Free State Development Corporation

Working Together, Growing the Free State

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Who

ARE WE?

The Free State Corporation (FDC) is the official economic development agency for he Free State Province, established in terms of the FDC Act No.6 of 1995. Our mandate is to play a developmental role in growing the economy of the Free State by providing support to SMMEs, manufacturing, trade, investment promotion and facilitation.

We are a Schedule 3D Provincial Business Enterprise in terms of the Public Finance Management Act . As a specialist economic development agency, the FDC was formed to offer the people of the Free State and potential investors in the province a wide selection of services

Mission

Statements

  • To facilitate increased and sustained private sector investment focusing on strategic partnerships;
  • To facilitate inclusive market participation by prioritising women, youth and people with disabilities;
  • To assist the SMMEs with funding by providing loans;
  • To assist SMMEs in financial distress through provision of business development and support services;
  • Strive for delicate balancing of the twin challenges of achievement of development impact whilst ensuring that it is done in a sustainable manner;
  • To facilitate export trade through training and access to exhibitions platforms.

Vision

To drive economic growth and development in the Free State Province

Values

  • Ownership;
  • Passion;
  • Teamwork;
  • Integrity;
  • Accountability;
  •  Agility and
  • Transformation.

Organisational

Structure

The current structure of the FDC is that the various committees report to the Board of Directors who then report to DESTEA, as identified below:
Audit and Risk Committee
Finance and Information Technology Committee
Investment and Infrastructure Committee
Human Capital and Remuneration Committee
Social, Ethics and Governance Committee

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