Costed Action Plan for SADC Industrialization Strategy and Roadmap (vii) Investing in industrial parks and undertaking location improvements to help attract local and foreign investors to targeted industries. (viii) Catalyzing finance for industrial development (e.g. grants, loan guarantees and equity stakes) particularly for technologically oriented SMEs and start-ups in targeted industries. 4.7 Business linkages programme (i) Development of entrepreneurship and support to related education and training, as well as for strengthening business associations. (ii) Regional and global business linkages to facilitate establishment of cross-border enterprises and transmission of best business practices. (iii) Partnership between governments, transnational corporations (TNCs) and SMEs support agencies. 4.8 Key Messages a) Specific policy interventions are essential to deepen and improve interfaces between the four levels of - firm, cluster, regional and global. b) Capacity building to achieve this goal includes appropriate training and skills development, improved access to funding and closer coordination between various producers and actors in the value chain. c) Linkage programmes are required to strengthen SMEs, clusters and RVCs, supported by d) Entrepreneurship training programmes, and e) Closer ties between public and private sector actors. 42

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