With the participation of four ministries, the \u00abBipan Forum 2017\u00bb concluded organized by the General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises, concluded its four-day event at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center in Riyadh, which received great attention from the Ministry of Commerce and Investment, Municipal and Rural Affairs, Labor and Social Affairs, Communications and Information Technology, and a number of government agencies and private sector institutions.<\/p>\n
Launching Fikra. and 25 other initiatives<\/b><\/p>\n
The Minister of Commerce and Investment and the Minister of Communications and Information Technology launched the digital initiative \u00abFikra\u00bb, which is a collaboration between Monshaat and the Digital Transformation Unit, which seeks to employ the social mind in developing services and products through a national platform for ideas, while Dr. Majid Al Qasabi launched 25 other Monshaat initiatives, namely: The e-commerce platform, Fanar platform, Idea Bank platform, Cloud Computing platform, in addition to the training and facilitation platforms.<\/p>\n
The initiatives include the Enterprise Voice Platform, the economic map, the \u00abMOMKN\u00bb initiative, indirect lending, the information center for enterprises, investing in startups, \u00abSaudi Arabia Innovates\u00bb, \u00abSocial Entrepreneurship Challenge\u00bb, stimulating entrepreneurship platforms, and \u00bbBusiness Noura\u00bb, in addition to the Investment Opportunities for SMEs, Tomouh, Business Platforms Organization, Market Development, Development and Empowerment Association, Entrepreneurship Association, Advisory Services Association, Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, Saudi Support Chains Association, and Franchise Association.<\/p>\n
Immediate municipal licenses for (168) municipal activities<\/b><\/p>\n
During the first day, His Excellency the Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs Eng. Abdullatif Al-Sheikh participated in the main session of the forum, which was entitled \u00abThe Role of the Government in Enabling the Establishment of Small Enterprises\u00bb, reviewing the role of the municipal sector in enabling investment in the Kingdom, pointing out that the Bipan Forum brings everyone together under a common goal of serving the citizen, resident and visitor, in line with the vision of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - may God protect him - that the Kingdom be a successful and leading model in the world at all levels and in line with the objectives of the Kingdom's Vision 2030.<\/p>\n
Al-Sheikh explained that coordination is underway with the rest of the relevant authorities, adding that the ministry launched the instant professional licenses service (first phase), where beneficiaries of the municipal licenses service in all regions of the Kingdom can immediately obtain municipal licenses through Baladi portal for (168) municipal activities, automatically without the need to review the secretariats or municipalities, and the comprehensive licenses committee was formed, which includes a number of relevant ministries and bodies.<\/p>\n
Multiple efforts of the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs<\/b><\/p>\n
The Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs pointed out that the efforts made by the Ministry in various fields, which contribute to achieving the objectives of the forum, including facilitating procedures and issuing municipal licenses, where the Ministry has unified the activities and requirements for professional licenses according to the global ISIC system approved by the General Authority for Statistics and in coordination with the relevant authorities and published them on the \u00abBaladi\u00bb portal for all beneficiaries and entrepreneurs, and the \u00abBaladi\u00bb portal was launched as a unified national portal to serve the public and provide all municipal licensing services.<\/p>\n
80 investment opportunities from the Ministry of Agriculture and Water<\/b><\/p>\n
During its participation in the forum, the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture revealed nearly 80 investment opportunities in the agricultural field. According to the ministry, the opportunities include dates and fisheries, in addition to the sectarian rose, apiaries, organic farming and veterinary clinics and facilities, with the support of the Agricultural Development Fund.<\/p>\n
99.2% of private sector enterprises (small and medium)<\/b><\/p>\n
During his speech, Dr. Ghassan bin Ahmed Al Sulaiman, Governor of the General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises, the organizer of the forum, explained that the percentage of enterprises in the Kingdom exceeds 99.2% of private sector establishments, and contribute to employing 53 % of the total labor force, and we look forward to the highest percentage to reach 60 %, and Al-Sulaiman indicated that SMEs generate hundreds of thousands of suitable jobs for our young men and women within the framework of Vision 2030, and contribute to the GDP on 22%, while it reaches 57 % in the European Union and 65 % in Malaysia.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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