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Sharakah (Fund for Development of Youth Projects) and HSBC Oman concluded their Istidama Programme for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) development on Tuesday.The closing ceremony was held under the auspices of Dr Saleh Said Masan, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion. The ceremony was also attended by Melika Betley CEO.
Sharakah and HSBC Oman kick off Istidama Programme
By: Times News Service
Muscat: Fund for Development of Youth Projects SAOC (Sharakah) announced the launch of the second edition of Istidama Programme for SMEs, powered by HSBC Bank Oman SAOG. An orientation session was held for all the participants at the Novotel Muscat Airport, which was attended by representatives from HSBC Oman, Sharakah, Destination Sustainability along with the selected SMEs.
The registration for the programme was open for one month for SMEs from all the governorates, and a total of 185 applications were received. The applications were filtered based on specific criteria, after which 10 SMEs were selected to join the programme this year. The selected SMEs were from diverse industries: Manufacturing 14%, Service 46% and Trading 40%