The Future Companies Innovation Programs to support Small and Medium Enterprises (TAG-Ibtikar)

About the Programs:

The Future Companies Innovation Programs to Support Small and Medium Enterprises are a new and innovative tool that aims to help business owners and projects in increasing productivity and efficiency through their use of information and communication technologies. It is a practical and user-friendly tool that introduces business and project owners to the foundations of business management. It is available in Arabic and English. What distinguishes the programs is that they are digital and the trainee can obtain them through distance training.

Program Goals:
• It provides the target group with knowledge, expertise, and resources to help them in managing their projects in order to build a better life, they also help develop solutions that suit citizens in all countries to face development challenges at the local and international levels.
• Finding alternatives in light of the current financial and economic crisis.
• Dealing with various digital applications such as PowerPoint, Word, and Excel, which can be obtained through distance training.

Target Group:
• Individuals who want to start their own special projects
• Funding Agencies
• Local organizations (economic, social, human development)
• Non-governmental organizations
• Empowerment projects for youth and women.

Programs Advantages:
1- Bilingual: The trainee has the option of obtaining the programs either in English or Arabic.
2- The participant can attend only one level because the levels in the programs are separate based on the importance of the project in all its aspects.
3. Opening new and innovative prospects for all segments of society by providing them with autonomy.
4. Suits all types of enterprises (both micro, small and medium).
5- The programs contain tests, practical solutions and working papers that help to understand all materials.
6- The trainee can obtain the course through remote training as it is a specialized digital platform for learning and training.

The Offered Materials:
I: Level I: SME Establishment (30 Training Hours)
The First Topic: SME Concepts
The Second Topic: Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneur
The Third Topic: Choosing the Right Project and the Preliminary Feasibility Study
The Fourth Topic: Study of the Marketing Feasibility of SMEs
The Fifth Topic: The First Component of the Technical Feasibility Study of SMEs
The Sixth Topic: The Second Component of the Financial Feasibility Study of SMEs

Second Level II: SME Administration: (30 Training Hours)
The First Topic: Business Administration
The Second Topic: Business Planning:
The Third Topic: Human Resources
The Fourth Topic: Accounting
The Fifth Topic: Costing Calculations
The Sixth Topic: Procurement
The Seventh Topic: Marketing and Digital Marketing
The Eighth Topic: Operations and Quality Management
The Ninth Topic: Inventory Control
The Tenth Topic: Customer Service

Obtaining the first and second level is a compulsory requirement to obtain the certificate with a total of 60 training hours.

The Third Level: Small and Medium Enterprises Development (30 Training Hours of Advanced Level). 
Participant can attend this level separately and obtain a certificate from Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Academy
The First Topic: Introduction to Business Development
The Second Topic: Development Strategies
The Third Topic: Concept of Marketing Research
The Fourth Topic: Contemporary Concepts in Business Development
Risk Management
Technology, Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence
Digital Transformation
Basic Concepts on Intellectual Property
The Fifth Topic: Small and Medium Business Analysis
The Sixth Topic: SME Business Planning

SME's Management Past Programs Success Stories:
Manama/Bahrain:

The Government of Bahrain through Capital Mall supported the traditional facilities in the Kingdom and supported its individual owners to help them maintain their livelihood.
The Government's strategy aims to invest in companies with a promising future that are hopefully of added value to the people and the Kingdom.
As part of this strategy, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global was tasked to conduct training through which individuals' abilities, potential and perceptions of business management were assessed, and provided with the information and training they needed to start their own projects by using Talal Abu-Ghazaleh's programs to support SMEs. Accordingly, the programs conducted three training sessions with the participation of 124 participants from the projects owners.

Dubai/United Arab Emirates:
Fujairah College in Ras al-Khaimah believes in capabilities and potential of its students and their ability to start their own projects. The College selected Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global to give its students an entrepreneurial training course by using Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Small and Medium Enterprises (ICT Programs for Development in the Arab Region).

Erbil/Iraq:
The Future Companies Innovation Programs for SMEs in collaboration with International Organization for Migration in Erbil organized a training course with 42 participants.

Amman/Jordan:
The Future Companies Innovation Programs for SMEs held several training courses, part in cooperation with the Development and Relief Foundation, with the participation of 411 participants, and another part in cooperation with the King Abdullah II Fund with the participation of 2500 participants.

Saudi Arabia:
Three comprehensive courses were organized with 55 entrepreneurs in collaboration with the Dim Al Manahel Fund and Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Fund.

Damascus/Syria:
As an initiative of His Excellency Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global, a training course was held in Deir ez-Zor to help women in management their small and micro-enterprises.

Sana'a/Yemen:
The Small and Micro Enterprise Promotion Service (SMEPS) in Yemen has agreed with Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global to train a number of entrepreneurs on how to manage their own businesses and creativity and excel in them.