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10 Februar y 2023  
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Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION BASED ON ARTICLE 22 .1 OF 
THE TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT  
COMMUNICATION FROM CANADA  
The following communication, dated 8 February  2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Canada . 
 
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The following information is being provided by Canada in response to the notification requirements 
set out in Article 22.1 of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation  (WT/L/931 ). 
 
  
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Donor Member: CANADA  
Period covered by the notification: 2020 and 2021 calendar years  
Includes only projects coded to OECD DAC purpose code 33120 (Trade Facilitation)  
Executing agencies are primarily responsible for delivering the project, and not necessarily the sole recipients of funding u nder the project.  
 
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1 Canada -Ukraine Trade and Investment Support  
This project aims to increase trade and investment 
between Canada and Ukraine by helping Ukrainian 
companies, especially small and medium -sized 
enterprises (SMEs), to meet Canadian standards and by 
helping to increase their access to Canadian and global 
markets . It also seeks to help build the capacity of 
Ukrainian government partners to put new systems and 
processes in place to facilitate greater trade and 
investment flows between Canada and Ukraine, as well as 
between Ukraine and other countries. By creating t rade 
and investment opportunities for more Ukrainian SMEs, 
this project contributes to increasing their growth and 
viability, which in turn generates sustainable economic 
growth in Ukraine.  
Project activities include: (1) providing training to 
Ukrainian SM Es on business planning and market 
research techniques; (2) facilitating business -to-business 
exchanges through trade promotion events; (3) providing 
information to Canadian and Ukrainian private sectors on 
trade and investment opportunities through tailor ed web 
portals and information events; (4) conducting market 
analysis to identify priority industries with highest 
potential to export aboard, particularly to Canada; (5) 
providing training to staff of relevant Ukrainian 
government ministries to conduct ma rket research and 
develop investment attraction strategies; (6) assisting 
Ukrainian public and private actors to understand and 
leverage opportunities offered by the Canada -Ukraine 
Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA).  Closed  
(total project budget: 
CAD 13.82  million) 
 
Disbursed:  
2020: CAD 530,000 
2021: CAD 50,000 
 Ukraine  Conference Board of 
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1 All program mes are managed by Global Affairs Canada. The implementing agency and Global Affairs responsible division are  listed here.   
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2 Making Trade Work for Women in Africa: The project 
aims to improve the economic empowerment of women 
entrepreneurs working in the areas of apparel, textile, 
fashion accessories and home décor in Lesotho, Uganda, 
Madagascar and Ethiopia.  
The project works to provide training and technical 
assistance so women -led enterprises can increase their 
exports to Canada and other foreign markets.  
The project als o aims to assist local trade support 
institutions (TSIs) to provide gender responsive market 
access services, and ensure women -owned enterprises 
are accessing those services and implementing export 
plans for Canadian and other foreign markets.  
Project acti vities include: (1) providing training and 
technical assistance on market access services to 
women -led enterprises; (2) providing training and 
technical assistance to local TSIs on sustainable business 
plans, which include new revenue generating services 
and funding opportunities from local and international 
funders; and (3) providing training and technical 
assistance to women -led enterprises to increase their 
access to the financial and human resources necessary to 
implement their export plans.  
The project  aims to directly benefit 240 women -
owned/led small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that 
work to access gender responsive market services to 
access Canadian and other foreign markets, and 60 local 
TSI staff to receive training and technical assistance on 
self-sustaining governance structures that promote 
women leadership and gender responsive market access 
services to women led/owned SMEs in the targeted 
countries.  Operational  
(total project budget: 
CAD 2.0 million ) 
 
Disbursed:  
2020: CAD 170,000 
2021: CAD 0 Ethiopia, 
Lesotho, 
Madagascar, 
Uganda  TFO Canada  
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3 Expert Deployment Mechanism for Trade and 
Development: This project aims to reduce poverty in 
developing countries by expanding trade and investment 
to create jobs and achieve growth that works for 
everyone. The project responds to requests for technical 
assistance from developing countries by providing a wide 
range of assistance prior to, during, and following the 
negotiations of free trade agreement (FTA) or foreign 
investment promotion and protection agreement (FIPA) 
with Canada.  Operational  
(total project budget: 
CAD 16.31  million ) 
 
