G/TFA/N/EU/2/Add.2  
 
14 June 2019  
(19-4139) Page: 1/16 
Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 22.1 AND 22.2 OF  
THE AGREEMENT ON TRA DE FACILITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM T HE EUROPEAN UNION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 12 June  2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the European Union for Members' information.  
 
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The European Union hereby makes the following  notification in accordance with Article 22.1 and 22.2 
of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation. It updates the notification made on 28 September 2018 
(G/TFA/N/EU/ 2/Add.1 ) on the assistance by the European Union and bilateral assistance provided 
by a number of EU member States. This revision provides additional information on bilateral 
assistance provided by a number of EU member States .  
 
Donor Member: European Union  
Period  covered by the notification: Ongoing and new projects since 2017 notification  
 
Table 1: Ongoing Bilateral/regional assistance1 
 
Description of the 
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resources  Status and amount 
committed/  
disbursed2 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The implementing 
agency in the 
Member providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of the 
assistance3 
Strengthening 
Ecuadorian MSMEs for 
internatio nalization 
towards the 
European  Union  2017 – 2020 
€4,200,000  Ecuador  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Support to Ecuadorian 
MSMEs for promotion 
and exportation 
towards the European 
Union  2017 – 2020 
€4,300,000  Ecuador  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Albanian Customs 
Administration for the 
EU-Integrated Tariff 
Management System 
(ITMS)  2017 – 2019 
€1,800,000  Albania  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
                                                
1 The list covers projects that are operational at the time of this notification. Therefore, it also includes 
projects notified in  2017 as new commitments in Table 3.  
2 Unless otherwise stated, the amounts refer to the overall EU contribution  for the project lifecycle.  
3 See details below , for specific enquiries.  G/TFA/N/EU/2/Add.2  
 
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  Description of the 
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resources  Status and amount 
committed/  
disbursed2 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The implementing 
agency in the 
Member providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of the 
assistance3 
Introduction of an 
automated intelligent 
video -control system 
at road border crossing 
point Novaya Huta – 
Novi Yarilovychi at the 
Belarus -Ukraine 
frontier  2017 – 2019 
€800,000  Belarus  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Palanca  Jointly 
Operated Border 
Crossing Point  2015 – 2018 
€4,500,000  Moldova  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Support to the free 
movement of goods  2018 – 2021 
€3,265,580  Kosovo4 European 
Commissi on 
DG NEAR  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Eastern Partnership – 
Integrated Border 
Management – 
Capacity Building 
Project  2014 – 2018 
€4,500,000  EU Eastern 
Partnership 
countries  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  FRONTEX  
Support to increase 
the competitiveness of 
trade and regional 
economic integration 
in West Africa  2016 – 2018 
€3,000,000  West Africa  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact EU Delegation 
in Burkina Faso  
Support to trade 
facilitation through the 
Customs Department 
of the Liberia Revenue 
Authority (LRA)  2016 – 2019 
€2,100,500  Liberia  Europe an 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Border Integration 
Programme - San 
Pancho Border 
Crossing  2017 – 2022 
€20,000,000  Nicaragua  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Regional Economic 
Integration Project  
(INTEC)  2017 – 2022 
€20,000,000  Panama, 
Costa Rica, 
Honduras, El 
Salvador and 
Guatemala  European 
Commission DG  
DEVCO  Contact regional EU 
Delegation in 
Nicaragua  
Regional Trade 
Facilitation Project for 
West Africa  2017 – 2022 
€20,000,000  ECOWAS 
member 
States  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact regional EU 
Delegation in Nigeria  
Consolidation of 
Regional Integration 
Support Mechanism 2 
(RISM2)  2014 – 2019 
€33,400,000  COMESA and 
EAC member 
States European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact regional EU 
Delegation in Zambia  
Regional Integration 
Support Programme 3 
(RISP3)  2014 – 2018 
€6,500,000  Indian 
Ocean 
Commission: 
Comoros,  
Madagascar, 
Mauritius , 
Seychelles 
and 
La Reunion.  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact regional EU 
Delegation in 
Mauritius  
COMESA Trade 
Facilitation Programme  2017 – 2024 
€53,000,000  COMESA 
member 
States European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact regional EU 
Delegation in Zambia  
Small -Scale Cross 
Border Trade 
Programme  2017 – 2022 
€15,000,000  COMESA 
member 
States European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact regional EU 
Delegation in Zambia  
                                                
