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MID IDTERM REVIEW OF THE VIE IENNA PROGRAMME OF ACT CTION FOR LA LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Strengthening the Private Sector Role in the Implementation of the VPoA A presentation by: Ashish Shah, Director of Division of Country Programmes, ITC Date: December 6, 2019

2 Private Sector Contribution to VPoA • Showcase three examples from ITC’s work • VPoA Priority 5: Structural Economic Transformation: Burkina Faso • VPoA Priority 4: Regional Integration: Afghanistan • VPoA Priority 3: Trade Facilitation: Asia and Africa

3 Example 1: Burkina Faso, Ethical Fashion Initiative Link to video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lhVfjXgT2M5yNN1aSiVTIrPXJGyhHXQn/view

4 How have we engaged the Private Sector ? • 1 social enterprise – CABES • 1000 Artisans (95 % women) • 19 Artisan collectives/businesses • 15 Luxury Brands (Loewe, Vivienne Westwood, Camper, United Arrows, Goodee) • Artisans earning living wage and integrated into international value chain • ITC is helping to bring about structural transformation in the sector by enabling artisans to add high value to their products through its social impact model.

5 Example 2: Afghanistan: Ethical Fashion Explaining our code of conduct is the first thing we do when we start to work with a new social enterprise – the standard requirements that a company has to adhere to, to work with the Ethical Fashion Initiative.

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15 How have we engaged the Private Sector ? • Farmers (silk and saffron) • Artisans • Designers/Photographers (national and international) • 10 Social enterprises in Herat and Kabul • 2000 beneficiaries (returnees, IDPs, migrants, farmers) • Buyers (UNFI, Cost Plus, Bi-Rite, Amazon, Shopify) • 2 million US$ in sales already created in first year • Project has strong regional integration and South-South component

Example 3: Support business friendly Trade Facilitation Reforms in LLDCs Our African Our Asian Technical assistance provided beneficiaries beneficiaries Mali Tajikistan Improve participation of business in the policy design process Burkina Uzbekistan Niger Kirghizstan Enhance business advocacy practices to remove trade obstacles Chad Kazakhstan CAR Turkmenistan Create a transparent and predictable trade environment for business Rwanda Afghanistan Burundi Nepal Simplify border procedures to reduce time and cost to trade Uganda Mongolia Lesotho Build private sector capacity to comply with trade formalities Zambia

17 How to Deepen role of Private Sector in Implementation of VPoA? • L isten to private sector • L everage PPPs and PPDs • D esign enabling policies and laws • C reate markets to spur private sector led growth