CO-OPERATIVES INSTITUTE PROPOSAL TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING VENUE: SA PARLIAMENT, CAPE TOWN DATE: 11 September 2012
Who we Are - SAWICO Problem Statement Our Proposed Solution Why Work with SAWICO Summary 2
A Front of Female Primary Co-operatives (including youth, people with disabilities and about 20% males) Came together acknowledging past failures Guided by the 5th Principle of Cooperatives (Training and Education) Formally formulated in August 2011and launched at the Tshwane City Hall Inspired By the Boldness of 1956 Women Emerged to facilitate Programs that seek to address stagnation within Co-operatives in all Sectors
DTI Economic Development Education Social Development SEDA OLD MUTUAL Cooperative Practitioners and Advisory Council Members from Kenya and Zimbabwe
To break the cycle of poverty amongst women and their families by 2020 through a critical and viable Cooperative Institute.
To provide a Business Incubator Facility for early stage and start up cooperatives for: Cooperative Management Business Management Skills Technical Skills (Benefitiation,Agro-processing,etc) Process Management and Quality Control Business Opportunity Identification Regular Compliance Mentorship, Coaching and After-Care Services
About co-operatives are registered with CIPC Approximately 2600 are economically viable Less than 6% of those operational are compliant Female Membership outnumbers male Low Survival Rate of Cooperative society
Governance and Institutional Structures Leadership and Administrative Issues Management of Co-operative affairs Financial Management and Record Keeping Access to information on finance and other support services Access to Markets and Competitive forces Operational and Technical challenges
Illiteracy Limited Mentorship Programmes Lack of Effective Cooperative Institutes Lack of dedicated units in various departments – No specific budget for co-operative development
The challenges listed above call for an Institutional Framework which will provide Strategic and Strong Visionary Leadership working alongside Government in supporting co-operatives. THERE IS AN NEED TO SAVE THE NATION FROM ………
SAWICO supports the conversion of Adult Education and Training Centers into Community Adult Centers. Community Business Schools are also found throughout the world. Cooperative Development should also be taken into consideration SAWICO would like to propose the establishment of Co-operative Institutes with a budget allocation
Incubation Centres: Long Term and Short Term Programs(Management Skills that includes Financial Skills addressing Personal Budgeting) Rural Communities : Landbou,Language barriers, recognition of Prior Learning Domestic Workers/ Gardeners: Primary Health Care, Aupairs, Cooking Lessons - HACCP People with Disability: ICT, Interpretation, Beauty Care, etc
Clients Government Partners Graduated Cooperatives Professionals & Mentors SAWICO
One of our greatest tools to ensure that the eggubator achieves its goals is to perform consistent internal monitoring and evaluation Early Warning Indicator Identification Regular Meetings & Reporting by cooperatives Feedback Mechanisms
OUR CONTACTS: Tepsy Ntseoane (President) Cell: Phomolo Mokuele(Deputy President) Cell: Beauty Mbangula (Head of Training and Development) Cell: