Dr Sid Boubekeur Email & Phone Number

Castelldefels, CT, ES

Gaborone - Botswana

The project is focusing on the improvement of ease of doing business, notably through the development of e-governance services and related digitalisation of processes (Enterprise Architecture Blueprint, e-single window, Botswana One Stop Services Centre for potential investors). Another component of the project is the upgrading of the eco-tourism value.

Catalonia, Spain

In the framework of ‘’African Union (AU) SME Strategy’’, the aim of the project is to design a Policy document dedicated at providing guidance and an action plan to Governments and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) on how to create a dynamic SME business ecosystems in Africa. This will provide the SMEs with the assets and pathways that allow them take.

Castelldefels, Catalonia, Spain

Port-Vila (Vanuatu)

• Vanuatu Value Chains programme (VaVaC- Horticulture, Coconut, Livestock). Budget support 11th European Development Fund). Technical assistance to the Ministry of Trade and Industry mandated to support MSMEs and.
• Designed the Ministry ‘’Corporate Plan 2020-2023’’, including recommendations for restructuring the Departments for supporting the private sector more efficiently
• Reviewed and completed the "Trade Policy Framework 2019-2025" and the "Investment Promotion Policy 2019- 2029"
• Designed the ‘’Trade Ready Programme’’ aiming to ameliorate the support of the Ministry to the private sector and to upgrade the competitiveness of 100 MSMEs and cooperatives for meeting the domestic and export markets’
• Assistance to the Trade Development Division and the Department of Industry for setting up a Knowledge Management System and Market Intelligence Information System
• Designed the mission, mandate, activities, budget of three Public Private Working Groups (livestock, fruits and vegetables and coconuts) mandated to formulating recommendations to the Government on the amelioration of.

Spain

• Feasibility study on the establishment of “Enterprise Africa Network (EAN)” online platform: Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) Support Mechanism, 0.25M€, EC budget. Management of EAN project, one of the objectives of.
• Management of a PMU team of 5 local experts, including planning, monitoring of activities and technical re-porting
• Consultations on the establishment of EAN platform with the African Union Commission (AUC), NEPAD, Regional Economic Commissions-REC’s (ECCAS, ECOWAS, COMESA, SADC secretariat) and development banks (AfDB, EIB, Africa.
• Mapping of regional and continental private sector organizations, including women and young entrepreneurship development institutions supporting SMEs and start-ups and EU organizations interested in collaboration.
• Mapping of key business leaders in Africa, Tech-Labs, accelerators, incubators, innovation centres, e-commerce, e-payment and FinTech platforms
• Mapping of development finance institutions, venture capital funds, business angels active in Africa, including the one members the EU External Investment Plan (EIP) and offering credit or guarantee facilities to SMEs.

Castelldefels, Catalonia, Spain

Stimulate and sustain SMEs investments in Africa via implementation of Private Sector Development Programmes.Building partnerships between Business Development Services, Development Banks and Venture Capital Funds in order to implement interventions combining technical assistance with equity/loan.Mobilisation of Business Development Services to upgrade the.

Gaborone, Botswana

• Regional and national Private Sector Development Programmes under 10th EDF (EUR 16M).Economic diplomacy in support of Southern Africa and European institutions to support trade and the private sector. Management of a.
• Implementation of regional integration policies and strategies aimed at facilitating the business climate, developing intra-regional trade, promoting investment and generating employment
• Supervision of sector and value chain studies in agro-industry to identifying investment and export opportunities
• Organization of national and regional public and private meetings
• Management of the "Energy Efficiency Management Programme " which aimed to support 50 SMEs to reduce energy consumption through investment in energy-efficient equipment
• Support to innovative financing mechanisms for SMEs combining credit with technical assistance

Brussels, Belgium

• Management of road maintenance programmes in co-operation with the Delegations of European Union and the World Bank (Sub Saharan Africa Transport Policy, SSATP)Targeted countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Madagascar.
• Water maintenance programme. Targeted countries: Botswana, Djibouti, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Senegal, ZambiaThe objective of both programmes was to encourage subcontracting between the public works contractors and SME's.

Brussels, Belgium

• Supervision of studies of sectors with growth potential in ACP regions and validation with ACP and EU stakeholders (Regional Organisations, Professional Associations)
• In charge of Calls for Proposal to select ACP-EU-service providers for the organisation of investment conferences in the Tourism Industry (Caribbean, Pacific), Transport-Water-Energy and ITC (Caribbean, West and.
• Managing and coaching ACP-EU services providers to deliver successful events, generating partnerships between companies Average annual budget: € 3,000,000

Brussels, Belgium

• Assisting SMEs in the development of their capacity building needs;
• Mobilization of a network of African and European service providers to assist SMEs
• Organisation of group seminars and individual coaching of SMEs in order to improve their performance
• Organisation of investment conferences financed and organised in co-operation with the European Commission and regional African organisations
• Participation in the creation of the African association ‘’Afristone’’, whose purpose was to ensure the promotion of marble and granite in Europe Average annual budget: € 800,000

Vienna, Austria

• Development and management of assistance programs in the construction industry in Africa
• Management of a team of local and international experts in charge of the transfer of know-how in the field of the design and implementation of low-cost construction projects.
• Beneficiaries: construction companies and suppliers of building materials, services providers and laboratories, real estate companies.Clients: Ministry of Industries and Ministries of Housing in West and Central Africa.

Lyon And Paris, France

• Evaluation of human resources of the main French construction companies and recommendations to increase their productivity Client: Plan Construction, Ministry of Public Works, Paris, France
• Research focusing on building materials and the construction industry in developing countries Clients: GRET (Paris, France), UNIDO, Vienna

Doctor Of Economics And Management, Transfer Of Technology And Know-How, With Honour. Thesis Published By Editor L'Harmattan, France

Activities and Societies: Researcher, Associate to Centre de Recherche National Scientifique (CNRS) Topics : value chain analysis in the.

Bachelor’S Degree, Economics