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Kleinmond - With a deal that provides close to
R1.3bn to help create employment in South Africa, the European
Union and the British government are aiming, they say, to improve peoples'
lives here.
After signing the deal at the EU/SA summit on Friday, Karel de
Gucht, the commissioner for development and humanitarian aid and a former
Belgian foreign minister, said: "With this new relationship we continue to
build on our already extensive cooperation and trust that our commitment
will go some way to strengthening South Africa in its pursuit of the
millennium development goals."
According to Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies, who signed
on behalf of South Africa, the purpose of the programme is to assist the
economic sector departments of government to speed up economic growth and
provide more and better jobs for poor people.
It will also, Davies said, help increase the technical capacity
of economic cluster civil servants to support the framework response to the
economic crisis agreed in February. It will enable better planning and
coordination across departments in the three clusters.
Government departments in the economic sectors will have access
to additional funds to promote skills development and initiate programmes
that expand the capacity of the productive economy. It is also expected to
increase joint planning and cooperation across the clusters, and also with
civil society and the private sector.
National government will also be able to access funds to partner
provincial and local government, research institutions, labour and civil
society to find new ways of stimulating higher growth and so employment.
- I-Net Bridge