Thank you for engaging with the Competitive Industries and Innovation Program (CIIP), a multi-donor partnership established in 2013 and concluded in March 2022. Effective June 30, 2022, the current CIIP website will be retired. CIIP was supported by the World Bank, the European Union (EU) in collaboration with the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS), and the Governments of Austria, Switzerland and Norway.
CIIP helps leverage large amounts of aid funding to support the creation of private sector employment by enabling and promoting firm-level competitiveness across industries. CIIP partners and the World Bank Group recognize the potential of competitive industries and innovation approaches to enhance country growth and employment
The World Bank (IBRD and IDA) along with a number of development partners such as the European Union (EU), the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Secretariat (ACP), and the Governments of Austria, Switzerland and Norway (which joined CIIP in December 2014) recognize the potential of competitive industries
The Program mobilizes global expertise, applies cutting-edge knowledge, and catalyzes investments in support of transformational projects and frontier knowledge initiatives.Strategic application of performance-based funding,rigorous monitoring and evaluation ensure that CIIP remains focused on results.
The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is an organisation created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. It is composed of 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific states, with all of them, save Cuba, signatories to the Cotonou Agreement, also known as the "ACP-EC Partnership Agreement" which binds them to the European Union. There are 48 countries from Sub-Saharan...
Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation The Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) is responsible for designing European international cooperation and development policy and delivering aid throughout the world. DG DEVCO is in charge of development/cooperation policy which encompasses assistance to countries at different stages of...
Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance The Federal Ministry of Finance is the cabinet-level finance ministry of the Austrian Federal Government. “New industrial policies are the center of economic growth strategies but remain quite controversial. While seeing most developing countries engaging on this path and sometimes registering costly failures, we decided to join the CIIP to take a practical...
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs The essential task of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to work for Norway’s interests internationally: to safeguard the country’s freedom, security and prosperity. Norway’s interests are determined by such factors as its geographical location in a strategically important area, its open economy, its position as a coastal state and steward of substantial...
SECO The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) is the Swiss government`s center of excellence for all core issues relating to economic and labor market policy. Their aim is to contribute to sustained economic growth, high employment and fair working conditions. They accomplish this by creating the necessary regulatory, economic and foreign policy framework. “The partnership of...
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The Kenya Industry and Entrepreneurship Project (KIEP) is a US$50million lending project that aims to increase productivity and innovation in select...
Since 2016, a fisheries private sector strategy grounded in the heart of Mauritania’s fisheries sector – the Nouadhibou Free Zone – and supported by...
The Government of Nigeria is pursuing economic diversification into non-oil sectors as a safeguard against commodity shocks and a critical path to...
The CIIP engagement in the Republic of North Macedonia contributed to increased competitiveness through several channels. The activities supported...
The CIIP-funded effort led to the creation of a Tunisian inter-agency value chain and cluster development Taskforce, jointly supported by four World...
