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Geographic Area:
Entire
Egypt
Area of Development:
Support to the economic and productive system
Sector:
Support to the balance of payments
Executive body:
DGCS (direct management). Surveillance: Viglienzone
Institutional counterpart:
Ministry of International Cooperation – European
Cooperation Sector
Other Funding Parties:
-
Beneficiaries:
Public institutions and private Enterprises of medium
dimensions
Period of implementation:
1994 - 2009
Amount and nature of the funds:
Bilateral channel – 30,987,413.95 [grant]
Type of intervention:
Financial assistance
Objective:
Support to the balance of payments; financial support to
medium and big Egyptian Enterprises, creation of new job
opportunities
Description of the project:
Providing essential Italian-made goods and connected
services, including spare parts and row material. It is
primarily, but not exclusively, targeting the sectors of
agriculture, irrigation, energy, industry, health care, and
environment.

The funds are provided by the public sector and the
Egyptian private sector. Of the total of the funds available,
30% at least must be dedicated to the private Enterprises. The
acquisition of goods by the private sector, in its turn,
generates a counterpart to be utilized for projects with social
goals in accordance with the guidelines of the Italian
Cooperation. A new program of Commodity Aid of 20,000,000
Euro is in the phase of negotiations.
More information on the Programme web site
For invitations to tender in the various Commodity Aid
fields:
http://www.esteri.gov.it/ita/5_36_01.asp?id=155
Italian -
Egyptian Commodity Aid Programme
1081, Corniche El Nil - 4th floor, Garden City
- Cairo, Egypt
Tel.: (0020 2) 2794.1841/ 2796.2358 / tel. & fax:
2792.0272; E-Mail:
commodity.egitto@esteri.it
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