Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Khalifa (second left), Chairman of QBIC and CEO of QDB and Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo (third left) and Eric Chevallier, French Ambassador to Qatar (right) at the signing ceremony yesterday.
Qatar Business Incubation Centre (QBIC), founded by Qatar Development Bank (QDB) and Social Development Center (SDC),signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Paris&Co, the economic development and innovation agency of Paris.
The MoU aims to establish a mutually beneficial relationship between Doha and Paris that supports the incubation of startups through the sharing of knowledge and services provided by each incubator.It allows both parties to exchange advice, support and connections, while offering select start-ups the opportunity to establish their business in Doha and Paris.
The Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and QBIC Chairman Abdulaziz Bin Nasser Al Khalifa signed officially, in the sidelines of the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) event,a document endorsing the signing of a MoU between QBIC – representedby its CEO Aysha al Mudahka – and Paris&Co – representedby its co-CEO KarineBidart. Eric Chevallier, French Ambassador to Qatar, attended the signing.
“We are truly happy of this MoU, for it is a new step in the economic and knowledge cooperation between our two countries, in favor of startups and SMEs development, in line with Qatar’s National Vision for 2030. We believe that this cooperation will be fruitful and will foster the commitment of both Doha and Paris in the forward-looking sector of tourism”, said the Ambassador.
