Committee on Trade and Development - Aid for trade - Aid-for-trade monitoring exercise - Joint communication by the WTO and OECD Secretariats - Fifth global review of aid for trade : reducing trade costs for inclusive, sustainable growth

Aid-for-trade monitoring EXERCISE

Joint communication by the WTO and OECD Secretariats

Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade:
Reducing Trade Costs for Inclusive, Sustainable Growth

1.1.  Following a number of requests from delegations, the deadline for the Aid-for-Trade monitoring and evaluation exercise has been extended to 31 January 2015.

1.2.  Members will recall that the Aid-for-Trade monitoring and evaluation exercise was jointly launched by WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría on 21 October 2014 (WT/COMTD/AFT/W/54).

1.3.  This document serves as a reminder to delegations, and other Aid-for-Trade stakeholders, to submit responses to the self-assessment questionnaire and case story template – and to delegations to publicize this exercise with their national private sector, academic and non‑governmental organizations. Links to the electronic questionnaires and case story formats for the Fifth Global Review monitoring exercise are reproduced in Annex 1 below.

1.4.  To date, 61 completed self-assessment questionnaires have been received: 37 from partner countries (including 18 least developed countries), three from regional economic communities/transport corridors, 20 from donors (including international governmental organizations), and one from South-South partners. In addition, 30 case stories have also been submitted.

1.5.  A list of respondents to the self-assessment questionnaire is provided in Annex 2. This list compares those responses received from delegations for the 2013 monitoring and evaluation exercise. A list of case story submissions is provided in Annex 3.


ANNEX 1

lINKS TO MONITORING AND EVALUATION TEMPLATES

This information is also available at: http://www.wto.org/aftmonitoring

questionnaires

Partner Country Questionnaire

 

English:    https://www.research.net/s/PARTNER_COUNTRY_QUESTIONNAIRE_2015

French:    https://www.research.net/s/QUESTIONNAIRE_PAYS_PARTENAIRE_2015

Spanish:   https://www.research.net/s/CUESTIONARIO_PAIS_ASOCIADOS_2015

 

Regional Economic Community/Transport Corridor Questionnaire

 

English:    https://www.research.net/s/REC-TC_QUESTIONNAIRE_2015

French:    https://www.research.net/s/QUESTIONNAIRE_CER-CT_2015

Spanish:   https://www.research.net/s/CUESTIONARIO_CER-CT_2015

 

Donor Questionnaire

 

English:    https://www.research.net/s/DONOR_QUESTIONNAIRE_2015

French:    https://www.research.net/s/QUESTIONNAIRE_DONATEUR_2015

Spanish:   https://www.research.net/s/CUESTIONARIO_DONANTE_2015

 

South-South Partner Questionnaire

 

English:    https://www.research.net/s/SOUTH_SOUTH_QUESTIONNAIRE_2015

French:    https://www.research.net/s/QUESTIONNAIRE_SUD-SUD_2015

Spanish:   https://www.research.net/s/CUESTIONARIO_SUR-SUR_2015

case story templates

Public Sector Case Story Template

 

English:    https://www.research.net/s/PUBLIC_SECTOR_CASE_STORY_2015

French:    https://www.research.net/s/CAS_EXPERIENCE_SECTEUR_PUBLIQUE_2015

Spanish:   https://www.research.net/s/CASO_EXPERIENCIA_SECTOR_PUBLICO_2015

 

Private Sector Case Story Template

 

English:    https://www.research.net/s/PRIVATE_SECTOR_CASE_STORY_2015

French:    https://www.research.net/s/CAS_EXPERIENCE_SECTEUR_PRIVE_2015

Spanish:   https://www.research.net/s/CASO_EXPERIENCIA_SECTOR_PRIVADO_2015

 

Academia/NGO Case Story Template

 

English:    https://www.research.net/s/ACADEMIA_NGO_CASE_STORY_2015

French:    https://www.research.net/s/CAS_EXPERIENCE_ACADEMIQUE_ONG_2015

Spanish:   https://www.research.net/s/CASO_EXPERIENCIA_ACADEMICA_ONG_2015

 


ANNEX 2

RESPONSES TO AID-FOR-TRADE self-assessment QUESTIONNAIRES

(As at 9 January 2015)

 

Overall Total

Partner Country

LDCs

REC/Transport Corridors

Donors (including IGOs)

South-South

Questionnaires 2015

61

37

18

3

20

1

Questionnaires 2013

132

80

36

N/A

43

9

PARTNER-COUNTRIES

REGION

REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE
2015

REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE
2013

Africa

Botswana; Central African Republic; Congo, Dem. Rep. of; Côte d'Ivoire; The Gambia; Guinea; Lesotho; Malawi; Mali; Mauritius; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Togo; Tunisia; Zimbabwe

Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Congo, Dem. Rep. of; Côte d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; Niger; Nigeria; Rep. of Congo; Rwanda; Senegal; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe

ARAB AND Middle East

Yemen

Jordan; Oman; Yemen

ASIA AND PACIFIC

Bangladesh; Cambodia; Lao PDR; Nepal; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Vanuatu

Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; Fiji; India; Indonesia; Nepal; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Tuvalu[1]; Vanuatu

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL Asia

 

Afghanistan; Turkey

LATIN America AND THE CARIBBEAN

Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Grenada; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Mexico; Panama; Peru; St. Lucia; St. Vincent & the Grenadines

Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Colombia; Costa Rica; Dominica; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Grenada; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica, Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Uruguay

