North West Premier Kaobitsa Bushy Maape will this week lead a two-day Provincial Youth Summit which will focus on issues aimed at empowering and developing young people in the province. The Summit will also see the Premier launching the Youth Advocacy Programme whose agenda will centre on coordinating, monitoring and conducting oversight of all youth interventions and programmes in the province.
The hosting of this Youth Summit was pronounced by Premier Maape in his 2022 State of the Province Address in February and during the Office of the Premier Budget Vote and Policy Speech tabled in May this year, saying its objective will be to align all provincial youth development initiatives into a Provincial Plan in line with the Integrated Youth Development Strategy, this with a view to address the challenges that have faced young people in the past years.
Dubbed “Developing and Empowering youth to face the current harsh socio-economic conditions”, the summit will focus on soliciting plans from all sectors and develop a three-year Provincial Plan that will be coordinated through the District Development Model approach. This Provincial Plan will be based on the four pillars, namely - food security, talent development management, cultural edutainment and entrepreneurship support.
The summit which will be attended by young people from different youth formations in the province, will be held as follows:
Date: Thursday, 04 August and Friday, 05 August 2022
Time: 09:00
Venue: Rustenburg Civic Centre
Members of the media are invited to cover the two-day summit and send their details for accreditation to Ipeleng Matlabe on 078 475 7488 or email- IMatlabe@nwpg.gov.za.
For enquiries, contact:
Sello Tatai - Spokesperson to the Premier
North West Provincial Government
Cell: 064 756 2510/082 450 7842
E-mail: statai3@gmail.com
or
Mr Brian Setswambung - Provincial Head of Communication
Office of the Premier
North West Provincial Government
Cell: 076 012 4501
Email: BSetswambung@nwpg.gov.za
