02-Jul-2020

Alghad - Chairman of the Investment Authority, Dr. Khaled Al-Wazani
stressed that Jordan is an attractive environment for investment. 50 new
investment projects in various investment sectors.
This came during a meeting organized by the Investment Authority
in cooperation with the Jordanian Businessmen Association via the technology of
visual communication with Jordanian Jordanian businessmen in European countries
and in the presence of both the President of the Jordanian Businessmen
Association Hamdi Al-Tabaa, and the Vice-President of the Jordanian Expatriate
Women and Businessmen Association, Dr. Hassan Al Barmawi and the Ambassador The
Jordanian in the country of Italy, Mr. Fayez Khoury, and a large number of
Jordanian businessmen abroad in European countries.
Al-Wazani added that we took it upon us in the Investment
Authority to be the investor’s home and voice, with the aim of unifying the
references in one umbrella representing the investor with all government
agencies, which will shorten the time and effort and create an attractive and
competitive investment environment for investors.
He said: The investor is looking for ease in the procedures and
for attractive and promising investment opportunities, so we at the Investment
Authority prepared an investment file that includes preliminary feasibility
studies on the most promising investment opportunities in various sectors such
as industry, agriculture, health, tourism, services and information technology,
and these opportunities are available to identify them through the website The
Investment Authority and through an electronic smart application for the
Investment Authority.
Al-Wazani added that the Jordanian state, under the royal
directions, was able to be the focus of attention of the world, especially in
its dealings with the Corona pandemic and its ability to overcome the stage,
proving that it is a state of institutions capable of dealing with any
emergency situations.
During the meeting, the most important promising investment
opportunities in Jordan, the business climate and environment and investment
were reviewed, in addition to the role played by the Jordanian government and
the Investment Authority in dealing with the Corona pandemic and future plans
in promoting, attracting and enabling investment.
The head of the Jordanian Businessmen Association Hamdi Al-Tabaa
emphasized the continuous cooperation with the Investment Authority and the
constant endeavour to attract more investments and create an attractive and
competitive investment environment for investors, stressing that the Jordanian
economy is stable and attractive to investors, so the volume of foreign
investment in Jordan reached a total of 36 billion dollars in economic sectors
And various investment and commercial, and that Jordan has an attractive
environment and investment opportunities for all investors in many sectors.
Jordanian Ambassador to the State of Italy, Fayez Khoury stressed
that the Jordanian embassy is ready to provide all facilities and cooperation
with investors who wish to direct their investments to Jordan, stressing that
Italian companies, in light of the Corona pandemic, are looking for
international investment partnerships, therefore promotional plans and
investment opportunities must be developed in specific sectors Especially in
sectors that attract investors, commensurate with the new investment trends
after the Corona pandemic.
The head of the Jordanian Expatriate Women and Businessmen
Association, Dr. Hassan Al Barmawi continued, saying: There is continuous
communication and support from the Investment Authority for Jordanian investors
abroad, stressing that Jordanian expatriates abroad constitute, according to
many statistics and reports, at least 14% of the total population of Jordan The
majority of these are located in the Gulf region, the United States, Europe and
around the world, so work must be done by the government to provide more
support and competitive incentive benefits for Jordanian expatriates, in order
to encourage them to direct their businesses and investments to Jordan.
It is noteworthy that the Investment Authority and within its
promotional plan seeks through communication with expatriate citizens abroad to
introduce them to the business environment and investment opportunities in
Jordan and the investment incentives that they can obtain in the event of
directing their business compass to Jordan.
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