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YSS officers devoted a full day to take stock of the programmes carried out and the outcomes on September 3, 2003 in preparation for the 2 day Review Workshop at Hotel Sri Malaysia at Gentings from September 6 & 7, 2003.
Planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation are very important stages in managing social projects and programmes. A whole year of implementation is almost over and there is a necessity to review the outcomes, taking stock of lessons, problems and charting the direction for the future.
All the key YSS officers presented reports based on a simple outline that was given to them prior to the review programme. They had to list the activities carried out first and then indicate whether they reached the target and guidelines set. They then had to identify the lessons learnt together while noting the factors that inhibited or enhanced community services.
Dr Denison Jayasooria in chairing the session pinpointed the need for reflection and analysis in the work carried out. This is possible when we first describe in details the basic data and then note the lessons learnt and the struggles addressed.
One by one the key officers provided an overview of their area of work. YSS work is now divided into 5 key areas namely:-
- Working with neighbourhood teams
- Working with families
- Working with women
- Working with schools groups
- Working with high risk youths
It was an interesting forum as this review is after a second year of implementation (Oct.2002 to Sept. 2003). YSS officers have come a long way in identifying the critical issues and concerns. There is leadership development and maturing among the staff team. As compared to the first year there has been much delegation from the ED to co-coordinating officers to administer the project and manage the fund effectively.
In the third year of implementation we will focus on consolidation of the work and further enlarging the outreach to many more places of operation. We also hope to become more target oriented, moving away from generic programmes to very specific and target oriented programmes with specific outcomes.
(Submitted on 7th September 2003)
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