Disbursed:  
2020: CAD 320,000 
2021: CAD 500,000 Global (Africa, 
America, Asia, 
Europe)  Cowater  International 
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Project activities include: (1) helping to address the 
development aspects of priority trade issues in the 
lead-up to FTA/FIPA negotiations; (2) improving the 
ability of developing country Governments to take into 
account the perspectives of poor populati ons when 
negotiating a FTA/FIPA; (3) supporting trade associations 
in developing countries to identify the economic and 
poverty impacts of FTAs/FIPAs; and (4) helping local, 
small and medium -sized enterprises (SMEs) increase 
their competitiveness in light of new trade and 
investment regimes, in order to expand employment 
opportunities for the poor.  
4 Haiti Revenue Generation – Equipment: The Haiti 
Revenue Generation project supports the Haitian 
Government's ability to generate revenue. It provides 
technical assistance to improve customs and tax 
institutions in Haiti. The technical assistance and 
equipment provided by this proj ect help to modernize the 
Customs Administration and the Tax Administration, 
enabling an increase in government revenues.  Operational  
(full project budget: 
CAD 11.41  million ) 
 
Disbursed : 
2020: CAD 190,000 
2021: CAD 100,000 Haiti C2D Services Inc.  
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5 Canada -Indonesia Trade and Private Sector 
Assist ance: The project aims to facilitate trade and 
investment for small and medium -sized enterprises 
(SMEs) in Indonesia, with a focus on those owned and 
operated by women. Recognizing that SMEs are the 
drivers for poverty reduction and economic growth in 
Indonesia, the project works with the Indonesian 
government, private sector organizations, and trade 
policy experts to address regulatory constraints related to 
Indonesian SME development and access to markets. The 
project also provides targeted advisory servi ces to 
develop commercial opportunities for promising 
Indonesian SMEs. It promotes Canadian investment 
opportunities in Indonesia through market research and 
exchanges between the Canadian and Indonesian 
business communities.  Terminating  
(full budget: 
CAD 12.13  million ) 
 
Disbursed :  
2020: CAD 10,000 
2021: CAD 0 
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6 APEC -Canada Growing Business Partnership - 
Resea rch and Training: This initiative seeks to reduce 
poverty in developing Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation 
(APEC) economies by encouraging micro, small and 
medium enterprises (MSMEs) to expand into global and 
regional markets. The project consists of two ma in 
components, one of which provides training, research and 
mentoring to MSMEs in developing APEC economies and 
is implemented by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. 
For example, Canada 's support helps fund research 
studies, surveys, conferences and tra ining focused on 
business and entrepreneurship skills, access to markets 
for products and services, and technological innovation.  
The second component of the project is a sub -fund 
managed by the APEC Secretariat that supports small -
scale projects helping M SMEs in developing APEC 
economies to innovate, grow, and gain better access to 
global and regional markets.  
The two components have a combined contribution 
amount of CAD 4.74 million.  Operational  
(full project budget: 
CAD 2.79 million ) 
 
Disbursed : 
2020: CAD 30,000 
2021: CAD 20,000 Indonesia, Peru, 
Philippines, 
Viet Nam Asia Pacific 
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7 Canadian Trade and Investment Facility for 
Develo pment: The project aims to improve the 
contribution of trade and investment to inclusive 
economic growth in the Asia -Pacific region. This is done 
by providing technical assistance to regional institutions, 
local and national governments, civil society 
organisations and firms to support reforms to trade and 
investment policies and regulations. The project focuses 
on initiatives that improve stakeholders ' skills, knowledge 
and tools to enable growth that works for everyone, with 
a particular attention to wome n's economic 
empowerment.  Operational  
(full project budget: 
CAD 12 million ) 
 
