Arab SMEs Summit kicks off: Jordan

Arab SMEs Summit kicks off: Jordan

The Arab Small- and Medium- Sized Enterprises (SMEs) summit kicked off on Sunday in Amman under the title “Opportunities Beyond Boarders”.

Deputising for HRH Crown Prince Hussein, Prime Minister Bisher Khaswaneh inaugurated the three-day summit, which is organised by the UN Economic and Social Committee for West Asian States (ESCWA) in cooperation with the Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation.

The summit serves as a regional platform to bring together national and global leaders of the public and private sectors, promoting the development of comprehensive policies and strategies that support SMEs in the Arab world and ease their access to local and international markets, according to event organisers.

The summit saw the participation of Arab ministers and ambassadors in addition to nearly 600 business sector representatives, official economic entities, economists, entrepreneurs, investors and business owners.

Organised annually, topics such as internationalisation, access to markets and global value chains, access to finance, green entrepreneurship, emerging technology trends and practical applications will be addressed at the summit over the course of three days.

In an address to the event, Khaswaneh said that the government is interested in supporting SME’s and helping them “get on the right track”, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.

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