Project Overview

The project started on 1/5/2006 for a duration of 18 months. The Project budget amounting to US$ 679897 is totally provided by Qatar Telecommunication (Qtel).

The development objective of the project is to establish a national support service infrastructure for the development of small enterprises. The project will contribute to the national economic and social goal of generating decent employment opportunities for the Qatari population (men, women and youth) in the private sector.

The immediate objective of the project is to establish Small and Medium Enterprise Support Center (SMEDeC) at the Social Development Center. SMEDeC will work on the provision of the necessary training and follow-up support services and work on the promotion of SMEs in Qatar. SMEDeC will be capable to provide, independently and effectively, non-financial business development and support services to existing national small enterprises and potential entrepreneurs in order to start viable micro and small businesses. SMEDeC would also be capable of undertaking SME awareness campaigns and have a lobbying role at the macro level.