Under the Patronage of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Arab Planning Institute organized Regional Expert Group Meeting on The Role of Small and Medium Enterprises in Sustained Development in the Arab Countries, in the 6 and 7 of November 2012, in cooperation with the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development and the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of science (KFAS).