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TRADE Project

Achievements – 2006-2010

TRADE’s foundation – CTIS 2007

TRADE’s foundation – CTIS 2007

• Cambodia Trade Integration Strategy 2007 established the

strategic direction for Trade SWAp, AfT and EIF

• Main focus areas:
• Policy reform and/or institutional capacity development in

cross-cutting areas (e.g. SPS, TBT, trade facilitation…)

• Strengthen supply and export capacity of 19 high-potential

sectors

• Strengthen RGC’s ability to lead & manage trade-related

development projects and design a pro-poor trade agenda

TRADE’s Objectives

TRADE’s Objectives

• With the CTIS 2007 general direction, TRADE aimed to:

1. Establish NIAs to help RGC manage Trade SWAp, AfT, and EIF 2. Enable trade “mainstreaming”, placing human development priorities at the forefront of trade policy 3. Support development of RGC (and especially MoC) capacity to manage AfT 4. Strengthen export supply capacity in four of the 19 priority sectors 5. Strengthen RGC’s ability to communicate trade development progress under Trade SWAp

NIAs for AfT, EIF & Trade SWAp

NIAs for AfT, EIF & Trade SWAp

Objectives:

• To establish mechanisms and structure for implementation of

Trade SWAp and to coordinate DP support for CTIS 2007

• To operationalize the “pillar” structure

NIAs for AfT, EIF & Trade SWAp

Activities/Outputs:

• Helped establish Sub-Steering Committee for Trade

Development and Trade-related Investment, Trade SWAp Secretariat (DICO), three “Pillars”

• Provided inputs to necessary Prakas and Anukret
• Supported quarterly meetings of Pillars 2 and 3; developed

monitoring indicators; drafted road maps

NIAs for AfT, EIF & Trade SWAp

Achievements:

• Enhanced TRTA coordination between RGC and DPs and

among DPs

• Operationalized the Pillars

Limitations/Way Forward:

• Implementation of Paris Principles requires changes for

both RGC and DP. Change takes time.

• Buy-in of line ministries and private sector into Trade SWAp

slow to develop

Trade Mainstreaming

Trade Mainstreaming

Objectives:

• Develop sustainable capacity to formulate, review, revise

and implement trade sector policies that directly promote poverty reduction and human development

Trade Mainstreaming

Activities/Outputs:

• Established trade policy training programme for young

researchers and policy analysts with focus on development impact of trade in collaboration with RULE & RSA

• Led initial research study on Trade and Environmental

Sustainability in Rice, Cassava and Fish, first in a series of studies focusing on trade & human development

• Developed earlier project studies, including CTIS 2007,

stressing analysis of the poverty-reduction & human development impacts of trade development in specific sectors

Trade Mainstreaming

Achievements:

• Linkage between human development priorities and overall

trade sector development objectives

• Foundation for a research/analysis environment in

Cambodia focusing on international trade and pro-poor development Limitations/Way Forward:

• Work is required to ensure that individual sector strategies

developed by line ministries are consistent with Trade SWAp strategy

• Further support – technical and financial – is needed for the

new research environment on trade to become sustainable

Capacity Development for Management of AfT

Capacity Development for Management of AfT

Objectives:

• Strengthen the implementation capacity of MoC and other

line ministries with a role to play in trade development

• Train a TRADE “Core Team” in all aspects of project

management cycle, drawing among MoC officials from different key departments

Capacity Development for Management of AfT

Activities/Outputs:

• Institutional Capacity Assessment (ICA) in several

departments within MoC to develop capacity development plan

• Implementation of capacity development plans
• ICAs within other relevant line ministries (e.g., MAFF, MIME)
• Strong focus on DICO, also TPD, PDoCs, and others,
• Support to successful preparation of EIF Tier1 by DICO
• Establishment of Core Team with members recruited and

deployed to implement specific elements of TRADE and liaise between the Team and their home departments

Capacity Development for Management of AfT

Achievements:

• MoC’s capacity to manage TRTA boosted
• Core Team contributed to all phases of TRADE

implementation Limitations/Way Forward:

• Better match between Core Team members’ regular

responsibilities and their involvement in specific TRTA

• Capacity building takes time. Continued advisory support

required for additional capacity building

Expand & Diversify Export Capacity

Expand & Diversify Export Capacity

Objectives:

• Create a Value Chain Unit to develop quality information for

trade sector stakeholders about trade/investment opportunities and assist MoC in monitoring trade development

• Help private sector and product associations in rice, cassava,

cashew nut & prahoc sectors

• Identify and alleviate financing constraints to trade development
• Establish a Trade Support Network

Expand & Diversify Export Capacity

Activities/Outputs:

• Creation and training of VCU within TPD
• Preparation of value chain studies on rice, cassava, and cashew

by newly formed VCU

• Foreign & domestic missions by rice, cassava & cashew

producers to:

• Learn about new markets
• Understand foreign markets’ quality/quantity requirements
• Meet potential new buyers
• Creation and training of producer associations
• Trade finance seminar for experts, local bankers & govt officials

Expand & Diversify Export Capacity

Achievements:

• Installed VC analysis skills and conducted 3 VC studies
• Thanks to training and missions, producers:
• Learned about international quality, quantity & SPS requirements
• Made contact with potential foreign customers
• Understand value chain benefits of processing
• New RGC insurance guarantee policy to banks making export loans

to rice exporters Limitations/Way Forward:

• RGC commitment to VCU and idea of “public goods” value of

information must improve

• RGC & DPs must continue support producer association capacity

building

Communications & Experience Sharing

Communications & Experience Sharing

Objectives:

• Develop communications tools to enable MoC to communicate

the objectives and achievements of Trade SWAp, including:

• Website and web pages
• Newsletters
• Press releases
• Institute sustainable capacity within DICO to utilize, maintain and

update its communications tools

Communications & Experience Sharing

Activities/Outputs:

• Financing of MoC server and network
• Training in communications fields, including:
• English writing and verbal communications
• Media relations techniques
• Website design and maintenance
• Production of a Trade SWAp newsletter
• Production of a Khmer-language project bulletin
• South-South exchanges, with missions from Laos, Nepal,

Bhutan and Timor Leste visiting Cambodia to learn about local experience with pro-poor trade development

Communications & Experience Sharing

Achievements:

• Established capacity for MoC to communicate its trade-related
• bjectives & achievements to a large audience, local &

international

• Foreign missions raised international awareness of Cambodia’s

leadership in mainstreaming trade development Limitations/Way Forward:

• More training/oversight needed for communications skill sets to

take root

• More work needed for MoC to communicate trade sector
• pportunities to domestic stakeholders, from local business sector

to producer groups to other concerned line ministries

TRADE Project – 2006-2010