2016/17 Discretionary Grants Briefing Session August 2016 1
2016/17 Discretionary Grants Briefing Session Time Topic 10:00 Introduction 10:30 Discretionary Grants: Learning interventions on offer 11:00 Application for Discretionary Grants 11:30 Provincial support 12:30 Recruiting and enrolling learners 13:30 Questions and answers 2
2016/17 Discretionary Grants Briefing Session Time Topic 10:00 Introduction 10:30 Discretionary Grants: Learning interventions on offer 11:00 Application for Discretionary Grants 11:30 Provincial support 12:30 Recruiting and enrolling learners 13:30 Questions and answers 3
Today’s session is required to provide support to entities to enable application and learner recruitment onto Services SETA funded projects This session is required to: • Improve quality of applications to Services SETA for Discretionary Grant funding • Provide support to entities with recruitment information 4
Services SETA is one of 21 Sector Education Training Authorities • Report to Minister of Higher Education and Training as part of Department of Higher Education Training (DHET) • 7 year licence (current NSDS III 2011/2 to 2017/18) • SETAs established in 2000 in terms of Skills Development Act (Act 97 of 1998) Social Financial Services Manufacturing Resources • Bank SETA • Services SETA • MerSETA • MQA • HW SETA • FASSET • W&R SETA • FPM SETA • CETA • LG SETA • SASETA • INSETA • CATH SETA • CHIETA • AGRI SETA • PSETA • MICT SETA • TETA • FoodBev SETA • EW SETA • ETDP SETA The Minister of Higher Education and Training, Blade Nzimande, has relicensed the 21 Sector Education and Training Authorities, including Services SETA. The relicensing is valid until 31 March 2018. The Services SETA is responsible for Skills Development in the services sector. 5
The main purpose of the Services SETA is to close the skills gap in the services sector • The Services SETA facilitates skills development within the Service Sector through – Developing qualifications – Accrediting training providers – Certification of learners • Skills development is supported by disbursement of Services SETA funding within the Services Sector • The Services SETA promotes development of qualified learners 6
The Services SETA has 6 chambers representing the sub-sectors it supports Cleaning and hiring services Marketing and communications Labour and collective services Management and business services Personal care services Real estate and related services 7
The Services SETA determines skills needs and invests in developing skills within these sectors out of the SA economy 1. Cleaning and hiring services chamber 1 2 Hiring Household services services 3 4 Cleaning Domestic services services 8
The Services SETA determines skills needs and invests in developing skills within these sectors out of the SA economy 2. Communication and management services chamber 1 Marketing and 2 Contact centres 3 Postal services communications 9
The Services SETA determines skills needs and invests in developing skills within these sectors out of the SA economy 3. Labour and collective services chamber 1 Labour recruitment services 2 Collective services • Professional organisations/bodies • Bargaining councils and dispute resolutions • Associations, federations and umbrella bodies 10
The Services SETA determines skills needs and invests in developing skills within these sectors out of the SA economy 4 Management and Business Services 1 Business Services 2 Project Management 11
The Services SETA determines skills needs and invests in developing skills within these sectors out of the SA economy 5. Personal care services chamber 1 2 Hair care Beauty treatment 3 4 Funeral Fashion services 12
The Services SETA determines skills needs and invests in developing skills within these sectors out of the SA economy 6. Real estate and related services chamber Real estate services 1 • Includes auctioneers 13
The levies collected from employers via SARS as 1% skills development levy are what SETAs utilise to achieve their stated mandate Skills Development Levy 100% Services SETA 80% National Skills Fund 20% Administration 10% Grant fund 69,5% Discretionary grant Mandatory grant 49,5% 20% 14
Services SETA’s role in Discretionary Funded programmes • Provide funding for the learning programme – Allocate Discretionary funds (49.5% of levies received) towards learning programmes – Funds allocated per learner to obtain a specific qualification / workplace experience • Register learners on National Learner Record Database – One learner per qualification – Conduct monitoring and evaluation of the learning programme – Assess progress and suitability of workplace/training sites • Verify/moderate summative assessments (quality assurance) • Issue certificates and statement of results to competent learners – Learners must complete duration of program and give of their best to obtain qualification 15
