Tralac 2015-2020, phase II - Tralac II Core Support 2 Tralac 2015-2020, fas II Tralac develops trade law and trade policy capacity in Eastern and Southern Africa. Tralac is a not-for-profit registered Company in South Africa. Trade Law Centre NPC (Tralac) är en icke-vinstdrivande organisation baserad i Sydafrika som utvecklar handelspolitisk och handelsrättslig kapacitet i södra och östra Afrika. Tralac bedriver kapacitetsbyggnad i regionen genom bevakning och analys av handelsfrågor, utbildnings-/träningsverksamhet, policydialog och delgivning av handelsrelaterade kunskaps- och analysprodukter till intressenter berörda av handelspolitiska  processer i regionen.

Tralacs verksamhet syftar till att utveckla kapaciteten i södra och östra Afrika så att denna region ska kunna tillhandahålla de positiva utvecklinseffekter internationell handel kan medföra.

Organisationens verksamhet vägleds av ett strategiskt ramverk som sträcker sig över perioden 2015-2019 (sydafrikanskt budgetår). Det strategiska ramverket innehåller tre huvudpelare inom vilka programverksamheten sker: i) handelspolitisk bevakning och analys, ii) utbildning, iii) policydialog. Sida provided a mix of core and project support to tralac 2015-2020. Hence the objectives conincided with those of tralac as an organisation:
"The Trade Law Centre NPC (tralac) is a regional capacity building think tank based in in the Western Cape region of South Africa. Established in 2001, tralac is a not-for-profit organisation, building trade-related capacity in Africa. We assist countries, especially in east and southern Africa, to improve their trade policy and governance so that trade can contribute to sustainable development outcomes in Africa.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to ‘build capacity for Africa to trade better.’ We build technical expertise and support institutional capacity for trade governance – specifically international trade law and policy development across Africa; and are committed to the principles of rules-based governance at the national, regional and international levels.
OUR GOALS
Understanding that regional integration and trade are means, rather than ends, tralac’s core goals are:
? to support rules-based governance committed to transparency and accountability and;? to support inclusive growth and sustainable development by building knowledge and capacity through the provision of quality research and analysis, building technical expertise and supporting policy dialogue. 
WHAT WE DO
To support better, rules-based trade governance tralac works across three interconnected ‘impact’ pillars which ‘Inform, Capacitate and Empower’ key stakeholders in trade governance in Africa.
? Pillar I: Inform: We inform key stakeholders by producing and disseminating essential analysis on local, regional and international trade and integration developments.
? Pillar II: Capacitate: We capacitate key stakeholders by providing a wide range of training programmes to develop skills on policy analysis and development.
? Pillar III: Empower: We empower key stakeholders by facilitating and supporting stakeholder engagement. We host dialogue forums for discussion and debate on current trade and regional integration developments relevant to the African region."