Activity under preparation Trade and private sector development facility III & Global Gateway Investment Climate Reform Facility (GG-ICR) This Action will identify which investment climate drivers or private sector actors need support to ensure that the environment is conductive to the implementation of the Global Gateway. More concretely, for the implementation of those identified as Global Gateway flagships. This action builds on the previous successful implementation of two facilities (i) the Trade and Private Sector Development Facility I & II (running from 2017 to 2025); and (ii) the Investment Climate Reform Facility (running from 2020 to 2025). Both facilities are demand-driven and, respectively, provide support (i) to EU staff in Delegations and HQ; and (ii) to organisations in the private and public sector in partner countries. The Overall Objective of this action is to make investment climate in the partner countries more inclusive and sustainable to ensure Global Gateway investments creates equitable and sustainable growth and jobs.The Specific(s) Objective(s) of this action are: ·SO1: to have a needs assessment on selected partner countries to ensure a conducive business environment and investment climate. ·SO2: to support partner countries public and private organizations develop actions to improve the business environment and investment climate. The Programme will be implemented by two coordinated and complementary facilities, the Trade and Private Sector Development (TPSD) Facility IIII and the Global Gateway Investment Climate Reform Facility (GG ICR). Both have a long-standing record of flexibility, adaptability and results oriented implementation