The Administration for Development Areas is responsible for creating sources of
employment in communities located on the periphery. Their main areas of activity
include:

Infrastructure development brings the periphery closer to the center.

Modern industrial parks provide an attractive and competitive work environment.
Readily available lots and the exemption from the need to tender, both work to the
advantage of the periphery in attracting entrepreneurs.

Government policy calls for the development of industrial parks in areas shared by
several neighboring local authorities in order to utilize budget and land resources
more efficiently.

In keeping with this policy, Industrial Park Administrations have been established
which work in cooperation with the local authorities. These Administrations constitute
an innovative management tool aimed at advancing industrial parks and the factories
operating in them.

These Administrations provide the local authorities with an economic vehicle for
developing an economic infrastructure and exploiting business opportunities. This
contributes to both economic growth and the creation of employment.

Focus of Efforts ("Promotion 99" and "Promotion 2003")

This new complementary assistance program is an alternative to the large grants,
which have been granted in the past according to the Law for the Encouragement of
Capital Investments.

"Promotion 99" was the initial program which targeted 21 small towns. Within this
framework infrastructure projects were undertaken in the following fields:

"Promotion 2003," the continuation of "Promotion 99," is currently underway; its
sphere of operation will be extended to additional towns with a special focus on
employment-generating infrastructure.