Jordan:Trade for Employment Project:“Improving Business Environment for SMEs Through Trade Facilitation”

<p>The objective of the Project is to create jobs and increase employment by improving Jordan&apos;s cross-border environment, stimulate competitiveness of Jordanian SMEs and foster growth of Jordanian export. The project is articulated around eight focus area:</p><ul type="disc"><li>i) Development of national trade facilitation roadmap</li><li>ii) Improve the transparency of trade formality through the establishment of a trade facilitation portal consistent with Article 1.2 WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)</li><li>iii) Improve the efficiency of customs clearance through the implementation of an advance rulings mechanism (consistent with article 3 of the TFA)</li><li>iv) Reduce the complexity of cross-border procedures by promoting the acceptance of copies (consistent with TFA article 10.2)</li><li>v) Enhance the capacity of national stakeholders on the trade facilitation Agreement.</li><li>vi) Review and refine the implementation modalities of Category A measures in view of the international best practices</li><li>vii) Expedite the clearance and the release of goods through the expansion of the pre-arrival processing mechanism.</li><li>viii) Development of recommendations towards an integrated risk-management system</li></ul><p>This project is part of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development- (BMZ) special initiative &ldquo;Tackling the root causes of displacement - reintegrating refugees&rdquo;. The project will be implemented as part of the Regional Refugee &amp; Resilience Plan 2017-2018 in Response to the Syria Crisis (3RP). It aims to improve the trade for employment conditions for Jordanian companies.</p><p><br></p><p><a name="OLE_LINK7"></a></p>