Publication Categories

Provides support to the Jordanian authorities in defining the overall strategy of the EC funded support program and the operational work plan. The report examines the immediate and medium term needs of the Government of Jordan in the three core areas: free trade, legislative and regulatory framework and subsequent enforcement, and institution strengthening. Within each of these chapters, we analysis the current state of play of the core areas of intervention, develop gap reduction strategies for project beneficiaries, and present a work plan for the areas of intervention in the three core areas that were developed through close consultation with the project beneficiaries. The annexes to the report present detailed project fiches for each of the areas of intervention, including expected results and detailed output, description of activities, organizational structure of the project environment, and implementation schedule of the proposed activity with costing estimates. The annexes also include a proposed bridging activity that will be needed before the entry into force of of the financing agreement pertaining to EC funded support program. European Commission. October 2002