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Title: The new Grant Regulations


1
The new Grant Regulations
  • How will it impact on the FPM Sector?

2
Introduction
  • Grant Regulations regarding monies received by a
    SETA and related matters
  • published in Government Notice No. 35940, 3
    December 2012

3
General problem statement
  • General sentiment that SETAs are not assisting in
    addressing skills shortages / gaps
  • Poor research and monitoring of impact
  • Poor detailed planning
  • The structure of education training lacks the
    workplace component
  • No commitment to reach higher levels (L4)
  • Especially to prepare for Trade Tests

4
General problem statement
  • Many scarce skills involve high level
    qualifications (many years to complete)
  • SETAs promoted short courses
  • Current grant disbursement is disproportionate
    (private providers)
  • Theres absence of effective monitoring
    evaluation
  • Absence of impact valuation
  • Lack of clarity of intention

5
Lack of clarity of intention
  • Lack of intention clarity in strategy
  • Allocations not aligned to SSP priorities
  • SETA policies procedures have little relevance
    to achieving planned impact
  • Training programmes do not make clear what is
    intended whether the intention has been
    achieved

6
Purpose of the new regulations
  • To allow the SETAs to set clear objectives but
    avoid specific numerical targets
  • To improve the focus, management and
    effectiveness of SETA grant spending
  • By developing policies procedures
  • For allocation
  • Monitoring
  • Reporting

7
Intent of the New Regulations
  • Regulate admin fund
  • Provide for SETAs to contribute to QCTO
  • Discourage accumulation of surpluses
  • Improve quality and quantity of labour market
    information
  • Promote NQF registered and quality assured
    PIVOTAL programmes
  • Create framework for expanded use of public
    education and training providers.

8
Significant Changes Skills Development Levy
Distribution
9
Skills Development Levy Distribution
  • Distribution of levy income

10
Significant Changes Mandatory Grants
11
The intention of Mandatory Grants is to
incentivize employers to
  • to plan implement training for their employees
  • to create training and work experience
    opportunities for the unemployed people

12
Significant Changes
  • Mandatory Grant Applications
  • Year 14 (2013/14) submission due by 30 June
    2013
  • Year 15 (2014/15) onwards submission due by 30
    April
  • Better alignment with skills development and
    financial year
  • Enhanced SETA planning cycle
  • SSP Annual Update
  • Earlier Discretionary Funding Windows

13
Significant Changes
  • Mandatory Grants (continued)
  • Increased monitoring of WSP implementation
    against Board criteria
  • Criteria for approval
  • Evidence requirements
  • Quality accuracy standards for WSPs ATRs
  • Evidence of consultation and sign-off by labour
    representative (unless explanation is provided)

14
Significant Changes Discretionary Grants
15
The intention of Discretionary Grants is to
implement the Sector Skills Plan
16
Discretionary Grants Key themes
  • A well researched set of scarce and critical
    skills
  • The recognition that current provision has
    limited practical and workplace learning
    component
  • Need to focus on occupational qualifications at
    all levels

17
Significant Changes
  • Discretionary Grant Applications
  • Discretionary grant categories not specified
  • Alignment with SSP implementation
  • Funding of PIVOTAL Programmes - 80 of
    discretionary funding
  • Address Scarce and Critical skills in the sector
  • Current programmes will qualify e.g.
    learnerships, bursaries, work experience,
    internships, apprenticeships, credit bearing
    skills programmes
  • Qualifying criteria PIVOTAL plan and report to
    be completed with WSP/ATR.

18
Significant Changes
  • Public Education and Training Institutions
  • Emphasis in NSDS III on use of public
    institutions for delivery of scarce and critical
    skills.
  • Industry currently almost exclusively use private
    providers.
  • Public providers do not meet the needs of
    industry.
  • Need to restore the balance - how do we do this?
  • Public/Private/SETA partnerships
  • Discretionary funding allocation
  • Public Institutions more cost effective
    sustainable

19
Significant Changes
  • Assisting Small Enterprises
  • Support to small enterprises require more
    emphasis
  • Simplified mandatory and discretionary grant
    application processes
  • Simplified format for reporting on PIVOTAL
    training
  • Enhanced processing of grant payments due to
    small enterprises
  • Projects designed to address skills needs of
    small enterprises.

20
Grant Regulation Guidelines
  • DHET issued guidelines for implementation
  • Left room for SETAs to be creative
  • Each sector has different dynamics and
    contextual conditions. It would not be helpful
    for the Department to state how SETAs should
    allocate resources to achieve the implementation
    of sector specific plans set out in SSPs.
  • However, what this means is that the SETAs
    themselves need to put time and effort into the
    development of policies that are carefully
    aligned to the objectives set out in their SSP.

21
Conclusion
  • FPM SETA see the glass as OVERFLOWING!
  • More discretionary funding
  • Address sector skills priorities
  • Renewed focus on meaningful training and
    education
  • Increased monitoring of training implementation
  • Redesigned SETA processes due to timeframes
  • Will require support of all stakeholders to make
    full use of mandatory and discretionary grant
    application opportunities.

22
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