Capacity Building Programme for Employment Promotion (CBPEP)

Innovative solutions for employment in South Africa

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RECENT EVENTS

EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN SOUTH AFRICA: CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

A thought leadership colloquium
10-11 March 2020

This meeting brought together top decision-makers in government and leading thinkers in academia and NGOs to debate key issues in employment-promoting and growth sectors as well as cross-sectoral interventions to retain and grow employment in South Africa.

A dialogue between youth representatives and stakeholders highlighting the importance of a project like the BPSY

Find out more about what the youth and stakeholders have to say about challenges of, and support needed for, the transition from education into employment.

Watch the methodology for the ILO SCORE programme

December 2, 2020

The innovative and adaptive methods of SCORE can be applied to any sector to bring about long-lasting improvements in supplier practices. The hands-on consultancy will provide companies with robust processes to improve business.

Basic Package of Support

The basic package of support provides a client-centred approach to youth training, counselling and employment. This project aims to adapt strategies and best practices from around the world, applying them to the South African context.

A holistic approach to youth support

Land reform for employment

Land reform can create jobs in South Africa. But what kind of land reform would create the most jobs and what next steps should the government take? This research answers those questions.

Supporting informed debate on and reform, employment and productivity

ABOUT CBPEP

CBPEP, the EU-funded Capacity Building Programme for Employment Promotion, is assisting the government of South Africa to meet the key national objective of reducing unemployment, by building institutional and organisational capacity for employment promotion.

With a focus on:

Youth transitions from school to work

Support for small- and medium-size enterprises and informal sector employment

Enhancing the responsiveness of further education and skills development programmes to the needs of the labour market

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