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5.2.1 The MIT-SME section: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
   

Prior to 1997, the small business development function rested within a Unit whose status was equivalent to that of a department and reported to a deputy minister. However,after a restructuring in 1997, the SME Unit was dismantled.25 It was re-instituted as the MIT-SME Section in July 2003 as the importance of SME development was elevated within the current government.

However, the Section is still small – in November 2003, it consisted of a head of section and two professionals, and had added one more professional by early 2004.26 Planning documents propose that the Section be expanded to 12 professionals by early 2004. The Section will have three divisions: (i) Improved Business Environment (BEST Programme); (ii) Information on SMEs and SME Development; and (iii) Financial Services and BDS for SMEs. In addition to adding to its staff complement, the SME Section will have to initiate the setting up of an SME Development Data Bank, produce an Annual Report on SMEs and a quarterly SME Newsletter, and develop a standardized information collection tool for on-going and planned SME interventions that will feed into the SME Development Data Bank.

The MIT-SME Section will act as Secretariat to the SME Forum, publish the Annual SME Report, and carry out the following tasks:

• prepare and review SME policy, undertake monitoring and evaluation of various interventions; • prepare plans and programmes for the development of SMEs and the informal sector; • monitor and evaluate the performance of SMEs and the informal sector; • establish and operate management information systems for SMEs; • enhance linkages between industrial support organizations (ISOs), research organizations and SMEs; • mobilize resources for SME development and administer the National Entrepreneurship Development Fund (NEDF); • coordinate SME development and liaise with ministries and other relevant institutions; • enhance the capacity of financial and non-financial service providers in serving SMEs; • set standards for delivery of BDS for SMEs; • initiate relevant research on SMEs; and • publish statistics on SMEs. To learn more about this author, visit International Labour Organization's Website.

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