Helping entrepreneurs seeking to start small businesses is a key part of developing the national economy, Adnan Bin Hussein Mandourah, secretary general of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said at the closing ceremony after a 14-day training to help people who hope to launch companies. The course, organized by the Chamber's Small Enterprises Development Center and Al-Ahli Bank, was conducted Abu Bakr Bin Aboud Ba'eshen, a trainer and consultant. Mandourah congratulated attendees on the advent of the holy month of Ramadan and participants in the training course. The JCCI has held lectures and courses to stimulate young entrepreneurs to continue their activities in different businesses, based on its belief in the importance of free enterprise and the need to help beginning businessmen become successful, he said. The courses give young entrepreneurs scientific and practical knowledge to start small projects, he added. Their success is an important element in pushing the wheel of development and the national economy, which abounds with successful young entrepreneurs, Mandourah said. He stressed that organization fully realizes that disseminating the culture of free enterprise and developing a commercial sense among the Saudi youth is everybody's responsibility. Mandourah pointed out course included a direct focus on the characteristics of investors and gaining basic skills to determine investment ideas. He cited the fruitful cooperation between JCCI and Al-Ahli Bank in providing programs and services that benefit the community, lauding the Social Responsibility Circuit in Al-Ahli Bank for supporting entrepreneurs that own small enterprises. __
