How and in what areas How and in what areas UNCTAD can support DTIS UNCTAD can support DTIS

Action Matrix Action Matrix implementation?implementation?

Masoumeh Sahami

EIF Regional Asian Workshop EIF Regional Asian Workshop

21 – 23 June 2010; Kathmandu, 21 – 23 June 2010; Kathmandu, NepalNepal

UNCTADUNCTAD

UNCTAD’s Main GoalsUNCTAD’s Main Goals

To promote economic development and poverty reduction in developing countries, and particularly, the LDCs;

To contribute to the progressive and beneficial integration in the global economy,

… Particularly through …

National policies and international support measures complemented with capacity building technical assistance which build productive capacities.

UNCTAD

Inter-governmental

Service

Consensus building

Capacity

Building

Technical Assistance

Research &

Policy Analysis

LDC Report, Africa Report

Trade Related Technical AssistanceTrade Related Technical Assistance

Objectives

- Enhance the endogenous capacity of

beneficiary countries to set and implement their own development strategies, as well as

to emphasize the development of their human, institutional, productive and export

capacities ;

Enhance the endogenous capacity of beneficiary countries to set and implement

their own development strategies, as well as to emphasize the development of their

human, institutional, productive and export capacities ;

UNCTAD’s TRTA

The Focus: Capacity building for policy

ownership – LDC policy analysis & research dissemination

International trade in goods and services and commodities;

Investment and Enterprise Development;

Trade Logistics and Technology

Main forms of delivery

-Policy and advisory services

-Training courses, seminars, workshops

-Computer-based technical Products

-Supply of trade and investment-

related data

Main forms of delivery

-Policy and advisory services

-Training courses, seminars, workshops

-Computer-based technical Products

-Supply of trade and investment-

related data

Capacity building for Capacity building for policy ownershippolicy ownership

Poverty is severe and all-pervasive in most LDCs, Poverty is severe and all-pervasive in most LDCs, LDC Report 2002LDC Report 2002 Trade liberalization alone is insufficient - What is needed is an inclusive form of growth that requires Trade liberalization alone is insufficient - What is needed is an inclusive form of growth that requires

not simply exports expansion but also an economy-wide expansion of income earning opportunities.not simply exports expansion but also an economy-wide expansion of income earning opportunities. LDC Report 2004LDC Report 2004

the basic cause of persistent mass poverty in the LDCs is widespread unemployment, the basic cause of persistent mass poverty in the LDCs is widespread unemployment, underemployment and low labour productivity – underemployment and low labour productivity – LDC Report 2006LDC Report 2006

to escape the current trap of poverty, underdevelopment and marginalization, need to narrow the to escape the current trap of poverty, underdevelopment and marginalization, need to narrow the LDCs' technology gap with the rest of the world and increase the knowledge intensity of their LDCs' technology gap with the rest of the world and increase the knowledge intensity of their economies.economies. LDC LDC Report 2007Report 2007

to build economic resilience, need to improve agricultural productivity and diversify 6 to create non-to build economic resilience, need to improve agricultural productivity and diversify 6 to create non-agricultural employment opportunities.agricultural employment opportunities. LDC Report 2008LDC Report 2008

International trade in goods, services and commodities

Specifically:Specifically:

Trade Analysis Capacities & Information Systems

Capacity Building on Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy

Competition Policy and Consumer Protection

Trade, Environment and Development

•Help formulate policies;

•Develop human, institutional, regulatory capacities and know-how to negotiate,

• produce, trade and compete locally and globally.

•Help formulate policies;

•Develop human, institutional, regulatory capacities and know-how to negotiate,

• produce, trade and compete locally and globally.

Investment and Enterprise Development

1) Investment policies and investment promotions

- International Investment Agreements- Investment Policy Reviews- Investment Facilitation- Capacity building in FDI statistics - i-portals plus including investment

guides

2) Enterprise Development

EMPRETEC programme: promotes entrepreneurial skills and helps promising entrepreneurs in putting their ideas into action and fostering businesses.

E-tourism: Currently benefits 5 LDCs: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Mauritania

UNCTAD's UNCTAD's objective is to objective is to

assist all assist all developing developing countries in countries in

designing and designing and implementing implementing

active policies to active policies to boost boost productive productive

capacitiescapacities and and international international

competitiveness. competitiveness. Particular Particular

attention is given attention is given to LDCs.to LDCs.

UNCTAD's UNCTAD's objective is to objective is to

assist all assist all developing developing countries in countries in

designing and designing and implementing implementing

active policies to active policies to boost boost productive productive

capacitiescapacities and and international international

competitiveness. competitiveness. Particular Particular

attention is given attention is given to LDCs.to LDCs.

