QNA /Doha
The Qatar Chamber (QC) will next Tuesday host its first conference for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship and to stimulate services for SMEs.
“As part of our mission to empower SMEs, we are planning to host an annual conference in Doha with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship, to stimulate services for SMEs, to support diversification and to create employment opportunities for the national workforce,” HE chairman of the QC and International Chamber of Commerce Qatar (ICC Qatar), Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani, said in a press release yesterday.
The 1st Qatar Chamber SMEs Conference is being jointly organised by the Qatar Chamber, Qatar Stock Exchange, ICC Qatar and German Emirati Joint Council for Industry & Commerce (AHK).
The event is sponsored by the Qatar Development Bank (QDB), which is also the strategic partner, and the Qatar National Bank (QNB).
The main aim of the conference is to provide aspiring entrepreneurs with the tools and knowledge they need by linking them with relevant organisations.
“The backbone of German economy is its highly innovative small and medium-sized enterprises sector and we believe this conference represents an opportunity to share the best practice and to enable local SMEs to compete for business opportunities Qatar has to offer by connecting them with key stakeholders” said QC director general and ICC Qatar secretary general Remy Rowhani.
Sigmar Gabriel, vice-chancellor and minister of economy and energy of Germany, will join the event with a delegation of over 120 German business leaders.
