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Mombasa West Integrated Urban Roads Network Works and consultancy services for expansion of Mombasa West Integrated Urban Roads Network Project

The Port of Mombasa is the principal gateway to the Eastern African region and serves a wide hinterland including the EAC countries of Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Northern Tanzania. The efficiency of the Port therefore has a major impact on the economies of the countries it serves and can unlock the region’s growth potential. However, if underdeveloped and with poor road access, it will remain a key constraint to trade and economic growth of the region.

The Mombasa West Integrated Urban Roads Network Project will be implemented in phases, the first of which is already approved and underway (expansion of Port Reitz Road and Airport Road). The proposed second and third phases will include: provision of an additional lane on either side of Kipevu Road and improvement of the existing two lanes on either side; modification of Gate 18 to facilitate the provision of additional three lanes at Gate 18; expansion of Magongo Road section from the Shell petrol station junction to Jomvu; provision of a Mombasa Port gate truck holding ground and expansion of airport road junction through Bomu Hospital to link Magongo road through to the Refinery road up to the Mombasa Nairobi.  All phases will be implemented through design and build contracts.
Sanitary and Phytosanitary  Agri systems Information Platform The phytosanitary agencies and their fisheries and veterinary counterparts like the FDAs have been working with the EAC to develop common approaches to the management and regulation of agricultural SPS issues in the region.  The information sharing platform aims to facilitate improved efficiency and surveillance in cross border trade in plant, fisheries and livestock.
Safe Trade Kenya Country Programme -Women in Trade  and  Safe Trade Zones (COVID-19) The safe trade zones are to support formal and informal cross border traders conduct business safely. The interventions will facilitate trade without compromising health and ensuring safety measures are instituted to contain the spread of the virus across borders.
Construction of One Stop Border Post (OSBP) at Nimule This project aims to construct and provide physical facilities at Nimule border that includes: administration buildings and an inspection shed to accommodate the adjoining states’ border agencies and roads to facilitate the exit and entry into the OSBP. The overall aim is to facilitate the efficient cross border movement of trucks/vehicles, goods and persons.
Safe Trade-Kenya Country Programme -Personal Protective Equiorment  and Testing (COVID-19) Supply of PPEs to Malaba, Busia, Namanga & Isebania OSBPs, construction of quarantine facilities at Busia and Malaba OSBPs, and installation of water supply system at Malaba OSBP
Tanzania and Zanzibar Chambar of Commerce  Single Window System The project is designed to address operational challenges being faced by the TCCIA and ZNCCIA in executing their mandate i.e. Advocacy, business information exchange, COO issuance and capacity building. The main challenges include:
•	Payment processing and reconciliation challenges
•	Inability to transmit COOs to EAC partner states as required under the Single Customs Territory framework
•	Challenges in managing membership information and related data
•	System usability challenges
Agriculture and Foods Authority (AFA) Trade Services Automation The project seeks to increase efficiency in the administration of agricultural trade documents regulated by AFA. The efficiency gains are to be realised through reduction in time taken and costs incurred in the administration (by AFA) and acquisition (by traders) of agricultural trade regulatory documents, as well as increase the number of applications AFA is able to process in a give time period
Integrated Tea Trading System - iTTS The Integrated Tea Trading System (iTTS) project is aimed at developing and implementating interventions that will result in major improvements in the tea trading system in the region. iTTS will encompass the entire tea export process: pre-auction (from producers’ commitment to sell tea, tea dispatch, tea warehousing and tea catalogue management), auction (selling and buying of tea on the auction floor) and post-auction (tea payment management and tea post payment export processes). The project is being implemented together with the umbrella body of the East Africa Tea Traders Association (EATTA).
Developing and Facilitating Public - Private Dialogue This project “Public-Private Sector Dialogue (PPD) for Trade and Investment - Regional and Country Programmes” seeks to mainstream advocacy throughout TMEA’s project clusters – i.e. in transport and logistics, trade facilitation, customs & tax, standards and NTBs. The programme seeks to enhance the private sector’s capacity to proactively and positively influence decision-making, dispute resolution, sustain political buy-in and commitment along TMEA’s project clusters hence reduce overall programme risks. While the challenges are broad; the programme will focus on goods, mirroring and enhancing Outcome I’s and II’s work in Strategy II in Transport and Logistics (Road, Rail and Air), Trade Facilitation, Customs & Taxes, Standards, NTBs and export capability. The programme will also adopt and adaptive strategy to ensure other issues that directly impact trade and investment are taken on-board as they occur.
Tanzania Medicine and Medical Devices Authority - TMDA In 2014 TFDA in collaboration with TMEA developed an Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) for processing of registration of the regulated products, issuance import and export permits, and premises registration; and laboratory management.  However, TFDA has not been able to optimize use of all the automated processes which had been provided for access to applicants through the portal. The current accessible service has been limited to the application of import and export services due to myriad of challenges faced in deploying the other processes online. The transition of TFDA from the manual processes to using the online and automated processes has brought with it other needs that require to be addressed in order to continue promoting the uptake of the system. 

