Directors and managers of companies in the State Portfolio, representatives of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and of the Ministry to the Prime Minister in charge of the Budget and the State Portfolio, as well as those of the private sector and institutions, took part in a workshop to raise awareness of the advantages of listing on the Regional Stock Exchange (Brvm) this Wednesday, December 11 at the Maison de l'entreprise, in Plateau.

This workshop is an initiative of the Ministry of Economy and Finance through the Financial Sector Development Program (Pdesfi), and in collaboration with the General Directorate of the State Portfolio (Dgpe), the Regional Stock Exchange and the Professional Association of Management and Intermediation Companies (Apsgi). It consists of presenting the advantages of the admission of companies in the State Portfolio to listing on the Stock Exchange.

''Introduction to listing and development of popular shareholding'', such is the theme of this workshop which will also help to build the capacities of directors and managers of public and semi-private companies on the issue of admission to stock exchange listing, in order to develop the capital market.

Yapo Akpess Bernard, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Minister of Economy and Finance, on behalf of Minister Adama Coulibaly, assured that the Ivorian government has taken full measure of the importance of the development of the regional financial market in order to bring strategic solutions to the problem of the absence of long-term financing. A question that remains a major constraint for the economy. In this dynamic, the government has adopted a Financial Sector Development Strategy (Pdesfi) whose ambition is, among other things, to put in place an efficient and more inclusive financial system.

Long before, Fanny Siaka, Executive Secretary of the Financial Sector Development Program (Pdesfi) indicated that the financial market has an important role to play, as an alternative source of investment for the diversification of savers' activities. "It is therefore important to reflect on the levers that can facilitate the admission of State Portfolio Companies to the listing of the Stock Exchange", he mentioned, certain that the theme of the meeting should allow participants to clearly identify the benefits of admission to listing on the Exchange.

Fanny Siaka expressed the wish that the various presentations planned for this workshop will make it possible to enrich the importance of admission to listing on the Stock Exchange.