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SupportingTrade Facilitation
WTO Symposium on Trade FacilitationNairobi, 13-15 November 2012
Giorgio CocchiEuropean CommissionDG Development and Cooperation
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EU Development Cooperation• 1958
• All countries and regions
• 27 Member States, one EU Consensus on Development
• Wide policy coverage, trade a key component, 2-3 sectors per country
• EU ODA to Africa = € 25.3 billion in 2011
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Cooperation at all levels :•Country (National Indicative Programmes)•Regional (North, East, Southern, West and Central Africa)•Continental•Intra-ACP•Dialogue with/within International Organisations (WTO, UN, IFI…)
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Africa - EU• Development, cooperation and trade
agreements with almost all countries
• A Joint Strategy and Action Plan 2011-2013
Trade Facilitation Forum AUC-EU 11-13 December in Brussels
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Main financial resources.
• 10th European Development Fund 2008 - 2013 (€ 22.7 Bn)
• Development Cooperation Instrument 2007 – 2013 (~€ 4 Bn for Northern and South Africa)
National, Regional and Intra-ACP allocations
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2014 – 2020 proposals in discussion:
• 11th EDF, € 34 billion• Renewed financial instruments for
Mediterranean States and South Africa
• New Pan African Programme, € 1 billion
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Infrastructure:• Regional and national
programmes;• Investment Facility managed by
the European Investment Bank € 4 billion in the first 3 years of
operationhttp://www.eib.org/projects/regions/acp/index.htm
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Current TF projects :
• ~ 130 Programs including 26 in Africa• Circulated in WTO Negotiating Group
on Trade Facilitation of 1 June 2012, TN/TF/W/149/Rev.4
• In addition : Infrastructure Facility (private/public funds managed by the European Investment Bank
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Main challenges:• Streamline trade policy into
development and cooperation strategies.
• Project preparation capacity => COMESA, SADC facilities.
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Overall levels of EU AfT
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AfT by major donor (€m)
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Africa receives most of EU AfT
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EU Trade Related AssistanceEU Trade Related Assistance
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TRA by major donor (in EUR TRA by major donor (in EUR million)million)
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What to do now :
• Programming 2014 – 2020 has just started and will be completed in 2013 =>
• => Countries need to include trade, regional integration or private sector development in their cooperation programmes.
• Regions have economic integration/trade in their agendas.
• New Africa – EU Action Plan to be prepared in 2013• Allocate resources to project preparation!
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Where to find additional information:On the EU :http://europa.eu
On EU Development policy:
http://europa.eu/pol/dev/index_en.htm
The Aid for Trade EU Report 2012:http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/what/development-policies/financing_for_development/documents/swp-199-annexa4-aid-for-trade-report.pdf