Etisal, a civil society organization, has held an orientation session today in cooperation with IBM and Hands On Training, in order to introduce the training program that will be held to support small-and-middle-sized companies. The orientation was attended by a number of companies.
Hossam El Gaml, member at the board of Etisal, stated that the program aims at enhancing community participation of different companies, improving the performance of the SMEs’ cadre, in addition to opening opportunities for such enterprises to obtain finance from investment funds.
Mona El-Areshy, the program supervisor at IBM, stated that the company seeks to share its experience with small-and-medium-sized enterprises in the framework of its societal responsibility.
On the other hand, Mohamed Shedid, Manager of Etisal, stated that the organization will sponsor 75% of the cost of the training program, which is scheduled to last for 6 consecutive days starting from the 22nd to the 27th of September. He added that the companies attending the training will have certificates accredited from the program, in the attendance of the Communications and Information Technology Minister Dr. Hani Mahmoud.