Tamkeen in partnership with the five Governorates of the Kingdom and in coordination with the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has announced plans for hosting of a series of trade fairs aimed at stimulating the local consumer economy. Up to 200 business owners/participants will be selected for each Governorate fair and these fairs are scheduled to take place in 6-day cycles starting on July 7th.
Each fair will bring together all interested business owners from each Governorate at a central venue located in the various Governorates to sell their products. These fairs will serve as regional attractions that draw local and foreign demand for the goods in Bahrain. There will be 5 events in total (1 for each Governorate) over the course of one month.
Tamkeen will be covering the costs involved which includes space rental, design and construction of trade show displays/booths and promotion of events including logistical coordination with partners.
The trade fair will be open to the public and registration for the companies who wish to participate will begin from Monday 20th of June and will continue till the 29th of June 2011. Registration will close at 2pm.
All applications are subject to eligibility review and do not represent a guarantee of participation.
Successful participants will be notified by 30th of June
The venues for registration will be at the respective governorates, of which the addresses are below:
Capital Governorate:
Building No. 44
AlShyookh Road
Block 325
Gudaibiya - Manama
Muharraq Governorate:
Building No. 5
Road No. 1601
Block No. 216
Muharraq
Northern Government
Building No. 255
AlJanabiya Road
Block No. 547
Central Governorate
Building No. 14
Road No. 41
Block No. 840
Isa Town
Southern Governorate
Building No. 1064
Road No. 4526
Block No. 945
Awali
The event will be open to the public and participants will be selected on a "First Come First Serve" basis.
Companies must have a valid and ongoing Commercial Registration and active business in the respective governorate in which the fair is held. In case of business owners with multiple CRs, they can enroll only once at each Governorate level as per the physical presence of their respective businesses. Businesses dealing in goods only will be accepted to participate in these fairs (details regarding the type of goods will be provided at the registration booths which will be located at each Governorate). Selected businesses are required to participate over the entire duration of the trade fair (with approved goods) at each Governorate level.
The fairs will help profile Tamkeen's efforts to develop new opportunities for the private sector and support continued social development. The business owners can showcase and sell their products and services as well as reach new customers. The fair set up would be ideal to bring together these businesses under one roof in order to sell their products.
It is expected that these trade fairs will
• Maximize results as the fair will represent a significant opportunity to enhance product visibility
• Promote new and existing products,
• Generate leads and drive incremental sales.
• It will also provide an excellent opportunity for the retail sector to offload shelved or slow selling merchandise over the past few months through special sale offers and other promotional discounts to attract traffic to their stores.
For registration, copies of the CPR & Commercial Registration are required. For further inquiries, please contact: +973 17383399 or +973 17383390
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About Tamkeen:
Tamkeen is a semi-autonomous yet independent authority which formulates strategic and operational plans to enhance the overall prosperity of Bahrain by investing in Bahraini employability, job creation and social support. Tamkeen is funded by the fees collected by the LMRA.
Tamkeen's main objectives are to support Bahrainis to become the employees of choice, and to support high quality private sector job creation
To achieve these objectives, Tamkeen will invest in the cost and quality competitiveness of Bahrainis (e.g., reduction of cost of employing Bahrainis relative to expatriates, investment in skill and work ethic development programmes of Bahrainis); in tackling employment barriers on both employer and labour market entrants' sides through a combination of financial incentives and capability building, and in supporting the private sector's adjustment to new cost structures by providing access to capital to alleviate short term cash constraints or improve productivity, and in know-how initiatives that support improvements in productivity and decreased reliance on expatriate labour through spreading management and technical knowledge.
Tamkeen has invested more than BD 140 million in more than 70 projects targeting 50,000 Bahrainis and 8,000 enterprises. Programmes are continuously being devised as per Tamkeen's strategy and the numbers of beneficiaries are continuously increasing.
For more information on our programmes and initiatives, please contact:
Marketing Communications
Tamkeen
Kingdom of Bahrain
Tel: 17383326/17383327
Fax: 17382352
Email: info@tamkeen.bh
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