This project therefore intends to enhance the TFDA system to guarantee 100% end-to-end digital transactions of related processes in the operations and administration of trade documentations and border formalities carried out by TFDA as part of their regulatory mandate to protect the safety and health of Tanzanian and the wider East African Community citizens as well as facilitate trade.
Central Corridor Transport Observatory - UG Central Corridor Transport Observatory is a monitoring tool that measures more than 20 indicators on the performance along the Central Corridor. The Observatory trucks the indicators using raw data collected from the stakeholders in all the member states. Information provides clear picture on various indicators, enabling one to identify the bottlenecks that needs to be resolved to improve on the efficiency and sequentially improve trade and operations along the corridor.
Standards and Quality Infrastructure Over the last 20 years, there has been a drive towards tariff reduction under the auspices of the WTO. As a result, there has been a 15% reduction in applied tariffs, resulting in the current average tariff of 9% applied by WTO members. Given the substantial reduction in tariffs, focus in trade facilitation has now shifted to non-tariff measures that impede trade, and in many cases, have a higher impact than the tariffs. Non-tariff measures include discriminatory regulations, procedures and fees that are sometimes used in a protectionist manner. There is also widespread use of quality parameters (also referred to as technical barriers to trade), that go beyond the legitimate requirements, and have the impact of impeding trade. These measures include standards, product specifications such as product characteristics, production methods, packaging or labelling, and related processes that are used to verify compliance. 

This programme aims to create an environment that supports compliance to Standards and Technical Regulations, without necessarily creating additional barriers to trade. Its aim is to enhance the capacity of regulatory agencies at the national levels, such as National Bureaux of Standards (NSBs), Food and Drug Agencies (FDAs), and other affiliate agencies, to enforce compliance to Standards and Technical Regulations, while facilitating trade. The programme also seeks to increase product, process and system certification for firms and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as a means to demonstrate compliance to voluntary and compulsory standards and technical regulations. Regionally, the programme will support cooperation in harmonization, mutual recognition and equivalence of technical regulations to ease cross-border trade in goods. This will be through regional interventions to address country-specific requirements such as testing, labelling and certification. 

In summary, the programme interventions will:
1.	Increase regulatory coordination at the regional and international level to reduce multiplicity of mandatory quality requirements.
2.	Improve the capacity of firms and SMEs to comply with Standards and Technical Regulations for relevant markets
3.	Enhance the capacity of regulatory agencies (NSBs, FDAs and affiliate agencies) to enforce compliance to set Standards and Technical Regulations
Gulu Logistics Hub The Gulu Trade Logistics Hub is expected to improve capacity of transport infrastructure in Northern Uganda to serve markets in South Sudan, Northern Uganda and parts of DRC; Efficient management of freight transport through Northern Uganda; Improve capacity to handle containers and other cargo in Gulu. 

