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The SIA-GCC team
The European Commission awarded this project to a consortium
comprising two highly experienced organizations:
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Sustainable Business Solutions
and MIMAP (Micro Impacts of Macroeconomic and Adjustment Policies).
PricewaterhouseCoopers
is the consortium leader and coordinator of this project.
The company has extensive experience in monitoring, implementing,
managing and evaluating external assistance programs/projects
across a wide range of sectors (Financial Sector, Private
Sector Development, Public Sector Reform, Social Protection,
Transport and Energy). PricewaterhouseCoopers has fully-fledged
offices in the EC and GCC countries. The company has established
a strong reputation with its ability to manage large budget,
complex projects, its quality assurance system and backstopping
capacity.
MIMAP (Micro Impacts of Macroeconomic and Adjustment Policies)
programme assists developing countries to build the knowledge base
to measure and analyse poverty, as well as to design polices and
programmes that meet economic stabilisation targets while alleviating
poverty and reducing vulnerability.
The MIMAP helps developing countries design policies and programmes
that meet economic stabilisation and structural adjustment targets
while alleviating poverty and reducing vulnerability. The MIMAP Network
connects developing-country researchers, policy officials, nongovernmental
organisations (NGOs), and international experts...
The Consortium will engage the services of Maeander Enterprises
to help develop and undertake the SIA. This association brings
extensive experience working on issues of trade, sustainable
development and SIA to the project. Where necessary, additional
outside experts will be retained to make specific contributions
to the project.
The consortium will both undertake the sustainability impact
assessment of the negotiations of the trade agreement between
the European Community and the Countries of the Cooperation
Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) and organize
the continuous and comprehensive communication process with
all stakeholders. For this purpose, a dedicated website has
been launched, providing background information, a periodic
newsletter and an on-going communication channel between the
consortium and stakeholders. All the information about the
SIA EC-GCC is posted the website www.sia-gcc.org.
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