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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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denmark

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Country Consolidation and Exit Programme – Mozambique
UNNATI-Inclusive Growth Programme - Nepal
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finland

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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)

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.

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denmark

Summary of activities included in this category
Support to African Tax Administration Forum
Support to Tax Justice Network Africa (TJN-A)
Support to OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) Facility
Business Sector Programme Support - Phase IV - Tanzania
Denmark’s Aid for Trade support to Trade facilitation through TradeMark East Africa
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finland

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Support to OECD Policy Framework for Investment
Support to Advisory Centre for WTO Law (ACWL)
korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

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Better Life for Girls Initiative (2016-2020)
Capacity Development of Farmer Based Organizations and Cooperatives in Northern - Ghana

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.

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denmark

Summary of activities included in this category
Green Growth and Employment Thematic Programme
U-Growth II Programme -Uganda
(ICJ/ILO/IHRB and DIHR) Programme on Responsible Business - Myanmar
Business Sector Programme Support - Phase III - Tanzania
Business Sector Programme Support - Phase IV -Tanzania
Programme d'appui à la croissance économique et l'emploi stimulé par le secteur privé PACEPEP - Mali
UNNATI-Inclusive Growth Programme - Nepal
Support to Private Sector Development - Phase II - Ghana
The Sustainable Marketplace Initiative - Myanmar
finland

finland

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Bi-lateral support to partner countries
korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

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Capacity Development of Farmer Based Organizations and Cooperatives in Northern - Ghana
Inclusive Rural Development in Nawalparasi − Nepal
Improvement of Post-Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops in Lebanon – Lebanon
Rural Community Support Project (RCSP) – Rwanda
Establishment of Myanmar Agricultural Products Wholesales Market - Myanmar
Sustainable, Inclusive Rice Value Chain Development in Podor - Senegal
Shrimp Farming and Research Centre Development– Algeria
Development of Technology for Fisheries Resources Enhancement in Angola–Angola
Master Plan and Engineering Design for the Establishment of Industrial Complex in Boyolali District - Indonesia
Strengthening Competitiveness for Colombian Automotive part industry – Colombia
Enhancing the Capacity of production and distribution of high-quality rice seeds - Philippines
ILO Skills for Employment and Productivity in Low-Income Countries: Supporting the implementation of the ILO/G20 Training Strategy for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth – Mozambique and Nepal
Jalaur River Multipurpose Dam– Philippines
Irrigation Facility Development– Mali
Technology Development Center Extension − Kenya

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

denmark

denmark

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Support to LDC-fund (Expired)
Burkina Faso
Somalia Country Programme
Denmark’s Aid for Trade support to Trade facilitation through TradeMark East Africa
finland

finland

Summary of activities included in this category
Support for Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF)
Support for UNIDO’s trade capacity-building programs
korea (republic of)

korea (republic of)

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Improvement of International Competitiveness of National Standardization System – Bolivia
Uzstandard Capacity Building by Leveraging ICT and Establishing Master-plan - Uzbekistan
Technical Cooperation in International Textile Quality Standard and Textile Testing Quality Assurance – Indonesia

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.

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denmark

Summary of activities included in this category
Network of Business Membership Organizations in the Mediterranean and Gulf countries (Confederation of Danish Industry; DI)
Support to Tax Justice Network Africa (TJN-A)
Support to OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project
Uganda
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) Facility