Gaza Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Budget
€10 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
2
0.2 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The Gaza Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture established in 1925, represents the private sector and drives economic development in Gaza. It supports trade, industry, and agriculture by providing services to merchants, entrepreneurs, and producers while advocating for their rights and facilitating market access. The Chamber promotes sustainable growth, business continuity, and post-conflict recovery, working to improve trade conditions, enhance competitiveness, and support resilience. Through digital transformation and efficient services, it modernizes operations and strengthens the business environment. Over nearly a century, the Chamber has remained a vital institution, embodying Gaza’s determination to rebuild and thrive despite ongoing challenges.
EU Legislative Interests
The Gaza Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s EU-facing engagement relates to EU external assistance programming and operational implementation relevant to Gaza recovery and private-sector participation (rather than proposing amendments to individual legislative files). Where relevant, this may include: • European Commission proposal: Comprehensive Support Programme for Palestinian Recovery and Resilience (2025–2027) (incl. Gaza; economic recovery and support to the Palestinian private sector). • European Commission (DG NEAR): European Commission and the Palestinian Authority agree on emergency financial support and the principles for a recovery and resilience programme (19 July 2024) (recovery/resilience framing relevant to Gaza reconstruction conditions). • Commission Implementing Decision: C(2024) 7329 (15.10.2024) amending C(2023) 9178 final on the financing of the Annual Action Plan in favour of Palestine (2023), including Annex I – “PEGASE: Direct Financial Support to the Palestinian Authority 2023” (NDICI implementation/financing context relevant to recovery/resilience programming and delivery modalities). • DG ECHO: Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) Palestine 2025 — ECHO/PSE/BUD/2025/91000 and Technical Annex (Version 1 – 06.12.2024) (operational priorities/parameters relevant to livelihoods, market functionality, and delivery constraints). • DG ECHO Partners Helpdesk guidance: Aid diversion (risk prevention/detection/reporting expectations in DG ECHO funded operations). • Council Conclusions: Operationalising the Humanitarian–Development Nexus (2017) (relevance: positioning the private sector and market functionality as a practical bridge from humanitarian response to recovery). Engagement is non-political and non-partisan and focuses on implementation quality, compliance, delivery constraints, and enabling lawful private-sector participation in recovery and stabilisation, rather than advocating specific legislative amendments. Where financing and governance arrangements are referenced, this is limited to practical implementation considerations and delivery modalities, and does not entail advocating positions on internal political processes.
Communication Activities
Communication and engagement may include: • Strategic and technical briefings/meetings with EU services (e.g., Commission services relevant to external assistance and humanitarian operations) and partners on private-sector operating conditions, market functionality, and implementation constraints in Gaza. • Factual analytical notes / briefings (market conditions, SME needs, supply-chain and compliance constraints) used to inform recovery/resilience and humanitarian-to-recovery linkages under the instruments above. • Inputs on operational integrity risks, including potential aid diversion frictions/extraction dynamics, aligned with DG ECHO guidance and reporting expectations. • Participation in multi-stakeholder dialogues on Gaza recovery/reconstruction where relevant (e.g., Wilton Park convenings on recovery/reconstruction). • Public outreach (incl. social media) is primarily informational; where it is used as part of EU-facing dialogue (e.g., sharing factual briefings or summarising implementation constraints), it supports transparency and coordination.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Member of: - Palestinian Federation of Chambers of Commerce Associated with: - Rafah Chamber of Commerce & Industry - Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture of the Central Governorate - Khan Yunis Governorate Chamber of Commerce and Industry - North Gaza Governorate Chamber of Commerce and Industry See also our website for partners: https://gazacham.ps/
Organisation Members
https://gazacham.ps/MembersDirectory/Index
Additional Information
Cost estimation methodology: Annual costs under Heading 14 are calculated on the basis of the FTEs declared under Heading 10 (two individuals at 10% each). Staff costs include a proportionate allocation of the Project Director’s gross annual salary (10%). The Chair acts on a voluntary basis and therefore generates no salary cost. Office and administrative expenses are allocated proportionally to the declared FTEs (20% of total office costs). No in-house operational expenditure, representation costs, membership fees, or outsourced activity costs apply under this registration. Intermediary activities are included here and also declared separately under the intermediary’s own registration.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.