Tralac, phase III, 2021-2025 Tralac, phase III 2021-2025 Tralac (Trade Law Center) har ansökt om finansiering om 32 miljoner kronor för att bidra till genomförandet av verksamheten i enlighet med ""Proposal submitted to Sida by the Trade Law Centre (tralac) 2021/22 – 2024/25, updated with logframe and RRF", slutlig version daterad 29 januari 2021.

Tralacs mål är att bygga kapacitet i handelspolitisk styrning för att stödja rättvis och hållbar handel och regional integration på nationell, regional och kontinental nivå. 

Verksamheten utförs inom tre områden: 
1. Informera - tillhandahålla data av god kvalitet och analys som stöder regelbaserad hantering av handel och regional integration, 
2. Kapacitetstutveckla -  bygga regional kapacitet för god handelsstyrning och integration för inkluderande tillväxt, 
3. "Empower" - underlätta en transparent policydialog inom handelspolitik och regional integration baserad på regelbaserad styrning, samt att inkludera en mångfald av intressenters perspektiv på handelspolitiken.

Insatsens totala budget för de fyra åren 2021/ 22 - 2024/25 är 60,6 miljoner kronor, varav Sidas bidrag uppgår till 32 miljoner kronor. De andra två huvudfinansiärerna är GIZ och USAID som bidrar med 14,2 miljoner kr, respektive 12,7 miljoner kr. Tralac (Trade Law Centre) has applied for funding of SEK32 million to contribute to the implementation of its operations in accordance with "Proposal submitted to Sida by the Trade Law Centre (tralac) 2021/22 – 2024/25, updated with logframe and RRF", final version dated 29 January 2021.

Tralac's objective is to build capacity in trade policy governance to support fair and sustainable trade and regional integration at national, regional and continental levels. The mission is implemented through three pillars: 

1. Inform - to provide good quality data and analysis that supports rule-based management of trade and regional integration, 
2. Capacitate - build regional capacity for good trade management and integration for inclusive growth, 
3. Empower - to facilitate transparent policy dialogue in trade and regional integration based on rule-based governance, to include a diversity of stakeholders' perspectives on trade policy. 

The intervention’s total budget for the four years 2021/22-2024/25 is SEK60.6 million, out of which Sida's contribution amounts to SEK32 million. The other two main funders are GIZ and USAID who contribute SEK14.2m and SEK12.7m respectively. Tralac's overall objectives are as follows:
- To support rules-based trade and integration policy and governance, paying particular attention to transparency and accountability;
- To develop knowledge capital and capacity through the provision of access to trade-related information and analysis and training;
- To facilitate trade policy dialogue by supporting stakeholder engagement: tralac has two networks i) SheGovernsTrade to support equality in gender representation ii) tralac Alumni network to support youth participation in policy dialogue and processes.
Specific pillar objectives are:
Pillar 1: Inform
- Develop evidence-based analysis of trade law and policy developments at the national, regional, continental and multilateral levels
- Creating awareness and fostering public discourse on trade-related developments that are relevant for African countries
- Facilitating access to national and regional trade related resources and news on trade developments (creation of a trade-related resource collection for Africa)
Pillar II: Capacitate  Individual and Institutional capacity building
- Strengthening technical expertise and institutional capacity in trade law and policy making
- Improving gender and youth representation in trade governance
- Improving the quality of trade reporting
 Pillar III: Empower  Focus on facilitating stakeholder engagement
- Enhancing stakeholder engagement on trade governance matters 
- Empowering marginalised actors in trade governance (especially women,youth, officials from LDCs)
- Empowering tralacs partner networks to amplify influence in trade governance across Africa
Sweden's support will contribute to tralac's specific goals:
a)To develop innovative, appropriate and sustainable interventions that inform, capacitate and empower specific beneficiaries, in order to respond to:
- current multilateral governance developments, including the crisis in the World Trade Organization, climate change and the COVID-19 global pandemic - specifically to enhance the participation of African countries to address these crises.
- emerging developments on Africas trade and integration agenda, including the negotiations and implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.
- the COVID-19 impact on Africa - which confirms the interconnectedness on the continent and the importance of regional integration, the imperative to develop productive capacity and resilience and to facilitate trade, to be prepared for future crises and challenges.
- to consolidate tralac's inter-disciplinary analysis of current and emerging issues on Africas trade and integration agenda. Being able to respond at short notice to emerging developments requires expert capacity, continuing learning - core funding support which permits e.g. flexible responses on topics for analysis, possible, is also important.
b) To nurture existing partnerships and build new partnerships at the continental and global levels to enhance tralac's capacity and impact (giving expression to Sustainable Development Goal 16).
c) To expand tralacs reach to the West and Central African region, building on lessons from work in East and Southern Africa by inviting participants to training and dialogue events. This is necessary, acknowledging the implications of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement: a continent-wide integration initiative.
d) To build tralac's capacity and resource base to assure the sustainability of tralac as a model non-profit organisation.