G/TFA/N/EU/2  
 
20 July 2017  
(17-4030) Page: 1/16 
Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 22.1 AND 22.2 OF  
THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE F ACILITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM T HE EUROPEAN UNION  
The following communication, dated 20 July 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the European Union.  
 
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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.  
 
Donor Member: European Union  
Period covered by the notification: Projects operational in 20161 
 
Table 1: Bila teral/regional assistance  
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 internationalization 
towards the European Union  €4,200,000  Ecuador  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Development 
Cooperation 
Instrument 
(DCI)  
Support to Ecuadorian MSMEs 
for promotion and exportation 
towards the European Union  €4,300,000  Ecuador  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Development 
Cooperation 
Instrum ent 
(DCI)  
Export growth support project  €10,333,000  Bolivia  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Development 
Cooperation 
Instrument  
(DCI)  
Support to Paraguay's 
economic integration  €7,031,000  Paraguay  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Development 
Cooperation 
Instrument  
(DCI) 
Albanian Customs 
Administration for the EU -
Integrated Tariff Management 
System (ITMS)  €1,800,000  Albania  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  Instrument for 
Pre-accession 
Assistance  
(IPA)  
Introduction of an automated 
intelligent video -control 
system at road border 
crossing point Novaya Huta – 
Novi Yarilovychi at the 
Belarus -Ukraine frontier  €800,000  Belarus  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  European 
Neighborhood 
Instrument 
(ENI)  
                                                
1 The list  covers projects operational in 2016, while the actual commitment/disbursement dates may 
have occurred before.  
2 Unless otherwise stated, the amounts refer to the overall amount for the project lifecycle.  
3 See details of the instruments  below . G/TFA/N/EU/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 
Palanca Jointly Operated 
Border Crossing Point  €4,500,000  Moldova  European  
Commission  
DG NEAR  
 European 
Neighborhood 
Instrument  
(ENI)  
Support to the 
implementation of DCFTA 
process in Moldova  €25,000,000  Moldova  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  European 
Neighborhood 
Instrument  
(ENI)  
Support to the free movement 
of goods  €2,496,72 0 Kosovo  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  Instrument for 
Pre-accession 
Assistance  
(IPA) 
Eastern Partnership – 
Integrated Border 
Management – Capacity 
Building Project  €4,480,000  EU Eastern 
Partnership 
countries  FRONTEX  European 
Neighborhood 
Instrument 
(ENI)  
Support to the establishment 
of Single Window for Export, 
Import and Transit procedures 
in the Republic of Tajikistan  €1,236,000  Tajikistan  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  
 Development 
Cooperation 
Instrument 
(DCI)  
Support to the development of 
Red Bridge Bo rder crossing 
point between Azerbaijan and 
Georgia  €2,128,000  Azerbaijan and 
Georgia  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  
 European 
Neighborhood 
Instrument 
(ENI)  
Support to increase the 
competitiveness of trade and 
regional economic integration 
in West Africa  €3,000,000  West Africa  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  European 
Development 
Fund  
(EDF)  
Support to trade facilitation 
through the Customs 
Department of the Liberia 
Revenue Authority (LRA)  €2,100,500  Liberia  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  European 
Development 
Fund  
(EDF)  
Contribution to the Improved 
Trade Statistics and 
Information System in Malawi  €797,000  Malawi  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  European 
Development 
Fund  
(EDF)  
The Trade Related Assistance 
and Quality Enabling 
Programme (TRAQUE)  €15,000,000  Ghana European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  European 
Development 
Fund  
(EDF)  
Technical Assistance to Trade 
Related Assistance 
Programme Phase II  €1,811,700  Papua New 
Guinea  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  European 
Development 
Fund  
(EDF)  
Strengthening Pacific 
Integrat ion through Trade  €30,000,000  Pacific Islands  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  European 
Development 
Fund  
(EDF)  
Euro-Mediterrranean Trade 
and Investment Facilitation 
Mechanism (Euro -Med TIFM)  €1,565,000  Algeria, Egypt, 
Israel, Jordan, 
Lebanon, 
Morocco, 
Palestine and 
Tunisia  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  European 
Neighborhood 
Instrument 
(ENI)  
Technical Assistance for 
developing the Computerised 
System for the ASEAN 
Customs Transit System 
(ACTS)  €3,085,000  ASEAN member 
States European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Development 
Cooperation 
Instrument 
(DCI)  
Trade -Related Assistance for 
Afghanistan (EU TRA)  €4,550,000  Afghanistan  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  European 
Development 
Fund  
(EDF)  
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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 
Technical Assistance to CITD - 
Food Safety and SPS, 
Technical Regulations and 
Standardization, and Support 
to Post Clearance Audit (PCA) 
in Customs  €4,795,000  India European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Development 
Cooperation 
Instrument 
(DCI)  
Trade related technical 
assistance  €4,733,733  Pakistan  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Development 
Cooperation 
Instrument 
(DCI)  
European Trade and 
Investment Support 
Programme (MUTRAP)  €16,000,000  Vietnam  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Development 
Cooperation 
Instrument 
(DCI)  
Technical Assistance to 
increase the trade cooperation 
between Haiti and Domin ican 
Republic  €1,500,000  Haiti, Dominican 
Republic  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  European 
Development 
Fund (EDF)  
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  Table 2: Multidonor/multicountry assistance  
 
