Research informs SETA’s decision-making and skills development priorities, giving it a competitive edge. As a result, the primary mission of the research unit is to conduct research and develop planning documents.

It conducts research to update the SSP and other strategic documents. The Research Agenda provides a list of research topics/themes that are updated annually.

Strategic Plan (SP) and Annual Performance Plan (APP)

SETA’s targets, priorities, programmes, and plans for a given period are outlined in the SP and APP.

The Research Unit produces the following documents:

Monitoring and Evaluation:

To determine the impact of the return on investment in the mining and minerals sector’s training programmes, against the number of people trained. It is an integral part of FoodBev Seta’s value chain and its contribution towards, among other things, organisational strategy, planning, monitoring, impact assessment and evaluation, and risk management enables the organisation to track its impact on skills development in the sector.

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