Gauteng to host the national consultations for the development of the B-BBEE Sector Code for the Events, Technical and Production Services Industry at Ditsong
The Events Technical Production Transformation Forum (ETPTF) through the support of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) will on Friday, 15 July 2022 conduct phase 2 consultations for the development of a B-BBEE Sector Code for the Events, Technical and Production Service Industry (ETPSI), an intervention to drive transformation. Phase 2 second session of consultation will take place at Ditsong Cultural Museum, Tshwane.
This follows the first session recently held in the Western Cape. This time around, stakeholders from across the different levels of the value chain of the ETPSI including industry business owners, employees, freelancers, event, technical and production companies, B-BBEE Practitioners, Civil Society, Labour unions and representatives from all 3 spheres of government will converge in Gauteng for another consultative session.
In October 2021, the ETPTF conducted Phase 1 of the consultations through a series of Webinars as the initial stage to create awareness for the sector to know about the process and participation in the development of the Sector Code.
The Events Technical Production Transformation Forum was formally established by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition to further the objectives of transformation within the Events Technical and Production Services Sector. To this end, the Forum was mandated to draft an Event, Technical and Production Services Industry Sector Code as per Government gazette No. 36928 of October 2013.
The process was then handed to the DSAC to provide support to the ETPTF for the facilitation of the national consultations and finalisation of the draft Sector Code prior to Gazetting.
Although South Africa is one of the leading countries in Africa, process of transformation is taking place at a slow pace, and there are still areas in the value chain that are not transformed. A sector strategy report commissioned by the DSAC in 2014 confirmed that there is a need for greater intervention in the sector for transformation to occur, particularly in areas such as ownership, leadership, access to events infrastructure, skills development, and access to financial resources.
Source: Government of South Africa