Description of the technical 
and financial assistance and 
capacity building resources  
 
 
 Status  and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed4 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Trade Facilitation Support 
Programme  €9,600,000  All developing 
countri es  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Requests for 
assistance can 
be made 
directly to the 
World Bank  
ACP trade capacity building 
programme  €39,800,000  ACP countries  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Requests for 
assistance can 
be made  to the 
Commonwealth 
Secreta riat and 
Organi zation 
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 
directly to the 
TFAF 
UNCTAD capacity building 
programm e for NCTFs  €400,000  Economic 
Community of 
Central African 
States 
(ECCAS)  European 
Commission  
DG TRADE   
 
                                                
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  Table 3: Commitments for 2017 -20185 
 
Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and capacity 
building resources  
 
 Status and 
amount 
commit ted/ 
disbursed6 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementin
g agency in 
the Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Economic Border 
Integration Programme  €19,000,000  Nicaragua  European 
Commission 
DG DEVC O  
 
 
Regional Economic 
Integration Project  €21,000,000  Panama, 
Costa Rica, 
Honduras, El 
Salvador and 
Guatemala  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Pacific Trade Enabling 
Project  €30,000,000  Pacific Region  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
 
 
 
Regional Trade Facili tation 
Project for West Africa  €20,000,000  ECOWAS 
member 
States  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Consolidation of Regional 
Integration Support 
Mechanism 2 (RISM2)  €33,400,000  COMESA and 
EAC member 
States European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Regional Integration 
Support Programme 3 
(RISP3)  €20,000,000  All regions  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
COMESA Trade Facilitation 
Programme  €53,000,000  COMESA 
member 
States European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Small -Scale Cross Border 
Trade Programme  €15,000,000  COMESA 
member 
States European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Trade Related Facility  €30,000,000  EAC member 
States European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
SADC Free Trade Area 
(FTA) & Economic 
Partnership Agreement 
(EPA)  €15,000,000  SADC 
member 
States European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Secure cross -border social, 
economic and commercial 
activities in the Great 
Lakes region  €20,000,000  Democratic 
Republic of 
Congo, 
Burundi and 
Rwanda  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
East and Southern African 
(EA-SA) Transport and 
Transit Facilitation 
Programme (T2FP)  €18,000,000  EA-SA region 
- SADC, 
COMESA and 
EAC member 
States European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Mauritius EPA Support 
Project for Improving the 
Business and Investment 
Climate  €7,000,000  Mauritius  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Zimbabwe EPA Support 
Project  €7,000,000  Zimbabwe  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Programme in support of 
Seychelles implementation 
of the iEPA (SIEPA)  €7,000,000  Seychelles  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Support to regional 
integration  €7,000,000  Madagascar  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
                                                
5 Projects under preparation, due to be committed in 2017.  
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  Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and capacity 
building resources  
 
