Graduation of export experts training

The Hebron Leather & Shoe Cluster and the Palestinian Federation of Leather Industries concluded the training of export experts with the participation of 6 companies from the footwear and leather sector. Which was followed by a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Federation and the management of the Palestinian Trade Center to discuss ways and mechanisms to promote the exports of the footwear sector and enter new markets .During the ceremony, the President of the Palestinian Leather Industries Federation, Mr. Amer Arafa, received the Jordanian Ambassador Issam Al-Bdour, the President of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Mr. Abdo Idris, and the accompanying delegation, and they toured the Center for the Development of Shoes and Leather Products They discussed the obstacles to exporting to Jordan and opportunities to promote shoe exports to the Jordanian market, and His Excellency the Ambassador expressed his admiration for the efforts made and achievements made in order to promote and develop the Palestinian shoe and leather industry and congratulated them on that. Mr. Abdo Idris also stressed the importance of integration between institutions in order to keep pace with the development and support of the footwear and leather sector, which was considered one of the most important industrial sectors in Palestine.
Mr. Amer Arafa opened the opening ceremony by welcoming the guests and stressed the importance of continuing work to strengthen the resilience of the shoe industry despite all the circumstances it is going through ,He pointed to the importance of continuous work towards increasing shoe exports and access to global markets, developing the performance of companies and raising their export capacity.
Mr. Mahmoud Abu Amira from Global Communities Foundation stressed that this training is one of the steps that the Foundation is working on with the private sector in general and the footwear sector in particular, with the aim of increasing the competitiveness of Palestinian companies locally and globally.
Mrs. Rawaa Jaber, Director General of the Paltrade Center, pointed out that the main goal of the center is to reach Palestinian products to international markets and increase the share of Palestinian exports globally, and that they are ready to cooperate and work with the shoes and leather sector in order to achieve this goal through all the services provided by Paltrade.
Mr. Noureddine Al-Qadi, Director of the Hebron Chamber of Commerce and Industry, stated that the Chamber is ready to provide all possible services to cooperate with all relevant authorities in order to increase exports of Palestinian products.
Finally, certificates were distributed to the attendees and confirmed that there will be a plan that supports companies that participated in the training in export and access to new markets. It is worth mentioning that this training comes within the cooperation between the project to develop the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises in Palestine, funded by the Swedish Agency for Development and International Cooperation (SIDA) and implemented by the International Communities Foundation and the Cluster for the Footwear and Leather Industry in Hebron - Hebron - in order to support the footwear and leather sector.