Technology and Innovation indictors (ASTII) - however, data does not cover innovation activities by informal enterprises. Facilitating start-ups A few initiatives (such as the Awethu Project) are Adaptation of SME and proactively seeking for innovative potential in entrepreneurship policies for marginalized communities. the informal economy Support schemes by DTI - the Youth Enterprise Development Strategy, and the Small Enterprises Development Agency (SEDA); business incubators and NGOs across the country, aim at Stimulating linkages between facilitating start-ups. formal and informal actors, and the integration of the IE in formal sector value chains with a view to Programs or initiatives proactively seeking to transferring skills to IE workers integrate informal economy actors into formal Efforts to enhance forward value chains are scarce and much needed. City and backward linkages, Informal Trading By-Laws aim to harmonize the including to the formal sector relationship between informal and formal and public institutions economic activities. Facilitating the assimilation of The recently established Youth Enterprise innovations created elsewhere by Development Strategy (YEDS) seeks effectively channeling existing partnerships between government, the private knowledge and technology sector and civil society to materialise its support to informal youth entrepreneurs. Fostering access to technology and information SEDA Technology Programme (STP), and technology transfer organizations (such as TUT Others potential interventions* Technology Station in Chemicals, Chemin and others) facilitate access of informal entrepreneurs to existing knowledge and technology. Other interventions, such as demand-side measures; prizes for informal entrepreneurs; improving IE actor organization; strengthening of intermediary organizations, etc., remain scarce and have been pointed out as critical in order to support the vast potential of informal entrepreneurship. 7) Intellectual property policies Needs assessment The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), is mandated by the Overcoming the hurdles in Companies Act, 2008 (Act 71 of 2008) and is the accessing the IP system custodian of the IP regulatory framework in Awareness-raising and Africa. The National Intellectual Property training on IP Management Office (NIPMO) established in 2011, aims to ensure that recipients of funding from a government funding agency assess,
Facilitating start-ups Adaptation of SME and entrepreneurship policies for the informal economy Stimulating linkages between formal and informal actors, and the integration of the IE in formal sector value chains with a view to transferring skills to IE workers Efforts to enhance forward and backward linkages, including to the formal sector and public institutions Facilitating the assimilation of innovations created elsewhere by effectively channeling existing knowledge and technology Fostering access to technology and information Others potential interventions* Technology and Innovation indictors (ASTII) - however, data does not cover innovation activities by informal enterprises. A few initiatives (such as the Awethu Project) are proactively seeking for innovative potential in marginalized communities. Support schemes by DTI - the Youth Enterprise Development Strategy, and the Small Enterprises Development Agency (SEDA); business incubators and NGOs across the country, aim at facilitating start-ups. Programs or initiatives proactively seeking to integrate informal economy actors into formal value chains are scarce and much needed. City Informal Trading By-Laws aim to harmonize the relationship between informal and formal economic activities. The recently established Youth Enterprise Development Strategy (YEDS) seeks partnerships between government, the private sector and civil society to materialise its support to informal youth entrepreneurs. SEDA Technology Programme (STP), and technology transfer organizations (such as TUT Technology Station in Chemicals, Chemin and others) facilitate access of informal entrepreneurs to existing knowledge and technology. Other interventions, such as demand-side measures; prizes for informal entrepreneurs; improving IE actor organization; strengthening of intermediary organizations, etc., remain scarce and have been pointed out as critical in order to support the vast potential of informal entrepreneurship. 7) Intellectual property policies Needs assessment Overcoming the hurdles in accessing the IP system Awareness-raising and training on IP The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), is mandated by the Companies Act, 2008 (Act 71 of 2008) and is the custodian of the IP regulatory framework in Africa. The National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) established in 2011, aims to ensure that recipients of funding from a government funding agency assess,
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