| Commissioning Unit: | Swaziland |
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| Evaluation Plan: | 2016-2020 |
| Evaluation Type: | Project |
| Completion Date: | 12/2016 |
| Unit Responsible for providing Management Response: | Swaziland
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Key Action Update History
- Institutions supporting volunteers need to be strengthened to function better. It might be worthwhile to develop an institutional development program that would assist CSOs to develop sustainable systems so that they are better positioned to take advantage of initiatives that are similar to the UNV project
Management Response: [Added: 2017/01/19]
Discussions to be Held with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and Ministry of Education on the establishment of a systematic national Programme for National Volunteer Programme. The Government will be further supported with the development of a policy on National Volunteerism.
Key Actions:
- Graduates have to be balanced with professional volunteers to create an extensive, multi-skilled pool of expertise. Young people become a burden to the benefiting organization if they are inexperienced
Management Response: [Added: 2017/01/19]
Capacity Assessment of receiving organisation need to be undertaken to ensure that organisations allocate time for strengthning capacity of the National Volunteer at workplace. The view is to provide oppportunity for the National Volunteers to gain work experience so their are employable.
Key Actions:
1. There is need to consider establishing a National Service for school leavers that would present young people an opportunity to experience life and make choices. This could also be used as an incentive to access tertiary education.
Management Response: [Added: 2017/01/19]
UNDP will continue to advocate for the establishment of a National Volunteer Programme driven by the Ministrry of Labour and Social Security.
Key Actions:
PHLIV organizations benefitted minimally from the project. Volunteers placed with SWANEPPHA were not engaged optimally as there was no staff to mentor them. As such there is a need for their increased involvement.
Management Response: [Added: 2017/01/19]
Monitoring for National Volunteers to be strengthened for the effectiveness of the programme.
Key Actions:
Employees of organizations participating in the volunteerism program need to be properly informed and made aware that a volunteer will be joining so that they exhibit positive attitudes towards the volunteers.
Management Response: [Added: 2017/01/19]
Capacity assessments need to be undertaken to ensure that the receiving organisation is ready and prepared for the mentorship of the National Volunteer for the success of the programme.
Key Actions:
The organization in-charge for the voluntary scheme should also monitor/follow up on the volunteers even after the voluntary period has finished to ensure that volunteers do eventually get better job opportunities
Management Response: [Added: 2017/01/19]
A systematic approach for the monitoring of the National Volunteer programme and post placement of the National Volunteer should be established by the managing organisation to be able to document success stories and lessons learned on the programme or placement.
Key Actions: