WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/W/188
14 October 2002
(02-5554)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES IN THE TBT FIELD
(EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND EU MEMBER STATE FUNDED)
Submission by the European CommunitiesG/TBT/W/188
Page 2 Country/Countries Program/Project name Contribution
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GLOBAL
International
TrainingProgrammesWorld Trade, Conformity Assessment and Qual ity Infrastructure Development 245,300 yearly Sweden
International
Training
ProgrammesISO 14 000, Environmental Management 204,600 yearly Sweden
International
TrainingProgrammesStandardisation - Management and Techniques 214,500 yearly (no course
during 2002)Sweden
Seminars ISO 14 000, Environmental Management, ISO-DEVPRO 114,400 1998 2001 Sweden
Feasibility study Enhancing the Participation of Developing Countries in International
Standardization46,750 2001 2001 Sweden
Workshop ISO Workshop "Participation of developing countries in International
standardisation" in Stockholm146,300 2002 202 Sweden
Multicountry Support of National Accreditation and Certification Systems 204,000 2000 2002 Germany
Multicountry Support for MSTQ 1,728,000 1998 2005 Germany
Centre for the Promotion of Expo rts from Developing Countries * 23,800,000 2001 2002 Netherlands
ACP
ACP Programme initiative on pesticides 29,122,000 2001 2006 Commission
ACP Support for the integration of the ACP states into the multilateral trading system of
the WTOn.a. 2002 2005 Commission
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC Assistance to the development of standardisati on body of the Dominican Republic 67,000 1,998 1998 Commission
INDIAN OCEAN Project for the Indian Ocean Commission - economic integration 1,583,000 2000 n.a. Commission
AFRICA
AFRICA Support for MSTQ in African and Arabian Countries 1,772,584 1998 2007 Germany
BOTSWANA Promotion of the National Quality System 3,400,000 2002 2003 GermanyG/TBT/W/188
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EAST AFRICAN
COMMUNITYQuality Management in Industial Production 1,500,000 2003 2006 Germany
MOZAMBIQUE Standard Institute, I NNOQ - Preliminary s upport 935,000 2001 2004 Sweden
NAMIBIA National Quality Infrastructure, 1,210,000 2001 2004 Sweden
SADC Support for a Regional MSTQ-System 1,500,000 2003 2006 Germany
SOUTH AND
EAST AFRICAPre study - Certification body for organic production 21,450 2001 2001 Sweden
TANZANIA Tanzania Standard Institute, laboratories, testing, marketing 357,500 2000 2003 Sweden
TANZANIA Contribution to the Integrated Multilateral Trade Promotion Programme (Financial
Agreement) JITAP of ITC/WTO/UNCTAD500,000 1999 2002 Germany
UGANDA Contribution to the Integrated Multilateral Trade Promotion Programme
(Financial Agreement) JITAP of ITC/WTO/UNCTAD500,000 1999 2002 Germany
WEST AFRICA UEMOA (Western African Moneta ry and Economic Union) - private sector
development15,000,000 2001 Commission
WEST AFRICA Integration support programme UEMOA (Western African Monetary and
Economic Union)53,000,000 2000 2003 Commission
WEST AFRICA Promotion of Metrology and Testing in West African Countries 1,022,584 2001 2004 Germany
LATIN
AMERICA
ANDEAN Co-operation and technical assistance programme (UE-Grupo Andino en Materia
de Calidad)2,300,000 2002 2005 Commission
ARGENTINA Standardisation and industrial certification 380,984 2000 2002 Commission
ARGENTINA Advice on the Establishment of a National Quality System 1,373,841 1999 2002 Germany
BOLIVIA Build-up of the Bolivian System of Standardization, Metrology, Accreditation and
Certification2,124,842 1998 2005 Germany
BOLIVIA Technical Assistance and Capacity Building on standardisation, certification,
