Oral presentation By JP Msibi Executive Director National Association for Youth Empowerment in Construction (NAYEC) VOTE 6 Budget Portfolio Committee for Public Works Parliament (Cape-Town)

Contents  About NAYEC  Our Vision  Our Service Description for Youth  Public Works (VOTE 06)  Public Works Goals and Objectives Specifically for Youth  Our Proposal for VOTE 6 PW Budget  Political by ins  Our Proposal for VOTE 6 PW Budget  What is it that we want to see in the next Five years?

About NAYEC  NAYEC is a shortened name for National Association for Youth Empowerment in Construction, we are a Youth Civil Society Organization (YCSO) under the auspices of the Not Profit Sector.  We are registered with the department of social development under the NPO ACT 1997 Registration number  We have signed MOU/A with CETA, CBE and CIDB is also interested to work with us to provide cutting leading edge empowerment for young people.

Our Vision  To be seen as partners and a key to unlock the backlog of skills scarcity, sector transformation and of the construction industry.

Our Service Description for Youth The young voice in the construction industry NAYEC Share Industry Information Create platform for Networking Represent in decision making bodies Source Contracts and subcontracts for Youth Owned Firms Project Management Skills Development

PUBLIC WORKS (VOTE 06)  Public Work’s aim is to provide for and manage the accommodation housing, land and infrastructure of national departments.  Lead and direct the implementation of the national expanded public works program, promote growth, job creation and transformation.

Public Works Goals and Objectives Specifically for Youth  To Train 6000 youth in Artisan trades of the build environment  Facilitate the exit of youth trained through the National Youth Services programme by ensuring that at least 15 percent of the youth trained are placed annually

Our Proposal for VOTE 6 PW Budget  A task team must be established with its own budget and mandate.  NYDA, NAYEC must lead the task team.  We must be given the role to create an environment where we can participate meaningfully.

Proposal Continue  PW must allocate enough budget for youth skills development, career development and entrepreneurship.  We need politically by-ins the portfolio committee must lead that process.  Young people must be seen as a tool for sustainability of the sector.

Our Contacts Tel/Fax / Fax: Interim website Apollo Centre, 7 th Floor cnr Church & Du toit Postal Address: P O Box 3733 Pretoria,0001

THANK YOU “What is worse that to train young people and loose or keeping them and not training them” The-end