{"id":64320,"date":"2026-07-01T10:35:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/?p=64320"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:35:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:35:58","slug":"d-8-marks-msme-day-with-webinar-on-green-msmes-and-medical-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/2026\/07\/01\/d-8-marks-msme-day-with-webinar-on-green-msmes-and-medical-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"D-8 Marks MSME Day with Webinar on Green MSMEs and Medical Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Member States Back Regional Cooperation to Scale Sustainable MSME Growth and Healthcare Travel<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Spokesman Report<\/p>\n

ISLAMABAD: The Developing-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8) convened a special webinar on \u201cGreen MSMEs and Medical Tourism: Opportunities for MSME Development\u201d to mark International MSME Day. Over 40 participants from D-8 Member States joined, including ministries of foreign affairs, health, tourism, energy, SME bodies, chambers, and business support institutions.<\/p>\n

H.E. Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, D-8 Secretary-General, called MSMEs the \u201cengine of growth\u201d and backbone of D-8 economies, driving jobs, innovation, and the SDGs. He said the green transition offers MSMEs new avenues to raise productivity, resource efficiency, competitiveness, and investment. He highlighted green entrepreneurship and medical tourism as sectors that can integrate MSMEs into regional and global value chains, and thanked SME Corp. Malaysia for expert inputs.<\/p>\n

\"\"Technical sessions featured Ms. Michelle Tee of Wakili Venture Berhad on circular practices, AI-enabled inventory, and sustainable procurement, and Mr. Lokman Izam of MHTC on Malaysia\u2019s healthcare travel ecosystem and MSME opportunities in hospitality, transport, wellness, and digital services.<\/p>\n

KOSGEB\u2019s Mr. Emre G\u00fcrleyik outlined T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s 2024-2028 green MSME plan and flagged finance as a key barrier. Azerbaijan\u2019s KOBIA introduced the Baku Climate Coalition for SMEs Green Transition post-COP29. Bangladesh shared sustainable supply chain models, while T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s Ministry of Culture and Tourism noted GSTC-aligned certification and 1.4 million health tourists generating $3.3 billion in 2025.<\/p>\n

Participants affirmed finance, technology, and certification gaps, and committed to deeper cooperation, knowledge-sharing, and the Baku Coalition to build resilient, competitive, and sustainable MSMEs across D-8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Member States Back Regional Cooperation to Scale Sustainable MSME Growth and Healthcare Travel Spokesman Report ISLAMABAD: The Developing-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8) convened a special webinar on \u201cGreen MSMEs and Medical Tourism: Opportunities for MSME Development\u201d to mark International MSME Day. Over 40 participants from D-8 Member States joined, including ministries of foreign affairs, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1243,1245,1244],"class_list":["post-64320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-developing-8-organization-for-economic-cooperation-d-8","tag-green-msmes-and-medical-tourism","tag-international-msme-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64320"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64324,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64320\/revisions\/64324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}