8th PAKISTAN SME FORUM ON 19th AUGUST 2014

Stakeholders collaborate to attend SME Forum 2014
Staff Reporter

Tuesday, August 05, 2014 – Karachi—All key stakeholders including State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Commercial Banks, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA), Business Support Fund (BSF), Sindh Enterprise Development Fund, Chambers of Commerce & Industry, IFC-World Bank, Sindh Finance Ministry, Sindh Investment Board, Women Entrepreneurs and Union of Small & Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) will be participating in the 8th SME forum.

The 8TH Pakistan SME Forum 2014 organized annually by SHAMROCK Conferences International to be held on August 19, 2014 in Karachi. This year’s theme is “Bringing SMEs to the forefront of National Priorities”. Menin Rodrigues, Chairman, SHAMROCK Conferences International & Convener of the conference said, “We are expecting a good turnout of people, both at government and private levels, who are directly involved in addressing the issues pertaining to the sector in Pakistan and hope that the deliberations will result in a positive outcome for SMEs in Pakistan.”

Meanwhile, Zulfikar Thaver, President, Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has urged the government to take responsibility to facilitate, encourage, support and motivate the sector for rapid growth of the economy. He emphasized the need for providing finance to SMEs at affordable markup and with repayment facilities on pay-as-you-earn schemes.

Eminent speakers and representatives of several sub-sectors of the SME sector in Pakistan will be dilating on subjects that range from regulatory inconsistency, difficulties in SMEs access to finance, banking services, taxation, transportation of goods, power and energy issues, and security concerns. A special session on women entrepreneurs is also carded in the program.

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