ABHA: The businesswomen’s center at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Abha has launched a training program, “Dream, achieve, and be professional,” at the headquarters of the training center here.

The program, which will conclude on Thursday, is being held under the guidance of Lina Al-Amoudi, a businesswoman and human resources specialist.

The aim is to impart training to women in investment and how to choose the right business, steps for launching a project, legal aspects, how to establish intellectual property and the mechanism for financial returns.

Al-Amoudi said that there are many avenues to start small or medium projects, because the Asir region is considered a virgin region and can be accessed with multiple investment areas like coffee shops, restaurants, concerts coordination and exhibitions.

She said the targeted category of the program is proprietors of small and medium projects, who will be introduced to ideas for projects that can bring huge returns.

The program has been implemented in many regions of the Kingdom, including Jubail, Dammam and Alkhobar and at technical and industrial institutes, said Al-Amoudi.

Al-Amoudi said the program answers many questions such as reason to start a project, goal, whether the project will contribute in building the community, qualities and tools of an entrepreneur as well as information on marketing small businesses at the lowest cost.

“Training will also be imparted on business issues like intellectual property and its importance in the establishment of small enterprises, applying intellectual property on the trainees’ projects, and establishing projects as an individual institution or with partners, and addressing contracts and their types, contents and models ,” she added.

Abdullah Al-Zahrani, secretary-general of the chamber, said knowledge of legal procedures is one of the essential things for businesswomen in order to avoid legal problems that are encountered while establishing a new business.

He said that the Abha chamber is looking to provide all the necessary data to identify important legal procedures and intellectual property that contribute to the reduction of the size of problems in any investment business, as the chamber seeks to provide a number of meetings, training programs and lectures to enrich the thinking process, culture and awareness of businesswomen so the result becomes an integrated and harmonious system between businesswomen, the chamber and various sectors.

He noted that this comes within the framework of the chamber plans and strategy to accommodate all businesswomen’s requirements in Asir, and help them achieve the informed investment equation based on scientific grounds designed to keep their capital and developing it in order to achieve their economic return they aspire to when they build their businesses according to the economic foundations based on the local market’s feasibility study, reading its reality and absorbing all its data.