Disbursed  
2020: CAD 290,000 
2021: CAD 380,000 Asia (regional), 
South Pacific 
(regional)  Cowater International 
Inc. 
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8 Support to Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation 
Wom en and the Economy Sub -Fund (WTE -SF) 
This project seeks to improve the enabling environment 
for inclusive trade and investment for developing Asia -
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies in the 
Asia-Pacific region. The APEC Women and the Economy 
Sub-Fund is managed by the APEC Secretariat 's Policy 
Partnership on Women and the Economy. The project 
supports the sub -fund in carrying out its mandate.  Operational  
(full project budget: 
CAD 500,000) 
 
Disbursed : 
2020: CAD 0 
2021: CAD 50,000 Global (America, 
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Project activities include providing capacity building 
initiatives such as training, workshop s, symposiums, 
seminars and research to advance women 's economic 
empowerment. These capacity building activities focus on 
one or more of the following pillars of women 's economic 
participation: access to capital; access to markets; skills, 
capacity buildin g and health; leadership, voice and 
agency; and innovation and technology.  
9 Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation: The project 
aims to support sustainable economic growth and 
increase employment from the expedited movement, 
release and clearance of goods and the associated 
reduction in trade costs. The Global Alliance for Trade 
Facilitation is a public -private partnership devoted to the 
implementation of the  World Trade Organization 's 
agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA). The Alliance is 
designed to bring together leading donors, local and 
global businesses, and international institutions to 
support commercially -meaningful and development -
focused trade facil itation reforms in developing countries. 
In order to deliver results quickly, the Alliance builds on 
existing networks and initiatives that support trade 
facilitation.  
Project activities include: (1) establishing sustainable 
multi-stakeholder dialogues on  trade facilitation; (2) 
mobilizing public -private partnerships; and (3) providing 
technical assistance in support of capacity building. In 
addition to donors, private businesses from a range of 
sectors and geographies contribute to the Alliance 's 
activiti es by providing technical expertise and resources 
that support targeted reform efforts.  Operational  
(total project budget: 
CAD 10 million ) 
 
Disbursed : 
2020: CAD 1 million  
2021: CAD 1 million  
 Global (Africa, 
America, Asia, 
Europe)  World Economic 
Forum  
  
10 Creating a Business Enabling Environment for 
Sustainable Economic Growth: This project aims to 
create an improved business environment for up to 
23,000 firms in Tanzania by addressing the country 's 
principle constraints to investment, productive growth 
and job creation. IFC will partner with Carleton 
University 's Centre for Trade Policy and Law (CTPL) and 
International Program for Development Evaluation 
Training (IPDET), Mennonite Economic Developm ent 
Associates (MEDA) and Export Development Canada Operational  
(total project budget: 
CAD 9 million ) 
 
Disbursed : 
2020: CAD 400,000 
2021: CAD 0 Tanzania  International Finance 
Corporation  
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(EDC). By working with the Government of Tanzania, the 
private sector and Canadian experts, the project would 
reform national business, tax and trade regulations in 
order to improve market access, increas e trade, 
investment and job creation and enhance private sector 
competitiveness. These interventions would in turn 
increase competitiveness and job creation in the 
agro-processing, tourism and extractive sectors in 
Tanzania, and, therefore, promote sustain able, inclusive 
economic growth and reduce poverty.  
Project Activities include: (1) Streamlining government 
procedures related to business licencing and inspection 
reforms; (2) Training and working with at least 
100 officials from the Tanzania Revenue Auth ority to 
simplify tax administration, including value -added tax 
refund management, revenue collection and regularizing 
tax incentives; (3) Designing and implementing 
procedures for the removal of up to 20% of non -tariff 
barriers to trade such as red tape a nd customs delays to 
increase trade volumes and investment in Tanzania; (4) 
Facilitating public -private dialogue with at least 
50 institutions involved in the agro -processing, tourism 
and natural gas sectors to develop supportive policies 
and establish mar ket links for businesses; (5) Supporting 
the Ministry of Energy and Minerals and the Office of the 
Prime Minister to draft regulations and policies to 
increase local content development in the natural gas 
sector; (6) Providing support to public and private  sector 
stakeholders to address supply chain bottlenecks, 
including the introduction of standards, certification and 
skills; (7) Employing gender sensitive analysis and 
providing training to local partners to support enhanced 
market access, private sector investment mobili zation 
and product diversification for female - and male -owned 
businesses in the agri -processing, extractives and 
tourism sectors; and (8) Training and mentoring local 
partners and Tanzanian officials to increase their capacity 
to plan for and manage results.   
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11 Support to Boosting Intra -African Trade Action Plan 
to Reduce Poverty: This project aims to promote trade 
among African countries to reduce poverty, generate 
economic growth, create jobs, and increase food security. 
The initiative, undertaken with the Africa Trade Policy 
Centre (ATPC) based at the UN Economic Commission for 
Africa, supports the African Union 's Boosting Intra -African 
Trade Action Plan and the process of economic 
integration such as the Continental Free Trade Area. In 
the implementation of the project, the ATPC will partner 
with a consortium of Canadian centres of trade expertise, 
led by the Centre for Trade Policy and Law . 
Project activities include: (1) supporting national 
governments and Regional Economic Communities 
(RECs) to develop and implement their Boosting Intra -
African Trade action plans; (2) establishing the African 
Agricultural Market Information Systems Networ k, that 
gathers, analy ses and shares information about prices 
and other information relevant to farmers, animal 
rearers, traders, processors and others involved in 
handling agricultural products; (3) delivering training, 
workshops and technical assistance to national 
government and RECs; and (4) conducting assessment 
studies on a number of key issues, such as the state of 
intra-African trade, and disseminating results.  Operational  
(total project budget: 
CAD 13.13  million ) 
 
