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<item><title><![CDATA[Eastern Cape Provincial Jobs Strategy (07 May 2012)]]></title><link>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/45/Eastern-Cape-Provincial-Jobs-Strategy</link><guid>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/45/Eastern-Cape-Provincial-Jobs-Strategy</guid><description><![CDATA[The Eastern Cape provincial government has developed a Provincial Jobs Strategy to present the Provincial Government’s understanding of the present provincial jobs and skills crises. You can download the strategy here.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[District Socio-Economic Factsheets (19 April 2012)]]></title><link>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/44/District-Socio-Economic-Factsheets</link><guid>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/44/District-Socio-Economic-Factsheets</guid><description><![CDATA[Looking for easy access to economic information about districts in the Eastern Cape? Please take a look at ECSECC's new district factsheets. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting AIDS in a time of austerity (10 April 2012)]]></title><link>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/43/Fighting-AIDS-in-a-time-of-austerity</link><guid>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/43/Fighting-AIDS-in-a-time-of-austerity</guid><description><![CDATA[Join us for a discussion seminar that will examine how the rules and norms of global governance have shaped the context of policy responses to the pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, and how these material struggles are intimately bound up with struggles over the frames through which the disease is portrayed and perceived by key policy actors and the public. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Accords - Five Million New Jobs by 2020 (03 April 2012)]]></title><link>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/41/Four-Accords---Five-Million-New-Jobs-by-2020</link><guid>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/41/Four-Accords---Five-Million-New-Jobs-by-2020</guid><description><![CDATA[Government and its social partners recently signed a number of accords. Acdords were signed in the area of Skills, Basic Education, Local Procurement and Green Economy. ECSECC's Policy Brief no 1 2012 contains the text of the four accords.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[37% unemployment rate among youth in the Eastern Cape (03 April 2012)]]></title><link>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/42/37-unemployment-rate-among-youth-in-the-Eastern-Cape</link><guid>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/42/37-unemployment-rate-among-youth-in-the-Eastern-Cape</guid><description><![CDATA[In 2011 more than 60% of youths between 15 and 19 years and more than 50% of youths between 20 and 24 years in the EC were unemployed. ECSECC's economic update on Youth Employment and Unemployment provides an analysis of some of the labour market challenges facing young people in the Eastern Cape ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eastern Cape Automotive Cluster launched (20 March 2012)]]></title><link>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/40/Eastern-Cape-Automotive-Cluster-launched</link><guid>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/40/Eastern-Cape-Automotive-Cluster-launched</guid><description><![CDATA[The Eastern Cape Automotive cluster was launched in Port Elizabeth on the 19th of March 2012. The initiative will see joint collaboration among stakeholders to respond to opportunities and challenges in the sector.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eastern Cape Auto-sector cluster to be launched in March (27 February 2012)]]></title><link>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/39/Eastern-Cape-Auto-sector-cluster-to-be-launched-in-March</link><guid>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/39/Eastern-Cape-Auto-sector-cluster-to-be-launched-in-March</guid><description><![CDATA[The Eastern Cape automotive cluster will be launched in early March, despite governance arrangements for the cluster still needing to be established prior to that, Eastern Cape automotive cluster support initiative provincial coordinator Martin Sycholt tells Engineering News.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mother-tongue schooling a vital factor in better results (23 February 2012)]]></title><link>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/38/Mother-tongue-schooling-a-vital-factor-in-better-results</link><guid>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/38/Mother-tongue-schooling-a-vital-factor-in-better-results</guid><description><![CDATA[The history of language medium policy  demonstrates the positive impact that a  mother-tongue-based approach has on  matric results. ECSECC's Daryl Braam writes about the importance of mother-tounge based education in the Daily Dispatch. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eastern Cape to launch auto sector cluster in March  (31 January 2012)]]></title><link>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/37/Eastern-Cape-to-launch-auto-sector-cluster-in-March-</link><guid>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/37/Eastern-Cape-to-launch-auto-sector-cluster-in-March-</guid><description><![CDATA[The Eastern Cape will launch a provincial automotive industry cluster in March, with the aim of improving and sustaining the competitiveness of the region as a vehicle manufacturing hub.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Working Paper 15 released (30 January 2012)]]></title><link>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/35/Working-Paper-15-released</link><guid>http://www.ecsecc.org/news-article/35/Working-Paper-15-released</guid><description><![CDATA[ECSECC Working Paper 15 entitled Benchmarking study on municipalities and communities in mining initiatives has been published.]]></description></item>    
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