Trade and Development Commission
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Current Commissioner - Vacant
The Trade and Development Commission of the SCJU exists to fulfil the following roles:
- Monitor regional infrastructural development
- Monitor national and regional economic development
- Monitor major internal SCJU trade routes
- Monitor trade deals between SCJU member states
- Monitor the operation of inter SCJU, national and regional transport
- Tackle development issues and inequalities
- Oversee the allocation of funds through the SCJU Project Fund and Social Fund
- Oversee the financial security of the SCJU and allocate a budget to the SCJU and its various departments and projects
- Monitor the workings of OPEUM
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Union Stock Exchange
- Location - Atlantis City, Imperial Atlantean Empire
This landmark building will be located within a new park and will front onto the River Mourne, providing a beautiful location for this important building. The new park will also feature a 'Company House' that will provide office space for SCJU companies and institutions. The location is also home to the new SCJU Business Park providing SCJU major companies and corporations with a low tax base of operations in the Imperial Atlantean Empire
Social Development Fund
This programme will NOT fund infrastructure projects but will instead focus on developing and furthering the skills and opportunities of SCJU citizens.
This will include funding from the SCJU for educational programmes, student placement schemes, healthcare initiatives, programmes to assist the unemployed gain new skills and community based improvement projects.
This Social Fund will not provide capital for physical infrastruture. For example, if a new community centre is required then a bid will be made to the SCJU Project Fund and the social fund will provide money for learning materials, children's equipment and running costs.
SCJU Project Fund
This Project Fund will be made available to all member states and can be used toward the construction of new motorways, new high-speed railways, hospitals to new schools and environmental projects.
Here members will detail the projects they wish to have assistance with.
Those projects will be discussed and a decision made on how much assistance member states will get. This will be based on several factors ranging from member state wealth, the importance of the project, what benefits to the national economy and wider SCJU economy.
1. Ensure all investment made by the SCJU Project Fund will aim to create and safeguard sustainable jobs
2. Investment in infrastructure that will contribute to creation and maintenance of sustainable jobs, the revitalisation, improved access and regeneration of economic sites and industrial areas suffering from decline. This will include currently declining urban areas and rural communities. In addition to areas with a reliance on one industry which is in decline.
3. Assist in the development of nation wide transportation, telecommunication and energy networks.
4. Assist in the development of SCJU wide transportation, telecommunication and energy networks.
4.1 An example may include proposals for Atlantica-Alba motorway and high-speed rail network in addition to an integrated energy grid.
5. Investment to better the local/national enterprise environment through financing for technology transfer, business start-up schemes and providing local business project funding.
6. Investment for local schools and healthcare. These would include capital investmnent in new libraries, schools, hospitals, medical research labs and clinics.
7. Investment made in areas of research realting to the environment. This would include environmental studies and in-line with the Union Green Act provide finance for technology improvements, environmental recovery programmes and programmes to protect the environment.