Enterprise Development & Enterprise Development &

Investment Promotion ProgramInvestment Promotion ProgramShaping the Spirit of EntrepreneurshipShaping the Spirit of Entrepreneurship

Dr. Hashim HusseinHeadUNIDO – ITPO Bahrain

Tunis – May 2008

Who are we? & What do we do?Who are we? & What do we do?

United Nations Industrial Development Organization• Promote Industrialization in developing countries• Promote Foreign Direct Investment• Support Entrepreneurs and Small & Medium Enterprises

Arab Regional Center for Entrepreneurship & Investment Training

• Assist you in starting your own business• Develop and assist you in better attracting partners &

establishing joint ventures• Providing specialized programs for growth & reaching

export markets• Facilitate New Enterprise Creation • Enhance the competitiveness of existing enterprises

through Enterprise Upgrading• Facilitate the creation of a conducive business environment

for the emergence, sustainability and growth of SMEs

Sample Programs offered by ARCEITSample Programs offered by ARCEIT

Institutional Level

• Training of trainers for “Entrepreneurship Development &

Enterprise Creation Program”

• Developing Resource Persons for Enterprise Growth

• Strategic and Production Management of Industrial Enterprises

• Industrial Project Identification, Preparation and Appraisal

Entrepreneurial Level

• Enterprise Creation Program

• Technology Management

• Quality Management

• Control Management Systems

Enterprise Development Enterprise Development & Investment Promotion & Investment Promotion ProgramProgram

Preparation & Preparation & EmpowermentEmpowerment

Counseling / Counseling / Technology Tie-up & Technology Tie-up &

JVJV

Financial LinkagesFinancial Linkages

In-Wall orIn-Wall or

Virtual IncubationVirtual Incubation

GROWTHGROWTH

Operational PhaseOperational Phase

IncubationIncubation

Pre-Investment PhasePre-Investment Phase

Pre IncubationPre Incubation

His Royal Highness Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz signing a His Royal Highness Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz signing a working arrangement with UNIDO-ITPO Bahrainworking arrangement with UNIDO-ITPO Bahrain

Worldwide Investment & Technology Promotion Offices Worldwide Investment & Technology Promotion Offices NetworkNetwork

BRAZIL, Pernambuco-Recife

BAHRAIN-Manama

JAPAN-Tokyo

CHINA- Beijing

REP. OF KOREA -Seoul

BELGIUM-Walloon region

RUSSIAN FEDERATION- Moscow

U.K. -North-West

FRANCE-Paris

ITALY-RomeGREECE-Athens

EGYPT (Cairo)JORDAN (Amman)MOROCCO (Rabat)TUNISIA (Tunis)

InvestmentPromotionUnits

FRANCE-Marseille

CHINA- Shanghai

MEXICO- Mexico

H.E. Dr. Ahmad Mohamad Ali, Chairman Islamic H.E. Dr. Ahmad Mohamad Ali, Chairman Islamic Development BankDevelopment Bank

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdulla visits the Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdulla visits the Bahrain Business Incubator CenterBahrain Business Incubator Center

BahrainBahrainBusinessBusinessIncubatorIncubator

CenterCenter

BahrainBahrainChamber of Chamber of Commerce Commerce & Industry& Industry

EntrepreneurEntrepreneurEconomicEconomic

DevelopmentDevelopmentBoardBoard

BahrainBahrainDevelopmentDevelopment

BankBank

KuwaitKuwaitFinance Finance HouseHouse

UNIDOUNIDO

MediaMediaPartnersPartners

UniversityUniversityOfOf

BahrainBahrain

BahrainBahrainYoungYoung

EntrepreneursEntrepreneursAssociationAssociation

BahrainBahrainBusinessBusinessWomenWomenSocietySociety

SpecializedSpecializedResourcesResourcesPersonsPersons

ARCEITARCEIT

Ministry ofMinistry ofIndustry &Industry &CommerceCommerce

Enterprise Development & Investment Promotion Program Enterprise Development & Investment Promotion Program NetworkNetwork

Bahrain

Saudi Arabia

SudanYemen

Kuwait

Syria

JordanLebanon

Tunisia

MoroccoChina

Uruguay

EgyptUnited Arab Emirates

Thailand

Benin

Burkina Faso

Ivory Coast

Mali NigerSenegal

Togo

Guinea-Bissau

Laos

Mozambique

Sierra LeonLiberia

Guinea

Institutionalized

In Process

Oman

Iraq

EDIP in the WorldEDIP in the World

Enterprise Development & Enterprise Development &

Investment Promotion ProgramInvestment Promotion ProgramShaping the Spirit of EntrepreneurshipShaping the Spirit of Entrepreneurship

Dr. Hashim HusseinHeadUNIDO – ITPO Bahrain

Tunis – May 2008