SMEDA Structure
Under the Federal Ministry of Industries & Production, SMEDA is headed by a Chief Executive Officer who is a public appointment; a senior federal public official from the Federal Public Service Commission of the Government of Pakistan who directly reports to the Federal Secretary for Industries & Production.
The Organization is divided into four divisions on functional basis that are Central Support Division, Policy & Planning Division, Out Reach Division, and Business & Sector Development Service Division. Each division is headed by a General Manager directly reporting to the CEO. The General Managers, in most cases, are also senior federal public officials from the Federal Public Service Commission. The middle and frontline management are hired from the private sector on two year contract basis.
The Central Support Division include support departments like Human Resource, Administration, Account, PR & Marketing, MIS/IT, with an exception of Donor Coordination & International Linkages department which is responsible for developing and facilitation of International linkages and donor involvement in the country on SME development level.
Policy & Planning division is the research organ of the organization further divided into Research wing, Planning & Development wing and Policy development wing.
SMEDA has a country wide out reach with four main regional offices each headed by a Provincial Chief for each of the four provinces of Pakistan i.e. Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and North West Frontier Province these are further extended to 23 major cities of the country with a one-man office housed in prominent Chambers of Commerce & Industry which are called Regional Business Coordinators. The Outreach Division also includes Industry Support Cell and Training Services Department which is responsible for providing training services to SMEs.
Business & Sector Development Service Division works to extend various consultancy services such as Financial, Legal, Technical & Innovation, and Sector development. This division also houses the E-Services that SMEDA provides and the Industrial Information Network
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