Identifier
Created
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09MUSCAT959
2009-10-14 04:53:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Muscat
Cable title:
SBA AND OMANI SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DIRECTORATE AGREE
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UNCLAS MUSCAT 000959
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP PLEASE PASS TO SBA.
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECIN ECON SBA MU
SUBJECT: SBA AND OMANI SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DIRECTORATE AGREE
ON DRAFT MOU; SUPPORTS POTUS CAIRO SPEECH
UNCLAS MUSCAT 000959
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP PLEASE PASS TO SBA.
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECIN ECON SBA MU
SUBJECT: SBA AND OMANI SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DIRECTORATE AGREE
ON DRAFT MOU; SUPPORTS POTUS CAIRO SPEECH
1. (SBU) A delegation of three Small Business Administration
officials visited Oman as part of the MEPI-funded Interagency
Agreement between State and the Office of International Trade in
the SBA. The purpose of the delegation's visit was to determine
whether Oman would be a suitable country for the MEPI Small
Business Initiative for Women Program (SBA Women's Program).
2. (SBU) The delegation met with officials at the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry, including the head of the Small and Medium
Enterprise Directorate (SME Directorate),the Public Authority for
Crafts Industry, and the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The delegation also met with male and female small business owners,
women's business groups, and organizations providing
entrepreneurial training.
3. (SBU) The delegation found the SME Directorate to be
particularly keen on the SBA Women's Program. The SBA delegation
completed a draft Memorandum of Understanding, of which both the
delegation and the head of the SME Directorate approve. The draft
MOU will be submitted to the Office of the Legal Advisor (Septel)
and the appropriate legal authorities in Oman. The delegation hopes
to unveil the SBA Women's Program in Oman at the Global Summit on
Entrepreneurship to be held in Washington in March.
4. (SBU) According to the draft MOU, the SBA Women's Program in
Oman seeks to inter alia: develop a comprehensive data collection
and analysis system on Omani SMEs; provide information on effective
models and consultation for the structuring and operation of SME
incubation facilities in Oman; organize informational observer
programs for Omani SMEs and government officials in the U.S.; and
exchange information on effective and successful models for women
SME support programs. The program strongly supports the President's
objectives for the region as set out in his Cairo speech.
Schmierer
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP PLEASE PASS TO SBA.
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECIN ECON SBA MU
SUBJECT: SBA AND OMANI SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DIRECTORATE AGREE
ON DRAFT MOU; SUPPORTS POTUS CAIRO SPEECH
1. (SBU) A delegation of three Small Business Administration
officials visited Oman as part of the MEPI-funded Interagency
Agreement between State and the Office of International Trade in
the SBA. The purpose of the delegation's visit was to determine
whether Oman would be a suitable country for the MEPI Small
Business Initiative for Women Program (SBA Women's Program).
2. (SBU) The delegation met with officials at the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry, including the head of the Small and Medium
Enterprise Directorate (SME Directorate),the Public Authority for
Crafts Industry, and the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The delegation also met with male and female small business owners,
women's business groups, and organizations providing
entrepreneurial training.
3. (SBU) The delegation found the SME Directorate to be
particularly keen on the SBA Women's Program. The SBA delegation
completed a draft Memorandum of Understanding, of which both the
delegation and the head of the SME Directorate approve. The draft
MOU will be submitted to the Office of the Legal Advisor (Septel)
and the appropriate legal authorities in Oman. The delegation hopes
to unveil the SBA Women's Program in Oman at the Global Summit on
Entrepreneurship to be held in Washington in March.
4. (SBU) According to the draft MOU, the SBA Women's Program in
Oman seeks to inter alia: develop a comprehensive data collection
and analysis system on Omani SMEs; provide information on effective
models and consultation for the structuring and operation of SME
incubation facilities in Oman; organize informational observer
programs for Omani SMEs and government officials in the U.S.; and
exchange information on effective and successful models for women
SME support programs. The program strongly supports the President's
objectives for the region as set out in his Cairo speech.
Schmierer