Algeria 
Bahrain 
Egypt 
Iran 
Iraq 
Israel 
Jordan 
Kuwait 
Lebanon 
Libya 
Morocco 
Oman 
Palestine * 
Qatar 
Saudi Arabia 
Syria 
Tunisia 
United Arab Emirates 
Yemen Euromed Trade Helpdesk – Trade And Investment Facilitation Mechanism (TIFM) Phase II
Project Duration
2020 - 2024
Budget
€2.5 million
Status
Ongoing
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Countries covered:
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Algeria
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Egypt
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Israel
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Jordan
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Lebanon
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Morocco
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Palestine *
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Tunisia
Brief Description
The project will contribute to greater regional integration through enhanced and better informed trade and investment policy-making processes in Southern Neighbourhood countries. It will achieve this by expanding the scope of the Euromed Trade Helpdesk – Trade and Investment Facilitation Mechanism (TIFM), an on-line one-stop portal, which was developed and implemented by the International Trade Centre (ITC) in an initial phase (2014-2017) to cover services and investment.
Countries covered: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia
Objectives
- Facilitate closer economic ties between the EU and South Mediterranean countries and enhance regional economic integration between these countries;
- Improve trade and investment transparency by providing free access to information for economic operators and policy makers to a state of the art online portal to facilitate trade in goods and services and investment.
Actions in brief
- Enhance the Euromed Trade Helpdesk to include investment, rules of origin, WTO notifications, export potential assessment tool, trade procedures guides, and trade in services.
- Improve understanding of regulatory and procedural trade obstacles faced by SMEs in the region and identification of options to reduce costs of trade in goods and in services.
- Strengthen market analysis and raise awareness on the use of the Euromed Trade Helpdesk by policy makers and the private sector.
