1. SASSETA DISCRETIONARY GRANT APPLICATION PROCESSES WORKSHOP
Presented by: Mr Malefetsane Mosito – 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 govn depts

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?

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11. Thank you