• Amended National Small Business Act
• SEDA Strategic Imperatives
• Institutional Developments
• Draft Business Plan and Budget (Board to Approve)

2. Deliverables as per TOR

• Consultants Deliverables to date
• Consultants Outstanding Deliverables

3. Proposed Short Term Operational Emphasis

• Immediate Tasks / Non - Negotiables
• Other Critical Matters

To amend the National Small Business Act so as to

• repeal all provisions pertaining to Ntsika Enterprise Promotion Agency,
• provide for the establishment of the Small Enterprise Development Agency,
• Extend the mandate of Seda to include Cooperative enterprises,

• provide for matters connected therewith.

• SEDA established as a juristic person
• Incorporation of Ntsika and NAMAC
• Incorporation of agencies as designated by the Minister (CPPP)

• To design and implement development support programmes
• Promote a service delivery network that will increase the contribution of small enterprises to the South African Economy and promote economic growth, job creation and equity
• Strengthen the capacity of service providers
• Strengthen the capacity of small enterprises to compete domestically and internationally

National Small Business Act: Functions of SEDA

• Implement government policy for small enterprise development
• Design, develop and implement small enterprise development support programmes

• Access to non 'financial resources
• Market access
• Foster partnerships
• Develop service delivery network

• Minister can extend services provided by Seda to include financial services

• Design and implement a standard and common national delivery network that must uniformly apply throughout the Republic in respect of small enterprise development, integrating all government funded small enterprise support agencies across all tiers of government

• Establish provincial structures to ensure the effective implementation of its functions.

• In order to ensure that SEDA remains accountable to its beneficiaries the Board must at least once a year hold consultative meetings with stakeholders, beneficiaries and provincial representatives to discuss the activities and performance of the Agency

• The business plan must include an operational plan, a financial plan, a human resources and performance management plan as well as performance indicators for the purposes of monitoring and evaluation

National Small Business Act : Finances of SEDA

Funds of SEDA consists of

• Money appropriated by Parliament
• Grants, donations, bequests
• Money lawfully obtained from other sources

CEO is accounting officer

Financial year 1^st April to 31^st March

Accounts and balance sheet must be audited by Auditor-General

Transfer of Staff from Ntsika and NAMAC

Transfer of assets, liabilities, rights and obligations

Liquidation of Ntsika

Deregistration of NAMAC

• Build an enterprise to deliver small enterprise support

• Corporate Governance
• Strategy, Values and Goals
• Structure
• Systems and Business Processes
• Skills
• Staffing
• Other critical matters

• Build and implement an integrated service delivery network for small enterprise support services

• 9 Provincial SEDAs
• Network of Local SEDAs
• Service Provider Network

• Network Capacity Building

• NAMA C and Ntsika incorporated into SEDA

• Transfer of assets and liabilities
• Deregistration of NAMAC Trust
• Liquidation of Ntsika

• Staff transferred to SEDA

• NAMAC 53
• Ntsika 63
• CPPP 5
• Total 121

• SEDA organisational structure to be populated with existing staff

• Draft Organisational Structure and budget submitted for approval by board together with Business Plan

• Inception Report - May 2004
• Business Case - June 2004
• Diagnostic Reports - Sept 2004

• Financial Analyses
• Human Resources
• Market Impact Assessment

• Draft Business Plan - Jan 2005
• Report on the state of readiness of provinces - Jan2005
• Guidelines developed by provincial HODs - Jan 2005

• Change Management

• Climate Survey (Distribution of Questionnaire)
• Staff Workshops

• Executive management
• Senior Staff
• Junior staff
• All Staff
• Business Processes

• Finance
• Operational
• Human Resources

• Final Business Plan
• Consultations with LBSCs funded by Ntsika

• Finalise Organisational Structure

• Appoint Senior Team Members
• Form Management Committees

• Get Budget Approved By:

• Board
• dti/ National Treasury

• Communication With:

• MACs
• LBSCs

• - Provinces (implementation)

• MINMEC
• HODs
• Small Business Directorates
• Local Government

2, Integration of Staff Systems, Processes and Programmes

3. Outreach and Impact Small Enterprise Development Agency

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