4 This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and  is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and 
the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.  G/TFA/N/EU/2/Add.2  
 
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  Description of the 
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resources  Status and amount 
committed/  
disbursed2 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The implementing 
agency in the 
Member providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of the 
assistance3 
EAC Market access 
upgrade programme 
(notified in 2017 as 
Trade Related Facility)  2018 – 2022 
€25,000,000  EAC member 
States  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact EU Delegation 
in Tanzania  
East and Southern 
African (EA -SA) 
Transport and Transit 
Facilitation Programme 
(T2FP)  2017 – 2021 
€18,000,000  EA-SA 
region - 
SADC, 
COMESA and 
EAC member 
States European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact regional EU 
Delegation in Zambia  
Mauritius EPA Support 
Project for Improving 
the Business an d 
Investment Climate  2017 – 2022 
€10,000,000  Mauritius  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Zimbabwe EPA 
Support Project  2016 – 2025 
€10,000,000  Zimbabwe  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Programme in support 
of Seychelles 
implementation of the 
iEPA (SIEPA)  Committed  
€10,000,000  Seychelles  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact regional EU 
Delegation in 
Mauritius  
Trade related technical 
assistance  Committed  
€4,000,000  Bhutan  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact regional EU 
Delegation  in India  
Trade related technical 
assistance (ARISE  Plus 
Cambodia)  Committed  
€7,500,000  Cambodia  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Trade support facility 
(ARISE Plus  Indonesia)  Committed  
€10,000,000  Indonesia  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Trade -Related 
technical assistance  
(ARISE Plus Laos)  
Notified in 2017 as 
“European trade and 
economic programme”  Committed  
€5,000,000  Laos European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Trade related technical 
assistance (ARISE Plus 
Vietnam)  Committed  
€6,000,000  Vietnam  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Classifying goods for 
African trade  Committed  
€5,000,0000  Africa  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO Unit D.3  
Further support to the 
development of Trade  2018 – 2020 
€ 998,750  Kosovo5 European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Building of three 
Border Crossing Points 
with Serbia  2015 – 2019 
€10,987,000  Kosovo6 European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Eastern P artnership: 
Ready to Trade, an 
EU4business initiative  2017 – 2020 
€6,000,000  EU Eastern 
Partnership 
countries  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR   Contact European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  Directorate 
C 
Twinning Project 
''Support to the 
modernisation of 
Customs Service of 
Moldova in line with AA 
requirements''  2017 – 2019 
€1,000,000  Moldova  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR   Contact local EU 
Delegation  
                                                
5 This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and 
the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independenc e. 
6 This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and 
the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.  G/TFA/N/EU/2/Add.2  
 
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  Description of the 
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resources  Status and amount 
committed/  
disbursed2 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The implementing 
agency in the 
Member providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of the 
assistance3 
EU support to the 
Enhancement of 
Operational 
Capabilities of New 
Port of  
Baku & Free Trade 
Zone in Alat  2018 – 2020 
€997,050  Azerbaijan  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR   Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Table 2: Multidonor/multicountry assistance7 
 
Description of the  
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resources  Status and amount 
committed/  
disbursed8 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The implementing 
agency in the 
Member providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of 
the assistan ce9 
Trade Facilitation 
Support Programme  €9,600,000  All 
developing 
countries  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Requests for 
assistance can be 
made directly to the 
World Bank  
ACP trade capacity 
building programme  – 
TradeCom II  2014 – 2022 
€39,800,000  ACP 
countries  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Requests for 
assistance can be 
made  to the 
Commonwealth 
Secretariat and 
Organisation 
mondiale de la 
francophonie  
 
