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AID FOR TRADE REGIONAL REVIEW A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE

AID FOR TRADE REGIONAL REVIEW A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE. Jakarta - 14 June Patricia Francis, Executive Director , International Trade Centre. ITC's role in Aid for Trade.

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AID FOR TRADE REGIONAL REVIEW A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE

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  1. AID FOR TRADE REGIONAL REVIEW A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE Jakarta - 14 June Patricia Francis, ExecutiveDirector, International Trade Centre

  2. ITC's role in Aid for Trade ITC’s is a 100% Aid for Trade agency providing sustainable, inclusive trade development solutions to the private sector, trade support institutions and policymakers.

  3. Businesses are ADVOCATES in A4T

  4. Promote Private Sector Participation in a Government’s bid for WTO Membership • Building stakeholder confidence in a government’s bid for WTO membership • Develop an understanding of the business implications of the domestic policy and regulatory reforms and their synchronisation with the WTO accession process • Preparing business for the post-accession trading opportunities and challenges

  5. ITC Assistance in Lao PDR and Samoa • Facilitating inclusive public-private dialogue on pressing issues, supported by the sharing of experiences of recently acceding countries and moderated by subject matter experts • Assisting Chambers of Commerce to inform and reach out to their membership on the impact of accession from a business perspective • Building the capacity of the Chambers of Commerce in assessing and analysing trade related information

  6. Businesses are PARTNERS in A4T

  7. Private Sector – A Partner in A4T • PPPs are important to finance trade-related infrastructure (e.g. roads, ports, telecommunications, laboratories etc.) • PPPs are also important in trade-related capacity building (business linkages programmes, skills training, institutional development etc.) • Tripartite Partnership In The Pacific To Support Women Vendors • Tripartite PPP envisaged between the cruise ship operator Carnival Australia, donors (NZ /AusAID) and ITC • The project supports small producers in Pacific island states by developing backward linkages in the tourism industry • Impact and sustainability leveraged thanks to market-driven approach with leadership of large corporation. Carnival is one of the world’s largest cruise holiday operators with a fleet of 97 ships.

  8. Businesses are A4T BENEFICIARIES

  9. ITC – Development Partner for Export Success

  10. Private Sector – A Beneficiary of A4T One UN Green Production and Trade Vietnam ITC coordinates a UN cluster project that supports businesses in Vietnam and increases income and employment opportunities for rural poor by establishing better integrated, pro-poor, and environmentally sustainable “green” value chains. • Increased competitiveness for raw material growers/collectors and grassroots producers of handicrafts and small furniture • Development of new and high value products and increased productivity and deployment of new technologies • Development of new market linkages nationally and internationally

  11. Private Sector – A Beneficiary of A4T • ACP Programme • All ACP Agricultural Commodities Development Programme - Agri-food & Agri-business Sector Strategy Development And Implementation • Development of an export strategy for the coconut sector in the Solomon Islands • Real-time market information to farmers through their mobile phones in Fiji • Support in packaging, labeling and quality control in Samoa • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ewu1PoWA-I&feature=player_embedded

  12. Thank you

  13. Aid for Trade – Success Stories Capacity building of institutions Example: Supply Chain Management • Proven business model for sustainable training services, working through training • multipliers to reach enterprises: • 135 training institutions • 55 countries • 1000 trainers • 35,000 staff / firms trained • Embraces Multinational Corporations • Results in increased international • competitiveness of enterprises (cost, • reliability, quality, innovation, availability)

  14. Aid for Trade – Success Stories Trade Intelligence Tools – Global Public Goods Improving transparency of trade opportunities through the collection, processing & dissemination of trade related data and the provision of tools to support their analysis • 51,000 users in 213 countries & territories (88% DCs or LDCs) • Collaboration on publications with WTO, World Bank, UNCTAD, WEF etc. Consistent data & indicators published, providing greater clarity for enterprises & policymakers • Started collecting NTMs and NTBs through surveys of enterprises in developing countries and official data in major markets – analysis has implications for policy action at the national level (business environment issues) as well as market access negotiations

  15. Aid for Trade – Access To Finance ITC Strategy Strengthening the overall management capacities of SME managers, in particular in preparing a bankable business plan Enhancing financial institutions’ understanding and assessment of SME needs and risks Building better links between international, regional financial institutions and commercial banks Broadening the range of financial services targeting exporting SMEs

  16. Aid for Trade – Finance for SMEs ITC SME competence Local Institutions TRTA Services & Finance LOANCOM & other tools Exporting SMEs Private Sector Development SME Finance Development Finance Institutions (World Bank, IFC,UNDP, AFD) Commercial BANK(S) Guarantee lines Credit & Guarantee Lines

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