Special Employment and Public Works Programmes

Early Childhood Development Services in Tshwane Scoping Study Findings and Strategy Report

by ALTMAN, M, MOTALA, S., 2009
Research Report. Centre for Poverty Employment and Growth, Human Sciences Research Council

Altman and Motala assess the delivery of ECD services provided by the City of Tshwane. They propose critical strategic interventions for responsibly and effectively meeting the needs of young children, providing quality care for them, and enhancing the employment opportunities for (mainly low-skilled) women. The strategic interventions identified in this report will contribute to the…

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Leveraging Services for Employment, Growth and Equity: Employment Through Government Procurement

by ALTMAN, M., DU TOIT, R., SEPHIRI, T. & KAISER & ASSOCIATES, 2005
Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council

Government expenditure is a key lever for influencing the nature and pace of employment creation, especially in sectors where it is a provider or procurer of services. Therefore, the Leveraging Services Project for Employment, Growth and Equity reviewed the possibilities for creating jobs indirectly through procurement by government and state-owned enterprises, and directly through meeting…

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The Global Context for Social Development Programmes Early Childhood Development, Community Home-based Care, Community Development Workers, Food and Nutrition

by HYMAN,I. & SEPTEMBER, R. , 2005
Research Report, Human Sciences Research Council, March 2005

This report investigates the global context for social development programmes with specific focus on four evolving programme areas:1) early childhood development ,2) food and nutrition, 3) community home based care, and 4) community development workers. Policy choices that countries have made have not only been contingent on domestic circumstances such as the socio economic or…

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Overview of Developmental Social Welfare Service Budgets 2004/05-2007/08

by STREAK, J, 2005
Presentation to the Work 2005 Conference, 05 September 2005, University of the Witwatersrand

Streak provides an overview of social welfare budgets in South Africa. She starts by reviewing the intergovernmental financing responsibilities for social welfare, and provides the budget classification of social welfare spending at national and provincial level. Streak then reviews the trends in provincial social welfare budgets from 2004/05 to 2007/08, and highlights challenges to scaling…

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Contextualising Employment from Government Programmes

by ALTMAN, M, 2005
Presentation to the Work 2005 Conference, Developmental Social Welfare Roundtable, 05 September 2005, University of the Witwatersrand

Altman provides an overview of employment in public employment programmes in South Africa, with a special emphasis on the potential for scaling up employment through social development (especially early childhood development) and infrastructure programmes.

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Budgeting for job creation in social welfare services: exploring EPWP opportunities

by PLAATJIES, D.& NICOLAOU-MANIAS, K., 2005
Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council

Plaatjies and Nicolaou-Manias consider the budgeting process for social welfare services. Creating jobs in social welfare and community based services received considerable attention in the Human Sciences Research Council employment scenarios. The paper then reviews the EPWP, its objectives and its role in the social services sector. It focuses on three elements: early childhood development,…

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A Community Development Approach to Early Childhood: Children, our Future Communities

by HORNBY, D., 2005
Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council

Hornby assesses early childhood development (ECD) programmes, using the Centre for Social Development (CSD), based in Grahams town, Eastern Cape, as an example. The paper starts by providing a conceptual outline of development, focusing on social development and ECD. It then reviews the current status of ECD in South Africa. The paper documents the transformation…

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Increasing Access to Employment Through Government Programmes: Experience with Expanded Public Works Programme and Community Development Workers

by LUKA, S., 2005
Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council

Luka provides an overview of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) and its role in supporting community development. It assesses the Community Development Workers (CDW) programme, the principles and rationale for using community development workers, and the nature and scope of their work. It looks specifically at their training, and identifies several challenges in this…

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The Business of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in the Social Sector

by RAMACHELA, O., 2005
Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council

Ramachela provides a brief overview of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) and its extension to the social sector. The social sector is seen as the cradle of development and growth, and the EPWP as one entry point to stimulate social capital, address delivery deficits, and move people out of poverty. The EPWP offers a…

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