Support for participating organizations varies greatly depending on the specific needs of each organization. In general, these are the services we provide:

Facilities and Equipment:

The SAMRO Foundation Stakeholder Hub is located at 4th floor SAMRO Place, 20 De Korte Street, Braamfontein.   Each hub resident is provided with either furnished office space or access to a complete workstation, a private phone line and voice mail; internet and Wi-Fi. Participants are also given access to boardroom and conference rooms, kitchens, and our collection of arts industry research materials.

Administrative and Secretariat Support

Coordination and support for board and organisational meetings

General administrative support

Technical and Organisational Development Support

Forums and Workshops: The Stakeholder Hub provides monthly business forums and work­shops in key management areas including: corporate structure, financing, fundraising, marketing, program development, legal, personnel and strategic planning. These workshops are open not only to organisations who are members of the HUB, but also to the members that they represent, including writers, musicians, composers, visual artists, arts administrators, educators, board members, and other interested parties.

Materials and Library Resources/Archives

To compliment the workshops and forums, the SAMRO Foundation Stakeholder Hub maintains a variety of material resources, including: a collection of arts management books and periodicals; corporate, government and foundation funding files; databases of press contacts, and funders. The Hub will also compile a calendar of funding deadlines, outside management workshops, and other resource informa­tion which is provided to incubator participants.

Both the workshops and materials library functions of the HUB link to the SAMRO Foundation strategic priority of “Improving the knowledge base on the South African Music Industry” and also the creative industries knowledge in general.