Business as usual for GFC

The Gauteng Department of Economic Development has confirmed that the process of reducing the existing agencies of the Department of Economic Development to three proposed agencies will be completed by the end of this financial year (March 2011). Following this announcement, the Gauteng Film Commission (GFC) wishes to assure the film and TV industry that it will be business as usual for the remainder of the current financial year.

The restructuring will entail the merger of existing agencies and the rationalisation of mandates and functions into the three new proposed agencies. the Growth and Employment Agency, the Tourism Promotion Agency and the Industry Regulation Agency. During this period, the industry and other stakeholders of the GFC will be consulted.

The review of the Gauteng provincial government and its agencies were undertaken with the objective of rationalising and improving service delivery in the province. It has given assurances that the implementation of the new structures will take place in a carefully managed environment ensuring that government leverages existing capacities and competencies and target a simplified operational model to address problems and weaknesses identified during the review process.