The minimum achievement of participating in international interactions is learning and growth

Board member of NSR Tehran said about the achievement and obstacles of setting up the Middle East Digital Cooperation Union

According to the IDEA, The member of NSR Tehran’s Board of Directors believes that issues such as the formation of the Digital Cooperation Union have led to participation in international interactions, the least of which is the achievement of learning and growth. He emphasized that if the existing obstacles are removed, the creation of legal capacities for multilateral cooperation will be the basis for the construction of international markets and powerful and prominent players in these markets.

At the end of October, the CEO of Fanap presented the formation plan of the “Middle East Digital Cooperation Union” at the Gitex exhibition. Shahab Javanmardi announced the efforts of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, as a strong pavilion of the private sector, for the formation of this alliance and strategic cooperation between the joint chambers of the countries of the region.

But what are the obstacles to the formation of such a union and what are its achievements for Iran’s ICT industry? “Keivan Jame bozorg”, a member of the board of directors of Tehran Computer Trade Union Organization, said about this:

“No industry, including ICT, can have qualitative growth in the international level by relying only on the domestic market. The growth process is the result of effort and feedback, and it is impossible for small domestic players to compete with those who receive feedback from international markets. Therefore, the least achievement of participating in international interactions is learning and growth.”

Emphasizing that the embargo is definitely a big obstacle, he said: “When it is impossible for Iranians to even open a bank account for natural and legal persons in many countries, business interactions will be sterile and limited.”

Jame Bozorg believes that if the private sector does not internationalize itself, it will not be able to play a role in international interactions: “Achieving international standards both in terms of product quality and quantity, as well as protocols and corporate structure and organization is a definite prerequisite for an effective and efficient presence on international occasions. “

But in such a situation, how can the government play a role in promoting such cooperation and help the private sector? In response to this question, a member of NSR Tehran’s board of directors said:

“The government should be the biggest supporter and the biggest buyer of private sector products. The experience of Western countries after World War II and Eastern countries since the 1990s has shown that without an intelligent developmentalist government that supports the private sector, no great technological or commercial work will be completed either inside or outside the country’s political borders. Receipt.”

He emphasized that support is different from money laundering and rent: “Buying products that do not yet have large markets and their use is associated with risk (a risk that the market does not bear) is the biggest government support for the growing private sector.”

Jame Bozorg believes that tools such as granting low-interest loans and not tax exemptions and the like, which focus on the input of industries and not their output, are ineffective and increase rent, which are not beneficial for the government.

He believes that if the aforementioned obstacles are removed, the creation of legal capacities for multilateral cooperation will lay the groundwork for the construction of international markets and powerful and prominent actors in these markets.