His Royal Highness Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Aseer Region, the Deputy Governor of Aseer Region, and His Excellency the Deputy Minister of Commerce and Investment, Engineer Majed Al-Bawardi, witnessed the signing of an agreement between the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority and the Aseer Region Emirate, on the sidelines of the Biban Aseer forum, which His Royal Highness opened on Wednesday evening at Abha International Exhibition Center.

The memorandum of understanding was signed for the first party by His Excellency the Governor of the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority “Monsha’at”, Engineer Saleh Al-Rasheed, and for the second party by the Undersecretary of the Aseer Region Emirate, Engineer Khalid Al-Rabiah. It provides for supporting effective cooperation between the two parties in discussing and implementing joint activities that seek to achieve the national objectives agreed upon by the leaderships of both parties, by fulfilling the aspirations of SMEs within the shared interests derived from the National Transformation Program and Saudi Vision 2030.

His Royal Highness, his deputy, and His Excellency the Deputy Minister also witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Monsha’at and Abha Chamber. Monsha’at was represented by His Excellency the Governor, Engineer Saleh Al-Rasheed, and Abha Chamber by the Vice Chairman of the Chamber, Engineer Ibrahim Falqi. The agreement provides for implementing training programs to support SMEs; backing and activating young entrepreneurs’ projects, making use of all the programs that support them, marketing these programs, and providing guidance to them; cooperating with the various committees of the Chamber whose plans are linked to Monsha’at’s objectives; cooperating in holding conferences and workshops; and joint cooperation in the SME assessment and classification program (360) with regard to their data, to support them and make use of the services provided to them.

The two agreements are a contribution by the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority to supporting and enabling enterprises in Aseer Region.