Through this survey, the Delegation of the European Union to Somalia as well as the EU Member States, Norway and Switzerland representations aim to map the presence of Somali investments with connections to the European private sector, estimate their impact on the local economy and identify the obstacles and opportunities for European companies. This exercise will reinforce the EU support to the Government and other partners to improve the business climate in the country. It will also be used to strengthen Somali public-private dialogue. The results will also frame the agenda of the upcoming high-level Somali-Europe Investment, Business and Trade Forum. The information provided is confidential under EU data protection law and will only be treated statistically. The confidentiality clause applies to the entire questionnaire.
* For the purpose of this questionnaire, this survey covers Somalia, including Somaliland

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1. Introduction

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2. What is your link to Europe? This exercise applies to the 27 members of the European Union, Norway and Switzerland

  yes/no if yes, what country?
My firm has European shareholders
My firm has European capital
My firm is registered in Europe
My firm's headquarters are located in Europe
Europe / Somali region is my market for imports and/or exports
My firm has a European CEO/top manager our Somali operation
My firm is linked to the Somali diaspora in Europe
My Somali firm represents a European brand

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3. Main sector of activity

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4. How do you describe your economic impact in the Somali region? You can use estimates

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5. How would you describe your social impact in the Somali region?

  How many actions do you organise per year?
 How much do you invest on these?
Environment and biodiversity actions (e.g. recycling, energy efficiency, organic production/consumption)
Social actions (e.g. equal wages, positive discrimination, fair trade, health insurance)
Innovation actions (e.g. internships, links with universities, transfer of technology)

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6. What motivated you to invest in the Somali region?

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7. The importance of the Somali market for your business is currently

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8. The importance of the Eastern Africa regional market for your business is currently

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9. How do you see the Somali market in the next 5 years?

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10. What is your main source of capital, both working capital and capital investments?

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11. What challenges do you face in doing business, investing or trading in the Somali region?

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12. How do you classify the following aspects according to the restriction they represent to your business? Class them from strong (1) to weak (10).

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13. How has your business been affected by the COVID 19 crisis?

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14. What concrete steps could the EU take to improve the business environment and increase EU-Somali exchanges?

Thank you for completing this survey. Click "Done" below to submit your responses.
Your contribution will help to identify the needs and limitations of the European private sector throughout the Somali region and to better guide the public-private dialogue. For any questions regarding this survey, please contact inescudero@gmail.com  - EU  Investment advisor at the programme: EU Support to the Policy Dialogue on Investment Climate in Somalia (SPDI)

We are committed to protect your data and to respect your privacy. SPDI collects and processes these replies pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the EU Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data. Therefore, we ensure that all responses are kept confidential. Data will only be presented in aggregated form (i.e. all data compiled) and respondents/individual companies cannot be identified.

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