The National Industrial Policy Framework (NIPF) which outlines urgent interventions to ensure South Africa is protected against the full impact of the international economic crisis is a sound platform on which to develop an action plan. However the Committee agreed with the Minister that the proposed implementation instrument known as the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) requires radical review if it is going to act as a catalyst to achieve its priority policy objectives. These include a higher growth rate, job creation and poverty eradication. Initially, the IPAP focused on interventions that would yield quick gains but in the light of the current economic environment the DTI must build on the success of these industrial interventions by further developing the IPAP with stronger structural interventions.