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An association is hereby established between the Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Lebanon, of the other part. The aims of this Agreement are to: -provide an appropriate framework for political dialogue between the Parties, allowing the development of close relations in all areas they consider relevant to such dialogue, -establish the conditions for the gradual liberalisation of trade in goods, services and capital, -promote trade and the expansion of harmonious economic and social relations between the Parties, notably through dialogue and cooperation, so as to foster the development and prosperity of Lebanon and its people, -promote economic, social, cultural, financial and monetary cooperation, - promote cooperation in other areas which are of mutual interest.

The Euro-Mediterranean charter is a set of policy guiding framework which aims at improving the SME environment to increase and start in Lebanon, and the charter is inspired by the European policies laws for SME’s specially the SBA ( Small Business Act) and it is branched in 11 dimensions each is targeting different policy aspect.

This publication contains the "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ Framework", which were developed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights. The Guiding Principles seek to provide an authoritative global standard for preventing and addressing the risk of adverse human rights impacts linked to business activity.

This document highlights the activities and initiatives of the Investment Development Authority of Lebanon (IDAL) that support the implementation of the SDGs in Lebanon. IDAL as the national investment promotion agency plays a key role in advancing the SDGs in Lebanon through the promotion and facilitation of foreign and domestic investments which generate high-added value to the economy and contribute to the sustainable development of Lebanon. Throughout the years, IDAL’s activities evolved and expanded to include in addition to investment and export promotion, business support activities for start-ups and entrepreneurs and market information on key regions of Lebanon. This has made IDAL the go-to national agency for market intelligence, business advice & export support.

This document shows that Lebanon, with its official non-interventionist stance toward private investments, offers one of the most liberal investment climates in the Middle East. The economic openness of the country is harnessed through the absence of legal restrictions on the entry or exit of many firms, encouraging free market competition and furthering the development of the private sector. Liberal trade and investment policies have allowed foreign direct investments to account for a considerable share of Lebanese GDP.