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The People’s Housing Partnership Trust

Business Plan

April 2005 – March 2006

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MANDATE:

The mandate of the PHPT is to capacitate and engage with national Provincial local governments and civil society in order that they may support the People’s Housing process.

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PHPT VISION

Leading the PEOPLE’S Housing Process Nationally

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The founding objectives:

To establish a comprehensive communications strategy (including a public awareness campaign through strategic information dissemination).

Mobilize and capacitate communities to effectively initiate and implement the PHP through

participation at all levels.

Design and implement a training programme in consultation with Provincial Department of Housing and other stakeholders.

Institutionalize the PHP.

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Current Objectives in support of the New Plan

Letsema Mobilization

Capacity Building

Housing Job Creation

Building PHPT Capacity

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Major Outcomes:

1. 100% awareness of the PHP option in all settlements targeted for upgrading.

2. Municipalities capacitated to function efficiently as support organisations.

3. Development of youth in PHP projects to upscale delivery.

4. Increased number of functional support organisations.

5. Skills transfer and job creation in PHP projects.

6. Partnerships with the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP), National Youth Service Unit (NYSU), Dept. of Labour & Private Sector

7. Guidelines for community involvement

8. A functional PHP institutional framework

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Overall Objectiv

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Performance Indicator

Sources of Verificatio

n

Assumptions

ImprovedPHP

Housing

delivery in South

Africa

Visible community

involvement in housing delivery

Research data:

Case studies

Functional PHP Institutional framework in place in the PHPT

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ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS:

In the event that the assumption indicated above does not hold:

The PHPT will not have the technical staff for this plan.

Alternative:

Engage consultants on short term (6 months) basis

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Strategic Goal 1: Letsema Mobilisation Campaign

Output/Result Key Activities TimeFrames

1. Achieve 100% awareness of the PHP option in all nine (9) pilot settlements targeted for upgrading

2. Active community participation in housing

delivery

1. Design a communication strategy in consultation with

(provinces, municipalities)1.2. Develop promotional

material (caps, T- shirts etc)

1.3. Host a media launch of the awareness campaign

1.4. Conduct a mobilization road show to four Provinces

(1 per Qtr)

2.1. Address community meetings. (Nine meetings or one per

Province) 2.2. Distribute promotional

material to all nine (9) pilot settlements

May 05

June 05

June 05

Jul 05 – Mar 06

Jul 05 – Mar 06

Jul 05

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Strategic Goal 1 Cont/d: Letsema Mobilisation

Output/Result Key Activities TimeFrames

3. Guidelines produced to facilitate private sector contribution to community

involvement and skills transfer

3.1. Develop guidelines booklet

3.2. Engage Private Sector in five (5) meetings – five Provinces

Sept 05

Oct 05 –March 06

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Strategic Goal 2: Capacity Building

Output/Result Key Activities Time Frames

4. Total one hundred and forty three - 143 Municipalities are capacitated to implement PHP projects

Free State 25Limpompo 32KwaZulu Natal 61North West 25

4.1. Design and develop training material for support organisations

4.2. Conduct five (5) training

workshops one per Qtr for municipalities

4.3. Produce training video for continuous use

4.5. Monitoring and evaluation reports (1 per Qtr)

June 05

Jul 05 - Mar 06

Oct 05

Jul 05 - Mar 06

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Strategic Goal 2 Cont/d: Capacity Building Output/Result Key Activities Time Frames

5. Skilled beneficiaries in

informal settlements that are targeted for upgrading Partnerships:

• NDoH• NGO’s• Private sectors

5.1. Conduct three (3) skills audit

reports including training needs in informal

settlements targeted for upgrading (3 pilots)

5.2. Develop and maintain a skills

database on people in informal settlement targeted for upgrading

5.3. Design a skills training programme based on needs

5.4. Conduct three (3) training workshops

July 05 – March 06

September onward

Dec 05

Jan 06 – March 06

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Strategic Goal 2 Cont/d Capacity Building

Output/Result Key Activities TimeFrames

6. Youth empowered with

skills for sustainable employment

6.1. Design a youth skills transfer programme with partners:

Department of Labour Extended Public Works

Programme (EPWP) National Youth Service Unit

(National Youth Commission) Private Sector

6.2. Train one fifty (50) youth per Province.

May 05

Sept 05 – March 06

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PARTNERSHIPS IN SKILLS TRANSFER AND JOB CREATION

Skills Transfer (Capacity Building)

Job Creation

Small Business Development

Increased PHP Housing delivery

NYSU National Youth

Service Unit

EPWP Extended Public

Works Programme

PHPPeople’s Housing

Process

COMMENT: This model will be driven by PHP projects (workplace opportunities).

