Libya

<p>The overall objective of the proposed project is to attract investment and promote trade and sustainable industrial and business development at continental level, concretely supporting the AfCFTA Secretariat and the African Union and delivering on the Africa-EU partnership for sustainable growth and jobs.&nbsp;</p><p>The project contributes to this objective by</p><ul><li>identifying trade and investment opportunities along regional value chains with potential at continental scale in Africa, including potential for investment by EU economic operators;</li><li>Strengthening the EU-Africa dialogue on trade and economic integration, informing high-level events such as the upcoming AU-EU Summit and European- African Business Forum (EABF)</li><li>identifying pilot/selected continental value chains that could be targeted for support in the EU 2021-27 aid programming exercise.</li></ul><p>It supports the implementation of the AfCFTA and ITC&apos;s One Trade Africa Initiative.</p>

<p>Increasing the trade transparency in Libya through its inclusion in the EuroMed Trade Helpdesk which provides MSMEs with essential trade intelligence information on markets for 9 countries already - Libya will be the 10th country joining this regional initiative aiming to strengthen trade ties between the European Union and the Mediterranean region.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

<p>The Libyan Trade Academy project is a component of a programme called &quot;Support Libyan Economic Integration, Diversification and Sustainable Employment &ldquo;SLEIDSE&rdquo;, which is a technical support program lead by Expertise France and funded by the EU. SLEIDSE activities focus on five areas: Developing a culture of entrepreneurship among Libyan youth, establishing business support centres and incubators (BSCs), <span lang="EN-US">strengthening the role of the national program for SMEs,&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US">improving access to finance and improving&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US">the Libyan business environment through national-level interventions.</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US">The Libyan Trade Academy is a key component of the BSC programme pillar as it will play the role of training and practical business resource for the business support centres and incubators. A 100-hour curriculum as well as on-demand business development multimedia resources will be made available to young male and female Libyan entrepreneurs, through a modular training programme. This online training programme builds upon a successful pilot implemented in 2016.<br></span></p>