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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
