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Global Advocacy

The global advocacy category covers services that are designed to promote the use of trade as a development tool and to encourage sup­port for developing countries’ efforts to improve their trade capacity building. This includes analysis and dissemination of trade-related information, promoting understanding of the relationship between trade and development, and supporting policies. Some agencies pro­vide information on and support for the interactions between their more specialized interests and trade.

switzerland

switzerland

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Raising awareness
united kingdom

united kingdom

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AfT monitoring and awareness building
WTO Global Aid for Trade Review

Legal and Regulatory Framework

Assistance under this category includes helping countries to bring their own regulations into conformity with international rules, more general help to improve their legal institutions, and training officials to deal with such rules. A number of the agencies specialise in par­ticular areas, rather than trying to provide expertise on the legal rules in all sectors. For several, the aim is to balance trade-related obli­gations with other national (or international) interests.

adb

Asian Development Bank(adb)

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FTA database
afdb

African Development Bank(afdb)

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African Legal Support Facility
ebrd

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development(ebrd)

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Support for accession to the WTO GPA
fao

Food and Agriculture Organization (fao)

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Legal and Regulatory Framework
iaea

International Atomic Energy Agency(iaea)

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Legal and Regulatory Framework
icao

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION(icao)

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Air Transport Policy and Regulation Programme
idb

INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (idb)

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Legal and Regulatory Framework
ilo

International Labour Organization(ilo)

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Technical cooperation on labour laws
imo

International Maritime Organization(imo)

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Legal and Regulatory Framework
itc

International Trade Centre(itc)

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Legal aspects of foreign trade
Non-Tariff Measures