The premier institution of the government of Pakistan under the Ministry of Industries, Production and Special initiative, SMEDA (www.smeda.org.pk ) was established in October 1998 to take on the challenge of developing small and medium enterprises (SMEs). With a futuristic approach and professional management structure it has its focus on providing an enabling environment and business development services to small and medium enterprises. SMEDA is not only an SME policy-advisory body for the government of Pakistan, but also facilitates other stakeholders in addressing their SME development agendas.
SMEDA’s head office is in Lahore. There are regional offices in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta.
SMEDA offers the following services:
· Assistance in raising finance
· Financial advice
· Project identification
· Business plan development
· Technical advice
· Marketing advice (branding, labeling, packaging, distribution, promotion, etc)
· Company incorporation, export registration and regulatory advice
· Sales tax, custom duty, excise duty, etc
· Training and development
· Information services (library, databases, project briefs, pre-feasibilities)
· Business matchmaking
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