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Establishing green industry Special Economic Zones to catalyse renewable energy manufacturing

7 minutos The Africa Renewable Energy Manufacturing Initiative (REMI) recently hosted a webinar titled “Green Industry Special Economic Zones to Catalyse Renewable Energy Manufacturing: Translating Vision to Investments”. The webinar was the third in the South-South Virtual Policy Dialogue Series bringing together representatives from government, SEZ leadership, industry, and financing institutions. The webinar was hosted in partnership with Project Evergreen – an effort to develop Nigeria’s first green industrial zone. With the growing recognition of domestic renewable energy manufacturing as a critical priority across the Global Continue lendo→

Ministro Alexandre Padilha destaca o Piauí como pioneiro na produção de hidrogênio verde no Brasil

2 minutos O ministro Alexandre Padilha, que cumpre agenda em Teresina nesta terça-feira (1º), destacou o Piauí como líder e pioneiro na produção de hidrogênio verde no Brasil. O ministro das Relações Institucionais explicou que a colaboração entre o Governo Federal e o governador Rafael Fonteles, que viabilizou projetos para promover a industrialização do estado com energias renováveis, tem um potencial de gerar milhares de empregos no norte do Piauí. Padilha afirmou que, com a sanção do projeto de lei do hidrogênio verde, a Continue lendo→

Indonesia strives to increase special economic zones’ competitiveness

menos de 1 minuto Indonesia will continue to encourage special economic zones (SEZs) to expand and compete with those in Malaysia and Singapore, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said on Sunday. According to Hartarto, Indonesia has developed several SEZs near the two neighbouring countries, including the Nongsa SEZ in Batam and the Galang Batang SEZ in Bintan, Riau Islands. The country has decided to expand the zones to better compete with countries in the region that have strength in SEZs like Singapore Continue lendo→

Opinion | Special economic zones are policy boosters, not exceptions

4 minutos Despite perceptions, SEZs don’t exist in a vacuum and aren’t always a safe harbour from global politics | Jacopo Dettoni Special economic zones (SEZs) are often perceived as policy exceptions. They thrive on different fiscal and customs rules, as well as a streamlined governance. They’re the result of a deliberate policy decision chasing a specific outcome in the form of more inbound investment, foreign trade, diversification and governance upgrade. As such, they are more policy boosters than exceptions — a distinction that Continue lendo→

ZPE Ceará recebe a visita de representantes do Conselho Nacional das Zonas de Processamento e Exportação (CZPE)

3 minutos Uma comitiva do Conselho Nacional das Zonas de Processamento de Exportação (CZPE) esteve pela primeira vez em visita ao Ceará esta semana. Recebido pelo presidente da ZPE Ceará, Fábio Feijó, o grupo era formado pelo secretário-executivo do CZPE, Fábio Pucci; pelo coordenador geral do CZPE, Hélio França; e pelo técnico operacional Paulo Destro. Eles conheceram as instalações da ZPE e se reuniram com representantes das empresas em funcionamento no Setor 1 da ZPE cearense (ArcelorMittal, White Martins e Phoenix do Brasil). Feijó Continue lendo→