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Cultivating Global Pro Bono Programs

Dr Jurie van Niekerkjurievn@gmail.com 083 254 4146

CDC Development Solutions (CDS)

• 80+ Countries Over 22years

• Our Services & Divisions• Economic & Community Development• US Center for Citizen Diplomacy• MBAs Without Borders• Global Pro Bono

• Diverse Partners USAID US Department of State The World Bank IFC OSCE Pfizer John Deere IBM Novartis Dow Corning HP Deloitte BP Bechtel Total Alcoa EGLNG Goldcorp

CDS’s Partners in Development

Using International Corporate Volunteerism (ICV) as a Leadership and Development Tool

Benefits of ICV

Leadership Development Employee Engagement Contributing to CSR Strategies Business Development Community Engagement

Innovation & Product Development: Dow Corning’s Citizen Service Corps

New Market Development:IBM’s Corporate Service Corps

Triple Benefit: Employee, Company, & Local Client

• Hard and soft skill development• Increased motivation • Innovation for new products and skill

application• Improved leadership competencies

FORPARTICIPANTS

• Aligned with and reinforces Corporate Culture

• Brand strengthening• New market/product development• Employee Recruitment & Retention

FOR THECOMPANY

• Access to resources and new technology

• Improved service development• New staff skills• Bottom line growth

FOR THELOCAL

CLIENTS

ICV Benchmarking Survey

Twenty-two companies participated in this year’s survey

• Accenture• Becton Dickenson • Credit Suisse• Ernst & Young • FedEx Corporation • Mars• GlaxoSmithKline• IBM• Intel Corporation• John Deere• Mars

• PriceWaterhouseCoopers

• Merck & Co., Inc.• Novartis• Partners in Food

Solutions• PEPSICO• Pfizer Inc• PIMCO• Medtronic, Inc.SAP

AG• Telefonica• VALE

CDS ICV Benchmarking Survey 2013

Resulted in Three Major Conclusions and Observations:

Companies are confident that their programs’ benefits significantly outweigh the costs.

Different from 2012, there appears to be an increase in multinational project teams.

The major benefit for the sponsoring companies is enhancing the skills of the volunteers, especially leadership development.

Designing, Implementing, and Maintaining an ICV Program

Designing an ICV Program

• Interested in starting an ICV program at your organization but are not sure where to begin?

• Learn more by visiting the Center for Excellence in International Corporate Volunteerism (CEICV) at www.icvonline.org

• Here you can view an ICV Start-Up Guide that walk you through key decisions at each step of the process.

ICV Teams in South Africa

PROGRAM DESIGN• Short-term assignment • International team of SAP High Potentials• Team works to solve business challenges for

entrepreneurs and SMEs

PROGRAM GOALS• Provide learning opportunities for high-potential

SAP employees• Assist entrepreneurs and small businesses in

emerging markets• Help SAP employees hone leadership skills,

deepen cultural knowledge and connect with other emerging leaders from around the world.

Social Sabbatical Program

Social Sabbatical South Africa:Project Management and Capacity Building

BackgroundThe Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa(FTTSA) is a nonprofit inSouth Africa that delivers services to thetourism industry and implementsprojects on behalf of donors anddevelopment organizations. FTTSAwas appointed the secretariat of theSustainable Tourism CertificationAlliance Africa; therefore it is importantto have a strong and effectiveleadership to implement specific growthstrategies.

Produce a revised scope of work Establish impact indicators to be tracked over time Draft a written explanation

and recommendations for implementation

Client: Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa

ProjectThe goal is to empower the FTTSAteam that is now guiding the activities ofthe Alliance to improve capacity buildingin areas such as, project management,communications/social media, timemanagement and leadership, andfundraising.

DELIVERABLES

Corporate Service CorpsLeadership Development for a Globally Integrated Enterprise

PROGRAM GOALS• Provide “service” learning opportunities for high-performing IBM employees• To have social impact on the locations in which the programs operate• Provide opportunities to gain a foothold and foster growth in emerging markets

BENCHMARKS FOR SUCCESSLEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT• Team-based assignments fosters teamwork, collaborations, and the

development of new skills (communication, resilience, adaptability)

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT• Program closely aligned with IBM’s product and service strategies for

IBM’s growth markets

CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT• Teams take on big issues and propose strategic

solutions/recommendations• Structured program with specific goals ensures useful work gets done

and impact takes place

CSC South Africa: Education IT Strategy Review

BackgroundThe Department of Education is responsiblefor providing a high quality education toLimpopo’s children and youth.

Establish impact indicators to be tracked over the coming months Written

explanations and recommendations for implementation Proof of Concept for

base level ICT for school

Client: Limpopo Department of Education

ProjectProvide an ICT strategy for the educationdepartment in Limpopo. For example,technology infrastructure, school information(management) systems, hosting curriculummaterials, home-school communicationsystems, eLearning, professional networks &teacher collaboration, etc.DELIVERABLES

CSC South Africa: Partnership Development & Training

BackgroundRuliv is an organization ofmultidisciplinary professionals whichprovides multi-disciplinary servicespertaining to all aspects rural and urbandevelopment. The aim of the project is toimprove rural livelihoods (social, human,physical, natural and financial capital)through the production of sorghum, bothin terms of quantity and quality in orderto establish food security at householdlevel and also uplift the socio-economicwell-being of the rural communities.

Identify private sector partnerships for processing and marketing of products

Identify training needs and coordinate local level capacity building in processing

technology Provide an inventory of indigenous processing technology in

operational area

Client: RULIV, Promotion of Rural Livelihoods

ProjectDevelopment of an IndigenousProcessing Technology blueprint for theMaqhashu Sorghum Belt ProductionProject, a rural community-based project.

DELIVERABLES

Questions?

Contact details:

jurievn@gmail.comjvanniekerk@cdc.org

Cel: 083 254 4146