accreditation of laboratories, capacity building, documentation, quality assurance,
financing and administration, human resources and marketing”200,000 2,000 2002  Spain
BRAZIL Training in metrology 425,000 1998 n.a. Commission
BRAZIL Establishment of a Calibration Laboratory 1,770,000 1993 2003 Germany
BRAZIL Amelioration of Preconditions for Certification 601,893 1995 2003 Germany
BRAZIL Introduction of Quality Management Systems in Industry 1,605,457 1997 2002 GermanyG/TBT/W/188
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BRASIL Creación de un Centro de Excelencia en tecnología de la carne 95,081 2001 2003 Spain
CHILE Harmonisation of norms and customs policies 1,400,000 2000 n.a. Commission
CHILE Establishment of a Metrology Network 2,045,167 1997 2004 Germany
COLUMBIA National Accreditation and Certification System 562,421 1999 2002 Germany
ECUADOR Asistencia al Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores en temas económicos y
comerciales38,315 2001 2001 Spain
GUATEMALA National Quality Infrastructure, Ministry of Economic 1,090,540 1998 2002 Sweden
GUATEMALA Promotion of Standardization, Testing and Metrology at ICAITI 50,000 2000 2002 Germany
JAMAICA National Quality Infrastructure, Ministry of Technical, Commerce and Industry 885,500 2000 2002 Sweden
LATIN AMERICA Accreditation and In-plant Environmental Management in Central America 1,032,809 2000 2003 Germany
LATIN AMERICA Support of Decentralized Structures in the Application of Quality Criteria in the
Health and Environment Sectors750,000 2002 2005 Germany
MERCOSUR Technical standards 3,950,000 1999 2002 Commission
MERCOSUR Co-operation in Technical Standards - Proyecto de Cooperación en Materia de
Normas Técnicas (ALA 93/15)4,700,000 1994 2003 Commission
MERCOSUR Normalisation, Reglementation 130,000 1997 2002 France
MERCOSUR  Training of trainers in Quality and Environmental Syst ems of MERCOSUR 270,000 1,996 1998 Commission
MEXICO Facilitation of the EU/Mexico Free Trade Agreement 8,000,000 2003 n.a. Commission
MEXICO Cooperation in Metrology 2,035,248 1989 2003 Germany
MEXICO  Normalisation Certification Accréditation 57,000 2,001 2002 France
PANAMA  Training of Standardiz ation Technicians 4,000 2,002 2002 Spain
PERU  Assessment in the development of the Strategy in Promoting Standardization
Activities in SMEs10,000 2,002 2002 Spain
PERU  Red de Centros de Innovación Tecnológica en sectores priorizados para el
desarrollo de la competitividad de las Pymes1,851,837 1,999 2004 Spain
URUGUAY Support of a National MSTQ System 1,280,888 1992 2002 Germany
URUGUAY Fortalecimiento del Organismo Urug uayo de Acreditación Evaluación y
promoción de la carne y otros productos agroalimentarios28,848 1999 2000 Spain
VENEZUELA Support of the National MSTQ-Services 2,091,695 1989 2003 Germany
VENEZUELA  Qualité 67,000 2,002 2002 FranceG/TBT/W/188
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ASIA
ASEAN Economic Co-operation Programme on Standards, Quality and Conformity
assessment9,000,000 2003 2006 Commission
ASIA Support of MSTQ in South-East Asian Countries and Furthering Their Regional
Cooperation1,533,876 2001 2005 Germany
ASIA SOUTH Standards 1,000,000 2000 n.a. Commission
BANGLADESH Trade co-operation and economic policy in South Asia 950,000 2002 n.a. Commission
BANGLADESH TRTA projects foreseen in national indicative programme 49,000,000 2002 2005 Commission
BHUTAN Technical assistance for WTOaccession 200,000 1999 n.a. Commission
BHUTAN Multilateral trade policy assistance programme 500,000 2002 2003 Commission
CAMBODIA Institutional support programme 4,500,000 2001 2004 Commission
CAMBODIA Assistance to WTA accession 2,000,000 2003 n.a. Commission
