Arab Investment Guarantees Institute holds 8th Arab business conference

The Arab Investment Guarantees Institute (AIGI), the Arab League and a group of Tunisian economic corporations are holding the 8th conference for Arab investors and businessmen this Nov. 23-25.

The conference will discuss the investment situation in the Arab states and the Tunisian experience in luring foreign investments.

On the agenda are also the financing of small and medium size companies in addition to issues of transportation and ports in the Arab states.

AIGI started organizing this conference in 1982. The previous sessions were held in Taef, Casablanca, Kuwait, Tunis, Damascus, Alexandria and Beirut.

As many as 4,000 Arabs participated in the previous conferences out of which 70 % were businessmen, 16 % represented the official authorities and 14 % represented the Arab financial institutes.