Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) in collaboration with Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) has organised “Dialogue on access to finance for conducive business environment” in Peshawar on October 20.

The dialogue is being organised under a project named “Mobilising economic reforms to keep critical space in KP,” said a statement received by WealthPK.

The objective of the project is to identify key challenges to economic development in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as a whole, and the capital city of Peshawar in particular, and seek to identify key barriers for starting, formalising, and growing businesses through a series of public and private dialogues (PPDs), focus group discussions (FGDs) comprising of representatives from the business community, startup entrepreneurs, academia, public sector and civil society.

The final outcome of the dialogue will be key policy recommendations, which will be presented to the concerned authorities in the federal and provincial governments.

The first round of the dialogue has already been completed in which the private sector along with key government departments engaged in the facilitation of business and industry have participated.

In the second round, government officials responsible for the policy formulation are being invited to share the table with the business community and discuss, and develop the best possible recommendations in order to improve access to finance. Startups and women-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will be focused on in particular during the event.

 Credit : Independent News Pakistan-WealthPk