The mandate of SMEDAN as contained in the enabling Act can be summarized as follows:
Stimulating, monitoring and coordinating the development of the MSMEs sub-sector;
Initiating and articulating policy ideas for small and medium enterprises growth and development;
Promoting and facilitating development programmes, instruments and support services to accelerate the development and modernization of MSME operations;
Serving as vanguard for rural industrialization, poverty reduction, job creation and enhanced livelihoods;
Linking MSMEs to internal and external sources of finance, appropriate technology, technical skills as well as to large enterprises;
Promoting and providing access to industrial infrastructures such as layouts, incubators, industrial parks;
Intermediating between MSMEs and Government [SMEDAN is the voice of the MSMEs];
Working in contact with other institutions in both public and private sector to create a good enabling environment of business in general, and MSME activities in particular.
