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Throughout its ten years of operation, Al Jidara has professionally served a wide range of local and international investors and institutions. Al Jidara has also developed significant -and sometimes unmatched- experience in being the local counterpart for much of the work of long and short term internationally funded projects aiming at economic development.
Our experience extends to a large number of business areas and strategic economic sectors including: Trade and Investment (such as WTO accession, FTA negotiations, Qualified Industrial Zones, Special Economic Zones and Industrial estates); Investment Promotion, Targeting and Facilitation; Business Process Re-engineering; Enterprise restructuring; Institutional development and Capacity Building; Public Awareness and Advocacy; Micro-enterprise development; ICT including e-Government; Capital Markets; Customs; and Tourism.
Our cross-sectoral experience includes Research and Analysis; Training and Human Resource Development and Planning; Study Tours; MIS and IT Consulting Services; Sectoral and Feasibility Studies; Privatization; Strategy Development and Program Evaluations.
 Governance and Policy Reform
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Al Jidara offers a variety of services that aim at facilitating policy, regulatory and institutional reforms that are required to address the economic challenges facing countries in the globalized world of the 21st century. Al Jidara advises and supports governments in designing and implementing legal and regulatory regimes that would enable them to meet these challenges in various countries. Our expertise in the areas of Governance and policy reform covers the following:
· Economic policy reform strategies
· Trade agreements that include the WTO, FTA and the EU partnership
· Impact assessments
· Public Administration Development and Reform
· Enterprise Development
· Commercial Policies
· Micro-finance
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Capacity Building and Institutional Development
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Al Jidara works in close partnership with governments, donors , associations, and industries to develop and implement capacity-building and institutional development programs that are essential for sustainable economic and social development in the countries of the Middle East. By planning and implementing programs in the following fields, Al Jidara has acquired substantial expertise and knowledge in transforming people and institutions into active players in the new world economy:
· Business process re-engineering
· Strategy development and implementation
· Human resources development
· "Excellence” Criteria development, diagnosis, and support
· Public sector reform for service delivery
· Training
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Trade and Investment
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Al Jidara has been at the forefront in the design and implementation of policies and strategies for investment climate and trade facilitation. We support relevant government institutions in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) and promoting trade and exports. Our specializations in Trade and Investment include the following:
· Development and implementation of investment and export promotion strategies
· Trade and free-trade agreements analysis and support
· Privatization
· Study, design, and implementation of projects for Special economic zones, free zones, and industrial zones and IT parks.
· Investment promotion and investment targeting
· Investor roadmaps
· Strategic and corporate planning services for investment promotion agencies
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Private Sector Development
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The development of a strong private sector is essential for improving international competitiveness. Al Jidara has been designing and implementing suitable strategies and instruments for market reforms to develop the private sector including:
· Small and medium Enterprise development
· Competitiveness & cluster analyses
· Entrepreneurship benchmarking and development
· Support for business associations (strategy and implementation)
· Private-public sector dialogue
· Feasibility studies
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ICT and e-Government
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Realizing its potential at radically enhancing the development of countries and businesses, Al Jidara has developed a unique regional understanding for the design and development of ICT and e-Government. Al Jidara has been active in developing and implementing ICT, e-commerce and e-government strategies that include the following:
· National ICT sector development strategies
· E-government strategies and implementation plans
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