Disbursed : 
2020: CAD 130,000 
2021: CAD 0 Africa (regional)  ECA - United Nations 
Economic 
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12 Improving Bean Markets in Africa: The project aims 
to improve food security, income and health in 
sub-Saharan Africa by helping farmers and SMEs to take 
advantage of the regional commercial opportunities of the 
bean crop. The project addresses the root challenges 
farmers and SMEs face in accessing markets in targeted 
bean corridors, such as a lack of skill s, finance, 
information, insurance, infrastructure and organizational 
capacity.  
Project activities include: (1) facilitating linkages and 
partnerships among value chain stakeholders through 
bean innovation platforms and enhancing business skills 
and colle ctive marketing; (2) facilitating access to market 
services (information, finance, training, infrastructure, 
seeds, fertilizer) and advocating support from key actors 
(NGOs, Governments, etc.) for program mes benefitting Operational  
(total project budget: 
CAD 11 million ) 
 
Disbursed : 
2020: CAD 640,000 
2021: CAD 1.05 million  Sub-Saharan 
Africa (regional)  International Centre 
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farmers and SMEs in the bean industr y; and 
(3) supporting bean producers to meet production 
volumes and quality standards.  
The project is expected to reach 3 million farmers linking 
them to profitable markets, 10 million households 
consuming marketable beans, and 10% of SME 
entrepreneurs trading value -added bean products, and 
the project targets 3 million ton nes of improved bean 
products to be traded in targeted corridors.  
10 million households consuming marketable beans.  
13 Making Trade Work for Women in Eastern Africa 
and COVID -19 Crisis Pool: This project aims to 
promote the economic empowerment of women traders 
in Eastern Africa, and works to reduce sexual and 
gender -based violence towards them. The project is 
focused on addressing the constraints which limit the 
participation of East African women traders in economic 
activities and cross -border trade. Project activities 
include: (1) establishment of cooperatives and market 
access platforms for women traders; (2) simplifying, 
translating and disseminating  documentation on trading 
requirements for small scale traders (most of whom are 
women); (3) sensitizing border officials on gender; (4) 
adopting gender -sensitive cross border trade charters; 
(5) establishing safe working spaces for women; (6) 
developing and operationali zing a reporting mechanism 
on violence against women; (7) providing technical 
support to women traders in the areas of advocacy, 
dialogue and strengthening membership services; (8) 
collecting sex -disaggregated data and conducting 
evidence -based research on  issues affecting women 
traders; and (9) lobbying with public agencies.  Operational  
(total project budget: 
CAD 15 million ) 
 
Disbursed : 
2020: CAD 550,000 
2021: CAD 1.65 million   East Africa 
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