About FEDA
The Federation for Economic Development Associations (FEDA), an umbrella of several non-governmental organizations (NGOs), was established by 11 NGOs in Greater Cairo and Suez Canal region in 2001 as an initiative from FEDA founders with the support of Friedrich Ebert foundation aiming at developing appropriate representation of different interests in the economic development and employment promotion field. FEDA has played an effective role in drafting the Small and Medium–sized Enterprises (SMEs) law in 2004 (SMEs law no.141 of 2004). It also has worked on developing appropriate proposals to review the SMEs law, which is considered the legal basis to encourage SMEs and enable them to achieve their goals in Egypt in order to facilitate the establishment of enterprises as well as improve the business environment.
The Federation for Economic Development (FEDA) includes 93 member associations spread in 20 governorates nationwide. work in the economic development field and support SMEs.
FEDA aims to develop a service portfolio to offer to member NGOs and SMEs as the considerable improvement in the quality of jobs and employment offered has been observed as a key indicator for developing the performance and competitiveness of SMEs in Egypt