AMMAN — An economic forum that began on
Tuesday in Amman has emphasized the importance of creating a green agricultural
path to facilitate the flow of goods and enhance food security between Jordan
and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states, the Jordan News Agency,
Petra, reported.
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The Jordan-GCC Economic Forum also
encouraged the exchange of expertise and technologies, and suggested that
Jordan serve as a strategic regional observatory for food security to mitigate
the effects of crises and provide an infrastructure for emergency supplies.
Jordan Chamber of Commerce Chairman Nael
Kabariti said on Wednesday that the forum recommends taking advantage of the
“vast space” that electronic trade provides for businesspeople, holding
meetings and commercial deals to maintain communication, and increasing
technology sharing to bring investment and marketing to the desired levels.
In their recommendations, attendees
emphasized the importance of discussing solar energy cooperation, directing
Gulf investments toward sustainable energy projects, and working on a renewable
energy connection project.
The forum encouraged investment in
promising Jordanian sectors such as tourism, medical tourism, mining,
financing, banking, logistics, infrastructure, and agriculture, highlighting
Jordan’s government incentives such as trade deals, tax breaks, and customs
exemptions, according to Kabariti.
The forum contributed to women’s
economic participation through the signing of memoranda of understanding
between Jordanian and Gulf businesswomen. It also established a platform for
online communication for young entrepreneurs.
The forum called for creating a business
incubator to oversee the initiatives of Jordanian and Gulf businessmen, and a
consulting firm to examine Arab youth initiatives, facilitate transportation
between the two sides, and create an online platform to share investment and
economic opportunities and events, the chairman noted.
The forum emphasized the need for
governments to move forward with interconnection projects, particularly those
involving joint transportation, in order to boost trade exchange and cut costs.
It also called for the establishment of an investment system based on the
build-operate-transfer model.
This is the third Jordan-GCC Economic
Forum, organized by the chamber of commerce under the title “New Horizons for
Economic and Investment Cooperation” in collaboration with the GCC Chambers’
Federation, with the support of the GCC Secretariat General.
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