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Ministries Private sector Departments / Commissions
 Ministry of Industry and
Trade (MIT);
 Ministry of Interior (MoI).
 Jordanian Exporters
Association;
 Jordanian Logistics
Association (JLA);
 Jordan Shipping Association;
 Aqaba Container Terminal
(ACT).
 Aqaba Special Economic
Zone Authority (ASEZA);
 Civil Aviation Regulatory
Commission;
 Jordan Customs;
 Jordan Enterprise
Development Corporation
(JEDCO);
 Jordan Food and Drug
Administration (JFDA);
 Jordan Maritime Authority
(JMA);
 Jordan Institution for
Standards and Metrology
(JISM).
Source: Government of Jordan47.
Corridor Secretariat established
The National Committee for Trade and Transport Facilitation, together with the Technical Committee
and the Secretariat, form the corridor governance body at the national level. The three corridor
governance bodies and their principal roles are described above.
In the absence of a functioning international corridor, no structural corridor governance is carried out
at international or regional level.
Participation of the local authorities and private sector
Local authorities are involved, as indicated in (Departments / Commissions), notably the
Aqaba related bodies, including Aqaba Development Corporation; Aqaba Port Corporation and Aqaba
Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA).
The private sector is involved, as indicated i (private sector), notably through associations.
The NCTTF is a partnershipwith members fromboth the private and public sectors. Furthermore, they
represent stakeholders from the private and public sectors.
6.1.5 Infrastructure: financing, planning and programming
Sources of finance available to effectively ensure governance of transport corridors
TTF funding is available through the Government of Jordan, supported by the EU, which has provided
the TTF programme with a €33 million grant. According to the Government of Jordan, the bulk of the
grant (€27 million) has been directed to support the national budget. The remaining funds have been
devoted to providing Technical Assistance (TA) to the MoTwith the aimof addressing issues and needs
associated with restructuring and strengthening MoT, to modernize the transport sector, to assist in
formulating a national strategy for the transport sector, to enhance capacity building and establish an
ESTTF to support the two committees that were created to implement the TTF programme, i.e. the
NCTTF and TCTTF. In addition, the EU has designed and approved policies and procedures related to
the TTF programme with particular emphasis on efforts to remove any obstacles facing Jordanian
foreign trade and improving transport systems 48.
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