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• World Trade Organization
• Donor Coordination Dialogue
• Annex D Support for effective implementation of a
  new Trade Facilitation Agreement

Gerard McLinden International Trade
Department World Bank
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• Overview
• The role of Annex D organizations
• Key issues to consider
• For developing countries
• For the development community
• Proposed next steps

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• Role of Annex D organizations
• Annex D Modalities for Negotiations on Trade
  Facilitation
• 4. Members shall seek to identify their
  trade facilitation needs and priorities,
  particularly those of developing and
  least-developed countries, and shall also address
  the concerns of developing and least-developed
  countries related to cost implications of
  proposed measures8. In order to make
  technical assistance and capacity building more
  effective and operational and to ensure better
  coherence, Members shall invite relevant
  international organizations, including the IMF,
  OECD, UNCTAD, WCO and the World Bank to undertake
  a collaborative effort in this regard

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• Role of Annex D organizations

• Short Term
• Building bridges between Geneva and capitals
• Assistance to determine needs and priorities
• Sharing best practice
• Research and analysis on costs of
  implementation
• Long Term
• Support for developing and least developed
  countries to implement any commitments that might
  finally be agreed

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• Key issues to consider for developing countries

• Accurately identifying the gap and TA CB
  needs
• Identifying key priorities
• Confidence that support will be provided if and
  when needed
• Early implementation
• Many measures are not sensitive to TA CB
  support

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• Key issues to consider for development community

• Need to provide opportunities for bilateral
  and multilateral donors to cooperate and
  contribute according to their individual
  capacity, resources, priorities and comparative
  advantage
• Implementation should complement rather than
  replace or crowd out existing activities and
  assistance programs
• Economies of scale need to be exploited
  wherever possible

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• Key issues to consider for development community

• Implementation mechanisms need to be as least
  administratively resource intensive as possible
• Must include a sound review and evaluation
  mechanism
• Incorporate incentives for early and full
  implementation

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• Proposed next steps

• Annex D Organizations work collectively to
  develop a standard approach detailed into a How
  to Guide to assist members to develop
  Implementation action plans
• Once work on the content of a new Agreement is
  finished Members use the Guide to prepare their
  own Action Plans for implementation
• For Members who need assistance to prepare
  their Action Plans they can seek assistance from
  development partners

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• Proposed next steps

• Advantages of this approach
• Members could use coordination bodies already
  established as part of the needs assessment
  process
• Implementation on measures not requiring TA and
  CB support could commence immediately
• Members could use the Action Plans as a basis
  for dialogue with development partners
• Country ownership and commitment assured

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Why good design and sensitivity to local
conditions is important .