Workforce Development Partnerships

Workforce Development refers to programmes that promote the mastery of new job-related knowledge and skills, access to employment opportunities and real jobs. It also refers to any programme that provides a learner with structured access to work experience and the workplace. WDP includes Learnerships, Internships, Work-Integrated Learning, Apprenticeships, Skills Programme and Entrepreneurship Programmes.​

The GCRA seeks to also contribute to the achievement of GGT2030 through the Workforce Development Programme and has decided to prioritize programmes in the following areas.​

  • Media, ICT and digital skills (including the gig economy) ​

  • Agri-processing and Agri-business ​

  • Automotive.​

  • Construction

Training youth at Splinters

Workforce Development Programme Model

  • The model seeks to provide an end-to-end solution to workforce development. The process starts with recruitment and selection and goes all the way through to employment or entrepreneurship. The GCRA uses a database of unemployed youth that it collected from its bursary application process as well as an unemployment survey it conducted in the last quarter of FY2021/22. The GCRA also uses Tshepo 1 million, the Premier’s youth empowerment programme, for the recruitment and selection process.​

  • All the work done in the programme is informed by research conducted in educational foresight, economic forecasting and sector labour market analysis. This means most of our programme will be demand-driven with actual positions and/or entrepreneurial opportunities available at the end. Sector and labour market analysis is done in partnership with other line departments, the office of the Premier, the T1m programme and private sector organisations that have bought into the Workforce development programme​

  • During the programme participants are provided with academic support, technical support (in trade-related courses), workplace readiness and lastly entrepreneurial and business support. Entrepreneurial support will be provided by Gauteng Department of Economic development as well as in-house training provided by host employers.

HOW TO APPLY

The organisations, institutions and departments must submit a request for partnership in writing for Internships, Learnerships, Work-Integrated Learning, Apprenticeships, Skills development, and workforce development programmes. The request must contain the following as a minimum:

  1. Identification of the accredited training institution, where training will be provided if tuition support is required

  2. A clear project plan, with identified milestones, due dates of delivery and a clear number of targeted beneficiaries

  3. A budgetary breakdown that clearly indicates the budgetary requirements for the programme as well as the amount that is being requested from the GCRA

  4. Identification of all partners and stakeholders that will be involved in the delivery of the programme and the roles and responsibilities. This must be presented in a RACI matrix

  5. A programme risk register with risk ratings, probabilities, and mitigations

  6. Identify the labour market or sector demand to which this programme is responding. Where full or part-time employment can’t be secure, and the option of entrepreneurship should be available.