Pop-UP MAKERSPACE at the Village on Frere

The Pop-UP MAKERSPACE  at Skills Village is a challenge to young Innovative Creative Entrepreneurs to create an Event Value Chain Platform for producers and consumers to connect, interact, create and exchange value.

Participants on an Event Coordination training programme for the Gauteng Department of Economic Development are being challenged to showcase their plans to grow Event Tourism in local communities by preparing, planning and producing events aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals.     

12 old buildings on Frere Road, Bez Valley - on the Eastern  edge of the Inner City of Joburg, in the province of Gauteng is the set for  the PoP-UP MAKERSPACE where Participants are challenged to identify and bring to market commodities, goods, services and experiences that they can develop that will support local community events and markets  

Government, Business and Individuals are challenged to Share Value  through Skills, Enterprise, Supplier and Socio-Economic Development  activities and programmes that can address growing inequality.       "SHARED VALUE is not social responsibility, philanthropy or sustainability but a new way for companies to achieve economic success"   (Michael Porter  :  sharedvalue.org/video-2017-svleaders )  

12 venues in the Skills Village  MAKERSPACE have been identified to support cooperative, collaborative, community groups to showcase offerings and aspirations on the 17th and 18th November 2017 as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week. 

1.    95 on Frere 

• Finance, Marketing, Project Management, Procurement. 
• Market stalls
• Hiring Shared Services Opportunities : Laundry, Draping, Linen, Chaircovers  
• Safety, Security, Property
• The Chess Room 
• The Observatory 
• The Roof Top 

2.    93 on Frere 

• The Firehouse
• IT
• The Florist 

• Backdrops 
• Sewing
• Photography

• Carpentry
• Pottery
• Welding - Maintenance 
• ThemeXperience 
• Market Day Stalls
• FUNdamental FUNfair 
• The Birthday Club 
• The Art Gallery

• The Tin House Early Childhood Development  
• Design of the TImes 
• Sewing  

• Signology - Printing
• The Kitchen

• The Theatre
• The Studio
• The Green Space 

• Bitco Internet Development Centre
• The Local Story Exchange
• Roots & Shoots Club
• Mini Chess
• Hlumelelisa - Horticulture in Prisons
• Mary's Community Centre 

• Skills Village Training Centre
  • Sustainable Development Goals proposed SHARED VALUE PARADE - October 2018 
  • Heroes for Change - Childrens SDG  Activities 
  • Respect for All
  • 64 Days for non-violence
• Human Resources Hub
• Life's a Ball