Progress report on the Mpumalanga Workplace Centre of Excellence Project WOPCoE
Progress report on the Mpumalanga Workplace Centre of Excellence Project Presentation Transcript ________________________________________ 1.tProgress report on the Mpumalanga Workplace Centre of Excellence Project u2022 Origin of the project is encapsulated in strategic objective 1 of the NIHE-MPu2019s strategic plan for 2013/14u20132015/16: u201cFacilitate the coherent provision of higher education programmes that are responsive to the human resource development needs of the Mpumalanga Provinceu201d. u2022 Bringing the strategic objective to practise by identifying, based on the needs outlined in the HRDS of Mpumalanga, a key sector that will enable the NIHE-MP to launch a pilot project addressing Work Integrated Learning (WIL) issues mentioned in the Green Paper for Post-School Education and Training and the Mpumalanga HRDS 2.tThe Macro Project u2022 The aim of the project is to develop a model that will be implemented to establish Work Integrated Learning (WIL) sites that will lead to workplace centres of excellence and learning incubators to create employable skills and enterprise development u2022 The Project will be piloted through an initiative by the Higher Education and Training sector in collaboration with FETs, Professional bodies, Industry, Organised labour and related Setau2019s u2022 The driving forces behind the proposed pilot project are contained in all the National and Provincial Skills Development Acts and strategies 3.tMacro Model 4.tProgress u2022 The Project team has conducted in-depth secondary (desktop) research on the concepts involved in WIL u2022 The project team networked extensively with the HRDS task team, National Government (NSA, ETDP and other SETAs), Provincial Government Departments (DEDET, MDE, Office of the Premier), and potential accreditation agencies u2022 The project team was invited to form part of the NSAu2019s presentation at the 18 th World Conference on Cooperative & Work-Integrated Education (WACE) which was held in Durban during June 24-27, 2013. 5.tProgress (u20262) u2022 The NIHE-MP subsequently appointed Business Enterprises at University of Pretoria (Pty) Ltd to develop the technical proposal for the MWCoE position paper and rollout plan u2022 The contract includes the compilation of a template on which various funding requests can be based and submitted u2022 Subsequent networking with the MEC for DEDET resulted in a draft submission to DTI upon which the NIHE-MP has now been requested to prepare a formal incubation related request on behalf of the DEDET 6.tProgress (u20263) u2022 The NIHE-MP subsequently appointed Business Enterprises at University of Pretoria (Pty) Ltd to develop the technical proposal for the MWCoE position paper and rollout plan u2022 The contract includes the compilation of a template on which various funding requests can be based and submitted u2022 Subsequent networking with the MEC for DEDET resulted in a draft submission to DTI upon which the NIHE-MP has now been requested to prepare a formal incubation related request on behalf of the DEDET 7.tMWCoE: Strategy to convert skills development into economic development 8.tPublic Private Partnerships (PPP) 9.tEnvisaged outcome of the establishment of the WoPCOE u2022 Ultimately culminate in best practices for the Workplace Centre of Excellence concept u2022 Endorsed as a national training and development initiative by Higher Education and Training, Provincial Government and industry. u2022 Proven success story of a public-private partnership initiative that brings manufacturing, industry, u201cPost Schoolu201d Education and Training and government impetus together. 10.tThank you For detail information you are most welcome to contact Mr Hendrik Janse v Rensburg hendrik@proteatyres.co.za, Dr Henk Jooste (NIHE-MP) henkj@nihemp.ac.za, or Mr Marwaan Davids (RMI) Marwaan.Davids@rmi.org.za
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