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Accelerating Trade in West Africa (ATWA)

Borderless Alliance annual conference, Abidjan - May 2015

Accelerating Trade in West Africa

• Establishing a multi donor vehicle dedicated to enhancing

Trade & Regional Integration in West Africa.

• Working with regional commissions (ECOWAS & UEMOA),

national governments and agencies, the private sector and civil society

• Addressing both “soft issues” - policies, regulations &

Facilitation; and “hard issues” – Infrastructure & equipment

• Inspired by TradeMark East Africa

Objectives:

TradeMark East Africa (TMEA)

• TradeMark stands for Trade & Markets.
• TMEA was established in 2008/2009 as

a non-profit organization in the East African Community

• TMEA has its head office in Nairobi,

Kenya and national offices in the five East African Community (EAC) member countries – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania & Uganda – and in South Sudan.

TMEA’s 3 pillars

Increased Market Access

Increased market access logic - approximate budget allocation (44%)

Enhance Trade Environment

Logic & budget allocation (39%)

Improved Business Competitiveness

Logic & budget allocation (17%)

TMEA Investors

TMEA – Projects

Facilitation & Infrastructure

More than 250 projects – annual budget USD 85 Million

TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) is funding 13 OSBPs in East Africa,

TMEA Initiatives to promote agricultural value-chains

Coffee export - Rwanda: Testing equipment for the Rwanda Bureau of Standards to test minerals and myco-toxins in coffee and essential oils. This has reduced the time for testing from 45 days to 7 days! Horticulture export – Tanzania & Uganda: Grants from the first phase of the challenge fund. Increased annual export volumes and income. Avocado export – Tanzania: Grant for project to pack on-site avocados grown in the Kilimanjaro region and export them directly to the EU and the Middle East. 2,000 smallholder farmers are gaining, in that they buy the seedlings cheaply and learn how to tend them through Africado’s expertise. New million dollar study Identify the top 50 trade routes of more than 40 km in East Africa by (a) weight and (b) value.

EAC versus ECOWAS

ECOWAS EAC Surface area (incl. water) km2: 5,1 million 1.82 million Member states 15 5 Population 340 million 143.5 million Languages EN/FR/PT English/Kiswahili GDP per capita USD 1,985 USD 769

Logistic challenges in EAC

Accelerating Trade in West Africa - ATWA

Status

• Current phase – a feasibility study & proposal – is

funded by DANIDA, the Danish International Development Agency and executed by Saana Consulting from February 2015 to October 2016.

• Other donors are encouraged to support and co-

fund the project.

Vision & Background

• 1. A more integrated approach

to donor support to West African Trade and Integration.

• 1. A more integrated approach

to donor support to West African Trade and Integration.

• 2. Building on the

momentum created by ECOWAS through regional developments.

• 2. Building on the

momentum created by ECOWAS through regional developments.

• 3. Taking advantage of further

momentum generated by the “Abuja Process” on Cross Border Trade Facilitation.

• 3. Taking advantage of further

momentum generated by the “Abuja Process” on Cross Border Trade Facilitation.

• 4. Takes inspiration from

TradeMark East Africa (TMEA).

• 4. Takes inspiration from

TradeMark East Africa (TMEA). ATWA ATWA

Strategic Approach

STAGE 1

• Initial round of consultations with ECOWAS and UEMOA
• Desk study of available information on WA corridors

and facilitation issue

STAGE 2

• Diagnostic phase including consultations with national

stakeholders to identify priorities and bottle necks which ATWA could initially address.

• A high-level cross visit to East Africa.

STAGE 3

• Development of a costed programme document.
• Preparing a roadmap for an implementation Phase.

Stakeholder input & Ideas

You are invited to support this innovative initiative! Your support, inputs and comments will be much appreciated

Key Contacts

• Dr. Sola Afolabi (sola@saana.com)

Team Leader

• Mr. Niels Rasmussen (niels@saana.com)

Technical Lead Quentin de Roquefeuil (quentin@saana.com) Project Manager Saana Consulting

Thank you