The North West Provincial Government is to host an Industrialisation Summit in an effort to stimulate industrial development to support economic growth and development, North West Premier Thandi Modise announced on Tuesday.

Premier Modise highlighted that the summit that was approved by the Executive Council is aimed at translating the Provincial Industrialisation Implementation Plan into tangible developmental intervention programmes and strategies to fight poverty, inequality and unemployment linked to industrial development.

  Modise said that the summit to be hosted by MEC for Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism, Motlalepula Rosho will present key provincial, local and national stakeholders with an opportunity to translate the Industrial Implementation Plan and Sector Analysis Report into specific industrial and sector development projects.

“Pockets of opportunities identified within the identified sector gaps during the process of developing the implementation plan and the report present opportunities to economically develop the province. The successful implementation of these will create a conducive environment for investment and growth for us to create sustainable jobs and alleviate poverty,” she stressed.

Over 200 delegates from provincial government departments, parastatals and agencies, municipalities, private sector, organised business, employers, representatives of the banking sector, mining houses ,labour ,civic organisations, academic, research institutions and partners are expected to be part of the provincial initiative to be held next week

  Thursday 29 November

  2012 at Feather Hills Wedding Nest in Potchefstroom.

The programme for the day includes a Gala Dinner where the upcoming BRICS (Brasil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit will be announced.-Taung DailyNews