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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

Summary of activities included in this category
Raising awareness
united kingdom

united kingdom

Summary of activities included in this category
AfT monitoring and awareness building
WTO Global Aid for Trade Review

Compliance support infrastructure and services

Assistance in this category is closely related to that under the Legal and Regulatory Framework, but places more emphasis on building the institutions in developing countries to implement such legal frameworks, and less on the details of compliance. It is an area where the specialised agencies again have the main role

ebrd

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development(ebrd)

Summary of activities included in this category
Trade integration of enterprises through improved standards
fao

Food and Agriculture Organization (fao)

Summary of activities included in this category
Compliance support infrastructure and services
iaea

International Atomic Energy Agency(iaea)

Summary of activities included in this category
Assistance to meet global standards and international regulations
itc

International Trade Centre(itc)

Summary of activities included in this category
Standards and quality management
itu

International Telecommunication Union(itu)

Summary of activities included in this category
Accessibility
unece

UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE(unece)

Summary of activities included in this category
Agricultural quality standards
unido

United Nations Industrial Development Organization(unido)

Summary of activities included in this category
Quality Infrastructure
Development of competent authorities for fish and horticulture exports
Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI): Global Markets Capacity Building Programme
Labnetwork
Quality infrastructure role in adopting energy efficiency measures
unwto

World Tourism Organization (unwto)

Summary of activities included in this category
Worldwide technical cooperation
Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) and criteria
argentina

argentina

Summary of activities included in this category
Evaluation, monitoring and risk reduction planning of radioactive waste – Argentina / Ecuador
Research and application of storage techniques for harvested agricultural produce – Argentina / Vietnam
Training on research collaboration of RNAi or related techniques on plant biotechnology – Argentina / Vietnam
Training in the use of RNAI and associated techniques in Plant Biotechnology – Argentina / Tailandia
Improvement of livestock production in Laos – Argentina / Laos
Strengthening analytical capacities in sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS Plant quarantine) - Argentina / Cambodia
Development of a food for mass consumption with oil rich in microencapsulated omega-3 – Argentina / Chile
Technical development and dissemination of good cattle practices – Argentina / Ecuador
Development of wind power generation – Argentina / Guatemala
Development of agglomerate boards based on sugarcane bagasse and soy protein – Argentina / Cuba
australia

australia

Summary of activities included in this category
Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access
Financing for infrastructure—The Philippines
Trade Development Facility (TDF)
Fostering the services sector