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The People’s Housing Partnership Trust Business Plan April 2005 – March 2006. MANDATE: The mandate of the PHPT is to capacitate and engage with national Provincial local governments and civil society in order that they may support the People’s Housing process. PHPT VISION
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The People’s Housing Partnership TrustBusiness Plan April 2005 – March 2006
MANDATE: The mandate of the PHPT is to capacitate and engage with national Provincial local governments and civil society in order that they may support the People’s Housing process.
PHPT VISION Leading the PEOPLE’S Housing Process Nationally
The founding objectives: • To establish a comprehensive communications strategy (including a public awareness campaign through strategic information dissemination). • Mobilize and capacitate communities to effectively initiate and implement the PHP through participation at all levels. • Design and implement a training programme in consultation with Provincial Department of Housing and other stakeholders. • Institutionalize the PHP.
Current Objectives in support • of the New Plan • Letsema Mobilization • Capacity Building • Housing Job Creation • Building PHPT Capacity
Major Outcomes: • 1. 100% awareness of the PHP option in all settlements targeted for upgrading. • Municipalities capacitated to function efficiently as support organisations. • Development of youth in PHP projects to upscale delivery. • Increased number of functional support organisations. • Skills transfer and job creation in PHP projects. • Partnerships with the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP), National Youth Service Unit (NYSU), Dept. of Labour & Private Sector • Guidelines for community involvement • A functional PHP institutional framework
ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS: • In the event that the assumption indicated above does not hold: • The PHPT will not have the technical staff for this plan. • Alternative: • Engage consultants on short term (6 months) basis
PARTNERSHIPS IN SKILLS TRANSFER AND JOB CREATION • Skills Transfer (Capacity Building) • Job Creation • Small Business Development • Increased PHP Housing delivery PHP People’s Housing Process EPWP Extended Public Works Programme NYSU National Youth Service Unit COMMENT: This model will be driven by PHP projects (workplace opportunities).
PHPT INSTITUTIONAL ORGANOGRAM Strategic Management Function TOTAL STAFF: 10 Admin Officer Provincial Co-ordinators x3 COMMS Officer
Material cost schedule Summarised resources cost schedule [2005 – 2006] • 10% Cost escalation per annum is assumed • 2005/2006 funding from existing USAID disbursements to PHPT according to cash projections • 2006/2007 DoH Funding
CONCLUSION: • PHPT Major Activities for 2005/2006 • Letsema Campaign • Focus on creating awareness of and participation in PHP from • communities in informal settlements targeted for upgrading • Achieve 100% awareness of the PHP option in these settlements • 2. Skills transfer and job creation • Focus on youth in communities where PHP projects • are taking place • Produce guidelines (booklet) for major contractors • who must transfer skills and create jobs • Achieve industry buy-in for community involvement in • major projects
3. Partnerships with EPWP and NYSU • 4. Increased PHP housing delivery • Engage the youth in PHP projects to scale up delivery • An estimated 100 young people in each province to be • deployed in PHP projects.