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Mr Ofosu-Ampofo said after 20 years of decentralization, the District and Municipal assemblies needed to move from only service provision to economic development of their districts and municipalities. The General Secretary of the GJA, Mr Bright Blewu, said the association decided to embark on the project because they identified the SMEs as an area that GJA could support in the economic development of the country. He said ever since the project started, media focus on the challenges of SME�s was on the increase and that was a good sign for the economic progress of the country. Mr Afriyie-Badu appealed to the Regional Minister to draw the attention of the District and Municipal assemblies to engage the SME in the preparation of their fee fixing resolutions and their development programmes. He said in spite of the Public Procurement Law the District and Municipal assemblies could find a way to generate business for the SME in their areas and appealed to the RCC to consider the inclusion of representatives of the SME to the assemblies during the selection of government appointees to the assemblies.