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Awareness
Seminar on
Measures to Reduce Operation
Costs and Increase Productivity
For
Small and Medium Industries (SMIs)
18 December 2008
Marina Hotel, Salwa
Hall , Kuwait
This seminar is organized by GOIC’s
Industrial Technical Assistance (ITA)
Program in cooperation with the Public
Authority for Industry (PAI) in the State of
Kuwait and reputable international experts.
Attendance is free of charge.
BACKGROUND
GOIC has recognized the importance of
supporting small and medium industries’ in
facing the challenges of being competitive
on the global market with minimal impact on
the environment, and therefore, initiated
the Industrial Technical Assistance Program
(shortly ITA).
ITA was established already
in 2001 and has provided small and
medium-sized industries with comprehensive
industrial assessments at low cost. The
outcomes of the most recent assessment
conducted in Qatar in 2008 have shown a
potential reduction of SME’s operating costs
between QR 1.000.000 – 22.000.000 through:
- Reducing energy consumption (7-20%)
- Reducing water consumption (80-83 %)
- Minimizing waste (4-80%)
- Productivity improvement (10-60%)
OBJECTIVE & EXPECTED OUTCOMES
The objective of the awareness seminar is to
provide all the stakeholders involved in the
sustainable development of small and medium
sized industries in Kuwait with:
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Insights to
the benefits of saving
resources (energy, water),
waste reduction,
productivity increase and
its effect on industrial
development and positive
impact on local and global
environment.
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An overview
of resource management,
energy conservation, waste
reduction, pollution
control, environmental
impacts.
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New
international trends and
related policy issues.
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TARGETED PARTICIPANTS
The seminar will be delivered to an audience
of about 80 individuals representing the
following groups of stakeholders:
- SME owners and employees;
- Industrial managers;
- Regional and local government
decision-makers;
- Industrial banks and financial
institutions;
- Industrial consultants.
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SEMINAR
DOCUMENTATION
The seminar documentation will include a
hard copy of the presentations, the results
of previous ITA projects on industrial
assessment of SMIs as well as background
information about the ITA program and other
GOIC services.
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PROGRAM
Please see below the tentative agenda
for the seminar. The final Program will be
sent to all registered participants a few
days prior to the event.
Kuwait, 18th of
December 2008
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09:00 – 09:30 |
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Registration
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09:30 – 10:00 |
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Opening Session
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Keynote Speeches:
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H.E. Dr. Ali Fahd Al Madaf –G.M. of PAI
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GOIC
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Sponsor
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10:00 - 10:15
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Coffee Break
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10:15 – 11:30
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11:30 – 12:00 |
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Coffee Break And Prayer Time
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12:00 – 12:30 |
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Kuwait Related Industries
Presentations:
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12:30 – 13:30
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13:30 – 14:00 |
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Closing Session – Discussion & Recommendation
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14:00 |
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Lunch
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VENUE
Marina
Hotel, Salwa Hall , Kuwait to view the
map
click here.
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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Two to three companies and/or
institutions wishing to be directly
associated as supporters of Kuwait’s SME
development activities will have the
opportunity to become sponsors to this
Awareness Seminar. The packages cost USD
2,500 each and contain the following
benefits:
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• Logo in the press advertising
for the Seminar (1 local Ad in
Kuwait & one regional in the GCC)
• Logo in all printed material
related to the Seminar
• Media coverage during the
inauguration of the Seminar
• Logo on GOIC webpage for 3
months
• Possibility to brand the lunch
area with Company look
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Sign up for Sponsorship
by contacting GOIC Business Development
& Marketing Unit (Kristina@goic.org.qa)
or completing the Sponsorship
Registration Form before December 10,
2008.
To find out more, call Ms.
Kristina Csiki
on + 974
485 8757.
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SIGN UP
Please complete the Online Participant
Registration Form or contact Ms.
Faeka Kut Kut, Project
Coordinator on
+974 485 8810 to sign up. You
will receive an automatic confirmation
to the email indicated on the
Registration Form once you press the
SUBMIT button.
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CONTACT US
For more information about the Seminar
or any ITA related questions contact Ms.
Maha Al Syed, Project Manager on
+974 485 8762
or visit our office on the Cornish Road
in Doha, State of Qatar.
Read more about GOIC programs and
projects on:
www.goic.org.qa
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