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An aggressive 2½-year programmatic approach through a private sector-led coalition.

PRESENTATION TO HRMAJ CONFERENCE

In the aftermath of the events in May, the private sector acknowledges that there are communities that have been neglected by the State and the larger society. We believe that the dismantling of the criminal network has created an opportunity for the private sector to help shape the kind of society that we want to see in the future. We recognize the large numbers of unattached youth, that if their needs of education and training; jobs are not addressed – they will revert to a life of crime and violence. We feel this is the most opportune time for the private sector to implement interventions that will positively impact these young people – in our drive to move Jamaica into a more positive direction.

For several weeks, a dedicated group of PSOJ members has been working diligently and thoughtfully to develop and flesh out ideas for a programme that we have dubbed “YUTE” – Youth Upliftment Through Employment and on their behalf, I wish to present these proposals to you this afternoon.

Let me first acknowledge the persons who have been responsible for this effort

Keith Duncan, Managing Director of JMMB who chairs the Inner City Renewal Committee and

Maureen Webber, Chair of the Programme Development Sub Committee and her members:

Sandra Glasgow, Imani Duncan, Patricia Sutherland, Sheree Martin, Emile Spence

Christopher Williams, Chair of the Finance Committee (apologies for his absence) and his members:

Thalia Lyn, representing the NCB Foundation (apologies – overseas); Lisa Lewis, Chair, Digicel Foundation, Philip Mascoll, representing the Canadian Diaspora; Howard Hamilton, QC

I want to thank Keith Duncan who has very generously engaged additional human resources to support this effort at his company’s expense. I want to particularly thank Samantha Chanterelle for helping us to get this presentation ready, along with support from Maureen Webber and her team at Development Options Limited.

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Young men, women manipulated into supporting self-proclaimed ‘saviour’ for the promise of economic support
Kingston & St. Andrew in shock
Businesses closed
Forced to stay home for safety
No economic alternative breeds vulnerability

A nation under siege

Flashback: May 2010

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510, 300 (18.9% of Jamaicans) are between age of 14 – 24 years

132,678 (26% of young adults) between the age of 20 - 24 are unemployed

38% of young adults living in the inner city are unemployed

The national unemployment rate is 11.6%

Issues and Challenges

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127,000 are young adults are considered unattached

88,900(70% of the unattached young adults) are unemployable

75% of all crimes in Jamaica are committed by persons under the age of 30

Recent WB reports indicate that in Jamaica, youth crime and violence incurs public and private costs equivalent to 3.2% of current GDP

Issues and Challenges

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LET’S

CHANGE

THE

GAME!

Time for a New Jamaica

Business-as-Usual

=

No Business at all

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^{There’s a new Jamaica on the horizon. A land of bright young entrepreneurs and enterprising youth working to achieve their dreams, where opportunities abound, and crime no longer retards the growth of a nation.}

^{With all sectors working together in partnership – private, state, non-government, civil society, and not-for-profits – this vision will become reality.}

The Vision

Strategy: Focus on employability and employment opportunities for one of the most vulnerable groups in our society.

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What is YUTE?

^{Youth Upliftment Through Employment (YUTE)}^{is a private sector-led coalition that zeroes in on some of the root causes of violence and youth unemployment through an aggressive 2½ -year programmatic approach.}

^{We will:}

^{Increase individual marketability}
^{Provide 1,295 actual opportunities for work experience, apprenticeship and entrepreneurship}
^{Enable inner-city youth city to make a solid contribution to Jamaica’s development.}

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Leverage resources through Multi-Sectoral Partnerships: Public, Private Sector & Civil Society

PSOJ in partnership with other private sector groups/associations
Adopt and expand the OBRA model

PSOJ is the Caribbean Secretariat for the OBRA (Youth: Work) Project in partnership with the International Youth Foundation and USAID.

Private Sector coalition in alignment with PIOJ and other Government agencies to maximise existing and planned initiatives

^{We will enable 2,200 young people to:}

^{• bolster their skill sets, making them more employable}

^{• match them to 1,295 ready opportunities}

^{• Help 107 of them start their own businesses}

^{We will:}

^{Give them the tools to create their own futures}

Strategic Approach

What we are proposing is a multisectoral alliance – between the public and private sectors and Civil Society. The Private Sector in this case will represent not just POSY members, but as many members of the private sector, including, formally, the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce and the Parish Chamber network, the MSME Alliance.

As you may already know, The POSY is the Secretariat for the ObraProgramme, a major initiative that seeks to strengthen partnerships to promote greater opportunities among the youth in the Caribbean and Latin America. In Jamaica, in addition to resources leveraged for new programmes, hundreds of “unattached” youth will benefit from expanded support for education and training to improve employability, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. We plan to expand this model for “YUTE” – drawing on more organisations - from the private sector to community-based organisations – leveraging resources, personnel, and ongoing programmes – in order to increase the impact to as many youths as possible.

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6 months Design and Initiation
2 Years Implementation Phase 1

Duration

Young people in inner-city communities
Age 16-29

Target

Contribution to Job Opportunity Bank (JOB) – jobs, apprenticeships, internships
Cash
In-Kind Contributions
Partnership in Governance

Currency of Commitments

Programme Scope

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YUTE BluePrint

There are 3 programme streams for YUTE, offering opportunities to engage the target group through:

1. Employment – YUTE Works

2. Entrepreneurship – YUTE Entrepreneurs

3. Re-socialization – YUTE U-Turn.

YUTE is a series of ‘streams’ with tributaries

which will ensure that no young person

participating in the programme is left

behind.

