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The inclusive government's 100 day plan: A reflection of hope or doom
National Youth Development Trust (NYDT)
November 13 , 2009

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Background

The National Youth Development Trust, through the Bulawayo Youth Council, launched a series of meetings to review the Inclusive Government's (IG) first 100 Day Plan in the month of September. The 100 Day Plan which was launched on the 29th of April 2009 came to its conclusive end on the 6th of August 2009. The plan, which was described at its launch by the Prime Minister as being reflective of a realisation that it is only through working together that the parties in government can overcome significant challenges in the country, was launched primarily as an implementation plan of achievable goals set out in STERP and in the GPA.

The 100 Day Plan states that as a measure of increasing efficiency Ministries were grouped into five sector specific clusters namely Rights and Interests, Economic, Social, Infrastructure, and Security. It is understood that during the Ministerial retreat which produced the document, Ministries were expected to come up with targets of what they can achieve in a 100 days. These targets were not to be imposed on respective ministries but were to be set out looking at the amount of work that needs to be done and the time period at hand.

The series of meetings launched by the organisation under the theme; The Inclusive Government's 100 Day Plan: Successes and Challenges were meant to provide young people with an opportunity of evaluating the successes and failures of government in implementing the 100day plan. Secondly these meetings were meant to establish if youths really know what the 100-day plan was all about and if it meant anything to them.

The organisation adopted a multitier strategy in conducting these consultative meetings. The first stage was that of conducting ward based focus group meetings. The youth councillors mobilised young people in their wards to participate in these meetings. An average of 25 youths attended the meetings and a total of four meetings were held. The next stage was that of public meetings at constituency level. At each of these meetings a presenter was engaged to give direction to the meeting after which young people were given an opportunity to share their views. The last stage was that of compiling the information gathered into a policy paper with recommendations. The position paper will then be distributed to the strategic stakeholders.

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