ITCS ROLE IN AID FOR TRADE

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ITCS ROLE IN AID FOR TRADE

• Contributions to the Aid for Trade for SPECA
  initiative

Daniel Ivarsson, Senior Adviser, ITC Geneva, 5
May, 2009
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.Key themes of the presentation

• ITC is all Aid for Trade
• ITC has a special mandate to bring in the private
  sector
• SPECA countries face particular challenges but
  also have some valuable opportunities
• ITC has the necessary experience, skills and
  tools for addressing them
• ITC is successfully present in the region and is
  glad to participate also in the new Aid for Trade
  initiatives

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ITC is all Aid for Trade
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.Trade challenges and opportunitiesin the SPECA
region

• Mainly low income countries, small domestic
  markets
• Land locked, far from world markets
• Break-up of earlier trade relations
• Narrow export base, low product and market
  diversity
• Different institutional and regulatory
  environment
• Room for improvement of enterprise skills
• Scope for re-developing intra-regional trade
• Cross-border value chains and diversification
• Developing trade support institutions
• Increasing engagement of enterprises in trade
  devt

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.ITC response approach and principles

• Holistic approach to regional, national and
  sectoral trade development micro, meso and macro
  level measures
• Emphasis on long term impact step-wise capacity
  building
• Careful analysis active involvement of all
  concerned
• Focus on enterprise needs close co-operation
  with local partners, both as beneficiaries and
  multipliers
• National programmes set in regional context
  regional and global programmes as complements
• Co-operation with regional organisations (e.g.
  ECO)

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Market Analysis Tools and Services
III. Capacity Building
I. Analytical Databases
II. Tailored Market Studies
Trade Map
Trade Competitiveness Assessment
Introduction to Market Analysis
Market Access Map
Export Potential Assessment
Preparation of Market Profiles
Product Map
Export Opportunity Scan
Training of Trainers
Investment Map
Business Clinics
Sector Competitiveness Brief
Country Map
Mentoring for Export Potential Assessments
Customised Studies
Customised Training and Capacity Building
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.Practical examples from the region

• Comprehensive, regional trade development needs
  assessment in Central Asia
• Integrated fruit vegetable sector trade
  development projects in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
  Uzbekistan and Tajikistan (strategy supply,
  marketing, quality)
• Follow-up programmes for Kyrgyzstan and
  Tajikistan complementary e-business development
  support
• Enterprise involvement in WTO accession, trade
  policy discussions at regional and country level
• National export strategy development support for
  Kazakhstan
• Supply chain management training currently being
  prepared
• Regional sector development programmes under
  discussion

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.Thank you for your attention

• Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• Bureau of Policy and Programme
• International Trade Centre
• Palais des Nations
• CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
• Website www.intracen.org
• Daniel Ivarsson, Senior Adviser
  Elena Boutrimova, Chief
• Tel. [phone]
  41 22 730 04 74
• E-mail ivarsson_at_intracen.org
  boutrimova_at_intracen.org