Tuesday 14 / May / 2024
Muscat: In partnership with BP Oman, Youth Sada launched its second cycle of the ‘Habbah’ programme, which aims to develop and enhance the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Al Dhahirah Governorate, targeting 15 SMEs this year for a duration of three months starting from October to December 2021.
The ‘Habbah’ programme is a well-integrated educational and training programme that includes open-to-public activities and specialised training courses as well as consultation sessions, follow-up sessions and site visits from various expertise in entrepreneurship. The participating SMEs’ performance will also be evaluated and analysed in many aspects that are focused on in this programme.
Shamsa Al-Rawahi, BP Oman Social investment manager, commented, “This cycle of the programme aims to enhance and evolve the SMEs, especially the ones which were heavily affected by the pandemic’s economic impacts on the businesses and the market. It also focuses on solving the main marketing and financial challenges faced by the SMEs, in efforts to contribute towards their stability and sustainability.”
Mahmood Al Sarkhi, Project Manager of the ‘Habbah’ programme at Youth Sada, added, “The programme strives to offer valuable knowledge for young entrepreneurs and interested young Omanis wishing to specialise in entrepreneurship. We expect a high turnout this year, as a total of 15 businesses from various sectors such as commercial, service and industrial sectors within Al Dhahirah Governorate participated last year and over 500 attendees from all regions of Oman benefited from the workshops as part of the programme as well.”
