2nd ACOM provincial workshop – rural trade promotion (Training sessions on the benefits of the EMPRETEC behaviour-based entrepreneurship development training)

​The Ministry of Commerce, in partnership with the Ministry of Economy and Planning, is organizing a seminar on "Logistics and Investment in the Rural Trade Sector" from 19 to 23 August 2019 in Huambo which aims to endow technical and operational knowledge on rural commerce.

In 2014, the Government of Angola and the European Union signed a cooperation (financial) agreement that called for the implementation of a Trade Support Project (ACOM) in Angola. The purpose of this project is to encourage the kind of innovative thinking that will be necessary to aid Angola in its ongoing efforts to diversify its economy away from oil. The EU-UNCTAD joint Programme of Support for Angola: Train for Trade II – is one of the three components of the Trade Support Project (ACOM).

Under the project framework, UNCTAD was invited to deliver two sessions on the benefits of its behaviour-based entrepreneurship development workshop, called Empretec, to entrepreneurship promotion for rural entrepreneurs in Angola. The sessions focused on practical tools such as entrepreneurial skills, sustainable businesses, and planning and business model that are used in the Empretec workshop.

The third ACOM provincial workshop will take place in the province of Lubango.