 Status and 
amount 
commit ted/ 
disbursed6 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementin
g agency in 
the Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Trade related technical 
assistance  €4,000,000  Bhutan  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Trade related technical 
assistance  €9,500,000  Cambodia  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Trade support facility  €10,000,000  Indonesia  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
European tr ade and 
economic programme  €5,000,000  Laos European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Trade related technical 
assistance  €9,500,000  Philippines  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Trade related technical 
assistance  €7,800,000  Vietnam  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Support to trade 
facilitation in the Southern 
and Eastern Mediterranean 
region  €4,000,000  Southern and 
Eastern 
Mediterranean  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Classifying goods for 
African trade  €5,000,0000  Members of 
the African 
Union  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
Enhanced Integrated 
Framework Phase II  €10,000,000  Least 
developed 
countries  European 
Commission 
DG DEVCO   
 
Information on the process and mechanisms for requesting assistance and support for 
capacity building:  
 
European Union:  
 
Procedures and practical guide (PRAG)  
 
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/funding/about -funding -and-procedures/procedures -and-practical -
guide -prag_en  
 
 
Examples of EU Instruments:  
 
 Instrument for  Pre-accession Assistance (IPA)  
 
https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood -
enlargement/sites/nea r/files/pdf/financial_assistance/ipa/2014/231 -2014_ipa -2-reg.pdf  
 
 European  Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI)  
 
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0232&qid=1427098454152&from=EN   
 
 
 Developme nt Cooperation Instrument (DCI)  
 
https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/funding/funding -instruments -programming/funding -
instruments/development -cooperation -instrument -dci_en  
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   Partnership Instrument (PI)  
 
https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/funding/funding -instruments -programming/funding -
instruments/partnership -instrument_en  
 
 European Development Fund (EDF)  
 
https:/ /ec.europa.eu/europeaid/node/1079  
 
 EU TAIEX Facility  
 
https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood -enlargement/tenders/taiex_en  
 
 Customs 2020 Programme  
 
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/customs -cooperation -
programmes/customs -2020-programme_en  
 
Multidonor:  
 
Trade  Facilitation Support Programme  
 
http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/trade -facilitation -support -program  
 
WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility  
 
http://www.tfafacility.o rg 
 
Enhanced Integrated Framework  
 
http://www.enhancedif.org  
 
Contact points for providing assistance to trade facilitation:  
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. A list of EU delegations and their contact details are available online:  
https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters -homepage/area/geo_en  G/TFA/N/EU/2  
 
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  Donor Member: Finland  
Period covered by the notification: Projects operational in 20167 
 
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 
Trade Facilitation Agreement  €160,000  Global   WTO TFAF  
Support to implementing the 
Trade Facilitation Agreement  €532,000  Global   ITC 
Support to implementing the 
Trade Facilitation Agreement  €500,000  Global   ITC 
Support to customs 
organizations in the ESA 
region to implement the 
Trade Facilitation Agreement  €3,000,000  Eastern and 
Southern 
Africa   WCO 
Support to improve trade 
facilitation in the region  €9,800,000  Eastern 
Africa   TradeMark East 
Africa  
Support to LDCs to build 
trade capacity  €10,000,000  Least 
developed 
countries   EIF 
                                                
7 The list covers pr ojects operational in 2016, while the actual commitment/disbursement dates may 
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  Donor Member: Germany  
Period covered by the notification: Projects operational in 20168 
 
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  
Professionalising farmers 
and their  
organi zations in 
sustainable cocoa 
production (PRO -
PLANTEURS)  €980,000  Côte d'Ivoire    
 
