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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.

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Summary of activities included in this category
Support for UNCTAD’s Information Economy Report
Support to the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECPDM)

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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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.