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Supporting Trade Facilitation

Supporting Trade Facilitation. WTO Symposium on Trade Facilitation Nairobi, 13-15 November 2012 Giorgio Cocchi European Commission DG Development and Cooperation. EU Development Cooperation. 1958 All countries and regions 27 Member States, one EU Consensus on Development

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Supporting Trade Facilitation

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  1. SupportingTrade Facilitation WTO Symposium on Trade FacilitationNairobi, 13-15 November 2012 Giorgio CocchiEuropean CommissionDG Development and Cooperation

  2. EU Development Cooperation 1958 All countries and regions 27 Member States, one EU Consensus on Development Wide policy coverage, trade a key component, 2-3 sectors per country EU ODA to Africa = € 25.3 billion in 2011

  3. Cooperation at all levels : Country (National Indicative Programmes) Regional (North, East, Southern, West and Central Africa) Continental Intra-ACP Dialogue with/within International Organisations (WTO, UN, IFI…)

  4. Africa - EU Development, cooperation and trade agreements with almost all countries A Joint Strategy and Action Plan 2011-2013 Trade Facilitation Forum AUC-EU 11-13 December in Brussels

  5. Main financial resources. 10th European Development Fund 2008 - 2013 (€ 22.7 Bn) Development Cooperation Instrument 2007 – 2013 (~€ 4 Bn for Northern and South Africa) National, Regional and Intra-ACP allocations

  6. 2014 – 2020 proposals in discussion: 11th EDF, € 34 billion Renewed financial instruments for Mediterranean States and South Africa New Pan African Programme, € 1 billion

  7. Infrastructure: Regional and national programmes; Investment Facility managed by the European Investment Bank € 4 billion in the first 3 years of operation http://www.eib.org/projects/regions/acp/index.htm

  8. Current TF projects : • ~ 130 Programs including 26 in Africa • Circulated in WTO Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation of 1 June 2012, TN/TF/W/149/Rev.4 • In addition : Infrastructure Facility (private/public funds managed by the European Investment Bank

  9. Main challenges: Streamline trade policy into development and cooperation strategies. Project preparation capacity => COMESA, SADC facilities.

  10. Overall levels of EU AfT 11

  11. AfT by major donor (€m)

  12. Africa receives most of EU AfT 13

  13. EU Trade Related Assistance

  14. TRA by major donor (in EUR million)

  15. What to do now : Programming 2014 – 2020 has just started and will be completed in 2013 => => Countries need to include trade, regional integration or private sector development in their cooperation programmes. Regions have economic integration/trade in their agendas. New Africa – EU Action Plan to be prepared in 2013 Allocate resources to project preparation!

  16. Where to find additional information: On the EU : http://europa.eu On EU Developmentpolicy: http://europa.eu/pol/dev/index_en.htm The Aid for Trade EU Report 2012: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/what/development-policies/financing_for_development/documents/swp-199-annexa4-aid-for-trade-report.pdf

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