 
Trade policy and trade 
promotion fund  €850,000  Côte d'Ivoire    
Coordination of Trade 
Facilitation Measures in 
the EAC Region  €700,000  EAC   
Trade Facilitation along 
the Dakar -Bamako 
Corridor  €1,100,000  Senegal    
Transparent T rading 
Processes in the ECOWAS 
Region  €1,000,000  ECOWAS    
Open Regional Fund for 
South East Europe - 
Foreign Trade Promotion  €4,000,000  South East 
Europe    
Project preparation in the 
context of the EU's 
Economic Partnership 
Agreements (EPAs)  €67,000     
Supporting the ECOWAS 
Commission through 
strategic managerial and 
technical advice  €22,493,902  ECOWAS    
Project Preparation  €185,850     
Trade for Development 
Fund €5,000,000  Global    
Global Alliance for Trade 
Facilitation  €5,982,422  Global    
Trade F acilitation in 
Central Asia  €7,000,000  Central Asia    
Open Regional Funds for 
South East  
Europe - Foreign Trade  €3,010,000  South East 
Europe    
 
                                                
8 The list covers projects operational in 2016, while the actual commitment/disbursement dates may 
have occurred before.  
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  Donor Member: Netherlands  
Period covered by the notification: Projects operational in 2016  
 
Description of th e 
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 
assista nce 
TradeMark East Africa  €30,600,000  East Africa 
Community   TMEA  
MDTF Trade and 
Development II : Improve 
the export performance in 
developing countries 
through better World Bank 
advise and support in the 
field of trade policy, 
leading to a more effective  
external economic policy in 
developing countries.  €4,800,000  Global   World Bank  
Trade Facilitation Facility  
To increase trade in 
developing countries by 
reducing relative costs of 
trade.  €10,300,000  Global   World Bank  
Centre for the promotion 
of import s from developing 
countries (CBI): CBI 
contributes to sustainable 
economic development in 
developing countries 
through the expansion of 
exports from these 
countries. CBI’s 
contribution consists of 
sustainable strengthening 
of the competitive capacity 
of SM E exporters and 
producers in developing 
countries, focusing 
primarily on European 
markets.  €77,900,0009 Global   CBI 
Chains of Human 
Intelligence: Towards 
Efficiency and Equity in 
Agro-food Trade along the 
Trans -Africa Highway 
(Cheetah): To reduce 
trade ba rriers and make 
food value chains more 
efficient, contributing to 
the reduction of food 
losses and to increase 
transparency of border 
procedures and 
accountability of custom 
officials.  € 400,000  Ghana   Cheetah  
ENDA -CACID: To sensitize 
non state stakeholde rs on 
ECOWAS trade protocols 
and create a basis for 
bottom up governance of 
trade within the region.  € 750,000  ECOWAS 
region   ENDA -CACID  
                                                
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  Description of th e 
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 
assista nce 
Training Customs West 
Africa: To increase the 
capacity and knowledge of 
West African custom 
officials and businesses 
working in the 
logistics/customs/transport 
sector.  € 1,400,000  ECOWAS 
region   World Customs 
Organization & 
EVO Fenedex  
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  Donor Member: S weden  
Period covered by the notification: Operational in 201610 
 
Description of 
the technical 
and financial 
assistance an d 
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 the 
regions' (EAC, 
SADC and 
ECOWAS) 
specific goals 
towards the 
realization of 
regional 
customs unions, 
and the 
establishment of 
effective 
customs 
administrations.  €5,600,000  Regional 
Africa   
 WCO 
Trapca TFF 
Support to 
Trade 
Facilitation 
Facility. Support 
the provision of 
training courses 
for especially 
Least Developed 
Countries’ 
implementation 
of the Trade 
Facilitation 
Agreement 
(TFA).  €1,960,000  Regional 
Africa   Trapca  
TradeMark East 
Africa - 
Increased 
regional trade 
and integration 
by, among other 
things, capacity 
building in 
customs and 
border 
management. 
Development of 
one-stop-border 
posts.  €11,500,000  Regional 
Africa   TradeMark 
East Africa  
                                                
10 The list covers pr ojects operational in 2016, while the actual commitment/disbursement dates may 
have occurred before.  G/TFA/N/EU/2  
 
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  Description of 
the technical 
and financial 
assistance an d 
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  
 
