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Supply Capacity

In line with the trade focus of this Guide, support activities to develop supply capacity are considered to be those that aim to increase the availability of goods and services for export. There is no easy distinction between this and building more general capacity to pro­duce, and this distinction is becoming less pertinent as borders open and competition in local markets from imports increases. Some agencies do not make this distinction in their projects.

sweden

sweden

Summary of activities included in this category
Strengthening Regional Grain Markets II
ITC/Ukraine

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

sweden

sweden

Summary of activities included in this category
SIS Standardisation in ECOWAS and ARSO
IFOAM Organic Trade and Value Chain Development in East Africa
Agricultural Market Activity AMA-FARMA II