CHINA WTO I, support to accreditation 3,600,000 1998 2003 Commission
CHINA Awareness programme in standardisat ion for telecommunications 270,000 2000 2002 Commission
CHINA WTO II related co-operation programme 15,000,000 2002/20
032006 Commission
CHINA Qualité Agro-alimentaire 72,000 2002 2002 France
INDIA Standards and Quality Assessment 2,000,000 2000 n.a. Commission
INDIA EC – India Trade and Investment Development Programme 15,000,000 2003 2006 Commission
INDONESIA Economic Co-operati on and TRTA 10,000,000 2003 n.a. Commission
LAOS Assistance to WTO accession 1,000,000 2003 n.a. Commission
MONGOLIA Support for Legal Metrology 409,034 1996 2002 Germany
MONGOLIA Support to Trade Policy/WTO-Negotiations 1,500,000 1999 2003 Germany
PAKISTAN TRTA projects 3,000,000 2003 n.a. Commission
PHILIPPINES Assistance to WTO accession 2,000,000 2003 n.a. Commission
SRI LANKA Standards 500,000 2000 n.a. Commission
SRI LANKA Multilateral trade policy assistance programme 500,000 2002 n.a. Commission
SRI LANKA TRTA 1,000,000 2003 n.a. Commission
SRI LANKA Quality Infrastructure for the Fishing Indus try/Phase II, Ministry of Fisheries 462,000 2000 2002 Sweden
SRI LANKA Strengthening the Quality Infrastructure/SLSI/Phase II 440,000 2001 200X Sweden
SRI LANKA SriLac-Swedac, Accreditation body 385,000 2001 200X Sweden
THAILAND Promotion of Material Properties An alysis and Development Centre 5,112,919 1993 2002 GermanyG/TBT/W/188
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THAILAND Amelioration of Legal Metrology 2,147,426 1993 2004 Germany
THAILAND Industrial Metrology 1,278,230 1999 2003 Germany
THAILAND,
MALASIA,
INDONESIACurso sobre Política de promoc ión de exportaciones 104,000 2002 Spain
VIETNAM Multilateral trade policy assistance programme 3,100,000 1998 2003 Commission
VIETNAM Part II of Multilateral trade poli cy assistance programme 10,000,000 2003 n.a. Commission
VIETNAM Normalisation Certification Qualité 72,000 2001 2002 France
MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST STATES
ARABIC
COUNTRIESEnhancing Regional Accreditation Schemes, Expert Group Meeting 7,700 2001 2001 Sweden
EGYPT Trade Enhancement programme Egypt 60,000,000 2001 2004 Commission
EGYPT Selection of the measurements, standards, testing and quality task force 500,000 1999 2002 Commission
EGYPT Improvement of the Control and Check System for Pressure Vessels in Industrial
Plants1,532,853 1997 2002 Germany
EGYPT Support to the Quality Infrastructure 4,500,000 2003 2005 UK
EGIPTO Diseño y puesta en marcha de un cent ro de transferencia de tecnología para
empresas pequeñas y medianas del sector agroalimentario en Egipto179,733 2002 2002 Spain
JORDAN Promotion of a National System of Metrology, Standardization, Testing and
Quality Management (MSTQ)3,885,818 1990 2003 Germany
MED Innovation and Quality for SMEs 15,000,000 2000 2006 Commission
MED Technical assistance in Standards and Metrology to AIDMO (Arab Industrial
Development and Mining Organisation)1,698,000 2000 n.a. Commission
MED Promotion of Euro-Med Market Inst ruments and Mechanisms 9,900,000 2000 2006 Commission
MOROCCO Qualité Agro-alimentaire 62,000 2002 2002 France
MOROCCO Programme for the promo tion of quaility 15,500,000 1998 2002 Commission
MOROCCO Quality, accreditation, certification, standardisation, etc n.a. 1999 n.a. Commission
MOROCCO Technical assistance to technology centres and metrology laboratories 2,000,000 2003 2005 Commission
MOROCCO Strengthening the International Comp etitiveness ofMoroccan Industry 3,000,000 1999 2003 Germany
TUNISIA Qualité 3,100,000 2002 2003 FranceG/TBT/W/188
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TUNISIA Qualité 37,000 2002 2002 France
