February 18th, 2026
As part of the institutional twinning project between the Algerian Investment Promotion Agency and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany, launched last November, the program’s Steering Committee held a meeting on Wednesday, 18th of February 2026, to evaluate activities carried out over the past two months and to follow up on the implementation of missions scheduled for the coming period.
The meeting, held via videoconference, was chaired by the Agency’s Director General and Project Lead on the Algerian side, Mr. Omar REKKACHE, and by the Director at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany and Project Lead on the German side, Ms. Gurlind HICKMANN, alongside a representative of the European Union Delegation in Algeria, Mr. Fausto PERINI.
The session included a detailed presentation of completed activities, providing an overview of achievements during the past period, particularly with regard to strengthening and improving investment promotion tools and techniques, developing data and statistical utilization for evaluation, and preparing reports and studies.
During the meeting, Mr. REKKACHE explained that the first phase of the program allowed for identifying initial gains and implementing the necessary adjustments and revisions to ensure better alignment between the project, the Agency’s needs, and national priorities related to attracting investment.
He affirmed that the main objective of the twinning is to enable the Agency to adopt best practices in investment promotion field, enhance its approach to targeting investments, and transform this program into a lever for institutional transformation with practical, tangible, measurable, and sustainable results.
He also praised the quality of exchanges that characterized the various meetings and missions between the Agency’s staff and German experts.
For her part, Ms. HICKMANN highlighted the results achieved during the first phase of the twinning, stressing the importance of continuing efforts to achieve all twinning objectives and ensure its effectiveness.
The eight-month institutional twinning aims to exchange knowledge and experience between both parties in areas such as modernizing management tools, improving governance, and developing mechanisms for promoting and targeting high value-added investments.
This program is expected to enable the Algerian Investment Promotion Agency to:
- Strengthen its institutional capacities in digitalization and the use of investment-related data;
- Develop economic analysis tools and target high value-added investments;
- Adopt best practices in promotion and project monitoring to ensure speed and transparency in public services provided to investors;
- Implement a more effective approach to attracting sustainable investments that contribute to wealth creation, job opportunities, and technology transfer.
