USAID holds conference on enterprise development

The two-day conference will highlight best practices in enterprise development in the areas of competitiveness, greening your business, tourism, corporate social responsibility and public-private partnerships.

Keynote speakers include
• Barbara Ibrahim, Director of the Gerhart Center for Philanthropy & Civic Engagement, American University in Cairo, and author of the recent book, Corporate Philanthropy in the Arab World, (Tuesday at 8:30am).
• Laith Al-Qasem, Chief of Party, Sustainable Achievement of Business Expansion and Quality (SABEQ) Project, USAID's principal project assisting in improving the competitiveness of Jordanian enterprises (Wednesday at 9:00am).

The Office of Economic Growth of USAID/Jordan and the Business Growth Initiative (BGI) Project of the Office of Economic Growth in USAID Washington are jointly sponsoring this conference.

Conference participants will include Jordanian businesses, donor representatives, and donor project implementers from Jordan and the region. USAID staff members from Jordan and a variety of other countries around the world will also participate after a two-day workshop on enterprise development preceding the conference.