Shahab Javanmardi, the CEO of Fenap Holding, believes that the path to the development of the digital economy goes through dialogue with the regulator, and if the dialogue space was accompanied by a clear and precise proposal, it could lead to newer demands
According to Fanap Public Relations and Branding, Shahab Javanmardi, CEO of Fanap Holding and Vice President of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, spoke about the importance of synergy between businesses for regulatory requirements in the country in the digital economy expert panel at the Iran Economy Outlook Conference. He said:
“Today’s problem of the new players of the economy is that they do not have a proposal to convince the regulator and demand their demands. If the atmosphere of dialogue was accompanied by the presentation of a specific and detailed proposal, we could have concluded more new demands.”
He continued: Global and regional economic developments in the last few years have caused challenges in the country that have involved investment markets, manufacturing companies, foreign exchange market and various businesses, but the question is, who holds the key to solving these challenges?
Javanmardi replied: “When we invested in infrastructure, operators, work software and data centers as new players in the economy, we got results. These developments made new businesses introduce to the society the capacity of developing a platform in a space that the regulator still had no idea about and to position themselves according to the conditions of the society.”
Also he said: “in some cases, the traditional actors of Iran’s economy were an obstacle to the development of the digital economy, and on the other hand, financiers were not able to accurately calculate the data and talents necessary for the development of businesses, and these cases caused the activists in this field to move forward with uncertainties.”
Pointing out that there is no skill in the traditional space, Javanmardi said: “In order to have the right skill in any business, private and public industry actors must be able to cooperate. On the other hand, the fact that our economy is not connected to the world economy has created problems.”
He continued: “Whenever the cost of transportation and distribution was shared between different players in the industry and both groups came to believe that the benefit and continuity of their business is in joining together, then the regulation can be criticized and demanded of him. In the financial industry, we faced a very strict regulation, but it was important to be able to recognize it and enter into a dialogue.
Our problem today may be that the new players in the economy have not prepared a proposal to convince the regulator and demand their demands, while if the dialogue space was accompanied by the presentation of a specific and detailed proposal and joint projects were created between businesses, we could Let’s meet newer demands. The path is challenging, but it is possible. We have to make an effort to communicate.”
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