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Want to Expand Your Business? MSME Policy Development for Uganda
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Swedish Government funds Business Linkages Pilot Program WHAT IS THE BUSINESS LINKAGE PROGRAMME? The Business Linkage Promotion Programme is an initiative of a partnership comprising the Government of Uganda, UNCTAD and UNDP to promote the creation of durable and mutually beneficial business linkages between local corporate companies and affiliates of trans-national corporations (TNCs) on one hand and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on the other. It is a two-year programme promoted and implemented by Enterprise Uganda in collaboration with Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), with funding from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) under a cost-sharing arrangement worth US$450,000. The two-year pilot phase, to last till December 2007, targets to deliver business linkages in Agribusiness, Real Estate Development, Building/Construction Materials, Manufacturing, Telecommunication and Petroleum Distribution. The programme’s overall aim is to enhance the productive capacity, efficiency, competitiveness and sustainability of TNC-SME business relationships that will create a vibrant private sector in Uganda. It is envisaged that at the end of the pilot period, a sustainable TNC-SME business linkage capability that supports technology transfer via business-to-business linkages, shall have been established in Uganda. This should result into: • A more dynamic private sector; • Improved competitiveness of local SMEs, through technological, knowledge and management skills transfer and capital injection; • Improved micro-economic business environment conducive to the facilitation of business linkages; • More quality jobs created and/or preserved; • Presence of TNCs that are more deeply rooted in the local economy; and • Increased capacity to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) because of successful business linkages and availability of reliable local partners. Click here to Download a Brochure
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