KSA 9: Business Development and Innovation.
Thrust 3: Business Development.
Programme 2: Capacity building and training programmes.
Title :Water Incubator: Developing and Piloting the Transition of Water Graduates into Job Creators in the water and sanitation sector.
ToR ID :1009880
Contact Person: Dr Chantal Ramcharan-Kotze– chantalrk@wrc.org.za
Closing Date : 18 October 2021
Brief description of ToR
This initiative will form part of the broader Water Graduate Employment Programme (Water GEP) Phase 2 which falls under the Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES). The Water GEP is a partnership between the WRC, the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and National Treasury (NT) and will run for 9-12 months between November 2021 and September 2022. The overarching objective of the programme is to catalyse job creation in three inter-linked areas (work exposure placements, business incubation, and transitioning into employment) that supports sustainable economic development. The programme will also test opportunities from WRC portfolio around tools, products and services to be taken forward by entrepreneurs as strong science and community based businesses for the sector.
Scope: Develop and pilot a transitory business incubation model for 300 graduates that builds on previous investments in skills in the water sector to transition water, sanitation and other skills (undergraduate and post-graduate) into new areas of national contribution through intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial activities