WTO Trade Facilitation 
Agreement Facility  
(TFAF)  €600,000  All 
developing 
countries  European 
Commission DG 
TRADE  Requests for 
assistance can be 
made  to the TFAF 
UNCTAD capacity 
building programme 
for NCTFs  €400,000  Economic 
Community 
of Central 
African 
States 
(ECCAS)  European 
Commission  
DG TRADE  Requests for 
assistance can be 
made  to UNCTAD  
Enhanced Integrated 
Framework Phase II  €10,000,000  Least 
developed 
countries  EIF Requests for 
assistance can be 
made  to the EIF 
Secretariat  
Table 3: New Commitments10 
Description of the 
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resources  Status and amount 
committed/  
disbursed11 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of 
the assistance12 
West Africa 
Competitiveness 
Programme  Committed  
€5,000,000  Sierra Leone  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
                                                
7 The list covers EU contributions to multi -donor/multi -country projects that are operatio nal at the time 
of the notification.  
8 Unless otherwise stated, the amounts refer to the overall EU contribution  for the project lifecycle.  
9 See details below , for specific enquiries.  
10 New p rojects committed since last notification and known upcoming com mitments pending approval . 
11 Unless otherwise stated, the amounts refer to the overall EU contribution  for the project lifecycle.  
12 See details below , for specific enquiries.  G/TFA/N/EU/2/Add.2  
 
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  Description of the 
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resources  Status and amount 
committed/  
disbursed11 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of 
the assistance12 
Boost African 
continental integration 
and EU -Africa 
economic integration 
through enhanced 
evidence -based policy 
making on trade and 
investment  Under approval  
€16,500,000  Africa  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact regional EU 
Delegation in Ethiopia  
Supporting Trade and 
Development in 
Mozambique 
(PROMOVE)  Under approval  
€12,000,000  Mozambique  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
EU-SADC Trade 
Facilitation 
Programme ( notified 
in 2017 as SADC FTA 
& EPA) Under approval  
€15,000,000  SADC 
Countries  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact regional EU 
Delegation in 
Botswana  
Support to 
CARIFORUM States in 
furthering the 
implementation of the 
Economic Partnership 
Agreement and in 
meaningfully reaping 
the benefits of the 
Agreement  Under approval  
€21,000,000  Caribbean 
Countries  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact regional EU 
Delegation in 
Barbados  
Support to the 
improvement of MSME 
Competitiveness and 
Business Environment 
in Paraguay  Under approval  
€12,000,000  Paraguay  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Myanmar Trade -
Related Technical 
Assistance (ARISE 
Plus Myanmar)  Under approval  
€8,000,000  Myanmar  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
 
Information on the process and mechanisms for requesting assistance and support for 
capacity building:  
 
Bilateral and regional assistance : 
 
General enquiries : 
DG TRADE – Unit F1; email: TRADE -TF-ASSISTANCE@ec.europa.eu  
 
Specific enquiries : 
 
Enquiries about specific support should be addressed to the EU delegation in the developing country 
concerned , or to the competent EU regional delegation in the case of regional assistance. The  list of 
EU delegations and their contact details are available online:  
https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters -homepage/area/geo_en  
 
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  Multidonor assistance:  
 
Trade Facilitation Support Programme  
http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/trade -facilitation -support -program  
 
WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility  
http://www.tfafacility.org  
 
