East Midlands Asia Invest Event Leicester 2612007

1
(No Transcript)
2
UK Permanent Representation to the
EU -----------------------------------------------
----- Commercial Section
Aid-funded Business Opportunities and the EU
East Midlands Asia Invest Event - Leicester
26/1/2007
UKRep, Commercial Section
3
Overview
1) About UKRep and its Commercial Section What
does UKRep do? 2) UKReps Commercial
Section What does UKRep Commercial Section
do? 3) About EU aid-funded Business What
aid-funded business opportunities are there in
the EU? How much / where / how? The EU
Investment Facilities (specifically Asia
Invest) How much / where / how? 4) More
Information
East Midlands Asia Invest Event - Leicester
26/1/2007
UKRep, Commercial Section
4
What does UKRep do?
1) Monitors activities in EU institutions
(European Parliament, Commission, Council of
Ministers) 2) Represents the UK in negotiations
on EU policy 3) Provides information and advice
to UK Ministers and and UK government
institutions 4) Seeks feedback from UK
government
East Midlands Asia Invest Event - Leicester
26/1/2007
UKRep, Commercial Section
5
What does UKRep Commercial Section do?
Commercial Section deals with tender
opportunities in EU development assistance
(called aid-funded business)
EU External Aid
Budgetary Aid
Commercial tenders
Grants
Commercial tenders
Investment Facilities
North West Champions Event, 23/11/2006
UKRep, Commercial Section
6
What does UKRep Commercial Section do?
Commercial Section deals with tender
opportunities in EU development assistance
(called aid-funded business)
1) Disseminating information on upcoming projects
financed by the EUs external aid
programmes 2) Promoting aid-funded
business 3) Provides advice and information on
procedures, contacts and bidding
tactics 4) Helps with company match-making for
partners 5) Prepares sector reports on
request 6) Helps solve problems
East Midlands Asia Invest Event - Leicester
26/1/2007
UKRep, Commercial Section
7
About Aid-Funded Business
in 2007 IPA Turkey, Western
Balkans 1.26 billion ENPI Neighbours of
the enlarged EU 1.47 billion DCI Asia and
Latin America 2.3 billion EDF Africa,
Caribbean, Pacific 3.5 billion
8.53 billion
East Midlands Asia Invest Event - Leicester
26/1/2007
UKRep, Commercial Section
8
Priority Sectors of Aid-Funded Business
- Infrastructure and transport - Private sector
development - Institutional, administrative
reform - Education and training - Environment - Wa
ter - Health - Social sector / employment
What can you do? Read Country Strategy Papers
for long-term objectives Read National Indicative
Programmes Use the UKTI portal to identify
tenders of interest Get more project information
from UKRep
East Midlands Asia Invest Event - Leicester
26/1/2007
UKRep, Commercial Section
9
About Aid-Funded Business
Services Technical Assistance to the Institute
for Public Administration and European
Integration (IPAEI) for the development of
in-service training centre network linked to the
implementation and enforcement of the acquis,
Bulgaria Works Reconstruction of the
electricity grid of the new electricity sector in
Monrovia Supplies Supply of Water Tankers /
Trucks and Tanks to Rural Communities in El Tur
and Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
What can you do? Monitor the EU tender
websites Read the tender guidelines of the EU
(PRAG) Talk to UKRep to find business partners
North West Champions Event, 23/11/2006
UKRep, Commercial Section
10
The EU Investment Facilities
Pro-Invest Asia Invest AL Invest promote
the investment and technology flows to ACP
countries, Asia and Latin America
HOW? - Company match-making (EU lt-gt ACP, Asia,
Latin America) - Supporting dialogue between
private sector, public institutions, public and
private associations to improve investment
climate - Provision of technical assistance to
support organisations dealing with investment
promotion

What can you do? Read Asia Invest homepage Go
through list of ongoing or completed projects
East Midlands Asia Invest Event - Leicester
26/1/2007
UKRep, Commercial Section
11
The EU Investment Facilities
The Asia Invest Programme Budget for
2006-2007 20 million Second deadline for
proposals 6 March 2007 ( 16.75
million) Ineligible countries (Asia) Brunei,
Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Japan, Macao,
Singapore and South Korea Priorities
LDCs, involvement of less developed
regions in India/China, information and
communication technologies
What can you do? Read eligibility criteria Read
regional financing proposal Talk to UKRep to find
partners
East Midlands Asia Invest Event - Leicester
26/1/2007
UKRep, Commercial Section
12
More information
The Commercial Team at UKREP Paula Nobes Head of
Section IPA Linda Geller Commercial
Officer EDF Jan Soeltenfuss Commercial
Officer ENPI Claire Wilcock Commercial
Assistant Business Opportunities and
UKTI Portal enquiries Sara
Breen Commercial Assistant Project information
and general enquiries Email firstname.las
tname_at_fco.gov.uk Website www.ukrep.be/commerc.h
tml
East Midlands Asia Invest Event - Leicester
26/1/2007
UKRep, Commercial Section
13
More information
Our website http//www.ukrep.be/commerc.html E
U Commission (forthcoming tenders) http//ec.eur
opa.eu/comm/europeaid/tender/index_en.htm PRAG
(EU Practical Guide for tendering) http//ec.eur
opa.eu/europeaid/tender/practical_guide_2006/docum
ents/new_prag_en_final.pdf UK Trade and
Investment https//www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
North West Champions Event, 23/11/2006
UKRep, Commercial Section
14
Thank you for your attention
East Midlands Asia Invest Event - Leicester
26/1/2007
UKRep, Commercial Section