The Services SETA uses its Discretionary Grants to fund PIVOTAL and other programmes to attain targets set out in the APP and SSP By learning programme 2016/17 target Totals Employed 3 600 Learnerships 7 065 Unemployed 3 465 Apprenticeship and trade test 804 Artisans 1 148 Assessment and trade test 344 HET NQF 5 and above (Full Qualification) 2 926 Internships FET Part Nated Qualification (N6 Only) 2 934 6 525 FET Post NCV and Vocational Qualification 665 Adult Education Training AET for Employed and Unemployed (Numeracy and Literacy) 230 230 Total 14 968 16
The Discretionary Grants Policy guides application evaluation and can be accessed online under the key information documents provided on the portal • Criteria for the allocation of the Discretionary Grants funds – Transformational imperatives addressed – Provincial and sectoral representation – Focus on scarce and critical skills in the services sector • Discretionary Grants funding framework – Performance based funding model – Dedicated bank account /dedicated cost centre in case of SOE • 3 Stage allocation process – Due diligence – Intention to contract letter – Fulfilment of suspensive clause of letter 17
2016/17 Discretionary Grants advert and allocation process • The application window is open between 17 August 2016 at 08:00 am and 18 September 2016 at 12:00am (Midnight) • The application will be open, in the main, to: – Services SETA levy paying and sector companies, NPOs, public institutions including TVET colleges and other organisations within the services sector • Appointment of SDPs will be done jointly with Services SETA • There will be no negotiation with unsuccessful entities Allocations are made at the sole discretion of the Services SETA 18
The Services SETA is working to finalise 2016/17 allocations and contracting by March 2017 18 Sept Oct / Nov End Dec 2016 31 March Due Pre- Application Evaluation Allocations Contracting diligence contracting • Online advert • Evaluation • Due • Recommend • Suspensive • Contract • Application according to diligence on ations made clauses are signed pre- shortlisted to AA met between and determined entities to Services • Successful submissions criteria determine SETA and of information entities • The shortlist the entity by entities receive applicants’ • Provincial of entities letters of capacity to determined Intent to briefing conduct Contract sessions project 19
2016/17 Discretionary Grants Briefing Session Time Topic 10:00 Introduction 10:30 Discretionary Grants: Learning interventions on offer 11:00 Application for Discretionary Grants 11:30 Provincial support 12:30 Recruiting and enrolling learners 13:30 Questions and answers 20
Thirteen learning interventions are targeted for 2016/17 Discretionary Grants allocations Details of all qualifications and trade listed in a downloadable document on the application website • LP01 Learnerships unemployed (18.2) • LP02 Learnerships employed (18.1) • LP03 Artisans: Apprenticeships and trade tests • LP04 Assessment and trade test • LP 05 Internships: HET NQF 5 and above (Full Qualification) • LP06 Internships: Workplace experience FET part Nated Qualification (N6 only) • LP07 Internships: FET post NCV and vocational qualification • LP10 Adult education and training 21
LP01: Learnerships unemployed (18.2) Definition This is a structured learning programme which includes theoretical and practical workplace experiential learning over a period of at least 12 months and which leads to an occupationally related qualification registered on the NQF. Learners are allocated a monthly stipend for the duration of the programme. Duration: 12 months Unit cost: R36 000 Stipend: R1 500 22
LP02: Learnerships employed (18.1) Definition This is a structured learning programme which includes theoretical and practical workplace experiential learning over a period of at least 12 months and leads to an occupationally related qualification registered on the NQF and up to NQF Level 5. Learners in this form of learnership programme already earn salaries and are therefore not entitled to a stipend. Duration: 12 months Unit cost: R18 000 Stipend: N/A 23
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