Enhanced Integrated Framework  
http://www.enhancedif.org  
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  Donor Member: Belgium13 
Description of 
the tec hnical and 
financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and amount 
committed/  
disbursed  Beneficiary 
country/ Region 
(where 
necessary)  The implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures 
for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Organizing and 
building the 
capacity of Africa' s 
Customs 
Administrations for 
Trade Facilitation  €24,000  RDC, Congo 
(Brazzaville), Togo, 
Gabon, Djibouti  Belgian Customs 
Administration   
Organizing and 
building the 
capacity of Africa' s 
Customs 
Administrations for 
Trade Facilitation  €32,000  Togo, Gabon, 
Congo (Brazzaville), 
Comores, 
Centraf rique, 
Djibouti, Guinée, 
Côte d' Ivoire  Belgian Customs 
Administration   
Organizing and 
building the 
capacity of Africa 's 
Customs 
Administrations for 
Trade Facilitation  €32,000  Togo, Congo 
(Brazzaville), 
Comores, 
Centrafrique, 
Djibouti, Guinée, 
Tchad, Niger, 
Bénin, Rwanda  Belgian Customs 
Administration   
Organizing and 
building the 
capacity of Djibouti 
Customs 
Administrations for 
Trade Facilitation  €1,000  Djibouti  Belgian Customs 
Administration   
Organizing and 
building the 
capacity of Togo 
Customs 
Administrations for 
Trade Facilitation  €49,000  Togo Belgian Customs 
Administration   
Organizing the 
capacity of Bénin  
Customs 
Administrations for 
Trade Facilitation  €9,000  Bénin  ENABEL (Belgian 
Technical 
Cooperation 
Agency)   
ENABEL Capacity 
Building Program  €50,00014 Bénin  ENABEL ( Belgian 
Technical 
Cooperation 
Agency )  
Organizing the 
capacity of Gabon 
Customs 
Administrations for 
Trade Facilitation  €162,00015 Gabon  ENABEL (Belgian 
Technical 
Cooperation 
Agency)   
 
  
                                                
 13 Technical assistance and capacity building projects in the field of Trade Facilitation:  Belgian Customs 
Contributions and Projects for the years 2017 -2018-2019. 
14 On annual basis (from 2018 to undetermined date).  
15 Provisionally programmed amounts (from 2018 -2021).  G/TFA/N/EU/2/Add.2  
 
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  Donor Member: Finland  
Period covered by the notification:  2017 
 
Description of the 
technical and 
financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed  Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region (where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of 
the assistance  
Support to 
implementing the TF 
Agreemen t €200,000 Global  WTO MFA support to 
multilateral agency  
Support to 
implementing the TF 
Agreemen t €532,000 Global  ITC MFA support to 
multilateral agency  
Support to customs 
organizations in the 
ESA region to 
implement the TF 
Agreement  €3,000,000 Eastern and 
Southern Africa  WCO MFA support to 
multilateral agency  
Support to improve 
trade facilitation in 
the region  €9,800,000 Eastern Africa  TMEA  MFA support to 
multilateral agency  
Support to LDCs to 
build trade capacity.  €9,000,000 LDCs EIF MFA support to 
multilateral agency  
 
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  Donor Member: France  
Period covered by the notification: Projects approved or operational in 2016  
 
Description of the 
technical and 
financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed  Beneficiary 
country/ Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of 
the assistance  
Support for 
development and 
export facilities – 
Abidjan airport  €13,000,000  Côte d'Ivoire  AFD   
Support for 
extension of a 
container port 
terminal and trade 
facilities  €26,436,376  Jamaica  AFD   
Trade capacity 
building fund  €407,000  Mali  Public 
development aid 
(APD)   
Trade policy, 
regulation and 
adjustment for trade 
facilitation  €3,000  Global  Public 
development aid 
(APD)   
Customs technical 
assistance for trade 
facilitation  €47,600  
(including  
€15,100 on specific 
FR funds)  Global (mai nly 
African countries 
and South  East 
Europe)   French customs   
 
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  Donor Member: Germany  
Period covered by the notification:  2017 
 
Description of the 
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resources16 Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed  Beneficiary 
country/ Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of 
the assistance  
International Trade 
Center  (ITC) €1,900,000 p.a.    ITC - for selected 
programmes   
 
