WESSA Annual Review: 2022-2023

WESSA’s Training, a testament to our commitment to empowering individuals and organisations in the pursuit of environmental excellence.

Training programmes and projects implemented in 2022/23 This year our significantly impacted beneficiaries’ lives by providing environmental skills and knowledge, enhancing employment opportunities and stepping stones into entrepreneurship. WESSA Training is versatile and flexible in its skills development training approach, considering both online and in-contact training. Our current statistic shows that this blended approach is highly needed, and we are currently exploring hybrid training solutions for citizens across the country. WESSA Training introduced a Learner Management System (LMS) in October 2022, providing live and recorded sessions for training. The system received positive feedback, leading to full scale training for one hundred and seventy one (171) Groen Sebenza interns in February and March 2023. The impact of implemented projects and programmes We implemented fourteen (14) training sessions, with Training programmes

the Impact Assessment (EIA) and Conduct Outcome Based Assessments (ETDP SETA accredited) being the most popular. WESSA certified programmes were the most implemented, accounting for 79% of the total. WESSA-Certified EIA Course focuses on the strategic and contextual application of the many environmental policies and frameworks in providing solutions or mitigating steps towards environmental challenges like pollution, biodiversity loss, and Environmental

climate change, empowering beneficiaries to track causes, impacts, self-correct, and promote sustainable resource utilization. The ETDP SETA Accredited Course, Conduct Outcome Based Assessments (Assessor’s course) offered 2022/23 Groen Sebenza Interns the opportunity to become self employed or generate income. This course equips learners with skills to prepare, conduct, and review assessments, allowing them to register with the SETA and generate income.

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