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هذا المستند سري وكل ما ورد به من معلومات للإستخدام الحصري من قبل العميل الصادر بإسمه
Supporting Al Gharbia SMEs for sustainable economic de velopment of the region. ADSG session, Masdar City. هذا المستند سري وكل ما ورد به من معلومات للإستخدام الحصري من قبل العميل الصادر بإسمه. Introduction of Western Region Development Council -WRDC. Vision. Priorities. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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1 www.algharbia.ae الـغـربـــيــــة الـــمــنــــطـــقـــة تــــنـــمـــيــة بإسمه www.algharbia.aeمـــــجــــلـــــس الصادر العميل قبل من الحصري لإلستـخدام معلومات من به ورد ما وكل سري المستند هذا
Supporting Al Gharbia SMEs for sustainable economic development of the region
Introduction of Western Region Development Council -WRDC
To provide the residents of Al Gharbia with a higher quality of life through promoting employment, improving infrastructure and increasing business efficiency and investments.
Mission
To lead Al Gharbia of Abu Dhabi into becoming a model of sustainable economic and social development by setting the standard of excellence in the development of people, enhancement of infrastructure and improvement of enterprises.
Vision
People
Enterprises Infrastructure
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• Create incentives to attract and keep qualified workforce
• Improve workforce skills/ tackle barriers to employment
• Support small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
• Increase participation in the knowledge economy
• Diversify region revenues by supporting new industries
• Deliver an improved infrastructure enabling future development
• Promote development of a healthy, sustainable, safe and high quality environment
Marketing &
Promotion
• Promote and support regional investment
• Market and promote Al Gharbia as a travel destination
• Enhance product / concept offerings to promote business development
Source: Area: Abu Dhabi Municipality, 2010 Population: SCAD, 2010 GDP: Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 2009GDP (WR) est. 90% of the AD Oil Sector GDP, 2010
Development already started as Abu Dhabi government investing heavily in the region
• Increasing refinery capacity, new oil & gas fields, expanding petrochemicals - Several projects of ADNOC group of companies - New Refinery, Green
Diesel Plant and Expansion of Sulphur Handling Terminal , other- Borouge 2 completed, Borouge 3 and Borouge 4 in planning
• Nuclear plant in Braqa- Baraka is chosen as the preferred location of the nuclear plant – first in the
Middle East. Billions of investment to satisfy country needs in electricity. Project under construction
• Desert Islands project - Project includes several island lodges, Equestrian Centre, Dive and Sport
Fishing Centre, Youth Outdoor Camp & Anantara Conference Centre
• Expansion and diversification of chemicals sector- Nafta cracker and downstream chemical plants. Planning phase
• Housing and commercial real estate development- Plans to develop residential neighborhoods throughout Al Gharbia; schools,
parks and commercial markets are parts of development. Started
• Etihad Rail- Shah-Ruwais railway planned to be build in 2011 – 2013. Starting construction - Linking Al Ghrabia with other Emirates and later GCC. Initial planning
• Entrepreneurs from Al Gharbia making business in traditional sectors (e.g. services, food and agriculture) are often at disadvantage vs. competitors located closer to main markets of Abu Dhabi City and Dubai (higher transportation costs, further away from technological innovations)
• ADNOC Group of companies and WR Municipality are so far major providers of real opportunities for local entrepreneurs, but opportunities are often in low value add contracting services
• There is a natural tendency from large companies to rely on their traditional, well established, often foreign suppliers and sub-contractors
• There is lack of regulation requiring big projects coming to Al Gharbia to procure from local suppliers and invest in their development
WRDC needs help from ADSG members to support entrepreneurship spirit of Al Gharbia residents
• The Republic of Kazakhstan adopted changes and amendments to the Law on public procurement in 2009, introducing a 'local clause' in the public procurement law for goods - 20%, services and construction - 15%, thus limiting the purchase of foreign goods, services and works.A company with more than 50% foreign shareholding is considered as foreign and therefore excluded from participation in public procurement tenders, unless it fulfils all of the following criteria making it a 'national producer':
- the company is resident in Kazakhstan,- the company produces finished products in Kazakhstan,- the company uses no less than 85% of local workforce.
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• Consistent government support since 1963, growing SME share of employment to 77%• Among key success factors
- Protecting SME business areas and supporting efforts to secure domestic market- Promoting SME-only business sectors; SME product procurement system of
public organizations.- Expanding sub-contracting businesses
- Promoting policies for heavy and chemical industries from mid-1970s - more subcontracting for local companies as parts, materials and services suppliers replacing imported parts and materials (localization)
- SME Start-up Support Act (1986); Special Measures on Venture business support (1997)
Preliminary ideas of how you can help (need further discussion)
• Share knowledge of your sector with your potential local SME suppliers through running seminars and courses
• Share skills development trainings that you provide to your employees with your local SME suppliers
• Review your procurement budgets, assess share of local SMEs in it today and identify areas where local SME suppliers may immediately or with time substitute foreign
• Require your procurement teams to learn about local potential suppliers and identify ways to make small guy next door your supplier with immediate effect or with time
• Encourage your existing local SME suppliers to increase quality of products and services in order to make them more competitive
• Encourage your current foreign suppliers to establish partnerships with local entrepreneurs in order to transfer knowledge and share profits with local communities