In partnership with The Youth Development Collaboration Lab (YD Co-lab) the Bertha Centre team initiated and completed the Youth Development Ecosystem Mapping .

The mapping aims to foster greater transparency among youth development stakeholders and ultimately enhance collective impact. As youth employment initiatives are not well coordinated, the mapping was identified as an important component of a functional youth development environment, since documenting who is currently operating in the space is one step closer to understanding it.

A copy of the report can be found on the YD Co-lab website (click here)

The Bertha Centre are  founding member of the organisation, and currently sit on and lead it’s steering committee.

For capacity building opportunities, view YD Co-lab social media pages for more.

Ecosystem Mapping and Social Innovation Review

Is your organisation active in the youth development sector in South Africa? Are you interested in finding out who else operates in the youth development ecosystem and what they do? Are you interested in opportunities that connect young people to youth development opportunities?

Then we have an opportunity for you.

The Youth Innovation portfolio at the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship are kicking off the second leg of the Ecosystem Mapping project, which follows the survey produced by the YD Co-Lab - Youth Development Collaboration Lab (YD Co-Lab), a collaborative network of organisations and individuals working to advance youth development and empowerment in South Africa.

We invite all youth organisations to participate in our call for responses for ‘Youth Ecosystem Mapping’. The survey responses will be used for three key purposes:

1. To develop profiles of youth development organisations, which will be housed on the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship website and the YD Co-Lab website.
2. To produce a report that will highlight and showcase socially innovative practice happening across the youth development ecosystem.
3. To reduce the number of young people not in formal Education, Training or Employment by connecting them to organisations and resources.

TRAINING PRIZES UP FOR GRABS

We also have a series of prizes for a few lucky individuals/organisations. Once you complete the survey your name will go into a raffle, and you will have the chance of winning training opportunities. The Bertha Centre will pay for a staff member of your team to attend a training or course you choose. The Centre will contribute up to R5000. This offer will be made available for 8 people/organisations.

 PARTICIPATE IN SURVEY HERE.