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The National Entrepreneurship Support and Development Agency

NESDA : Strengthening the Bridges of Economic Integration and Enhancing Industrial Localization through the National Forum for Localization and Subcontracting

On December 22, 2025, NESDA organized the National Forum for Localization and Subcontracting at the Cultural Center of the Great Mosque of Algiers. Held under the theme “Building Bridges for Economic Integration,” the event is part of the agency’s strategy to support economic inclusion and promote industrial localization. The forum saw the participation of over 300 economic operators from both the public and private sectors, along with experts, entrepreneurs, and representatives of the Algerian diaspora. This diversity transformed the event into a national platform for integration among economic actors, the promotion of subcontracting, and the empowerment of micro-enterprises to effectively integrate into national value chains.

The National Forum for Localization and Subcontracting served as a comprehensive national platform for dialogue, networking, and partnership building. It emphasized the pivotal role played by NESDA in connecting micro-enterprises with economic operators and transforming industrial market needs into real opportunities for growth, production, and economic integration. The event was distinguished by a specialized industrial exhibition for the mechanical industry, featuring 25 micro-enterprises from various provinces across the country. This reflects the level of development achieved by the small-scale industrial fabric and its growing capacity to stimulate economic dynamics and support national industry through an approach based on efficiency, quality, and productive integration. Additionally, the forum witnessed the launch of innovative digital programs dedicated to supporting localization and subcontracting. These programs aim to bridge the gap between national supply and actual industrial demand, reduce import dependency, enhance local production, and bolster economic integration between micro-enterprises and economic operators, while also improving networking, monitoring, and evaluation mechanisms within value chains. In addition, the event hosted in-depth strategic discussions with experts and economic actors focusing on mechanisms for economic integration, the role of micro-enterprises in industrial development, and the importance of involving the national diaspora in supporting localization projects and technology transfer. The forum's outcomes included the signing of strategic partnership agreements with the Algerian Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange (BASTP), BOMARE COMPANY, and the Agency for the Development of SMEs and the Promotion of Innovation (ANDPMEPI). This step aims to strengthen the national subcontracting ecosystem, support industrial integration, and facilitate the sustainable inclusion of micro-enterprises into value chains. Furthermore, a practical partnership agreement was signed in the mechanical industry sector between the micro-enterprise « SETELTRON INDUSTRIE » —established under the NESDA mechanism —and BOMARE COMPANY. This agreement aims to increase national integration rates and open new horizons for micro-enterprises within major industrial projects. This event reaffirms NESDA's pivotal role as a strategic link and an effective engine for building a more competitive, integrated, and sustainable national industrial system. It is noteworthy that the agency launched two integrated economic programs: « Small Business Hub », which aims to connect micro-enterprises with public and private sector entities through a specialized digital platform (accessible at business.nesda.dz), and « Al Tawteen », designed for economic operators seeking to replace imported production supplies with national alternatives—whether raw materials, semi-finished goods, or components—via a dedicated platform (accessible at watani.nesda.dz). This edition marks the first station in a series of events through which the agency seeks to highlight its role as a strategic mediator connecting economic operators and micro-enterprises, contributing to the improvement of national production capacities, the reduction of imports, and the elevation of economic integration levels.