What we are proposing is a multisectoral alliance – between the public and private sectors and Civil Society. The Private Sector in this case will represent not just POSY members, but as many members of the private sector, including, formally, the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce and the Parish Chamber network, the MSME Alliance.

As you may already know, The POSY is the Secretariat for the ObraProgramme, a major initiative that seeks to strengthen partnerships to promote greater opportunities among the youth in the Caribbean and Latin America. In Jamaica, in addition to resources leveraged for new programmes, hundreds of “unattached” youth will benefit from expanded support for education and training to improve employability, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. We plan to expand this model for “YUTE” – drawing on more organisations - from the private sector to community-based organisations – leveraging resources, personnel, and ongoing programmes – in order to increase the impact to as many youths as possible.

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YUTE BluePrint

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Programme Scope

Downtown Business District….
Airport Corridor to Industrial Parkway …

Phase 1

^{(Jul 2010 – Jan 2011)}^{– Design & Initiation}

^{(Feb 2011 – Jan 2013)}^{- Implementation}

Selected communities in St. James, St. Catherine, Clarendon, and Kingston & St. Andrew

Phase 2

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Phase 1: Eight (8) Communities Selected

Preliminary Communities for Phase 1 (alpha order)	Population (overall)	% youth population (15-24)	Current Stakeholders Working (potential partners)
Denham Town	6279	23%	CSJP, HEART, Lift Up Jamaica, SDC, Youth Club, PTAs, PALs, DAC, AYF
Mountain View	19,699	22%	PMI, CSJP, Youth Club, PTAs, Church Groups, Sports Club, DAC
Parade Gardens �	11,458	23%	RISE, CSJP, HEART, Salvation Army, Food for the Poor, CDC, PTA, Youth Clubs, Sports Clubs, AYF
Rockfort	6,620	19%	CSJP, UDC, SDC, KRC, DRF, KSAC, Church Group, Youth Club, Jamaica Flour Mills
Tower Hill/Olympic Gardens	4,952	64%	PMI, RISE, CSJP, JSIF, HEART, Strata Society, Benevolent Society, PTAs, CDC, Church Groups, Citizens Assoc
Tivoli	16, 0312	20.5%	HEART, SDC, CSI, Church Groups, Youth Clubs, CDC, PTA, DAC
Trench Town / Jones Town*	27,160	19.8	PMI, CSJP, JSIF, Agency for Inner-City Renewal, PTAs, DDC, Sports Clubs, Youth Clubs, JCF, JDF, KRC, SDC

*These 2 communities will be treated with separately and baseline data established.

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Communication & Creative Engagement

Fundraising

Programme Development

Core Executive Group

Project Management Office

Baseline & Evaluation

Communications

Integration

Risk Management

Governance & Finance

YUTE Governance Structure – Initiation Phase

Oct. 2010 – Jan. 2011

Advisory Council

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YUTE requires a total investment of J$874M over 2 ½ years.

• 43%, value of J$383.8M = long-term jobs, work experience and apprenticeship opportunities provided by private sector. These opportunities will be lodged in the Job Opportunity Bank (JOB).

• 20%, J$180M = access to existing Government of Jamaica programmes offered at Heart/NTA and credit for micro and small enterprises.

• 26%, J$227M cash = private corporations, international development partners and Jamaicans at home and overseas.

• 11% in-kind from private corporations

and Jamaicans, at home and overseas.

YUTE Investment Requirement

What we are proposing is a multisectoral alliance – between the public and private sectors and Civil Society. The Private Sector in this case will represent not just POSY members, but as many members of the private sector, including, formally, the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce and the Parish Chamber network, the MSME Alliance.

As you may already know, The POSY is the Secretariat for the ObraProgramme, a major initiative that seeks to strengthen partnerships to promote greater opportunities among the youth in the Caribbean and Latin America. In Jamaica, in addition to resources leveraged for new programmes, hundreds of “unattached” youth will benefit from expanded support for education and training to improve employability, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. We plan to expand this model for “YUTE” – drawing on more organisations - from the private sector to community-based organisations – leveraging resources, personnel, and ongoing programmes – in order to increase the impact to as many youths as possible.

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YUTE Impact

1st year: 2,200 young persons registered.

At the end of the 2-year period at least 1,295 will have permanent jobs or work experience:

• 1026 young persons will have had full- or part-time work

• a further 126 will establish enterprises

• 162 will be completing U Turn

At the end of the period, just under 1,000 YUTE

Participants will be involved in extended

re-socialization to increase their employability.

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^{Here’s what you and/or your company can do:}

^{• Contributions to the Job Opportunity Bank (JOB)}

^{Full-time, Part-time/Contract, Apprenticeship, Internship}

^{• Cash Donations}^{(one-time, quarterly, annually)}

^{Become a Patron of YUTE}

^{• In-kind contributions}^{(venue, refreshments, skill sets)}

^{• Mentorship}

Our Request From You

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Ways to Make a Deposit in the Job Opportunity Bank (JOB):

Identify an existing job within your business which needs to be filled immediately

we’ll match existing skills/training of our participants to your need

Tell us your anticipated workflow needs January 2012 onwards & we will train participants for them (job specific)

Fund a job:

at an emerging SME firm… the SME owner commits to make the post permanent in 12 months
in a social programme (e.g. JCF community works)

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Our Request From You

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Thank You!

We look forward to your commitment to YUTE