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Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Services SETA) is accepting applications for its Call for Special Projects Proposals 2026/2027. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it
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Opportunity Details
The Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Services SETA) is offering Special Projects Discretionary Grant funding to address urgent national priorities, sector transformation needs and systemic constraints. These grants go beyond ordinary funding windows and are designed to support high-impact initiatives that create measurable social and economic outcomes.
The funding focuses on equity, inclusion, transformation and community upliftment in alignment with South Africa’s development objectives.
The Special Projects funding stream is designed to:
Catalyze meaningful social and economic change
Address sector-wide transformation challenges
Remove systemic barriers that limit skills development and employment
Support initiatives that benefit underserved communities
Promote inclusive participation of youth, women, persons with disabilities and military veterans
Strengthen South Africa’s services sector for long-term growth
NGOs, NPOs, NPCs, CBOs, organizations of persons with disabilities, and groups supporting military veterans.
Must comply with South African law, tax requirements, and governance standards.
Must demonstrate capacity for project delivery, monitoring, and reporting.
Review eligibility requirements and ensure your organization meets compliance criteria.
Identify which priority area(s) your project directly addresses.
Design a project with clear objectives, outputs, outcomes and measurable impact.
Develop a proposal demonstrating alignment with Services SETA priorities and transformation goals.
Prepare supporting documentation (registration, tax compliance, governance structures).
Submit the application through the official Services SETA portal or prescribed method.
Await evaluation, which considers relevance, impact potential, governance strength and alignment with national priorities.
