SUPPORT FROM COOPERATING PARTNERS AND ZAMBIA'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WTO TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT 15 to 16 October, 2019 GENEVA.

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SUPPORT FROM COOPERATING PARTNERS AND ZAMBIA'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WTO TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT 15 to 16 October, 2019 GENEVA Presentation by Lillian Bwalya Director Foreign Trade Department, Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia)

Enablers for Resource Mobilization Process of leveraging funds has been facilitated by the following: Ratification of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (2015) Notification of Category A, B and C measures (2016) Establishment of National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2016) Preliminary Costing of Category C measures (2015) Development of an Implementation Matrix (2016) Development of Matrix on development Partner Programmes Establishment of GRZ – Donor Platform

Donor coordination Zambia has developed a trade facilitation implementation matrix for various activities supported by cooperating partners Donor coordination with aims to; Identify funding gaps Prevent duplication of efforts Achieve synergy between projects and initiatives to expedite the implementation process Mitigate against fruitless efforts and expenditure Limit the resource pressure on government and trade that is caused by duplication of efforts by donors

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Conclusion Zambia is making steady progress towards implementation of Trade Facilitation measures; Zambia recently notified her definitive dates for implementing both category B and C as well as the Technical Assistance and Capacity Building (TACB) Needs I take this opportunity to sincerely thank all cooperating partners for supporting Zambia in implementing the WTO TFA. THANK YOU