Regarding the Industrial Partnership for Sustainable Economic Development/Project Proposals

Dear Member,
With reference to the letter sent to our Chamber by TOBB, the letter of the Ministry of Industry and Technology dated 24.07.2025 and numbered 7104472 forwarded to our Union provides information on the Industrial Partnership for Sustainable Economic Development. Türkiye;
became a member, together with Qatar, of the Partnership, whose members include the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain and Morocco, at the Higher Committee Meeting held in Qatar on 8-9 February 2025.
Within the scope of the Partnership, it is aimed to bring together manufacturing companies operating in the cooperation areas determined by the partnership among the member countries (pharmaceuticals, agriculture, food, fertilisers, chemicals, plastics and their derivatives, metals, minerals and their derivatives, and textiles) and to enable these companies to cooperate in areas they need, such as joint investment, supply and trade.
Accordingly, in order to promote the partnership and inform companies operating in the relevant sectors in our country, workshops were held with the participation of companies on 11 June 2024 and 20 March 2025.
The project proposals sent by the companies that participated in the workshops were shared with the Partnership Secretariat, and some of these projects were shortlisted and shared with potential partner companies in the member countries. However, the feedback received from the participating countries and the Partnership Secretariat stated that the cost amounts of the projects submitted by our country were relatively low, that the project proposals received were mostly aimed at seeking financing for investments to be made in Türkiye, and that the products in which investment was requested in the projects were mostly still at the R&D stage and did not qualify as final products.
In this framework, there is a need to re-announce the said Partnership to large-scale companies operating in the above-mentioned sectors.
The Partnership Secretariat has emphasised that companies applying with projects should submit project proposals requiring an investment of at least USD 50 million, that the products to be included in the projects should be at the final product stage rather than the R&D stage, and that these final products should be of a nature that can be subject to supply and trade among the member countries.
In this context, the presentation describing the structure of the Partnership, the information note on the partnership and the documents to be completed for the project proposal are presented in the annex. Project proposals must be entered in the relevant document and sent to the e-mail address [email protected]. The next evaluation of project proposals is planned to take place at the meeting to be held at the beginning of August, and proposals submitted by that date may be included in the evaluation. However, project proposals that cannot meet this date may also be considered in subsequent evaluation processes.

On the other hand, the project proposals submitted by Jordan are presented herewith for the purpose of evaluating whether Turkish companies may take part in the said projects. In addition, a list of products that hold an important place in Qatar's exports is also included in the annex, and it is considered beneficial to evaluate which of these products could be imported by Turkish companies. Likewise, any proposals on the said matters are also expected to be sent to the e-mail address [email protected].

Annex: Regarding the Industrial Partnership for Sustainable Economic Development/Project Proposals

Kind regards,
Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry