North Macedonia - Business and management consultancy and related services - Technical Assistance to Ministry of Economy for private sector development

Technical assistance to relevant national public and private stakeholders to: 1. Improve capacity of private companies to compete on EU market by creating favorable ecosystem for operation of business. It includes: optimization of legal/ administrative procedures and costs for doing business, set up of infrastructure for operation of angels/venture investors and application of corporate social responsibility practices in companies; 2. Improve the regulatory and institutional framework of the catering sector in the country by harmonizing laws and by-laws with EU acquis and good practices, clarifying institutional roles, streamlining inspection processes and updating classification systems; 3. Support design and implementation of circular economy models in private companies; 4. Support the private companies to adhere to the requirements of the CBAM Regulation and decrease the CO2 in industrial facilities and industrial products in line with the Paris Declaration and European Green Deal goals;