LDCs

Bangladesh; Burkina Faso; Central African Republic; Congo, Dem. Rep. of; The Gambia; Guinea; Haiti; Lao PDR; Lesotho; Malawi; Mali; Nepal; Rwanda; Senegal; Solomon Islands; Togo; Vanuatu; Yemen

Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Benin; Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Congo, Dem. Rep. of; Djibouti; Ethiopia; Gambia; Guinea; Haiti; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Nepal; Niger; Rwanda; Samoa; Senegal; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Tuvalu[2]; Uganda; Vanuatu; Yemen; Zambia

Regional economic community/transport corridor

REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE
2015

REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE
2013

NCTTCA; OECS; SIECA

N/A

DONORS

 

REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE
2015

REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE
2013

BILATERAL DONORS

Canada; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Japan; Korea; Netherlands; Switzerland; Chinese Taipei; United Kingdom

Australia; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; Czech Republic; Denmark, EU; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Korea; Lithuania; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Portugal; Singapore; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Chinese Taipei; UK; US

IGOs

AfDB; EBRD; IsDB; UNDP; UNIDO; World Bank Group

AfDB; EBRD; EIF; FAO; IaDB; IMF; IsDB; ITC; UNCTAD; UNDP; UNECA; UNECE; UNIDO; World Bank; WTO

SOUTH-SOUTH PARTNERS

 

REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE
2015

REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE
2013

 

Chile

Chile; China, Colombia; Costa Rica; Indonesia; Mauritius; Mexico; Morocco; Oman

 


ANNEX 3

submission of case stories

(As at 9 January 2015)

 

Overall Total

Partner Country

LDCs

Donors (including IGOs)

South-South

RECS/
Transport Corridors

Private Sector

Academia/
NGO/Other

Case Stories 2015

30

7

2

10

1

7

5

Public sector

CASE STORY SUBMITTED
BY

CASE STORY TITLE

Canada

Canada-Americas Trade-Related Technical Assistance Program

Chinese Taipei

ICT Technical Cooperation Project (Belize)

Ecuador

Studies and Construction of the Bi-National Border Service Center (CEBAF) in Huaquillas

Ecuador

Construction of the New Rumichaca International Bridge and Structural Overhaul of the Old Bridge

Ecuador

Integrated Regional Project for Progressive Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela

France

Trade Capacity-Building Programme (PRCC)

Japan

The Project on Capacity Building for the Customs Administrations of the Eastern African Region (Phase 2) and the Project on Capacity Development for International Trade Facilitation in the Eastern African Region (Phase 3)

Korea

The Project for the Modernization of Tanzania Customs Administration

Lesotho

Technical Assistance on Trade Facilitation - Lesotho

Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA)

Northern Corridor Performance Monitoring through the Transport Observatory Portal (TOP)

Tanzania

Formation of Joint Border Committee Project

TradeMark East Africa

Rwanda Electronic Single Window

TradeMark East Africa

Trade Facilitation through the Uganda Revenue Authority Customs Business Systems Enhancement Project (CBSEP)

Tunisia

Single Window for Information and Communications Technology

Tunisia

Telecommunications Study and Research Centre Testing Laboratories (CERT LABs)

UNIDO

Reducing Trade Costs, Need for Re-Testing, Re-Inspection and Re‑Certification Abroad through the Development of a Robust National Quality Infrastructure (NQI) in Malawi

UNIDO

Ensuring Quality and Sustainability along the Coffee Value Chain in Burundi

United Kingdom

Trade Facilitation through the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Customs Business Systems Enhancement Project (CBSEP)

World Bank Group

FYR Macedonia Pioneering Risk-Based Border Inspections in the Western Balkans

World Bank Group

Increasing the Competitiveness and Expanding Exports of Cambodian Rice: Results from Collaboration by the Royal Government of Cambodia, the Domestic Private Sector, and the World Bank Group

PRIVATE SECTOR

CASE STORY SUBMITTED
BY

CASE STORY TITLE

Aquatest, Czech Republic

Manual and Database Design for Geohazard Identification and Risk Assessment for Infrastructure and Human Protection

Gambia Horticultural Enterprises Ltd., The Gambia

New Life for MP Farm

GraphicPeople Limited, Bangladesh

Working With Microsoft: Windows 8 Digital Launch Campaign

Nascenia Limited, Bangladesh

Branding – A Major Challenge to Connect with Global Value Chain

Trade Facilitation Office, Canada

The Peru Canada Trade and Branding Initiative (PCTBI)

Vanderlande, Netherlands

ONE-company concept

Vítkovice Machinery Group, Czech Republic

Aid for Trade - Czech Republic - Ethiopia: Trade Development Support in Machinery Field through Czech Know-How Transfer

ACADEMIA/ngo

CASE STORY SUBMITTED
BY

CASE STORY TITLE

CUTS International, India

Trade Facilitation, Trade Costs and Inclusive Development A Case Story of Attari-Wagah Border of India and Pakistan

Trade Facilitation Office, Canada

Economic Empowerment through Trade: Empowering Peruvian Mango Exporters in Export Readiness; Building capability to Access the Canadian Market and to Build and Maintain Importer Relationships. The Export of Organic Peruvian Mangoes to Canada

University Academic Teacher, El Salvador

The Customs Unification in Central America, based on the Mesoamerica Region Project

 

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[1] Neither WTO Member nor Observer.

[2] Neither WTO Member nor Observer.