Presented by: Mr Malefetsane Mosito – Projects Management Practitioner

1. SASSETA DISCRETIONARY GRANT APPLICATION PROCESSES WORKSHOP Presented by: Mr MalefetsaneMosito – Projects Management Practitioner

2. WHO QUALIFIES TO APPLY FOR THE SASSETA DG GRANT? • Employers who are within the jurisdiction of SASSETA who are up to date with their levy payments or who are exempted in terms of the SDLA of 1999 • Employers who have submitted the WSP /ATR • Employers who are registered under the Companies Act of 2008 (as amended) • Legal Employers who are registered with the law society • Employers who comply with TAX regulations • Private Providers who will train for the govndepts

3. WHAT IS A DISCRETIONARY GRANT? • The skills development act provides for allocation of 20% of SETA Budgets to Discretionary Grants The Discretionary Grant is a grant paid to employers at the discretion of the SASSETA Board for skills development projects that will lead to the achievements of the following: • NSDS III targets • Critical and scarce skills identified in our SSP • Outcomes based /NQF Aligned training

4. HOW TO APPLY FOR THE SASSETA DISCRETIONARY GRANT? • Applicants should submit their Discretionary Grant application/s using the prescribed SASSETA Discretionary Grant Application Forms in line with the Circular 1 of 2012/13 on Discretionary Grant • DG Application Forms: • DG 01: Government Department Employer Application • DG 02: Private Security Employer Application • DG03 : Legal Employer Application • DG04 : Private Security Employer which is also a provider • DG 05: Private Application offering to host training in partnership with a SASSETA Employer

5. HOW TO APPLY FOR THE SASSETA DISCRETIONARY GRANT? (Continued) • Application forms must be complete and the following attachments must be appended as required: • Original tax clearance certificate • Confirmation of BEE status • Accreditation details • Proposed Project Plan

6. WHEN TO APPLY • The SETA will publish request for proposals (RFP) in the national newspapers, as well as the SASSETA website. • The Discretionary Grant applications must be submitted to SASSETA office by the date specified in the Request for Proposals. • Applications for Discretionary Grants must be approved by SASSETA before any training or other activity related to the skills development project applied for can commence

7. WHAT TO ENSURE WHEN APPLYING • Applicants need only apply on identified Qualifications/Unit Standards • A detailed proper costing submitted • A high level project plan submitted • Contactable references submitted • Projects are properly scoped • Learners to be trained have been identified • Provision for Transformational Imperatives to be achieved

8. COMMON APPLICATION MISTAKES • Company Registration documents not attached • Valid Tax Clearance • Application not responding to the advert • Accreditation details listing programmes applying for not provided • Application forms not fully signed • Employer applications without training provider details • Project costing not detailed and itemised • Applying for different project using one application form • Failure to submit contactable references where applicable

9. QUESTIONS?

10. Contact Details email: dg@sasseta.org.za Tel: 011 347 0200 Fax: 011 805 6630 Call Centre: 086 110 2477 website: www.sasseta.org.za email: mmosito@sasseta.org.za Tel: 011 347 0291 Fax: 086 537 8161

11. Thank you