1. Building a Culture of Learning
SAMEA Conference, 18 September 2013
Presented by Alyna Wyatt, Technical Advisor to the Jobs Fund: National Treasury

2. WHAT IS THE JOBS FUND? Four Jobs Fund Success Outcomes
Sustainable employment initiatives across all the funding windows, which together yield 150,000 new sustainable jobs in a three to five year period.
The uncovering, development and operation of innovative models, partnerships and initiatives in a number of sectors from which valuable lessons are derived which inform longer term approaches to employment creation.
The transformative improvement in employment prospects of unemployed people involved in Jobs Fund initiatives.
The effective implementation of the Fund within the time scale and budget defined for it.

3. BACKGROUND

4. Role of Monitoring and Reporting
Provision of key operational tools, templates, guidelines and advisory support to support the discharge of the Jobs Fund’s monitoring and reporting responsibilities;
Systematic and regular tracking & review of progress toward the successful implementation of project and programme anticipated outputs and outcomes;
Timely reporting on monitoring findings on Jobs Fund supported projects to support responsive decision making by management.
On-going learning to inform the investment strategy as well as other employment creation and employability policy and programmes

5. M&E Framework components
The Definition of a Job in the Jobs Fund, and the importance of consistency
The Value for Money framework and respective indicators
Ongoing monitoring and Reporting at Project Level, and the relevant roles and responsibilities of the various stakeholders
Independent Fund Evaluation
Comparative portfolio analyses across the funding windows to extract best practices
Case Studies exploring the detail of success and failures within job creation projects
Grantee Learning and Sharing platforms to facilitate and encourage learning across the Fund’s portfolio

6. Foundational DOCUMENTS
Definition of a Job
Internationally recognised
Appropriate to national and policy context
Consistent between sectors funded by the Jobs Fund
Consistent within the project over time

7. Independent/external evaluation
Independent Fund Evaluation
Engaged external global specialists to undertake formative, mid-term and summative evaluation
Experienced in grant management – particularly fund management
Extensive experience in evaluating programmes of this nature
Value for Money (4Es) – international best practice
Economy
Efficiency
Effectiveness
Equity

8. MER Oversight Monitoring & Reporting
Quarterly reporting on the Activity Based Costing and Project Implementation Monitoring Plan (ABC PIMP) is the fundamental
Site Visits
Learning
Case Studies
Portfolio Analysis
Project-level evaluation
Project self-evaluations completed at closure
Grantee Learning and Sharing

9. QUESTIONS?