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Strategic Goal 2 Cont/d: Capacity Building

Output/Result Key Activities Time Frames

7. Youth involvement in SMME created in partnership with Umsombomvu

7.1. Initiate SMME Youth Partnership programme with Umsombomvu

7.2. Five (5) brick-making, painting, window frames making etc. in each Province (12 Nationally per Otr)

May 05

Ongoing

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Strategic Goal 3: Job Creation

Output/Result Key Activities Time Frames

8. Sustainable employment

created for youth

8.1. Initiate five (5) support organisations in each Province (total: 45 forty five)

8.2. Identify other PHP projects (work place opportunities)

8.3. Recruit and place four hundred and fifty (450) youth in projects

8.4. Monitor quarterly (one report)

June 05 – March 06

July

Sept 05 – March 06

Sept 05 – March 06

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Strategic Goal 4: Building PHPT Institutional Capacity

Output/Result Key Activities Time Frames

9. A fully resourced People’s Housing Partnership Trust in place Sustainable employment created for youth

9.1. Design and develop an institutional plan

9.2. Implement the Institutional plan

April 05

June 05

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National Forum

of Heads of Department

Ministry of HousingDG Department

CEO PHPTFunction

Board of TrusteesPHPT

Finance Manager

Personal Assistant

Multilateral ForumNDOHPHPTUNCHSUNDPUSAID

COMMS Manager

COMMS Officer

Admin Officer

Provincial Co-ordinators x3

Strategic Management Function

PHPT INSTITUTIONAL ORGANOGRAM

TOTAL STAFF: 10

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IT/Communication Technology Schedule

TYPE TARGET BUDGET

Hardware

PC’s 4 24,000.00

Notebooks 2 30,000.00

Printers 0 0

Fax Machines 0 0

Scanner 1 2,000.00

Data video projector 1 30,000.00

TV/Video 1 4,500.00

Overhead projector 0 2,500.00

Digital Camera 1 5,000.00

Cameras 0 0

Flipcharts 0 0

White boards 0 0

Cell phones – Official 2 3,000.00

CD Writer 1 1,500.00

Software

Office software upgrades (MS Word) 3 6,000.00

Research software 3 30,000.00

TOTAL

138,500.00

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Operating Cost Schedule TYPE BUDGETED TARGET

Maintenance 40,000.00 40,000.00

Allowances – Contract workers 40,000.00 40,000.00

Courier/Freight services 20,000.00 20,000.00

Cell phones - Official 36,000.00 36,000.00

Postage 2,000.00 2,000.00

Advertisements 240,000.00 240,000.00

Entertainment & Hospitality 20,000.00 20,000.00

Student allowances 0 0

Bank charges 20,000.00 20,000.00

Printing 40,000.00 40,000.00

Rental of equipment 40,000.00 40,000.00

Insurance 0 0

Subtotal 243,000.00 243,000.00

TOTAL 486,000.00

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Material cost schedule

TYPE BUDGETED TARGET

Stationery 20,000.00 20,000.00

Office consumables 40,000.00 40,000.00

Subtotal 60,000.00 60,000.00

TOTAL 120,000.00

Summarised resources cost schedule [2005 – 2006]

TYPE 2005 – 2006 2006 – 2007

HR Schedule 2,248,689.00 2,599,896.00

Programme Activity costs 5,815,000.00 6,846,500.00

IT/Technology schedule 138,500.00 108,500.00

Infrastructure schedule 0 0

Material schedule/Stationery 22,000.00 24,200.00

Operating cost schedule 496,000.00 545,600.00

TOTAL 8,720,189.00 10,154,696.00

10% Cost escalation per annum is assumed2005/2006 funding from existing USAID disbursements to PHPT according to cash projections2006/2007 DoH Funding

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CONCLUSION:

PHPT Major Activities for 2005/2006

1. Letsema Campaign

• Focus on creating awareness of and participation in PHP fromcommunities in informal settlements targeted for upgrading

• Achieve 100% awareness of the PHP option in these settlements

2. Skills transfer and job creation

• Focus on youth in communities where PHP projects are taking place

• Produce guidelines (booklet) for major contractors who must transfer skills and create jobs

• Achieve industry buy-in for community involvement in major projects

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3. Partnerships with EPWP and NYSU

4. Increased PHP housing delivery

• Engage the youth in PHP projects to scale up delivery• An estimated 100 young people in each province to be

deployed in PHP projects.