Description
This report provides a formative evaluation of the South Africa Jobs Fund. The aim of the evaluation is to assess the extent to which early elements of the Jobs Fund have been realised as well as the effectiveness, efficiency and relevance of the governance, institutional and operational frameworks set up to date, relative to the Fund’s mandate. The formative evaluation seeks to address the following four main evaluation questions:
? Are the currently established institutional, governance and operational structures effective and are they the most appropriate to reap the highest returns in a cost-effective manner?
? Have the identified funding windows captured the relevant and most beneficial sectors to create sustainable employment in South Africa over the next five years?1
? Does the DBSA’s operational structure effectively and efficiently address the tasks required to complete the mandate as articulated in the MoA?
? Have the various institutional and operational procedures implemented covered all aspects for good management of the Jobs Fund?
The evaluation was undertaken in November 2012 by a team from Oxford Policy Management, a UK consultancy company with offices in South Africa.