Enhanced Integrated 
Framwork (EIF) €1,300,000 p.a.    EIF core funding  
UNIDO: Testing and 
Inspection Assessment 
Tool for Effective Trade 
Facilitation  €350,000  South Africa, 
Malawi   Project Agreement  
Trade facilitation in 
Central Asia – Trade 
oriented companies 
benefit from cost -
cutting measures * €7,000,000  Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, 
Tadzhikistan, 
Uzbekistan  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral  
Advising ECOWAS 
Commission in the 
field of trade and 
customs *  €4,000,000  ECOWAS  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral  
Supporting the 
ECOWAS Commission 
through strategic 
managerial and 
technical advice * €18,193,902  ECOWAS  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral  
ASEAN Regional 
Integration Support – 
Cambodia Trade - 
related Technical 
Assistance *  €2,350,000  Cambodia  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral  
Technical Study for the 
design of the terminal 
of the King Hussein 
Bridge  (to facilitate 
trade at the Jordan -
Palestinian border) * 2015 – 2018 
€172,299  Palestine  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral  
Advising the Gambia 
Revenue Authority  
(risk management and 
cooperation among 
border agencies *  2018 – 2019 
€300,000  The Gambia  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral/Trade for 
Development Fund  
Facilitating Trade at 
the Kasumbalesa 
Border * 2017 – 2019 
€683,322.61  Democratic 
Republic of Congo  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral/Trade for 
Development Fund  
Facilitating Trade at 
the Kasumbalesa 
Border * 2017 – 2019 
€316,677.39  Zambia  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  
 
 Bilateral/Trade for 
Development Fund  
                                                
16 Items marked with * have been registered as CRS 33120  (trade f acilitation). Items without are not 
registered as CRS 33120 but contain a substantial trade facilitation element.  G/TFA/N/EU/2/Add.2  
 
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  Description of the 
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resources16 Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed  Beneficiary 
country/ Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of 
the assistance  
Trade Facilitation for 
SMEs in Sri Lanka * 2018 – 2019 
€500,000  Sri Lanka  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral/Trade for 
Development Fund  
Facilitating Trade in 
Agricultural Goods in 
ASEAN * 2017 – 2019 
€230,475  Cambodia  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral/Trade for 
Development Fund  
Facilitation Trade in 
Agricultural Goods in 
ASEAN * 2017 – 2019 
€451,000  Thailand  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral/Trade for 
Development Fund  
Facilitation Trade in 
Agricultural Goods in 
ASEAN * 2017 – 2019 
€234,000  Vietnam  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral/Trade for 
Development Fund  
Pre-arrival processing 
for express 
consignments *  €390,000  Montenegro  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral (German 
Alliance for Trade 
Facilitation)  
Pre-arrival processing 
for express 
consignments * €410,000  Serbia  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral (German 
Alliance for Trade 
Facilitation)  
Rationalise and 
automate import and 
export processes for 
agrifood sector *  €654, 000 Morocco  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral (Global 
Alliance for Trade 
Facilitation)  
Expedite release of 
goods through risk -
based pre -arrival 
processing *  €636,000  Ghana  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral (Global  
Alliance for Trade 
Facilitation)  
Expedite release of 
goods through risk-
based pre -arrival 
processing * €636,000  Kenya  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral (Global  
Alliance for Trade 
Facilitation)  
Promotion of 
supportive framework 
for trade in Ukraine  €3,000,000  Ukraine  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral  
Enhancement of 
Southern African 
Development 
Community Regional 
Economic Integration  €8,000,000  Southern African 
Development 
Community  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral  
Support to the East 
African Community 
Integration process  €15,500,000  East African 
Community  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  
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  Description of the 
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resources16 Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed  Beneficiary 
country/ Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of 
the assistance  
Trade for Development  €12,000,000  Jordan  Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für 
Internationale 
Zusammenarbeit 
(GIZ) GmbH  Bilateral  
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  Donor Member: Netherlands  
Description of the 
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed  Beneficiary 
country/ Region 
(where 
necessary)  The implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of 
the assistance  
WB Umbrella Facility 
for Trade  2017 – 2021  
€14,400,000  Global  MFA/ 
Department for 
Sustainable 
Economic 
Development  Requests for 
assistance can be 
made directly to 
the World Bank  
World Bank Trade 
Facilitation Support 
Program (TFSP) Trade 
Facilitation Support 
Program (TFSP)  2017 – 2021 
€1,600,000  Global  MFA/ 
Department for 
Sustainable 
Economic 
Development  Requests for 
assistance can be 
made directly to 
the World Bank  
ITC - Support to 
implementing the TF 
Agreement  2018 – 2022 
€9,200,000  Global  MFA/ 
Department for 
Sustainable 
Economic 
Development  Contact ITC  
CBI - Capacity building 
for entrepreneurs in 
developing countries to 
export to European 
market  2017 – 2020   
€90,000,000  Global  MFA/ 
Department for 
Sustainable 
Economic 
Development  
 Contact Centre for 
the Promotion of 
Imports (CBI)  
Standards and Trade 
Development Facility 
(STDF)  2018 – 2022 
€2,500,000  Global  MFA/Department 
for Economic 
Governance and 
Trade Policy 
 Contact WTO/STDF  
 
