Background
Following the previous annual International Conferences on Sustainable Industrial Areas (SIA) in China, Indonesia, India, Turkey, Mexico and Morocco, the upcoming Conference will take place in Egypt.
The SIA Conferences serve as an international platform for exchanging knowledge about Sustainable Development of Industrial Areas worldwide. They bring experts from all over the world together to discuss recent trends, best practices and future developments of Sustainable Industrial Areas.
The 2018 international SIA conference will address the topics “Investment Promotion, SME Development and Generation of Productive Employment” thus supporting Egypt’s goals for sustainable industrial area development. Egypt targets an increased growth in the manufacturing sector with enlarged production capacities and is eager to attract national and international investments. While addressing socio, economic and environmental concerns, Sustainable Industrial Areas are regarded to provide competitive business opportunities that will lead to higher profits for the investors, higher revenues and prosperity for the host country itself and an increased generation of productive employment.
The conference is being organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) represented by the Industrial Development Authority of Egypt (IDA) in partnership between the East Port Said Development Company (EP), the Egyptian-German Program “Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (PSME)” implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development.
In that context, the GIZ Sustainable Industrial Areas Working Group (SIA WG) is supporting the organization of the event.
Please stay tuned for more details and the opportunity to register in the coming months.
Date: 8 March 2018
Venue: Cairo, Egypt
Theme: “Investment Promotion, SME Development and Generation of Productive Employment”
About GIZ Sustainable Industrial Areas Working Group (SIA WG)
The GIZ Working Group on Sustainable Industrial Areas (SIA) was established in 2006. Members of the WG are GIZ experts who are involved in related projects that contribute – despite thematic differences – to the overall objective Eco-Industrial Development (EID).
The group‘s general objectives comprise:
- Contribution to improved results orientation by the GIZ’s projects related to the concept of sustainable industrial areas across the globe.
- Promoting a joint, transnational learning from experience amongst GIZ experts through systematic exchange of project experience, documentation and examples of best practice.
- Development of regional and sectoral aspects of GIZ’s portfolio and range of services, including contribution to product development.
- Extend support for strengthening the technical and advisory capacities of GIZ staff and counterparts (HQ support).
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