Trade logistics:

- Training on transport and trade facilitation- To improve the performance of transport

operators and auxiliary services- To set up the necessary institutional and

operational environment for the introduction of multimodal transport

- Advance Cargo Information System (ACIS)- To increase transparency and efficiency in the

transport sector by providing operational information to stakeholders

- Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA)

- To facilitate trade by speeding up the clearance process through the use of information technology and the reduction and simplification of customs documentation and procedures

Trade Logistics and Technology

ASYCUDAASYCUDA

-In 2009: almost 90 operational projects

The ASYCUDA programme remains the largest technical cooperation programme within UNCTAD, encompassing over 80 countries and 4 regional projects

ASYCUDAASYCUDA

-In 2009: almost 90 operational projects

The ASYCUDA programme remains the largest technical cooperation programme within UNCTAD, encompassing over 80 countries and 4 regional projects

Trade Logistics and Technology

Trainings:Trainings: Training Trainers:Training Trainers: TrainForTrade TrainForTrade

ProgrammeProgrammeLocal ownership of training activities, generation of local knowledge, human and institution building

Trainings programmesTrainings programmes- The Virtual Institute Target: Academics & Policy Makers

- The Training Course on Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda – Policy makers

Science and TechnologyScience and TechnologyTo enhance the scientific and technological capabilities of developing countries and to facilitate their access to new technologies

- Network of Centres of Excellence – a website platform- Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) review

Beneficiaries of the TrainForTrade Programme:

- Benin

- Djibouti

- Lao’s PDR

- Madagascar

- Maldives

- Mauritania

- Senegal

- Sierra Leone

- Sudan

- Chad

- …

Beneficiaries of the TrainForTrade Programme:

- Benin

- Djibouti

- Lao’s PDR

- Madagascar

- Maldives

- Mauritania

- Senegal

- Sierra Leone

- Sudan

- Chad

- …

From Actions Matrix to Projects

Diagnostic Trade Integration Study

Diagnostic Trade Integration Study

Submit requestSubmit request

Identify relevant Partners: UNCTAD, ITC,UNIDO, WB…

Identify relevant Partners: UNCTAD, ITC,UNIDO, WB…

Tier 2 project development

Tier 2 project development

Funding: EIF TF; Other

Funding: EIF TF; Other

ImplementationImplementation

Submit request for assistance

Submit request for assistance

TRTAs: PrioritiesTRTAs: Priorities

Old IF UNCTAD TRTASs- ASYCUDA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Central

African Republic, Djibouti, Gunea, Lao, Maldives, Senegal, sierra Leone, Sudan, Chad, Yemen,

Zambia

-TrainForTrade: Benin, Djibouti, Lao, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania, Senegal,

Sierra Leone, Sudan, Chad

-Commodities: Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Lao, Sao tomé, Tanzania

-Trade Facilitation: Zambia, Tanzania, Sao Tomé, Maldives, Malawi, Madagascar, Guinea, Lesotho, Lao, Gambia, Ethiopa, Burkina Faso,

Benin

-Investment: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopa, Gambia, Guinea, Lao, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania,

Chad, Yemen

-Commercial Diplomay & trade negotiations : Sudan, Chad, Zambia, Uganda, Guinea,

Djibouti, Central African Republic

- Tourism : Chad, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Nepal, Uganda, Mauritania, Maldives,

Madagascar, Lao, Guinea, Gambia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Central African Republic

Old IF UNCTAD TRTASs- ASYCUDA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Central

African Republic, Djibouti, Gunea, Lao, Maldives, Senegal, sierra Leone, Sudan, Chad, Yemen,

Zambia

-TrainForTrade: Benin, Djibouti, Lao, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania, Senegal,

Sierra Leone, Sudan, Chad

-Commodities: Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Lao, Sao tomé, Tanzania

-Trade Facilitation: Zambia, Tanzania, Sao Tomé, Maldives, Malawi, Madagascar, Guinea, Lesotho, Lao, Gambia, Ethiopa, Burkina Faso,

Benin

-Investment: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopa, Gambia, Guinea, Lao, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania,

Chad, Yemen

-Commercial Diplomay & trade negotiations : Sudan, Chad, Zambia, Uganda, Guinea,

Djibouti, Central African Republic

- Tourism : Chad, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Nepal, Uganda, Mauritania, Maldives,

Madagascar, Lao, Guinea, Gambia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Central African Republic

ExampleConcrete application of TrainForTrade in

the EIF

Tier 1: “Capacity Building Programme for EIF NIUs »

Tier 2: capacity development in the field of sustainable tourism:

Benin (Being implemented)

Mali (request from EIF NIU)

Djibouti (request from Tourism Authorities and EIF NIU)

Examples within the IF

Benin: Objective: promotion of sustainable and community-based tourism for

development Request from the Ministry of Trade UNCTAD prepared a proposal which was funded by IF Window II The project included 3 components:

1. Interagency study on sustainable tourism 2. Coordination activities with 35 sustainable tourism

stakeholders from the selected communities of Abomey, Ganvié, Ouidah organized in March 2009

3. Training to be organized in September 2009

Lao PDR: Objective: development of trade-related training capacities of Lao PDR

and Cambodia Requested by Ministry of Trade and Industry Specifically mentioned in the Action Matrix and funded by the

Government of France Over 300 trade operators trained and 17 trainers able to deliver

UNCTAD courses in local language

Thank you for your attention !

For further information contact:

EIF Coordinator, UNCTAD

Masoumeh.Sahami@UNCTAD.org

Tel: 0041-22-917 5537

Thank you for your attention !

For further information contact:

EIF Coordinator, UNCTAD

Masoumeh.Sahami@UNCTAD.org

Tel: 0041-22-917 5537