MEDIA ADVISORY

3RD STRATEGIC RETREAT AND VALIDATION WORKSHOP OF THE AFRICAN UNION SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SME) MASTERPLAN 2015-2017
5-10 OCTOBER 2015, NAIROBI, KENYA.

What: Opening Cermony of the 3rd Strategic Retreat and the Validation Workshop of the African Union SME Master plan 2015-2017.

Who: Bureau Member States of Industry and Mining , Regional Economic Communities, UN organization and Private Sectors , UN Agencies, Civil Society

When: 5th October 2015

Where: Hilton Hotel, Nairobi , Kenya

Objectives
Strategic Retreat

The retreat will be the opportunity for the Industry Division, the stakeholders and the partners to share their current achievements and their planned Agenda for the coming months. Also, the Bureaux of Senior Officials from Industry and Mining sectors will jointly discuss the preparatory phase of the next year STC ministerial Conference

SME Event

To bring together relevant practitioners with experience and influence in SME Sector, learn from the challenges they face and their achievements in supporting SMEs Development in Africa. In particular, the African UnionCommission (AUC)would like to define the cornerstone from which its intervention to support SMEs Development will be more pertinent. Consequently, the ultimate goal of the workshop is to make practical recommendations on how AUC could promote effectively SMEs Development.

Media representatives are invited to cover the Opening Ceremony .

For further information:

Directorate of Information and Communication | African Union Commission I E-mail: DIC@african-union.org I Web Site: www.au.int I Addis Ababa | Ethiopia

Media Contact

Mrs. Meaza Tezera Meazat@africa-union.org
Mr. Salimou Bamba Bambas@africa-union.org

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