Tasdeer - Trade Facilitation & Customs Support

This grant facility targets Palestinian medium and large firms from the agriculture, IT and light manufacturing sectors that are successfully exporting and have the potential to enter new markets or expand in existing markets. The facility also targets firms whose exports have declined as a result of COVID-19 and associated market disruptions. The facility will support a wide range of activities, including but not limited to product development, new export market development, packaging, promotion, and distribution. The development of innovat...

The intervention will be implemented in coordination with the PA’s Ministry of Agriculture and will provide support to farmers in Gaza whose greenhouses were totally destroyed during the May 2021 hostilities. We will provide targeted cost-sharing grants to restore 19 donums (19000 m2) of greenhouses to active operation, supporting farmers to get back on their feet and resume production.      

In support of the Ministry of National Economy’s containerisation initiative that aims at demonstrating the viability of containerisation at the KHB, supporting progression towards a Direct Transfer solution, and encouraging uptake on the part of traders, Tasdeer will provide a partial flat subsidy of $1,500 per container for up to 6 containers per company. What are the eligibility criteria for traders: Only containers imported/exported through the KHB are eligible (via Aqaba/Sahab, Jordan). 20ft and/or 40f...

Through this intervention, Tasdeer will work with the Palestinian Federation of Garment and Textile Industries (PFGTI) to develop the garment and textile industry through the provision of trained workforce by providing on-the-job training for 250 women and PWD. PFGTI has started to contact Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions to obtain information and lists of trained women and PWD who are ready to be placed in garment factories. Furthermore, PFGTI initiated contacts with prospective host factories who expressed desire...

These grants target micro, small and medium-size firms. It aims at developing and improving production, increase local sales, and reducing dependency on imports. Eligibility criteria: The firm should be registered with the MoNE. The applicant is in business for at least three years. The applicant has local sales of at least $100K per year in any of the last three years with documented growth. The initial growth plan has significant potential to increase local sales and create jobs within the company and within local suppliers....