Algeria - Economic

Algerian Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Strengthening the Small and Medium Enterprise Sector in Algeria – this grant supports the Algerian Chamber of Commerce in putting together a conference of Algerian small- to medium-enterprise (SME) entrepreneurs in agriculture, manufacturing, and chemicals that have the potential for export growth. Two U.S. experts in management and marketing will convene workshops on how SMEs can increase profits, expand operations, obtain financing, acquire foreign partners, and compete in a WTO market.

CARE

Cercle pour l’Action et Reflexion autour de l’Enterprise (CARE): Fundamentals of Economic Reform and the Global Market Training Sessions for Algerian Decision-Makers [Economic] – this grant is designed to build understanding and support for economic reform among those who mediate the public’s perceptions of economic reform issues but who themselves have little or no grounding in the most basic economic concepts.  This project will include seminars, taught by an economist from the IMF or World Bank, covering the principles of a market economy, globalization, and trade, while focusing on the costs of not opening Algeria’s economy. 

CLDP

Commercial, Judicial and Legal Reform – Through this program, the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) is working to improve the business environment by assisting political, judicial, regulatory, and commercial leaders to identify and make needed improvements in their policies, laws, and organizational structures. CLDP activities include conferences and short-term consultation programs targeted at judges, lawyers, policymakers, and business leaders.

Sakai

Educational Partnership Program – this grant will provide the Government of Algeria (GOA) with another tool to meet its ambitious education goals, by bringing a technical team of Sakai experts to Algeria to conduct a training workshop on the architecture of the software and the design of Sakai eLearning tools.  Senior Sakai software architects and programmers will visit Algeria to conduct a series of training sessions to help build Algerian capacity to participate in the ongoing development and use of the Sakai system – a community source software development effort to design, build, and deploy a new collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE) for higher education. 

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Treasury Debt Reform Technical Assistance – this program provided technical assistance to help the Government of Algeria develop its debt management strategy, monetary policy regime, and medium-term budget planning.