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Greece - Turkey: Investment Opportunities & SynergiesGreek-Turkish Chamber of Northern Greece
13 April 2013Thessaloniki, Greece
Barry Kolodkin, Regional Programme [email protected]
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Began in 2007; project office in Athens, Greece
Objective: To stimulate intra-regional trade and investment in and among Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) organization countries
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine
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Implementer: UNDP
Donors: Greece & Turkey
Partners/Donors: BSEC & BSEC Business Council
Beneficiaries: Enterprises Government agencies Business associations
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Emphasize cross border economic activity
Business facilitation events
Training for business support organizations and investment promotion agencies
Business development assistance
Green business/sustainable development
350 MILLION PEOPLE4 TRILLION USD GDP> ½ TRILLION USD IMPORTS
= A REAL MARKET BUT NEEDS GREATER DEVELOPMENT
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Co-sponsoring Ukraine’s state investment project roadshow in Turkey
Organizing regional B2B networking events in the ICT, logistics and food sectors
Workshop for 8 investment agencies in nation-branding
Promoting Moldovan wine in Ukraine and Romania
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Tourism promotion in Peloponnese, Greece
EU food & packaging standards training
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PackagingFood products and wineTourism Construction materialsICT LogisticsRenewable energy
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BSTIP EVENT IN THESSALONIKI 29 MARCH 2013
-- 28 foreign food and consumer product buyers-- More than 80 producers (mainly food)I 29 MARCH28
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Top Turkish AgricultureImports include:-Cotton lint-Tobacco-Prepared foods
Prepared foods include both crop and livestock products. Inter alia: homogenized composite food preparations; soups and broths; ketchup and other sauces; mixed condiments and seasonings; vinegar and substitutes; yeast and baking powders; stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked; couscous; and protein concentrates. Including turtle eggs and birds' nests.Source: FAO
Top Greek AgricultureExports include:-Cotton lint-Tobacco-Prepared foods
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Top Greek AgricultureImports include:-Prepared foods-Wheat
Top Turkish AgricultureExports include:-Prepared foods-Wheat flour
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- Growing food exports for Greece and Turkey
- Growing food imports for Turkey- Food imports for Greece stabilizing
- Growing bilateral trade- Mutual products of interest- MARKET OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT
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