The Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry and support of Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Industry are implementing a UNDP-ACT funded project entitled “Economic Interdependence” that aims to promote economic interdependence between the Greek-Cypriot and the Turkish-Cypriot communities enabling the two business communities to enhance their business and economic relations.

The “Economic Interdependence” project commenced in April 2009 and will end in July 2011. The project will capitalize on all relevant surveys that have been conducted to date but will also significantly build on them and undertake to implement a range of new activities/schemes in order to achieve its objectives. In this direction there will be bi-communal business meetings, grant schemes for the establishment of joint partnerships between the two communities, joint Chamber events for informing interested parties on the Green Line Trade, business language courses as well as the compilation of a business directory.

The business directory will gather the contact details of businesses in both communities interested to cooperate with their counterparts in the other community. For this reason, if you are interested to buy, sell and/or form another kind of business partnership with a business in the Greek-Cypriot community you are kindly requested to provide your relevant interest and company details in the attached form. If you wish not to reveal your details, then any information you provide will be treated in strict confidence and will not be published anywhere; we will simply keep it in our internal records in full confidence so that we can inform you accordingly if an opportunity arises in your field of interest. Please make sure you mark accordingly the appropriate box in the attached document.

Additionally, please bear in mind that only products wholly obtained in Cyprus or that have undergone their last, substantial, economically justified processing or working in Cyprus can be traded across the Green Line, and that the movement of live animals and animal products across the line is prohibited (with the exceptions of fresh fish and honey). For more information on the Green Line Trade you may contact Ms Oya Barçın at the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce (KTTO), tel. 2283760, e-mail: oyabarcin@ktto.net

All interested parties must complete and return the attached form to the KTTO, c/o Mr Umut Vehit, fax. 2283089, e-mail: uvehit@ktto.net  by 30 October 2009 until the end of office hours at the very latest.

For any enquiries on the business directory or for more information on the project in general please contact Mr. Umut Vehit at the KTTO (tel: 2283760).

We thank you in advance for your co-operation.