EVOLVING TABLE ON COTTON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

Geneva, 29 November 2018

- Updates by the WTO Secretariat -

DIRECTOR-GENERAL’S CONSULTATIVE FRAMEWORK MECHANISM ON COTTON30th ROUND OF CONSULTATIONS

Kossivi BalemaAgriculture and Commodities Division

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Evolving Table…what is it?!

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Evolving Table: structure

Part I: Active Cotton Specific projects Part II: Active Agriculture and Infrastructure-Related projects

Part III: Contact details of National Cotton Sector Focal Points of DA

beneficiaries

Annex I: completed projects in Part I

Annex II: completed projects in Part II

WTO DIRECTOR-GENERAL'S EVOLVING TABLE ON COTTON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEPART I – ACTIVE COTTON SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

Development Community

Programmes/Projects/Activities

Value OperationalStatusb

DisbursementStatusc

Beneficiaries

BILATERALDONORS

SOUTH-SOUTHPARTNERS

MULTILATERALAGENCIES

Title of project

USD

or

EUROS

In Progress (IP)

or

Project Formulation Stage

(PFS)

USD

or

EUROS

Name of beneficiaries

Latest Evolving Table updates

Brazil

Canada

India

The EU

Germany

Japan

New Zealand

Switzerland

United States

CFC

FAO

ITC

UNCTAD

World Bank

The full list of active cotton-specific projectsis accessible through cottonportal.org

Highlights from Part I – Cotton Specific

Development community

Programmes/Projects/Activities

Value Status Disbursement Status

Beneficiaries

Germany

Global Cotton Project EUR 17,000,000PFS

2019-2022

EUR 4,000,000 Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Indian, Uzbekistan

Research project on approaches for a smart mix

EUR 4,000,000IP

2017-2019

EUR 4,000,000 Northern African, Asian countries

SWITZERLAND

Better Cotton Initiative (BCI): The Delta Project "Bridging the Gap in Measuring Real-Time Sustainability Performance"

USD 1,103,835IP

2018-21

Global

Highlights from Part II – Agriculture & Infrastructure

Development community Programmes/Projects/Activities Value Status Disbursement

Status Beneficiaries

Canada

Support for the Structuring of a Profitable, Fair and Sustainable Family Agriculture

USD 4,538,981

IP2017-21 USD 1,320,434

Benin

Support to Women’s Entrepreneurship USD 7,157,451 IP2017-23 USD 1,880,672 Benin

Water & Economic Growth in the Sahel Region of Burkina Faso USD 9,674,173 IP

2016-2020 USD 8,278,379 Burkina Faso

Energy & Economic Growth in the Boucle de Mouhoun region USD 13,234,269 IP

2017-2022 USD 3,048,525 Burkina Faso

Support for Women Rice Parboilers USD 4,674,560 IP2014-2019 USD 3,759,684 Burkina Faso

Enhancing Market Access for Farmers in East and West Africa USD 7,900,000 IP

2014-19 FD

Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia and Guinea Bissau

Programme de développement de coopératives modèles inclusives et durables (Socodevi)

USD 14,107,169 IP 2018 -23 USD 1,360,709

Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal

Evolving Table: From June 2016 (Rev. 20) toNovember 2018 (Rev. 25)

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4117740 3949402

3468672

2837407

3561989

294862280718

203844 203694 204207

238282

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Part II ET Active Part I ET Active

Disbursements to Commitments Ratio

Evolution from June 2016 (Rev.20) to November 2018 (Rev.25 )

Jun-16 Nov. 2016 Jul-17 Nov. 2017 Jun.18 Nov.18

Disbursements to commitments Part I -Active 39% 36% 54% 55% 47% 45%

Disbursements to commitments Part II -Active 51% 46% 44% 51% 34% 34%

Number of Projects

Jun.2016

Nov. 2016

Jul.2017

Nov. 2017

Jun.2018

Nov.2018

African beneficiaries and others

Part I 37 35 27 26 26 29

Part II 46 67 61 63 48 55

Total Number of Beneficiaries

Jun.2016

Nov. 2016

Jul.2017

Nov. 2017

Jun.2018

Nov.2018

African beneficiaries and others

Part I 29 31 30 32 31 32

Part II 29 31 31 38 27 27

Part III of Evolving Table – National Focal Points

This information is also accessible through cottonportal.org

Improvement of the ET

Dynamic tool for Statistical and time series analysis

Concluding remarks

Thank you for your attention!

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