Scope of Work
The Trade and Industry Chamber
seeks to reach consensus and make agreements on matters pertaining
to the economic and social dimensions of trade, as well as
industrial, mining, agricultural and services policies, and the
associated institutions of delivery.
Chambers Modus Operandi
Most of the substantive work of the
Chamber is done in Task Teams comprising of representatives of
stakeholders that have specific knowledge of the relevant subject
matter. The work of the Task Team is governed by Terms of
Reference, which are developed by the Chamber. The outcome of work
done in the Task Teams is submitted to the Chamber for
consideration and ratification. Once the Task Team report is signed
off by the Chamber, it is then tabled at the Management Committee
for final consideration and sign off.
Meeting Target for 2008/9
The Chamber is required to meet at
least six (6) times in each financial year. Representation in the
Chamber is made up of six (6) mandated representatives from
Organised Labour, Business and Government.
The Chamber has several substructures, including:
- The Fund for Research into Industrial Development, Growth and
Equity subcommittee (Fridge), which is funded by the
Department of Trade and Industry, and aims to enhance
competitiveness by South African industry, through research
projects proposed and guided by the constituencies.
- The technical sectoral liaison committee (Teselico) which aims
to enhance trade-related social dialogue, including in the
negotiation of trade agreements and interactions with the World
Trade Organisation.
Trade and Industry Chamber Convenors:
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Nozipho Ngema
Chamber Administrator |
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Tshegofatso Mokone
Chamber Administrator |
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The Chamber deals with the following:
| Regulations |
- B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice
- Consumer Protection
- Companies Bill
- Regulatory Impact Assessment
- Small Scale and Subsistence Fisheries
- Anti-Dumping
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| Sector Summits |
- Chemicals
- Metals and Engineering
- Construction
- Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
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| Policies and Strategies |
- Industrial Policy and Action Plan
- Labour Intensive Sectors
- Industrial Financing
- Cooperatives Strategy
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| Monitoring and
Evaluation |
- BEE Impact Review
- Review of Customised Sector Programmes
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| Trade and Trade
Negotiations |
- Trade and Industrial Policy
- Regional Investment and Development
- Trade Monitoring
- Export Strategy
- Memoranda of Understanding
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Issues currently on the chamber's agenda
include:
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Issues currently on the agenda of the Chamber
include:
- Consumer Protection Bill
- BBBEE Codes of Good Practice
- Cooperatives Strategy
- National Technical Regulatory Framework
- Preferential Procurement
- Sector Skills Plans
- Industrial
Policy
- Trade Negotiations
- Trade Monitoring
- MOUs
- Sector Summits
- Fridge
- Fisheries Policy
- Energy Bill
- Competition Amendment Bill
- National electricity emergency response
- Water resource infrastructure agency Bill
- Radioactive waste management Bill
- National road traffic amendment Bill
- National land transport Bill
- Companies Bill
- Chemical Sector Summit
- Pharmaceutical Sub-Sector Strategy
- Construction Sector Summit
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Fridge Studies:
- Import parity- Chemical Sector
- GDS indicators
- Retail Sector Study
- Regional Investment & Development: The role of SA investors
in the rest of Africa
- Labour intensive Sector
- Water Infrastructure
- Overview of the Economic instruments to support climate
change mitigation
- Electricity Tariffs
- NAMA Study
- Trade Monitoring Study
- Essential Oils Study
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Achievements and Agreements
Reached
Further information about the work of the Chamber can be
found in Nedlac's Annual Reports:
1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
2009