Pre-DTIS and DTIS Good Practices

Pre-DTIS project DTIS template Good practice DTIS

Pre-DTIS activities Recall objective to be achieved through: mainstreaming, donor coordination Setting-up institutions – FP, NSC, DF Focal Point: key contact in the Government for EIF – often: Director to Trade National Steering Committee: interministerial plus private sector and civil society; donor if desired; if possible: use existing body; Donor Facilitator: key dialogue partner for FP on donor coordination; often – donor most active on trade support; desirable: bilateral Familiarization activities: workshop and similar activities to ensure that the process is established and understood; and Input into DTIS.

Pre-DTIS project EIF TF offers beneficiaries to submit a small Tier 1 Pre-DTIS project to support the Pre-DTIS and DTIS phase Familiarization and sensitization activities: workshops and similar activities to ensure that the goals of the EIF and the roles of stakeholders are well understood and that stakeholders fulfil their roles; Input into DTIS – comments on concept, comments on various chapters and the draft report and action matrix; Activities to set up good practice EIF process – visits to more advanced countries, follow up meetings; maybe establishing small NIU; Support to prepare a multi-year Tier 1 Support to NIA project; Check-list for Pre-DTIS projects part of M&E (not yet approved);

Diagnostic phase Diagnostic phase: consultation, concept, fact-finding; Lead agency for the DTIS – in the past World Bank or UNDP; now wider choice; Important: DTIS is not one-size fits all – recall objective: identify set of priority actions to address trade constraints and opportunities; sometimes need to do diagnostic from scratch (post-conflict countries), in others need to compile and update existing work; Template to guide, but not to constrain; Validation of conclusions and Priority Action Matrix; Important: prioritization – especially if there exist many studies already, need to invest in finding what the priorities are, what sequencing, etc.; and Proper prioritization is prerequisite for successful implementation.

Diagnostic phase – good practice ensuring a high degree of ownership of the DTIS by the in-country stakeholders, Include national or regional experts in the team; Set up counterpart teams (government, private sector, others as necessary) for the various study chapters that help the experts team in fact finding and review the conclusions and recommendations; avoiding duplication of the diagnostic; Before the diagnostic starts, prepare a list of available studies, including regional; Find out what studies Development Partners may be doing; ensuring high quality of the diagnostic, If desired go beyond the usual review process which is two fold – agency, and EIF Board; ensuring that the diagnostic provides a good basis for IF implementation Include a chapter on ‘next steps’ or ‘from diagnostic to strategy’; Undertake careful review of the action matrix to ensure it is not too long, and includes concrete actions, if possible already sequenced;

Role of the different stakeholders Stakeholders: Ministry of Trade/ Commerce as lead ministry; representatives from all Ministries and Government institutions to do with trade, private sector, civil society, overseas missions and commercial attaches, donors; Diagnostic phase: Identifying key areas for diagnostic; Contributing to concept; Cooperating in fact-finding – interviews, making studies and data available; and Validation: contributing to prioritization.

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