Guidelines on the Implementation of SETA Grant Regulations

Purpose

These guidelines are intended to assist the Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) in the development of internal policies and procedures in response to the Grant Regulations, 3 December 2012. The Regulations have been kept deliberately simple, so as to enable SETAs as much room as possible to interpret and implement the requirements in the context of sector needs. This is in line with the Department’s approach in NSDSIII which was to set clear objectives but avoid specific targets. It is important that SETAs should be able to develop Sector Skills Plans that address sector needs in the context of a national strategy and framework.

The Department has in the same way provided regulation in terms of the percentages to be allowed for administration and mandatory grants, and has directed that the majority of discretionary funds should be spent on PIVOTAL programmes that address scarce and critical skills needs, but has stopped short of regulating detail of how funds should be spent and imposing any form of policy on the SETAs.

The purpose of the regulations is to improve the focus, management, and effectiveness of SETA grant spending. More detail could have been included in the regulations in respect of SETA grants policies and procedures, but it was felt that guidelines would be more useful than strict rules. The following guidelines are provided to SETAs to enable the development of policies and procedures for the allocation, monitoring and reporting of spending of both mandatory and discretionary grants. The expectation is that when developing policies and procedures aligned to the Regulations SETAs will take careful note of these guidelines when allocating resources to programmes.

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