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As a key instrument of the Global Gateway’s 360-degree approach, the GG ICR Facility drives inclusive and sustainable development. Through targeted technical assistance, it enables partner countries to attract investments, while enabling local and European businesses to grow and invest with confidence
Technical Assistance for Business Environment and Investment Climate Improvement
The GG ICR Facility offers specific and targeted technical assistance of up to 100 expert days for business environment and investment climate improvement initiatives. Technical assistance is provided at the economy-wide, sectorial and value chain level based on requests.
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- Business Environment Reform: Identifying, designing, implementing and evaluating business environment reforms in areas such as business registration and licensing, investment policy, and tax administration
Read more. - Support to DFIs: Identifying, preparing and implementing projects and investments with high development impact in alignment with the EU Global Gateway, with a special focus on women’s economic empowerment and gender-lens investing. Read more.
- Women’s Economic Empowerment: Promoting equal rights and access to opportunity by identifying and removing barriers to women’s economic participation, for a more inclusive business environment.
- Public-Private Dialogue: Strengthening the PPD processes and its key stakeholders for more impactful and sustainable development policies.
Areas of advisory services include:
- Improving investment frameworks: Aligning policies, regulations, and institutions to attract and retain sustainable investment, while creating a more predictable, transparent environment for private sector actors.
- Facilitating trade and connectivity: Reducing trade costs and delays by streamlining, digitalising, and making procedures more transparent, to facilitate cross-border commerce and regional integration.
- Developing competitive value chains: Identifying and upgrading high-potential sectors, supporting skills development, and linking local enterprises and SMEs to regional and global markets.
- Strengthening development finance: Supporting frameworks for PPPs, building capacity on ESG and impact standards, and helping mobilise private capital alongside public investment.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at info@icr-facility.eu.
Strengthening National and Subregional Development Finance Institutions
The GG ICR Facility supports national or sub-regional development finance institutions (DFIs) in two ways:
- Cohort-based group trainings in collaboration with regional DFI associations.
- Tailor-made technical assistance, capacity building and advisory services aligned with the DFI’s strategic priorities.
Eligibility criteria
Eligibility criteria set out the minimum requirements for a received request to be eligible.
- Type of organisation: The GG ICR Facility can work with public entities (ministry, public bodies, investment promotion agencies, etc.), development finance institutions (DFIs), and private sector organisations (chambers of commerce, trade/sectoral associations, etc.). The GG ICR Facility cannot work with individual firms or NGOs for instance.
- Link to the European Union’s Global Gateway: The request is linked to the EU’s Global Gateway strategy or one of the Global Gateway initiatives. The GG ICR Facility will validate interest with the EU Delegation in the specific country/ies.
- Business environment reform: The request contributes to an area of business environment reform (investment policy, sectoral policy and regulation, public-private dialogue, or labour law, among others).
- Outcome: The request should have a result that is clearly identified and realistically reachable through GG ICR Facility technical assistance.
- Requestor capacity: The requestor needs to have sufficient capacity to implement technical assistance and enforce recommendations.
Not sure if you meet all criteria? Find our general FAQ here and our FAQ for DFIs here.
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