NYDA Presentation

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NYDA Presentation
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NYDA AT A GLANCE

• Launched on Youth Day June 16 2009
• Established through merger of Umsobomvu Youth
  Fund and National Youth Commission
• Premised on the African Youth Charter
• FOUNDING DOCUMENTS
• Integrated Youth Development Strategy
• National Youth Policy
• Created through NYDA Act 54 of 2008

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Vision

• Integrated and mainstreamed youth development in
  all organs of state, private sector and civil
  society for sustainable livelihoods
• Purpose
• To mainstream and integrate youth development for
  sustainable livelihoods
• Nature of Business
• To initiate, facilitate, implement, coordinate
  and monitor youth development interventions aimed
  at reducing youth unemployment and promoting
  social cohesion

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Development Philosophy

• OUR WORK WILL BE AIMED TO
• redress the previous imbalances,
• create equal opportunities, and
• promote accessibility, transparency and
  accountability of youth development programmes.
• Our Development Philosophy will be defined by the
  following Characteristics
• We serve young people aged between 14 and 35
  years
• Major beneficiaries will be from low income
  households
• Develop partnerships with stakeholders in
  government, civil society and private sector

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CURRENT PRODUCTS

• At the moment former UYF offices still offer the
  following products and services
• Information dissemination / walk-ins
• Outreach
• Career Guidance Counseling
• Graduate Development Programme
• Jobs Database
• National Youth Service
• Training
• Business Consultancy Services Vouchers
• Business Opportunities Support Services/ Market
  Linkages
• Mentorship
• Loans-Micro finance 1000-100 000
• SME 100 000- 300 000

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Skills Development Community Service

• Programme
• National Youth Service
• Aimed at providing
• young people with skills
• whilst they provide
• community services.
• Entrepreneurship Education
• Aimed at skills geared
• towards a change in
• Entrepreneurial
• attitudes and
• behaviour.

• Achievements
• 2008/9
• 71, 030 young people participated in
• NYS projects
• 39, 595 young people access
• entrepreneurship education
• Initiation of YouthBuild Project an
• innovative youth service concept
• incorporating technical, leadership and
• academic content

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Skills Development Community Service

• Achievements
• 2008/9
• 5, 702 youth undergo job preparedness
• training
• 700 unemployed graduates undergo
• bridging programs
• 1,498 successfully placed in jobs.

• Programme
• Graduate Development Programme
• Aimed at providing
• unemployed
• graduates with skills
• required for
• employment (job
• preparedness training).

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Economic Participation Business Development
Services

• Achievements
• 2008/9
• 12, 119 vouchers issued to young
• entrepreneurs
• 12,980 jobs created/ sustained
• R160m loans facilitated thru 3rd parties
• R86,4m tenders awarded to
• beneficiaries.
• 1,798 mentorship support from
• experienced mentors.
• South African business icon, Herman
• Mashaba is patron of VIA

• Programme
• BDS Voucher
• Aimed at providing
• Business development
• support to start up and
• existing enterprises to
• enable them to be more
• profitable and sustainable.
• Volunteers in Action (VIA) Mentorship Service
• Provision of free
• guidance and
• advice to youth
• entrepreneurs by
• experienced
• mentors.

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Economic Participation -Business Development
Services

• Achievements
• 2008/9
• R101m worth of opportunities sourced
• to benefit 238 young entrepreneurs.
• Opportunity providers include Nestle,
• MTN, Cell C and Hot Dog Café.

• Programme
• Business Opportunities Support Services
• Aimed at linking young
• entrepreneurs with
• business opportunities.

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Economic Participation - Enterprise Finance

• Achievements
• 2008/9
• 21,809 enterprises funded which
• created 21,598 jobs
• 75 SME loans issued which created
• 1,868 jobs.
• Women gt90 (mainly micro)
• Repayment rates for micro 77
• Repayment rates for SME 73

• Programme
• Micro Finance
• Aimed at providing
• young people and
• women with finance
• ranging from R1000 to
• R100 000.
• SME Funding
• Aimed at providing
• young entrepreneurs
• with loans ranging from
• R100 000 to R300 000

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• CONTACT
  DETAILS
• National Youth Development Agency
• 5 Walnut Road
• Smart Exchange Building Ground Floor
• Durban
• 4001
• TEL [phone]
• FAX [phone]
• Web www.nyda.gov.za
• Web www.youthportal.org.za
• THANK YOU!!!!