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The Casablanca-Settat Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (CCIS-CS) launched, Thursday, the 1st edition of its open day at the headquarters in Casablanca.
Organized, simultaneously in Mohammedia, El Jadida and Settat, this event aims to introduce professionals and entrepreneurs to the services offered by the CCIS-CS, to strengthen communication between economic actors and to create a discussion space on financing, digitization and support.
Intervening on this occasion, the president of the CCIS-CS, Hassane Berkani, explained that the organization of this day’s mission is to introduce the services offered by the Chamber to entrepreneurs, small and medium companies (SME) members (SMEs), as well as start-ups.
Mr. Berkani recalled that these open doors are organized in collaboration with the partners of the CCIS-CS, in the fields of insurance, banks and businesses, highlighting the role of the chamber whose primary objective is to serve as a bridge Between public institutions and the trade, industry and services sectors.
“We also have a mediation and arbitration center within our institution, as well as a service dedicated to the holding of accounts, and support for the preparation of financing files, in particular the loans adapted to companies, in Collaboration with our partner banks, “he continued, adding that the Chamber also supports companies in their digital transition, so that they can keep the pace imposed by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
He added that this event is part of the closing of the second phase of the room development plan, which mainly aims to professionalize and improve the quality of the services offered by the rooms, and to create new services Competitive, in particular the organization of national and international exhibitions, market and feasibility studies, the animation of clusters and professional networks.
This plan led to the creation of an international business center in Mohammedia, the establishment of a digital business center in Casablanca, and the opening of a management and digitalization institute in Casablanca, A- he pointed out.
For his part, Mohamed El Ghali, dean of the Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences of El Kelaa of the Sraghna, stressed, in a declaration to the map, the importance of this day, noting that on the program of that -I, participants will attend two workshops, one devoted to finance and sources of financing for actors of trade, industry and services, and the other to digitization.
He pointed out that these two themes are closely linked, because there cannot be an investment and wealth creation without diverse access to the sources of financing, whether it is equity, banking funding or ‘Other support organizations.
Mr. El Ghali, in this sense, said that digital transformation has become an essential lever for business development, highlighting the importance for companies to familiarize themselves with digitalization, in particular with rapid technological evolution that the world knows.
The mission of the CCIS-CS is to support and promote local businesses, encourage innovation and promote an environment conducive to business. Since its foundation in 1912, the work room at the opening of new markets in Africa and Europe, thanks to the free exchange agreements with several countries, while facilitating meetings between Moroccan and foreign companies.
