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<p>The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) Baroness
Morris, visited the market in October. Following this there are plans to reactivate
the Palestinian British Business Council to facilitate and develop trade links between
the UK and the OPT including members of the Palestinian Business Women's Forum (PBWF).</p><p>The
PBWF in Ramallah, with the UK government’s help, aims to host specialised speakers
from the UK to educate forum members and other beneficiaries about the import and
export regulations and the business environment in the UK for start-up businesses.</p><p>Further
to this, the DFID-EU’s Palestinian Market Development Programme (PMDP) is a high performing
programme which has helped 283 companies to develop new products and/or enter new
markets. Approximately 50% of the companies assisted are women owned/managed companies.</p>
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