The uMhlathuze Municipality is committed to contribute to poverty alleviation and job creation.
Suitably qualified service providers are therefore invited to submit quotations to pursue funding opportunities on behalf of the uMhlathuze Municipality from, amongst others,  National Treasury, the Development Bank of South Africa (i.e. the Jobs Fund) and the Department of Trade and Industry funding avenues.

Specific attention has to given to the following objectives:

• Projects and Programmes to be funded have to be linked to the Municipal IDP.
• Barriers to job creation have to be overcome by the project or programmes identified for funding intervention.
• Projects and Programmes identified can be co-financed by private, public and non government organizations.
• Project and Programme types could include enterprise development, infrastructure development, skills training and job placement as well institutional capacity building.
• Projects and Programmes should be innovative.

The preferred service provider will be required to undertake the following:

• Compile a comprehensive list of funding avenues that can be accessed that suite the above objectives.
• Compile a detailed record of the respective application processes, including submission closing dates and requirements.
• Identify the six most viable projects or programmes (linked to the Municipal IDP) in consultation with the Municipal Management.
• Pursue the application process from project/programme identification to the submission of final detailed applications.

Prospective service providers are required to provide a proposed project programme and details of suitable experience and success to the Office of the Deputy Municipal Manager: City Development by no later than 12h00 on 15 October 2012. Submission details are provided on the municipal website: www.richemp.org.za  

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Dr Clive Coetzee
General Manager:  Infrastructure Management and Economic Services
KZN Provincial Treasury
Economist (PhD UKZN)
033 897 4538
http://www.kzntreasury.gov.za/