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WORLD CLASS SEZ PROGRAM

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Continuous improvement and policy advocacy
  • Capacity Building & Training

  • Monitoring & Evaluation

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis

  • Policy & Legal Proposals

Investor/tenant Servicing
  • One-Stop Shop Services

  • Infrastructure

  • Investor/tenant Facilitation Services

  • Customs

Approvals, development and investment attraction
  • Approvals

  • Incentives

  • Operator and developer roles

  • Marketing & Investment Promotion

Fundamentals – pre-establishment
  • Feasibility & competitive analyses

  • Business case  incl. vision, mission, strategy and funding

  • Impact (ESG)

  • Legal and organizational structure & stakeholder involvement

  • Masterplan

SEZ growth, Investment Retention and development
  • Operational excellence

  • Services: to support growth

  • Linkages & Embedding in national economy

  • Investor attraction and aftercare

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7 Components to a world-class economic zone program

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A growing number of SEZs are competing for businesses in a world that is constantly disrupted by major political and economic challenges including new demands in Industry 4.0, innovation and sustainability. The future of SEZ is promising, but only the most innovative, forward-looking and resilient SEZs will successfully reap the benefits of these emerging trends. Through our integrated services we are able to support SEZs to make the next steps in their development and position them to be more resilient for the future and more competitive to attract more investment and trade they require.

NXT ZONE PROGRAM AND SERVICES

01.

Feasibility & Competitive Analyses

Ensure the SEZ strategy is based on strategic planning, which requires realistic assessments, global and regional benchmarking and analyses of strengths, weaknesses, market demand, local comparative advantages, local sources of competitiveness, and opportunities that collectively constitute the local value proposition.

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Strategy & Organizational Development

We have been engaged to support the development of SEZ organizations and agencies responsible for investment promotion and attraction, from defining the vision and mission to implementing monitoring and evaluation mechanisms as well as building organizations that manage SEZ.

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Cost-Benefit Analysis

Conducting an in-depth cost-benefit analysis is a necessary pre-requisite to evaluate the SEZ’s performance and demonstrate how taxpayers’ money has been used to realize economic development.

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02.

Master planning & Real Estate Planning 

A solid master plan is the foundation of any SEZ or industrial park. A good master plan also takes into account sustainable infrastructure and the investors’ real estate preferences of companies a SEZ would like to attract and the industry in which they operate.

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04.

Legislative & (Tax) Incentives Services 

Support on whether SEZ Laws provide clarity for investors and improving and aligning incentive regimes with investors’ needs and requirements.

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06.

Marketing Strategy Development

Assist with developing image building strategies and the promotion of the local value proposition by ensuring marketing and promotion efforts are targeted, timely, professionalized, up-to-date and responding to current social media requirements. Many SEZs need a tailored marketing strategy and tactical execution elements ranging from logo and brand development and digital marketing to tradeshow support, lead generation, and staff training solutions that can successfully position a free zone among potential investors abroad.

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Investor Attraction & Lead Generation Services 

Support the design of investor targeting strategies as well as investor facilitation services, which go beyond the set-up phase and address daily bureaucratic constrains through business development services and innovative regulatory incentives. Our lead generation services are delivered with a partner firm. These services aim to successfully attract investors to a SEZ.

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10.

Training & Seminar for SEZ Professionals

Support the skills-base of SEZ staff and professionals to be well-equipped to promote the SEZ value proposition, communicate with foreign investors and optimize marketing and promotion efforts. Trainings can be customized to meet capacity needs of your staff or subsidized to support regional partners.

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07.

Marketing Support and Implementation

Full support for the implementation of a SEZ marketing strategy and plan

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09.

Implementation & Management Support

Developing SEZ strategies is one step but we go one step further and provide action plans and actionable initiatives that truly support our clients with implementing their SEZ strategies. A dedicated team can be put in place to manage the SEZ. 

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Aftercare Strategy Development & Services

Support in setting up aftercare services to maintain investors and facilitate re-investments by existing investors. Developing new services focused on services for existing investors.

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