The National Agency for the Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (ANPME) was created in 2002 under article 56 of Law No. 53-00 forming the Charter of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) replacing the Industrial Development Office (ODI). It is a public establishment placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Industry Commerce and New Technologies (MICNT). Its mission is to work for the promotion development and upgrading of SMEs.