TUNISIA Support to Small and Medium Enterprises with regard to National and
International Market Liberalization5,000,000 1997 2004 Germany
TUNISIA Progrma de capacitación en calidad ambiental de las empresas tunecinas 75,728 2000 2001 Spain
WESTBANK AND
GAZANational Quality Infrastructure, Ministry of Industry 44,000
(715,000)1998 (2001-2004) Sweden
YEMEN WTO accession study Yemen 200,000 n.a. n.a. Commission
YEMEN WTO Accession support/Yemen 4,500,000 n.a. n.a. Commission
MEDITERRANEA
N COUNTRIESSeminario Euromediterráneo "Gestión Medioambiental empresarial: retos y
oportunidades en el Mediterráneo"28,248 2001 2002 Spain
MEDITERRANEA
N COUNTRIESII Seminario Euromediterráneo"Nuevas herramientas de gestión medioambiental:
de la minimización a la ecoeficiencia"41,470 2001 2002 Spain
COMMOMWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES
ARMENIA Armenia-Europe Policy and Legal Ad vice Center (Partnership and Cooperation
Agreement implementation/WTO accession)3,700,000 1998 2002 Commission
AZERBAIJAN Implementation of Partnership and C ooperation Agreement/WTO Accession 950,000 2001 2003 Commission
GEORGIA Georgian-Europe Policy and Legal Advice Centre (Partnership and Cooperation
Agreement Implementation)5,500,000 1997 2002 Commission
GEORGIA Support of the Ministry of Trade 1,300,000 1997 2002 Germany
KASACHSTAN Quality Management Training 255,646 1997 2002 Germany
KIRGISTAN Promotion of Standardization 550,000 1997 2002 Germany
MOLDOVA Harmonisation of Moldova's system  of standardisation 1,400,000 2003 2005 Commission
RUSSIA Certification of forest production according to international standards 550,000 2000 2004 Sweden
RUSSIA Russian Quality Award 3, Gosstandart Moscow 564,520 1999 2001 Sweden
RUSSIA Accréditation, Harmonisation avec la réglementation et la normalisation dans le
secteur électrotechnique et celui des alcools et spiritueux99,000 2002 2002 France
RUSSIA and
UKRAINESupport for equipment certification 1,000,000 1999 2002 Commission
RUSSIA WTO accession assistance 1,000,000 2001 2002 Commission
RUSSIA Harmonisation of environmen tal standards 2,000,000 2002 2005 CommissionG/TBT/W/188
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UKRAINE Establishing an agricultural standards certification system and control in line with
WTO requirements2,000,000 2003 2005 Commission
UKRAINE Normalisation Certification Directives Nouvelle Approche 100,000 2002 2002 France
UKRAINE Assistance in the preparation of a project regarding the application of a foreign
trade regime – Standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment1,250,000 2003 n.a. Commission
UZBEKISTAN Implementation of the Partnershi p and Cooperation Agreement 3,300,000 2001 2004 Commission
UZBEKISTAN Bringing key trade and investment related legislation into line with EU law 1,000,000 2002 2003 Commission
SOUTH EAST
EUROPE
ALBANIA Standards and certification (launched) 2,000,000 2003 2005 Commission
ALBANIA Standards and Certification 220,000 2003 n.a. Spain
BOSNIA-
HERZEGOVINASupport to development of an environmental regulatory network 1,700,000 2003 n.a. Commission
CROATIA Tehnical assistance to the State office fo r standardisation and metrology 765,000 2003 2004 Commission
CROATIA Amelioration of Croatia´s Metrological Infrastructure 562,421 1999 2002 Germany
MONTENEGRO Certification Environnement 37,000 2001 2002 France
MULTICOUNTRY Quality infrastructure 1,500,000 2002 2004 Commission
MULTICOUNTRY Regional Free Trad e Initiative 300,000 2002 2002 Germany
SERBIA Normalisation Métrologie Accréditation 39,000 2001 2002 France
SERBIA Technical assistance in support to the regulatory framework of the pharmaceutical
sector2,000,000 2002 2003 Commission
CANDIDATE
COUNTRIES
