Trade Facilitation at the ITC November 9, TF success story event

Presenting ITC’s integrated TF program 2 Improving SMEs Competitiveness for exports Improving efficiency of cross-border procedures Enhancing transparency and access to information Improving inter-agency coordination and SME involvement in PPD Scheduling commitments under the WTO TFA Strengthening SMEs ability to cross borders A holistic approach beyond TFA Facilitating public-private dialogue in trade policy formulation Collaborating with leading public and private TF agencies Implementing TFA to promote and deepen regional integration

ITC has already supported 39 countries 3 And 5 more are planned until the EoY TajikistanMongolia Mauritius Benin Burkina Faso Cote d'Ivoire Guinea-Bissau MaliNigerSenegal Swaziland Togo Nigeria Gabon Central African RepublicTogoCabo Verde Congo DRC Gambia Chad Zimbabwe Sierra Leone Lesotho Madagascar Haiti Jamaica Nicaragua Honduras Dom. Rep St Lucia Grenada Paraguay Ecuador Angola Mozambique MicronesiaMarshall IslandsPalau

ITC contributed to the notification and/or ratification of 20+ countries 4 Category A notification Among the 39 countries that ITC supported, 19 have already notified their category A to the WTO Antigua and Barbuda, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Gabon, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Tajikistan Ratification And 4 have ratified the Protocol of Amendment Mauritius, Nicaragua, Niger and Togo

3 salient features of the ITC Trade facilitation program 5 Promoting the business perspective with a dedicated focus on SMEs Promoting stakeholders collaboration at the national and donors levels Promoting regional approaches to the implementation of TF reforms

ITC promotes the business perspective in the implementation of the TFA ITC initiatives build on through quantitate and qualitative analysis of business needs, and SMEs’ in particular Over 10,000 business interviewed in ITC Non-Tariff Measures surveys ITC has involved over 1,500 businesses in the categorization process of developing countries and LDCs Reflecting private sector needs from different areas: SMEs, sectorial associations, Chambers of Commerce, logistics service providers The ITC has given a strong position to the private sector in the 4 Trade Facilitation Committees it has established / strengthened 6

The ITC promotes SME-friendly methodologies for TFA implementation 7 Authorized Operators Enquiry points Electronic payment Design qualification criteria that can be met by SMEs Most existing AEO schemes automatically exclude smaller businesses Build capacity of SME to apply to the AO schemes Through dedicated awareness raising and training events Ensure services beyond capital/port city and in local languages Implementation of EP at border posts (including free terminals connected to the trade facilitation portal) EP Service in Swahili, not just English, at border posts in Tanzania Identify and implement payment methods which SMEs are more likely to use E.g. mobile money in Zimbabwe

ITC promotes regional approaches to the implementation of the TFA 8 On-going initiatives to promote a coordinated approach to trade facilitation reforms in regional economic communities AfricaLACAsia-PacificOther CAUCA SICA OECS CARICOM UEMOA CEMAC CEAAC COMESA CEDEAO PIFS MTEC ASEAN CEFTA

Identifying community level intervention based on measures commonly categorized in C in UEMOA 9

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