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FocusSTUDY: FDI and partnerships in MED countries during first half of 2010 (ANIMA)
08-20-2010
 According to ANIMA-MIPO observatory, the number of projects rose significantly during first semester 2010, but FDI inflows stagnated. 392 FDI announced (+47% compared to 2009), 246 partnerships (+63%) but only 13.6 billion euro (bn €) during first half of 2010, against 29.6 bn € in 2009, i.e. -8%. For the first time, emerging countries rank second with 3.9 bn €, almost equal to Europe. European companies however still lead the way with 42% of the number of FDI projects and half of partnerships. |
The Invest in Med programme aims at developing sustainable trade relationships, investments and enterprise partnerships between the two rims of the Mediterranean. Funded at 75% by the European Union over the 2008-2011 period, it is implemented by the MedAlliance consortium, which associates economic development organisations (ANIMA, leader of the programme), CCIs (ASCAME, EUROCHAMBRES), and business federations (BUSINESSMED). The members of these networks, as well as their special partners (UNIDO, GTZ, EPA Euroméditerranée, World Bank, etc.), gather a thousand of economic actors - mobilised through pilot initiatives centered on key Mediterranean promising niches. Each year, a hundred operations associate the 27 countries of the European Union and 9 Mediterranean partner countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestinian Authority, Syria and Tunisia.