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Agenda 2

• Importance of Volunteerism

• Typical areas of Volunteerism

• Lessons learnt

• Case Study – NECT

• Conclusion

Employees

Shareholders

Customers

Society

Why business gets involved in community development

• Meet customer needs

• Establish strong

customer relationship

• Maintain strong

consumer value

• Sustainability

• Working conditions

• Employee engagement

• Reciprocity

• Volunteerism

• Sustainability

• Corporate Citizenship

• Brand image

• Accountability

• CSI / Partnerships

• Private

• NGOs

• Government

• Society

Agenda 4

• Importance of Volunteerism

• Typical areas of Volunteerism

• Lessons learnt

• Case Study – NECT

• Conclusion

Community Care

Volunteerism focus areas

Community Care

Animal Welfare & Conservation

Volunteerism focus areas

Community Care

Animal Welfare & Conservation

Sports

Volunteerism focus areas

Community Care

Animal Welfare & Conservation

Sports

Education

Volunteerism focus areas

Community Care

Animal Welfare & Conservation

Sports

Education

Skills Dev. & Capacity Building

Volunteerism focus areas

Community Care

Animal Welfare & Conservation

Sports

Education

Skills Dev. & Capacity Building

Volunteerism focus areas

Agenda 11

• Importance of Volunteerism

• Typical areas of Volunteerism

• Lessons learnt

• Case Study – NECT

• Conclusion

• Volunteer work alignment to business strategy

• Business value of initiatives need to be rigorously quantified

• Consultative approach crucial

• Need to talk and listen to communities

• Monitoring and evaluation of initiatives

• Partnership and Collaboration is key

Lessons learnt 12

Government

Private Sector

Civil Society

Agenda 13

• Importance of Volunteerism

• Typical areas of Volunteerism

• Lessons learnt – last 10 years

• Case Study – NECT

• Conclusion

South Africa's structural challenges

Source: JET

% CSI Spend

GP 23.3%

WC 11.4%

EC 7.6%

KZN 6.4%

MP 4.2%

NW 4.2%

LP 4.1%

FS 2.3%

NC 2.0%

National 34.6%

Structures of the ECF

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Four Patrons

NECT Office

CEO plus small team of

education experts and

administrators

National Education Council

40-50 representatives of stakeholders

NECT

Up to 12 Trustees

ECF Rollout Plan

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Districts in Cohort 1 2014 activation

Districts in Cohorts 2 and 3

Vhembe, Limpopo Waterberg, Limpopo Libode, Eastern Cape Mt Frere, Eastern Cape Bohlabela, Mpumalanga Bojanala, Northwest Uthungulu, KwaZulu-Natal Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal

John Toalo Gaetsewe, Northern Cape Mopani, Limpopo Maluti, Eastern Cape Gert Sibande, Mpumalanga Mt Frere, Eastern Cape Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape Graaf Reinet, Eastern Cape Dr Ruth Mompati, North West Uitenhage, Eastern Cape Sekhukhune, Limpopo

The model is built on the basis that there are various education sources that are funding

education quality improvement and will continue to do so in the future.

Proposed NECT Funding Model

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Government Private

- R300m initially

- DBE, SETA, SIA, etc.

- National

- Provincial receives and

spends ~ 87% of

education budget.

- R200 m

Unions

- R700k

- Sadtu

- Naptosa

- Natu

- PEU

- SAOU

Funders

Agenda 18

• Importance of Volunteerism

• Typical areas of Volunteerism

• Lessons learnt – last 10 years

• Case Study – NECT

• Conclusion

• Perception of CSI

• Hard-earned reputation for flakiness

• Today’s leadership has evolved past this perception

• Difficulty linking to concrete tangible outcome

• Measurement is key

• Measure to understand

• Understand to control / monitor

• Control / monitor to improve

• Impact of CSI

• Social value is inseparable from its business value

• Business value of initiatives need to be rigorously quantified

• Partnership and collaboration on initiatives

• Collaboration framework

Conclusion