BULGARIA Establishment of a conformity assessment system 3,000,000 2000 2003 Commission
BULGARIA Introduction of quality mana gement systems 5,000,000 2000 2003 Commission
BULGARIA Strengthening the national conformity assessment system 4,900,000 2003 2005 Commission
BULGARIA Support of Metrology 614,292 1996 2002 Germany
BULGARIA Qualité ENVIRONNEMENT 13,000 2002 2002 France
BULGARIA Accréditation Certification 877,000 2002 2003 France
BULGARIA Métrologie Laboratoires 364,000 2002 2003 FranceG/TBT/W/188
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BULGARIA Qualité Agro-alimentaire 13,000 2002 2002 France
Polonia, Rumania,
Croacia, Hungría,
Bulgaria, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, RFYetcPrograma de Formación de funcionarios para la Armonización d las políticas y su
adaptación al acervo comunitario463,650 2002 2002 Spain
Polonia, Rumania,
Croacia, Hungría,
Bulgaria, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, RFY
etcPrograma de Formación de funcionarios para la Armonización d las políticas y su
adaptación al acervo comunitario460,000
(prevision)2003 2003 Spain
CYPRUS Capacity building for the implementation of the EU acquis in legal metrology 400,000 2002 2003 Commission
CYPRUS Upgrading of the state general laboratory 1,530,000 2002 2003 Commission
CYPRUS Capacity building for accreditation in the new approach areas 600,000 2002 2003 Commission
CYPRUS Assessment and Administration Capacity Building for the Harmonization with the
New Approach Directives500,000 2003 n.a. Spain
CZECH
REPUBLICStrengthening Market Surveillance of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Products 1,500,000 2002 2004 Commission
CZECH
REPUBLICNormalisation Directives 11,000 2001 2002 France
ESTONIA Reinforcement of the capacity of the Estonian Accreditation Centre,
the Consumers Protection Board and the Patent Office & Library2,000,000 1999 2002 Commission
ESTONIA Development of Conformity Assessment Infrastr ucture in the field of Metrology 2,500,000 2002 2004 Commission
ESTONIA Promoting quality awareness through standardisation among electrotechnical
enterprises45,000 2002 2002 Commission
ESTONIA Market Surveillance 1,700,000 2000 2003 Commission
HUNGARY Laboratoires Agro-a limentaire 9,000 2002 2002 France
HUNGARY Strengthening market surveillance 2,000,000 2002 2004 Commission
LATVIA Alignment w ith the internal market, standards 300,000 1999 2002 Commission
LATVIA Integration with the internal ma rket quality assurance 2,000,000 2001 2004 Commission
LATVIA Market surveillance system in the non-food area 1,550,000 2003 2005 Commission
LATVIA Twinning light projects 400,000 2002 2003 CommissionG/TBT/W/188
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LITHUANIA Strengthening capacity to promote the free movement of goods 2,750,000 2000 2003 Commission
LITHUANIA Developing measurement infrastructure in chemistry and ionising radiation 3,475,000 2003 2005 Commission
LITHUANIA Developing and strengthening Accreditation-system 248,600 2002 2004 Sweden
MALTA Establishment and Operation of the Mark et Surveillance Directorate 200,000 2002 2004 Commission
MALTA Support for the capacity building at the Malta Standards Authority 1,350,000 2001 2004 Commission
MALTA Support for setting up theMalta Medicines Authority 908,000 2002 2005 Commission
MULTICOUNTRY Internal market quality infrastructure 1,680,000 2002 2005 Commission
POLAND Inegration into the internal market, certification and standards 3,500,000 1999 2002 Commission
POLAND Integration with the internal market,certification 7,000,000 2000 2003 Commission
POLAND Conformity assessment and standardisation 5,495,000 2002 2004 Commission
POLAND Metrology 2,000,000 2002 2004 Commission
