Arab
Planning Institute organized a Training Program on "Preparation of
investment maps" for the benefit of the Ministry of Finance and Economic
planning during the period of 30/9/2018 to 2/10/2018. The program was organized
in Khartoum, Republic of Sudan.
The
objectives of this program were to clarify the process of building investment
maps and how they are used by decision makers asc a tool in promoting sustainable
economic development. It also aimed to present the concepts, types, methodology
and different stages of building investment maps from the stage of assessment
of current realities and explore the strengths that can be based on the
development of the list of promising investment opportunities
It
also aimed to showcase the concepts of competitiveness, industrial clusters,
value chains as important topics related to the methodology of identifying
investment opportunities.
On
the other hand, the program provideed trainees with the skills of preparing
investment maps. The program provided some practical applications that
consolidate the knowledge and skills acquired, using pre-prepared investment
maps to enhance practical skills.
The program also aimed at familiarize
participants with important regional and international reports to conduct
business activities evaluation, to provide participants with the knowledge and
skills necessary to analyze the results of such reports, and to explain the
methodology of each report and the indicators used in each of them and how they
are calculated, and to guide participants on how to compare these indicators
between countries and how to make recommendations to adjust policies in a way
that improves the ranking of countries that
support the process of economic and social development. The programme discussed
investment promotion policies and methods of promoting domestic and foreign
investment.