Cde Its the first time that NYDA was here in the EC but the date has aready passed.
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Tebogo Anthony <[email protected]>wrote: > Cde's > > Please do attend these sessions, they are very informative > > > > > > MEDIA STATEMENT > > NATIONAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY > > > NYDA Chairperson to embark on provincial road-shows towards the > establishment of NYDA provincial chapters > > > > The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Board Chairperson Andile > Lungisa will embark on countrywide provincial road-shows from 22 October to > 12 November 2009 starting from the Eastern Cape on 22 October and finishing > in the Western Cape. > > > > The road-shows are part of the processes of popularizing the NYDA and > outlining its 8 key performance areas namely Economic Participation, > Education and Skills Development, Effective and Efficient Resources > Management, Information Services and Communication, National Youth Service, > Policy, Lobby and Advocacy, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation and Social > Cohesion. During the road-shows Lungisa will meet with strategic > stakeholders in the youth development sector including Premiers, government > and municipality officials, traditional leaders and civil society > organizations. He will take this time to outline to the different > stakeholders the process towards the establishment of the NYDA provincial > chapters. "It is fundamentally important that we go to provinces to sell the > vision of the NYDA, outline our strategic direction and receive inputs from > different key role-players, where necessary as the success of our work will > depend on their support." says Lungisa. > > > > He says since the merger of the National Youth Commission and Umsobomvu > Youth Fund to form the NYDA, a number of provinces have moved to repeal the > Acts that established the Provincial Youth Commission (PYCs). "It will not > be an ideal situation to create a vacuum at that level, provinces are an > important tier of the structure of government, so we also want to move with > speed in closing that gap," says Lungisa. Further to that the NYDA is > planning to establish local NYDA offices in all the 283 municipalities in > the country to ensure accessibility to young people. Lungisa says unlike in > the past, the NYDA will ensure that young people do not walk more than 50 > kilometers to access NYDA services. "We will also have mobile offices to > reach even the most remote rural areas. During our provincial visits we will > outline all these processes to our provincial and local counterparts," > concludes Lungisa. > > > > During the road-shows Lungisa will be accompanied by other NYDA Board > members; they will also visit projects run by young people including > National Youth Service (NYS) projects. This forms part of the first phase of > the NYDA's provincial visits and will be followed by Izimbizo where the NYDA > will meet young people. > > > > Details of the visits are as follows: > > > > 22 to 23 October 2009 Eastern Cape > > 26 to 27 October 2009 Northern Cape > > 28 to 29 October 2009 Free State > > 30 to 31 October 2009 North West > > 02 to 03 October 2009 Limpopo > > 04 to 05 November 2009 Mpumalanga > > 06 to 07 November 2009 Gauteng > > 09 to 10 November 2009 KwaZulu Natal > > 11 to 12 November 2009 Western Cape > > > > > > FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT: > > > > Siyabonga Magadla > Refilwe Mphane > > National Youth Development Agency National > Youth Development Agency > > 083 686 9016 > 084 308 5860 > > [email protected]<http://us.mc543.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > [email protected]<http://us.mc543.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > <http://www.youthportal.org.za/> > > > > > -- Michael Mandilakhe Masekwana Eastern Cape Provincial Treasury Manager:Budget Planning Tel: 040 609 5007 Cell:0835794136 Fax:0406391877 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
