Auto industry launches BEE coaching scheme

ANNA COX THE AUTOMOTIVE Industry Development Centre (AIDC) in Pretoria and the Eastern Cape have joined forces with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation to launch an Automotive Market Access Coaching Programme. Its aim is to assist local companies and stakeholders, especially SMMEs and black economic empowerment companies, to achieve sustainable market access by meeting global requirements and standards on mainstream supply chain and export opportunities. Industry players will be trained to become locally competitive first, moving forward to global standards and markets. The programme is designed to give smaller players the opportunity to develop and improve their operations to make them sustainable