The Hub will also provide for efficient Humanitarian Assistance; Reduction in poverty; and Increase in exports. This hub will serve the trade corridors of (i) Kampala – Gulu - Elegu/Nimule - Juba Trade Corridor; and  (ii) Gulu – Packwach Goli/Padea/Lia/Vura DRC Trade Corridor. 

Proposed developments include Container Yard; Railway Siding; Container Freight Station; Warehousing Complex; Vehicle holding area and traffic flows; access roads, Truck Stop (Parking); Administration building; Container light repair w/shop; Customs office; Perimeter wall; Security gate and guardhouse. 

The GLH will provide functions such as container and break-bulk, handling and storage facilities, space for stakeholders dealing with freight transport (freight forwarders, shippers and transport operators) and the provision of accompanying services such as customs inspections, tax payment, maintenance and repair, banking and information communication technology connections.
Rwanda Tourism Programme TMEA in partnership with the Rwanda Development Board and the Chamber of Tourism will support the development and implementation of a religious tourism strategy and packaging of Rwanda’s tourism products to cater for the continental market leveraging on AfCFTA. B2B support will be provided to the chamber of tourism to facilitate linking tourism businesses to prioritised markets.
Trade and Logistics Clusters Pilot (Industrial parks) The project is about TMEA’s interventions in the development of industrial parks under the Trade and Logistics Clusters Programme. Interventions include Market and value chain analysis, regulatory assessment, site selection, feasibility studies investor attraction and facility development.
Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS SC-PVP) The project seeks to increase efficiency in the administration of agricultural trade documents regulated by KEPHIS. The efficiency gains are to be realised through reduction in time taken and costs incurred in the administration (by KEPHIS) and acquisition (by traders) of agricultural trade regulatory documents, as well as increase the number of applications KEPHIS is able to process in a given time period.
Mombasa Port Resilient Infrastructure Programme (MRIP) The Mombasa Port Resilient Infrastructure Programme (MRIP) being implemented at the Port of Mombasa in Kenya consist a mix of hard and soft infrastructure related interventions aimed at increasing productivity and efficiency at the Port of Mombasa. The specific interventions include: Organizational and Restructuring of Environment Department; Rehabilitation of the Conveyor System to Reduce Dust and Cargo Wastage from Soda Ash (Sodium Bicarbonate) Handling; Mitigating Business Continuity / Labour Productivity; Developing a Strategy to Facilitate Green logistics, and Catalysing the Modal Shift from Road to Rail Freight; Replacement of Asbestos Roofing materials with Galvanized Roofing sheets in KPA Workshops; Tree Planting and Forestry; Securing Port Water Supply and Sanitation; Feasibility Study on Port and Ship Waste Management at the Port of Mombasa; Bio-Terra Phasing of Hill Sides at the Port of Mombasa; Capacity building amongst KPA Employees and Other Stakeholders on Environmental Management and Gender Audit; Aacquisition of Eco Hoppers and Mobile harbour Cranes; and Improvement of Energy Efficiency & Development of Renewable Energy Power sources at the Port of Mombasa. These interventions will reduce costs to the Authority and Port users, improve labour productivity, minimize accidents, improve health and safety of the workforce, and enhance environmental quality for the Port and its surroundings.;Reduced Barriers to Trade
Kenya National Chamber of Commerce - Phase II Kenya National Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KNCCI) with technical and financial support from TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) has implemented an online web portal – Management Information System (MIS) aimed at improving the management and administration of ordinary certificates of origin, as well as managing chamber membership. The system was rolled out in 2015 and has been operational since then. 

This second phase of funding is aimed at enhancing system functionalities to further enhance efficiency in the operations of the Chambers by adopting much more affordable, simplified and accessible technologies through mobile enablement. This second phase shall place emphasis on rolling out the automated services to the County Chambers, thereby reaching out to more members/trade community in Kenya.

