A workshop will be held on May 28 - 29, 2008 by the Austrian Commercial Office in Cairo in order to discuss the implementation of the Soft Loan Framework Agreement between Austria and Egypt which was ratified by the Egyptian People's Assembly on May 4, 2008. The first day will be open for Egyptian authorities only, the second day for interested Egyptian private companies, too.
The Soft Loan Framework Agreement between Austria and Egypt was ratified by the Egyptian People's Assembly on May 4, 2008. In October 2007, the agreement had been signed between the Austrian and the Egyptian government in order to offer soft loans for the duration of 2 years for a total amount of 50 million Euro for the various sectors. As integral part of this agreement, an indicative list of projects
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was agreed upon with projects in the field of transport, health, water & wastewater and education. The enclosed protocol
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and additional documents:
Project Preparatory Program
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PPP Application Form
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Financing on Concessional Terms - Egypt
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provide all necessary detailed information. The ratification process of this protocol by the Egyptian parliament is, therefore, expected to be finalized shortly; thereafter this agreement will come into effect.
In order to discuss the implementation of the soft loan projects according to the Agreement and the preliminary project list with the Austrian and Egyptian authorities concerned, a workshop will be held on May 28 and 29. The first day, Wednesday, May 28, will be for Egyptian authorities only and the second day, Thursday, May 29, will also be open for interested Egyptian private companies. This workshop will be held in the Nile Hilton Hotel, Arousa Room.
Interested Egyptian companies are kindly requested to register at the Commercial Office, Austrian Embassy, e-mail: cairo@austriantrade.org or Fax: 02-2736 2892.
Austrian Participants of the Workshop:
Draft Programme of the Workshop:
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Egypt
