Private Sector and Trade

4.1 Private sector, EU approaches and tools towards private sector for development :

Sharing of experiences, insights and concerns on the role of private sector and modalities of engagement, based on the following considerations:

• What are your objectives in engaging with private sector or addressing private?

• How to engage with private sector (dialogue), at which stage, for what purposes?

• How to respond flexibly to private sector and productive sector needs?

• How to address specific needs or situations (e.g. MNEs, EU/local, MSMEs, informal sector, in fragile states, ...)?

• What are key challenges and how do you address them

4.2 Business platform:

Groups focus on key issues, approaches and tools by European

- Access to finance

- Investment climate: Business environment reform (BER) and M&E

- Private sector engagement: SB4A

Reference documents: 

- European Commission (2017) SB4A: Sustainable Business for Africa platform