TradeMark East 
Africa - The 
support aims to, 
among other 
things, increase 
access to 
markets, 
enhance the 
trade 
environment 
and impro ve the 
business 
competitiveness. 
Activities include 
trade facilitation 
capacity 
building, the 
development of 
one-stop-border 
posts, 
infrastructure 
investments in 
port 
improvement 
and the 
introduction of 
an electronic 
Single Window.  €5,440,000  Tanzania   TradeMark 
East Africa  
TradeMark East 
Africa - 
Increased 
regional trade 
competitiveness 
through, among 
other things, the 
development of 
one-stop-border 
posts and 
customs 
capacity building  €4,100,000  Uganda   TradeMark 
East Africa  
World Bank 
MDTF -TD2 - 
Provide  
assistance to 
developing 
countries with 
regard to trade 
competitiveness, 
trade 
facilitation, and 
market access.  €8,400,000  Developing 
countries   World Bank  G/TFA/N/EU/2  
 
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  Donor Member: United Kingdom  
Table 1: Projects operational in 201611 
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  
Trademark  
East Africa - 
Uganda 
Window.  €13,873,000  Uganda  DFID  Trademark East Africa   
East Africa 
Transit 
Improvement 
Programme – 
EATIP . 
Improved 
transit 
facilitation in 
East Africa  €9,355,000  East Africa  DFID  Trademark East Africa   
TradeMark 
East Africa – 
Tanzania. €12,501,000  Tanzania  DFID Trademark East Africa   
TradeMark 
East Africa – 
Rwanda.  €8,662,000  Rwanda  DFID Trademark East Africa   
Custom 
Development 
& Trade 
Facilitation 
Support in 
South Sudan . €5,460,000  South Sudan  DFID  Trademark East 
Africa   
West Africa 
Regional Food 
Markets Pilot 
Programme.  €3,515,000  West Africa  DFID   
To increase 
the amount of 
staple food 
traded and 
the number of 
people trading 
in national 
and cross 
border 
markets.  €8,443,000  Southern 
Africa      
Supporting 
Indian Trade 
and 
Investment 
for Africa.  €10,910,000  East Africa 
(Ethiopia, 
Kenya, 
Tanzania, 
Uganda and 
Rwanda)   DFID International Trade 
Centre (ITC)  
South Asia 
Regional 
Trade and 
Integration 
Programme.  €15,326,000  Asia Regional   DFID  World Bank, IFC, 
Asian Development 
Bank 
                                                
11 The list covers projects operational in 2016, while the actual commitment/disbursement dates may 
have occurred before.  G/TFA/N/EU/2  
 
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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  
Strengthening 
the tax 
administration 
in 
Mozambique 
by providing 
support to 
Mozambique’s 
Revenue 
Authority.  €2,025,000  Mozambique  DFID  
Strengthening 
Regional 
Economic 
Integration – 
Kenya.  €14,531,000  Kenya  DFID  
World Bank 
Multi Donor 
Trust Fund on 
Trade and 
Development.  €1,406,000  Global  DFID World Bank  
Pakistan 
Economic 
Corridors 
Programme.  €51,028,000  Pakistan  DFID Asian Development 
Bank 
Dar Es Salaam 
Port 
Improvement 
Programme.  €14,175,000  Tanzania  DFID International Climate 
Fund, Trademark Ea st 
Africa  
Global Alliance 
for Trade 
Facilitation  €4,687,200  Global  DFID World Economic Forum  
WTO Trade 
Facilitation 
Agreement 
Facility  
(TFAF)  €585,900  Global  DFID WTO 
Trade 
Facilitation 
Support 
Programme  €1,757,700  Global  DFID World Bank  
Enhanced 
Integrated 
Framework  €686,000  Global  DFID EIF G/TFA/N/EU/2  
 
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  Table 2: Commitments for 2017 -202212 
Description of 
the technical 
and financial 
assistance and 
capacity 
building 
resources  Status and amount 
committed/  
disbursed13 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of the 
assistance  
Support for the 
Implementation 
of the World 
Trade 
Organi zation 
(WTO) Trade 
Facilitation 
Agreement   
€10,546,200   
Global   
DFID  
TBC 
 
 
 
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12 Projects under preparation, due to be committed in 2017 , the amounts refer to the overall amount for 
the project lifecycle.  
13 Unless otherwise stated, the amounts refer to the overall amount for the project lifecycle.  
*  Donor Member: France – to be included in an update