• Counseling both potential and existing entrepreneurs
  • Assisting entrepreneurs to select a business idea that best suit them
  • Facilitating the setting-up of small enterprises
  • Guiding entrepreneurs to put up their Business Plan
  • Helping entrepreneurs to identify problems and opportunities and appropriate
  • solutions/strategies
  • Processing applications for exemption of Customs duty on machines and raw materials

2. Skills Development Programmes

  • Aim at improving skills and knowledge of entrepreneurs in selected areas
  • Entrepreneurship Development Programmes for potential entrepreneurs, including graduates
  • Programmes relate to Management, Technical and Human Relations
  • Programmes conducted by local specialists as well as foreign experts

3. Infomediary Services

  • SEHDA Documentation Centre - Information service and Internet facilities
  • Various books, guides, periodicals and reports are available
  • Access to databases (Kompass, etc.)

4. SEHDA Awards

  • Awards are organised on an annual basis
    • Export Awards
    • Technology & Innovation Awards
    • ICT Awards
  • Awards aim at enhancing export, innovatory, technological and ICT capabilities of Small Enterprises
  • Prizes and Prestige for best Small Enterprises
  • Identifying best practices and communicating them to other Small Enterprises

5. Business Forums

  • Allow local entrepreneurs to meet foreign businessmen and develop links
  • Improving the terms of sourcing of raw materials, semi-finished goods and accessories
  • Encouraging joint ventures - optimizing complementary resources and competences

6. Marketing Assistance

  • Marketing advice
  • Marketing Plan Preparation
  • Six sales outlets to enable handicraft operators to test, launch and market their products
    • SSR International Airport
    • Grand Baie
    • Caudan / Port Louis Waterfront (2)
    • Chamarel
    • Port Mathurin (Rodrigues) Airport
  • Organisation of local trade fairs
  • Assist entrepreneurs to participate in and visit Local, Regional and International Trade Fairs such as Salon Maison et Objets (Paris), Techmart India, Aroci (Madagascar)

7. Design Services

  • SEHDA operates a Design Unit at the Coromandel Workshop to assist entrepreneurs, particularly in the Handicraft Sector, to promote creativity and innovation through
    • Skills development
    • Technical advice
    • Counseling