Trade Facilitation West 
Africa program  2018 – 2022 
€15,000,000  ECOWAS member 
States  MFA/ 
Department for 
Sustainable 
Economic 
Development  Contact MFA or  
NL Delegation in 
Nigeria  
Trade Mark East Africa 
(TMEA)  2017 – 2024 
€34,650,000  Eastern Africa  MFA/ 
Department for 
Sustainable 
Economic 
Development  Contact TMEA  
Capacity building 
Customs 
Administrations for 
Trade Facilitation in 
relation to 
humanitarian aid - 
Project Customs for 
Relief of Epidemic 
Diseases (C -Red) 2016 – 2018 
€2,000,000  West Africa  MFA/ 
Department for 
Sustainable 
Economic 
Development  Contact WCO  
Capacity Building 
Logistics and Customs 
procedures in West 
Africa  2018 – 2019 
€840,000  West Africa  MFA/Rijksdienst 
Voor Ondernemen 
(RVO)  Contact RVO  
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  Donor Member: Sweden  
Description of the 
technical and 
financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed  Beneficiary 
country/ Region 
(where 
necessary)  The implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Global -Enhanced 
Integrated 
Framework (EIF)  
Financial and 
technical support to 
integrate LDCs in 
global trade includes 
capacity building and 
support to pr oductive 
capacity projects  2017 – 2023 
SEK 50,000,000  
(disbursed  in 2017-
2018)  
SEK 50,000,000  
(commit ted and to 
be disbursed in 
2019 and 2020 ) LDCs in Africa, 
Asia, Pacific  Unit for Globally 
Sustainable 
Economic 
Development, Sida, 
Stockholm  Application for 
funding to EIF 
Secretariat at 
WTO 
Global -Standards 
and Trade 
development Facility 
(STDF)  
 
Global knowledge 
and coordination 
platform on SPS. 
Provides capacity 
building and funds to 
projects in 
developing countries 
on SPS and trade for 
increased market  
access.  2015 – 2019 
SEK 50,000,000   Global  Unit for Globally 
Sustainable 
Economic 
Development, Sida, 
Stockholm  Request for 
assistance / 
funding to STDF 
Secretariat at 
WTO 
Economic 
Development in 
Africa – Regional 
Implementation 
Projects for Customs 
Modernisation  2015 -2018 
SEK50 ,000,000  
(disbursed)  
 EAC, SACU and 
West Africa  Regional section, 
Swedish Embassy, 
Addis Ababa, 
Ethiopia  Contact the WCO 
Capacity Building 
Secretariat, 
Brussels, 
Belgium  
Supporting Regional 
Trade Facilitation in 
Sub-Saharan Africa  
through Customs 
Modernisation  2019 – 2023:  
SEK 75,000,000  
(Under appraisal)  
 EAC, SADC, 
ECOWAS and 
selected member 
states of these 
RECs Regional section, 
Swedish Embassy, 
Addis Ababa, 
Ethiopia  Contact the WCO 
Capacity Building 
Secretariat, 
Brussels,  
Belgium or 
Regional Section 
of Swedish 
Embassy in Addis 
Ababa  
Trade Policy Training 
Centre in Africa 
(trapca), Academic 
courses up to 
Masters -level and 
executive courses in 
Trade Policy and 
Trade Law, incl Trade 
Facilitation  2017 – 2019 
SEK 63,000,000  African LDCs  
 