The scope to be covered in this respect include: a. Chamber Management Information System (CMIS)  – Mobile Enablement; b. CMIS System Upgrade; c. ICT Infrastructure Support; d.	Change Management
Northern Corridor Transport Observatory - RW Northern Corridor Transport Observatory is a monitoring tool that measures more than 30 indicators on the performance along the Northern Corridor. The Observatory trucks the indicators using raw data collected from the stakeholders in all the member states. Information provides clear picture on various indicators, enabling one to identify the bottlenecks that needs to be resolved to improve on the efficiency and sequentially improve trade and operations along the corridor
Public-Private Dialogue This programme will provide technical support for effective public-private sector dialogue (PPD) to stakeholders to shape the sub-national, national and regional business environment; and address the weak institutional capacity and technical expertise of Apex Private Sector and civil society organisations. It will focus on the EAC Customs Union and Common Market Protocol, NTBs, and Trade Logistics Hubs advocacy that look at sector competitive issues.
Malaba Exit Road Completion The project will oversee the completion of construction of Malaba Exit  Road that will link OSBP to the newly constructed bridge. The aim is to ease the movement of traffic at the border crossing
Uganda National Single Window (UNSW) To counter inefficiencies in trade facilitation in Uganda, The Government of Uganda intends to set up a National Electronic Single Window whose membership comprises of revenue and port authorities, cross-border trade certification agencies and the private sector. National Single Windows provide a single point for cross-border traders to submit trade documents and using ICT, they submit this information online to the relevant agencies. These documents include customs declarations, applications for import and export permits and other supporting documents such as certificates of origin and trading invoices.;Reduced Barriers to Trade
Enhancing Market Access for Fresh Produce through Certification The stringent international standards and dynamic market requirements remain an increasing impediment to export market access. The volume of horticulture exports to the EU market dropped by 30 per cent from 4,143 tons in the year 2014 to 3672 tons in the year 2015. Specifically, the volume of fresh vegetables exports from Kenya reduced by 7% compared to 2014. This drop is partly attributed to inadequate skills in compliance and low capacity in quality management by small scale farmers to comply with stringent market requirements, weak traceability system and lack of information on new emerging markets.

