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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

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

Trade Policy Development

Agencies’ assistance to trade policy development is generally provided in four areas: design and implementation of trade policy; specific developing country issues in trade (such as commodity exports and preferences); support in trade negotiations; and assistance in man­aging the interactions between trade and other policies.

unido

United Nations Industrial Development Organization(unido)

Summary of activities included in this category
Development of national quality policy and strategy
Sectoral trade development studies
Industrial policy studies
Industrial statistics