Palestine - Inclusive Growth & Jobs

Sustainable Growth, Jobs and Resilience

The Transformational Potential: to contribute to Palestinian sustainable and inclusive economic development, while providing a comprehensive socio-economic response to the impact of COVID-19 and to the recovery needs generated by May 2021 Gaza hostilities.  

The Team Europe Proposal:

1. Business environment: policy dialogue with PA, private sector, and triangulation with Israel (cross-cutting).
2. Mobilization of finance and investments, cross-cutting: EU-Palestine Investment Platform; EU External Investment Plan.
3. Green economy programme: Green hub – trade exchange; Green and smart agribusiness.
4. Digital transformation, joint Digital Response Strategy design and implementation: digital infrastructures, digital platforms, digital finance, digital entrepreneurship, digital skills
5. Entrepreneurship: skills development, new market opportunities, entrepreneurship ecosystem reinforcement.
6. Resilience (coordinate, scale up and promote): current interventions; humanitarian/development nexus, sustainable livelihood, poverty graduation, youth entrepreneurship.
7. Trade programme: policy, standards, export, competitiveness, infrastructures; trilateral dialogue; Israel - PA Confidence Building Measures.