In coordination with the Ministry of Industry, a two-day awareness creation training was provided to senior executives, directors , district heads and experts of EIIDE at Bishoftu city starting from March 04, 2025, on the policy prepared to increase the production and productivity of the manufacturing industry in relation to the provision of industrial inputs.

 CEO of EIIDE Ms. Yeshimebet Negash, pointed out that the main objective of the training was to enable EIIDE to work in a manner that is aligned and coordinated with the Ministry of Industry's strategy in line with the needs of industries to streamline the input supply chain and enable it to work in collaboration to meet the industrial input supply of the country.

Ethiopia's industrial policy, proxy product substitution strategy, manufacturing industry linkage strategy, manufacturing industry sector export strategy, leather strategy, and cotton marketing studies were presented on the training.

Finally, Dr. Milkesa Jagme, Director General of the Manufacturing Sector of the Ministry of Industry, stressed that it is very important to have a common understanding of strategies and studies that link institutions, as they have different content but can achieve the same goal.