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BEE Tourism www.tourismbee To encourage the transformation of the tourism

Charter and charter.co.za industry, DEAT together with the Tourism

Scorecard Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA)

drafted the Tourism BEE Charter and Scorecard
in 2005 to advance the overall objectives of the
Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Act
of 2003.This policy outlines the actions tourism
organizations need to take in order to become
BEE compliant.The Charter looks at seven areas
where organizations can 'score' BEE points:
ownership, strategic representation, employment
equity, skills development, preferential procure-
ment, enterprise development and social
development and industry specific indicators.

Tourism Enterprise www.tep.co.za TEP is a joint DEAT and Business Trust (BT)

Programme (TEP) initiative to encourage the growth and

development of SMMEs within the South African
tourism sector. It is a government policy vehicle
designed to bring about the Tourism Action Plan
(TAP).TEP provides marketing support for
events, helps SMMEs in business plan develop-
ment, supports training, facilitates in licensing and
certification procedures and assists in the tender-
ing process for these businesses to become
suppliers.

Tourism, www.theta.org.za Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Education

Hospitality & Authority (THETA) is the Sector Education and

Sport Education Training Authority for the tourism, hospitality and

Training Authority sports sectors.THETA aims to raise the standards

(THETA) of skills in these sectors and provide guidelines to

ensure quality and appropriateness by providing
training for skills that are most required by
employers in the tourism sector.

Pro-Poor Tourism www.pptpilot.org.za/ The aim of this project was to assist southern

(PPT) Pilots African tourism enterprises to expand their

understanding and use of Pro-Poor Tourism (PPT)
strategies.The project focused on identifying and
implementing strategies that benefit local people
or enterprises and make business sense to the
company.This pilot programme ran from May
2002 to May 2005. Its impacts have been felt
both in the companies and the communities
involved.