Department Of Small Business Development Mandate
Department Of Small Business Development Mandate
Mandate of the Department
The Department of Small Business Development is mandated to provide extensive support to small business and cooperatives through:
– Consolidated public agencies, including: Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA), Cooperatives Development Agency and Cooperatives Tribunal, and state-owned Companies
– Support enterprise coaching, including: Centres for Entrepreneurship and the Youth Enterprise Development Strategy
– Mentorship, including: National Business Uplifment Support
– Incubation, including: Incubation Support Programme
– Intensive support programmes, including: Support Programme for Industrial Innovation (SPII), Enterprise Development Programme, Gender and Women Empowerment Programmes and Cooperatives Incentive Scheme.
The Department undertakes to do this by taking into consideration the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, and strategies to develop the empowerment of the youth, women and cooperatives. The department will continue collaborating with provincial entities to advance the Cabinet Decision of 2007 which called for 85% procurement of ten specified products and services in areas of focus that include the green economy, ICT, energy, manufacturing as well as manufacturing.
The department is also mandated to enhance coordination and transversal agreements, and to advance localisation, leveraging on public support in support of small business.
Department Of Small Business Development Contact Details
Postal: Private Bag X672, Pretoria, 0001
Tel: 0861 843 384 / 012 394 5535/1813
Fax: 012 394 0339
Web: www.dsbd.gov.za
The mission of the Department of Small Business Development is to focus on enhanced support to small business and cooperatives, with an emphasis on programmes to advance entrepreneurship amongst women, the youth, and people with disabilities to contribute to job creation and economic growth.
The Department’s objectives are to: facilitate the development and growth of small businesses and cooperatives to contribute to inclusive and shared economic growth and job creation through public and private sector procurement; facilitate partnerships with all spheres of government as well as the private sector to ensure mutual cooperation that will benefit small businesses and cooperatives; advocate for a conducive regulatory environment for small businesses and cooperatives to enable access to finance, investment, trade equitable and market access in an and sustainable manner; and facilitate radical economic transformation through increased participation of small businesses and cooperatives in the mainstream economy.