Budget: US$ 485,000?
Lake Kivu Harbour Facilities & PPP on Ferry Transport Services Through this project TMEA will support the Government of Rwanda to construct basic harbour facilities in two port towns of Rubavu and Rusizi and attract private sector investors to operate ferry services on the Lake Kivu. The two districts are at the busiest border crossings between Rwanda and DRC and together represent about 70% of Rwanda’s total cross border trade volumes  .In addition to the construction of the harbor facilities, Transaction Advisory services will be provided to attract private sector investment for management of ports and barge operations and review the marine regulatory and institutional framework.
Kalundu Port Infrastructure Upgrade Kalundu Port is the main entry point for trade into the Kivus’s region. The Port is threatened by sedimentation at the port entrance. The sand bank has raised to the point where vessels accessing the port run a high risk of grounding. This also means that larger ships cannot access the port. The removal of the sand bank through dredging at the port is therefore necessary for its continued ability to service larger vessels. Furthermore, the project will undertake to modernise aging infrastructure (warehouses, pavement, fencing etc.).
Export Growth for Export Ready Businesses The export capability programme for Tanzania will support the increase of market access of targeted horticulture products in both regional and international markets. In partnership with the Tanzania Horticulture Association (TAHA), the programme aims to spearhead the design of the Tanzania Horticulture Market Access Strategy (HIMAS) which will focus on identifying potential markets for Tanzania horticulture projects, identifying existing barriers within the sector, private sector competitiveness constraints and inefficiencies in market support infrastructure related to transport and logistics. In addition, the strategy will map out existing players and programmes and their potential role of the implementation of the strategy. Upon validation by the private and public sector, TAHA will embark on the coordination and implementation of the strategy. TMEA will leverage existing programmes implemented in the sector by TAHA in partnership with other development partners and support the implementation of interventions around building export capacities (standards compliance and other support services), addressing priority regulatory constraints, facilitating access to targeted market support infrastructure (cold chain, warehousing and aggregation), strengthening market linkages and access to market information.
Elimination of NTBs - Regional The regional Non-Tariff Barrier (NTB) elimination programme seeks to strengthen the institutional capacity of various agencies in the East African Community (EAC) to effectively respond to and resolve NTBs as well as improving cooperation and dialogue in their resolution. This will lead to a more coordinated approach to NTB identification, monitoring and elimination while using more effective delivery channels and better integration with other TMEA programmes in the (EAC). The national NTB projects will be tailor-made to address the challenges faced by the National Monitoring Committees (NMCs) with regard to identifying, monitoring and quantifying NTBs.
Trade Policy The Trade Policy Programme aims to support the EAC Partner States improve their trade regulatory environment and contribute to the reduction of trade barriers and Improved Business Competitiveness in the region. It entails supporting the Partner States develop a regional common external trade policy to respond to challenge of multiple membership to regional economic blocs by EAC Partner States, assisting EAC PS align national to regional trade policies among others.
Nkora Port Facilities Construction The main component of the Lake Kivu Transport project is the construction of harbour facilities on Lake Kivu at Rubavu, Rusizi, Karongi and Rutsiro (Nkora). The four districts are at the busiest border crossings between Rwanda and DRC and together represent about 70% of Rwanda’s total cross border trade volumes . In addition to the construction of the harbour facilities, Transaction Advisory services will be provided to attract private sector investment for management of ports and barge operations and review the marine regulatory and institutional framework. Construction of Karongi and Nkora ports will kick-off in the FY2020-21. Nkora is situated between Rubavu and Karongi ports, at about 20Km from Rubavu. Due to its location, it is the main gateway for trade to Idjwi Island (DRC) and the North Kivu Province in the DRC. Karongi is located in the middle of the lake from Rubavu to Rusizi ports (vis versa) and is the main gateway for trade towards Idjwi Island (DRC). TMEA has started construction of Rubavu and Rusizi ports since January 2020. The four ports will serve the water transport from North (Rubavu district) to south (Rusizi district)/South to North of the Lake. TMEA has funded the construction of Cross Border Markets in Rubavu and Rusizi. Under the women in trade programme, a number of cooperatives based in the two districts were also supported to increase their competitiveness and so the selection of the sites fits well into the overall TMEA Rwanda Cross Border Trade work.
Cross-Border Trade Capacity Strengthening Cross-Border Trade Capacity Strengthening in Burundi;Business Competitiveness
Safe Trade Kenya Country Programme -Trade Policy Interventions (COVID-19) Working closely with the EAC partners, the project aims to curb spread of Covid-19 at  key borders and build capacity of border officials and all stakeholders by conducting research/carrying out assessments on Covid-19 and disseminating relevant information towards reducing negative trade impact and conducting business in a safer way.
Rwanda Electronic Single Window Phase II Rwanda Electronic Single Window (ReSW) II is building on the implementation of Phase I which was very successful and enable the Rwanda Trading Community to reduce the time and cost of moving goods out of, into and across Rwanda in general.  This phase is meant to address some of the gaps that were identified in the implementation of Phase I, improve on the benefits trade actors will get and to sustain the results that were achieved under Phase I implementation.  The key support of Phase II will be:
1.	Integration of additional agencies to the ReSW platform – that is RURA and RMB; and near features and permits from the already existing agencies in the single window ecosystem;
2.	Implementation of a Single Transaction Point that will enable submission of all data sets required to process all the required documents and processes in one form rather than the multiple forms currently in existence.