Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-02-24
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[01] Inauguration of 9th International Franchise Exhibition
[01] Inauguration of 9th International Franchise Exhibition
Deputy Development Minister Yiannis Papathanasiou and the French
Ambassador to Greece Bruno Delaye inaugurated the 9th International
Franchise KEM 2007 Exhibition at the Athens Convention Centre on
Friday. France is the theme country at this year's exhibition.
Papathanasiou stressed that the government and the development ministry
support the institution.
Addressing the event, the deputy development minister said the
government believes that franchising is the "reply" by commercial
businesses, and especially small and medium-size ones, to the
challenges of the future.
The deputy development minister expressed his conviction that funds
will be secured from the 4th Community Support Framework (CSF) to back
businesses that develop through the franchising system.
Moreover, he mentioned that the ministry's immediate priorities include
the creation of an institutional framework for a better and more
organised functioning of the system.
The French ambassador, on his part, thanked the Federation for France
being the theme country at this year's exhibition. He said in a brief
address that the 15 French companies partipating in the exhibition will
have the possibility of carrying out successful Greek-French
transactions.
The exhibition, due to last from February 23-26, is being organised
under the auspices of the National Greek Trade Confederation, the
Franchise Federation of Greece, the World Franchise Council (WFC) and
the European Franchise Federation (EFF).
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