The SMEs center in the Arab Planning Institute held a
training program “Institutional support and SMEs Finance” in cooperation with
ministry of Planning during the period 12-14 Nov 2017. The program aims to discuss the requirements
of SMEs development and to analyze the status of institutional support
delivered to SMEs in the Arab countries and to evaluate the mechanisms that are
used technical support institutions. It also discusses the dimensions of SMEs
finance problems and the role of banking sector, specialized credit institutions,
in addition to the role of business development services