Special economic zones, providing tax and customs benefits, infrastructure support and possessing high investment attractiveness, create favorable conditions for business development and investment attraction.

The BRICS countries account for about 3 thousand special and special economic zones, which is about 40% of the total number of SEZs worldwide.

As part of the discussion, representatives of the participating countries and partners of the association will discuss the potential for expanding cooperation between special economic zones within the BRICS.

The participants will consider the formats and mechanisms of interaction, regulatory issues and the use of the unique advantages of each country’s SEZ to ensure mutual economic growth, and will also analyze the possibility of converging approaches to regulating special economic zones in the BRICS space.

Moderator:

Elena Chashchina, Co-owner and Managing Partner of EPOTOS Group of Companies, Member of the Russian Chapter of the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance (Russia).

Speakers:

Dahlia El-Hawary, Deputy CEO of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), (Egypt);   

Keabneh Samuel Alemu, Marketing Manager of Luckson Tour and Travel (Ethiopia);   

HRH Princess Palesa Kambule, Chairperson of BRICS WBA Eswatini Regional Office, President of Women in Power (Eswatini), (video message);

Masrura Ram Idjal, Founder and CEO, PT. Rabbani Semesta Utama (Indonesia); 

Ratna Ha smaida, Vice President of PT Pactoconvex Niagatama August, President Director of PT Pacto (Indonesia); 

Saliza Abdullah, Group Managing Director, BG Capital Holdings & Deputy President, NAWEM (Malaysia);  

Chula Sukmanop, Secretary General, Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) (Thailand); 

Hon. Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, MP of Parliament of South Africa, Chair of SADC Regional Caucus, PanAfrican Parliament (South Africa);

Nguyen Thu Thao, Director of Business Development of the Russian Market of Shinec JSC (Vietnam).