Bahrain gears up to host GEC 2019

MANAMA: Bahrain is gearing up to host the 11th Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) in April 2019, Tamkeen’s chief executive Dr Ebrahim Janahi has announced.

The kingdom was named the host country at a special event at United Nations in New York.

“The Bahrain chapter of Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) has recently been set up as the kingdom prepares to host the 11th GEC in 2019,” said Dr Janahi, adding that, “GEN Bahrain aims to engage entrepreneurs and ecosystem stakeholders to strengthen the country’s entrepreneurship community, in line with Tamkeen’s objectives of nurturing and supporting an innovative entrepreneurship ecosystem.”

With achieving sustainable economic growth a top priority for national development, said Dr Janahi, “Bahrain’s leadership has introduced a number of key reform initiatives to support economic diversification and openness as well as the development of non-oil sectors, the enhancement of the Bahraini entrepreneurship ecosystem and the attraction of foreign investment.”

The establishment of the GEN Bahrain is initiated by the GEN in strategic partnership with Tamkeen, which will also be supporting the organisation of GEC 2019.

Tamkeen customer engagement acting executive director Esam Hammad is supporting the development of GEN Bahrain in the capacity of acting managing director.

He stressed the role of GEN Bahrain in providing an active platform for local and international connections within the global entrepreneurship ecosystem.

“GEN operates in more than 170 countries. It fuels start-up and scale-up ecosystems by fostering cross-border collaboration, information exchanges and initiatives,” added Mr Hammad.

GEN Bahrain aims to increase the number of people choosing entrepreneurship as a career path, create a generation of investable start-ups and develop strong platforms for companies to scale.

GEN Bahrain aims to strengthen its ecosystem by co-ordinating and promoting local initiatives aimed at strengthening Bahrain’s entrepreneurship ecosystem; partnering with local stakeholders to implement high-impact GEN programmes; engaging ecosystem stakeholders to identify gaps, facilitate dialogue and strengthen a sustainable development cycle for entrepreneurs; and raising awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation and self-employment as a means to create value and make the Bahraini private sector an engine of growth. 

Source: http://www.gdnonline.com/Details/431819

 

 

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