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Trade Facilitation

This category covers the development, harmonization, and implementation of the rules and procedures which govern how goods cross borders.

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finland

Summary of activities included in this category
Support to WCO’s program in customs modernization in East and Southern Africa
Support to ITC’s work on trade facilitation
Support to WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility
Support to TradeMark East Africa.
korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

Summary of activities included in this category
Capacity Development for Trade-Investment Promotion Agency and Establishment of a Masterplan– Myanmar
Customs Modernization – Uzbekistan
E-trade Facilitation for Peruvian Export-Import SMEs: e-PYMEX and VUCE-B2B - Peru
Electronic Single Window for International Trade system (2nd phase) - Ethiopia
Digitalization of Customs Service System – Dominican Republic
Laguindingan Airport Air-Navigation System and Support Facilities Supply– Philippines

E-commerce Services & Digital Economy

This category includes capacity building activities directed to development of e-commerce from the perspective of the physical and regulatory factors, for example reducing barriers to trade across distance via electronic marketplaces, development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure, and regulatory frameworks. 

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finland

Summary of activities included in this category
Support to UNCTAD’s work on e-commerce

Physical Trade Infrastructure

Like Supply Capacity, this is a category where the boundary between trade support and more general support to production or develop­ment is not clearly defined. Some agencies try to allocate spending on individual projects partially to trade and partially to other purposes; others focus on the principal purpose of a project or a type of activity.

finland

finland

Summary of activities included in this category
Physical Trade Infrastructure
korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

Summary of activities included in this category
Transport Master Plan in Greater Accra Region – the Republic of Ghana
Feasibility Study for Upgrading National Road No.8 on the Asian Highway (AH15) Network in the Lao PDR − Laos
Capacity development of Vietnamese expressway management and institutional system – Vietnam
Feasibility study on waterway improvement for port and logistics development - Cambodia
Feasibility Study on the Improvement of the National Road No. 1,2,6, and 7 - Paraguay
Puerto Princesa Airport Development – Philippines
Construction of the New International Passenger Terminal (Tashkent-4) at the Tashkent Airport - Uzbekistan

Trade-Related Financial Services

Trade finance is one of the areas where exporters from developing countries are most disadvantaged compared to those from developed coun­tries because selling at a distance to purchasers who are not directly known within the country requires special skills and risk assessment from banks. Only when exports reach a sufficiently high level is it profitable for banks in a country to acquire these skills, so exporters, par­ticularly SMEs, are hampered by difficulty in accessing export finance. Therefore both the cost and the availability of appropriate finance are problems. Some agencies offer support to build national capacity, while others try to fill the gap until such capacity is available.

finland

finland

Summary of activities included in this category
Support to EBRD’s ETC Trust Fund in developing trade-related financial services
Support to International Trade Centre’s (ITC) program on Trade Finance
korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

Summary of activities included in this category
Financial Accessibility Enhancement for Gender Equality - Cambodia

South-South and Triangular Cooperation

South-South cooperation is the process whereby two or more developing countries pursue their individual and/or shared national capacity development objectives through exchanges of knowledge, skills, resources and technical know-how, and through regional and interregional collective actions, including partnerships involving Governments, regional organizations, civil society, academia and the private sector, for their individual and/or mutual benefit within and across regions.

Triangular Cooperation is a southern-driven partnership between two or more developing countries, supported by a developed country or multilateral organization(s), to implement development cooperation programmes and projects.

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finland

Summary of activities included in this category
South-South cooperation is encouraged in regional programmes funded by Finland, for example Southern African Innovation Support (SAIS) programme that encourages south-south cooperation among SADC region countries; ITC Intra-regional Trade in Easter Africa

Gender Mainstreaming, Employment and Youth

The category intends to report on activities to support women's economic empowerment, employment and activities targeted at the youth.

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finland

Summary of activities included in this category
Support to trade and gender programmes of ITC and UNCTAD
Support to UNIDO’s gender strategy
Support to Women’s World Banking (WWB)
korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

Summary of activities included in this category
Better Life for Girls Initiative (2016-2020)

Other Trade-Related Activities

Other types of assistance, although some of them may not be specifically targeted at trade, may be intended to affect trade.

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finland

Summary of activities included in this category
Involvement of the private sector in Aid for Trade