SME wider community engagement with the FCDO SME Advisory Forum

BEI is delighted to announce the collaboration towards supporting the members of FCDO’s SME Advisory Forum to engage with the wider SME community. Our aim is both to ensure that members of the Advisory Forum are briefed on the full range of views of the SME supplier community and to enable them to provide feedback on the discussions after their meetings.  

As you may be aware, the FCDO SME Advisory Forum consists of ten members who act an industry consultative body advising FCDO officials on the International Development agenda as it affects SMEs. Members include the leaders of a range of micro, small and medium-sized businesses across the FCDO supply chain.  This initiative is intended to complement rather than duplicate the work of the SME Forum, and in that respect it has the support of our FCDO partners.

BEI plans to facilitate a quarterly meeting, chaired by the SME Forum members, for all interested SME suppliers (BEI members and non-members equally) at which they will:

a) provide feedback on the previous Forum meeting and any updates received from the FCDO

b) solicit ideas for future Forum meeting agenda items and discussion.  

Join us for our first virtual meeting led by the FCDO SME Advisory Forum members: Charlie Duff, Managing Director and Vice President, Alinea International and Sue Griffiths, Managing Director, Social Development Direct

Agenda:

BEI Introduction to Initiative and speakers – 10 min

FCDO SME Advisory Forum members (30 min):

- introduction of the Forum (aim and scope)

-  provide feedback on the previous Forum meeting and any updates received from the FCDO

- solicit ideas for future Forum meeting agenda items and discussion

Q&A and discussion: 30-40 min