POLAND Medicines and Medical Directives 4,000,000 2002 2004 Commission
POLAND Chemical Directive and Administration 2,000,000 2002 2004 Commission
POLAND Medical products surveillance and registration system 2,000,000 2003 2005 Commission
POLAND Market surveillance 2,700,000 2003 2005 Commission
POLAND Réglementation technique Evaluation de la conformité Directives Nouvelle
Approche1,600,000 2000 2002 France
POLAND Normalisation Certification 21,000 2002 2002 France
POLAND Réglementation technique, Evaluation de la conformité Directives Nouvelle
Approche1,500,000 2001 2003 France
POLAND Development of legislati on on foodstuffs 4,000,000 2001 2003 Finland
ROMANIA Development of quality infrastructure 2,500,000 1999 2002 Commission
ROMANIA Development of quality infrastructure 4,400,000 2000 2004 Commission
ROMANIA Strengthening market surveillance and consumer protection 2,000,000 2003 2005 Commission
ROMANIA Support of the National Institute of Research, Development and Testing in the
Electronics Industry, ICMET460,163 1995 2002 Germany
ROMANIA Strengthening Competitiveness and Dism antling Technical Trade Barriers 2,043,634 1996 2002 Germany
ROMANIA Amelioration of Metrology 613,550 1996 2002 Germany
ROMANIA Technical Assistance for the Romanian Standards Association (ASRO) 265,000 2002 2003 Commission
SLOVAK
REPUBLICImplementation of standards and certification systems 1,800,000 1999 2002 CommissionG/TBT/W/188
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SLOVAK
REPUBLICStrengthening the Institute for Standardisation 1,000,000 2000 2003 Commission
SLOVAK
REPUBLICSupport for market surveillance 2,200,000 2002 2004 Commission
SLOVAK
REPUBLICApplication of the Act on technical requirements for products and on conformity
assessment and technical assistance in the process of the adoption of the Acquis
Communautaire in the area of free movement of goods560,000 2002 2003 Commission
SLOVAK
REPUBLICNormalisation Certification Qualité 16,000 2001 2002 France
SLOVENIA Development of legislation and institutional framework 2,950,000 1999 2002 Commission
SLOVENIA Development of market surveillance, confor mity assessment and standardisation 2,000,000 2000 2004 Commission
SLOVENIA Support to official market surv eillance laboratories 400,000 2002 2004 Commission
SLOVENIA Conformity assessment and Accreditation 1,600,000 2002 2005 Commission
SLOVENIA Support to the standardisation work 150,000 2003 2005 Commission
SLOVENIA Technical legislation and enforcement in the harmonised and non-harmonised area 400,000 2003 2005 Commission
SLOVENIA Qualité Agro-alimentaire Réglementation 344,000 2002 2002 France
SLOVENIA Qualité Agro-alimentaire 241,000 2001 2002 France
TURKEY Support to the quality infrastructure in Turkey 13,000,000 2002 2005 Commission
TURKEY Support for market surveillance 2,250,000 2003 2004 Commission
TURKEY Support of Legal Metrology 3,118,880 1993 2002 Germany
TURKEY Support for the Establishment of a National Accreditation System 1,022,584 2000 2005 Germany
TURKEY Normalisation Directives Nouvelle Approche 35,000 2002 2002 France
* The Netherlands bilateral technical assistance in the TBT field is mainly done by the CBI an autonomous agency financed by th e Ministry ; CBI's objective is to
support businesses exporting to the European market by technical assistance and marketing advice. Its programmes are (1) Sector al Export Promotion
Programme, (2)Human Resource Development (3) Market Informa tion Programmes (4) Business-to-business Programme (5) Business Supp ort Organisation
Programme. All these programmes have TBT elements. CBI targets it s programmes to a list of 44 target countries, including 13 Le ast-developed countries.
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