists Technicians Apprentices

TRAINING PER MUNICIPALITY

14 13 12 11 10 8 9 8 6 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 0 Buffalo City Ethekwini Govan Mbeki 4 KSD 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Lukhanji Nelson Madela Bay Sol Plaatjie uMhlathuze Ditsobotla Polokwane Westonaria George

Technicians Technologist Engineers Electricians 11

PART iii:

PARTICIPATION ON THE ISDG

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ISDG PARTICIPATION PROCESS

• Interested Municipalities must submit a 3 year business plan to the National Treasury by no later than 28 August of every year (as contained in the DoRA); • National Treasury asses the Business Plan; • Municipalities are notified of the evaluation outcome in writing; and • Funds allocated to municipalities is gazatted.

SELECTION CRITERIA 1. Capacity to implement the ISDG Programme

: • A Municipality must have engineer(s) and/or technician(s) with the capacity to supervise graduates and assign tasks • Human Resources: structure associated with the management of the ISDG

ISDG SELECTION CRITERIA (the business plan)

2. Budgeting (3 year indicative budget):

• Registration Costs • Cost of Business Tools and Equipment • Training Courses • Remuneration costs • Quality assurance

3. Understanding of the road- to- registration:

• Municipality to demonstrate an understanding of the road-to registration process and candidate training

4. Implementation of the ISDG Programme

• Road-to-registration • Statutory bodies/councils • Mentors and Supervisors • ISDG Champion / Coordinator

ISDG IMPLEMENTATION

• Municipalities must recruit unemployed graduates in possession of University Degree or National Diploma within the built environment; • Municipalities are to register graduates as candidates for professional registration with statutory councils; • Graduates are expected to be trained according to structured training plans as per the requirements of the statutory councils; and • • Training of graduates takes place in municipalities.

Graduates must be assigned to:

• •

supervisors

activities; and

mentors

who are responsible managing graduates on daily for mentoring and coaching as well as signing of log books as required by the statutory councils .

PART iV:

CHALLENGES AT IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL

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CHALLENGES AT IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL

• Delays in registering graduates as candidates in some municipalities; • Training plans not fully in place in some municipalities; • No adequate technical works in some municipalities for graduate exposure; • Some municipalities are struggling to find mentors for graduates (George, Distobotla, Westonaria); • The majority of roll over not approved because the ISDG is an operational grant and the fact that municipalities did not submit all the supporting documents. The only ones approved are Nelson Mandela, City of Cape Town and George; and • Training duration requires to be extended to more than 3 years, the main challenge is that some municipalities are unable to submit a clear recovery plan on how to make up for the lost time.

PART V:

NEW APPLICATIONS

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NEW APPLICATINS FOR 2015/16

Municipalities below submitted business plans, below is the number of electrical engineering graduates indicated on their business plans.

(These are not yet approved)

• Newcastle Municipality- 9 graduates • Elundini – 1 graduate • Ehlanzeni- 1graduate • Engcobo- 1 graduates Other municipalities that demonstrated interest but did not submit business plans are Mangaung and Vhembe.