 Regional section, 
Swedish Embassy, 
Addis Ababa, 
Ethiopia  Contact trapca or 
Regional Section 
of Swedish 
Embassy in Addis 
Ababa  
 
World Bank Group  
(WBG)  Trade 
Facilitation Support 
Program - 
Technical assistance 
for effective 
implementation of 
the TFA and related 
trade facilitation 
reforms  2017 – 2020 
SEK 35,000,000  Developing 
countries: priority 
to low income and  
fragile/conflict 
affected;  
and middle -
income countries 
that significantly 
impact regional or 
LDC trade 
performance  
  Unit for Globally 
Sustainable 
Economic 
Development, Sida, 
Stockholm  Requests for 
technical 
assistance can 
be made to the 
Trade Facilitation 
Support Program 
or WBG country 
offices  
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  Description of the 
technical and 
financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed  Beneficiary 
country/ Region 
(where 
necessary)  The implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
World Bank Umbrella 
Facility for Trade  
Supports the WBG 
and client countries 
with funding for 
diagnostic work, 
studies and 
knowledge 
development on 
trade, as well as 
funding to feasibility 
studies and technical 
assistance connected 
to country -level or 
regional investments 
in trade related 
priorities.  2017 – 2020 
SEK 90,000,000  Global, focus on 
Sub-Saharan 
Africa  Unit for Globally 
Sustainable 
Economic 
Development, Sida, 
Stockholm  Requests can be 
made to the 
WBG trade unit 
or WBG regional 
and country -level 
offices  
ITC (WTO/UNCTAD)  
Core support for 
trade development, 
export capacity 
strengthening. 
Partially for trade 
facilitation, private  
sector perspective, in 
particular  for SMEs. Ongoing  
2017-2021 
SEK 37,500,000  
disbursed in 2018.  
SEK 37,500,000  
committed to be 
disbursed yearly in 
2019, 2020, 2021.  Global, priority 
countries are 
LDCs, LLDCs, 
SIDS, SSA small 
vulnerable 
economies  and 
post-conflict and 
fragile S tates Unit for Globally 
Sustainable 
Economic 
Development, Sida, 
Stockholm  Contact ITC 
office in Geneva  
 
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  Donor Member: United Kingdom  
Description of the 
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed  Beneficiary 
country/ Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of 
the assistance  
World Bank Trade 
Facilitation Support 
Programme (TFSP)  2015 – 2022 
£4,000,000  Global  DFID World Bank  
Global Alliance for 
Trade Facilitation 
(GATF)  2015 – 2022 
£1,500,000  Global  DFID World  Economic 
Forum (WEF)  
WTO Trade Facili tation 
Agreement Facility 
(TFAF)  2015 – 2022 
£500,000  WTO Member 
countries  DFID WTO 
Standards and Trade 
Development Facility 
(STDF)  2015 – 2022 
£2,500,000  Global  DFID WTO Standards and 
Trade Development 
Facility (STDF)  
Enhanced Integrated 
Framework (EIF)  2018 – 2023 
£6,500,000  
($8,500,000)  LDCs DFID LDC Governments  
ESCAP  
WB Umbrella Fund  2017 – 2023 
£10,175,000  
($13,150,000)  Global  DFID World Bank  
TradeMark East Africa 
– Kenya  2017 – 2023 
£75,000,000  
 Kenya  DFID TradeMark East 
Africa  
TradeMark East Africa 
– Rwanda  2017 – 2023 
£32,000,000  Rwanda  DFID TradeMark East 
Africa  
TradeMark East Africa 
– Uganda  2017 – 2023 
£25,000,000  Uganda  DFID TradeMark East 
Africa  
TradeMark East Africa 
– Tanzania  2017 – 2023 
£30,000,000  Tanzania  DFID TradeMark East 
Africa  
TradeMark East Africa 
– Regional  2017 – 2023 
£25,000,000  Developing East 
Africa countries 
(including  
Burundi and 
South Sudan)  DFID TradeMark East 
Africa  
Commonwealth Trade 
Facilitation Programme  2018 – 2020 
£3,000,000  Commonwealth 
countries  HMRC  UNCTAD and WCO  
 
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