Canada
Assistance and support for capacity building provided
| Period | Description of the assistance | Committed | Disbursed | Beneficiaries | Implementing agencies | Procedures for disbursements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | Making Trade Work for Women in Eastern Africa and COVID-19 Crisis Pool: This project aims to promote the economic empowerment of women traders in Eastern Africa, and works to reduce sexual and gender-based violence towards them. The project is focused on addressing the constraints which limit the participation of East African women traders in economic activities and cross-border trade. Project activities include: (1) establishment of cooperatives and market access platforms for women traders; (2) simplifying, translating and disseminating documentation on trading requirements for small scale traders (most of whom are women); (3) sensitizing border officials on gender; (4) adopting gender-sensitive cross border trade charters; (5) establishing safe working spaces for women; (6) developing and operationalizing a reporting mechanism on violence against women; (7) providing technical support to women traders in the areas of advocacy, dialogue and strengthening membership services; (8) collecting sex-disaggregated data and conducting evidence-based research on issues affecting women traders; and (9) lobbying with public agencies. |
CAD 15000000 |
CAD 2200000 |
Eastern Africa | TradeMark East Africa | |
| 2020-2021 | Canada-Ukraine Trade and Investment Support: This project aims to increase trade and investment between Canada and Ukraine by helping Ukrainian companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to meet Canadian standards and by helping to increase their access to Canadian and global markets. It also seeks to help build the capacity of Ukrainian government partners to put new systems and processes in place to facilitate greater trade and investment flows between Canada and Ukraine, as well as between Ukraine and other countries. By creating trade and investment opportunities for more Ukrainian SMEs, this project contributes to increasing their growth and viability, which in turn generates sustainable economic growth in Ukraine. Project activities include: (1) providing training to Ukrainian SMEs on business planning and market research techniques; (2) facilitating business-to-business exchanges through trade promotion events; (3) providing information to Canadian and Ukrainian private sectors on trade and investment opportunities through tailored web portals and information events; (4) conducting market analysis to identify priority industries with highest potential to export aboard, particularly to Canada; (5) providing training to staff of relevant Ukrainian government ministries to conduct market research and develop investment attraction strategies; (6) assisting Ukrainian public and private actors to understand and leverage opportunities offered by the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA). |
CAD 138200000 |
CAD 580000 |
Ukraine | Conference Board of Canada |
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| 2020-2021 | Making Trade Work for Women in Africa: The project aims to improve the economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs working in the areas of apparel, textile, fashion accessories and home décor in Lesotho, Uganda, Madagascar and Ethiopia. The project works to provide training and technical assistance so women-led enterprises can increase their exports to Canada and other foreign markets. The project also aims to assist local trade support institutions (TSIs) to provide gender responsive market access services, and ensure women-owned enterprises are accessing those services and implementing export plans for Canadian and other foreign markets. Project activities include: (1) providing training and technical assistance on market access services to women-led enterprises; (2) providing training and technical assistance to local TSIs on sustainable business plans, which include new revenue generating services and funding opportunities from local and international funders; and (3) providing training and technical assistance to women-led enterprises to increase their access to the financial and human resources necessary to implement their export plans. The project aims to directly benefit 240 women-owned/led small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that work to access gender responsive market services to access Canadian and other foreign markets, and 60 local TSI staff to receive training and technical assistance on self-sustaining governance structures that promote women leadership and gender responsive market access services to women led/owned SMEs in the targeted countries. |
CAD 2000000 |
CAD 170000 |
Lesotho, Madagascar, Uganda Ethiopia | TFO Canada | |
| 2020-2021 | Expert Deployment Mechanism for Trade and Development: This project aims to reduce poverty in developing countries by expanding trade and investment to create jobs and achieve growth that works for everyone. The project responds to requests for technical assistance from developing countries by providing a wide range of assistance prior to, during, and following the negotiations of free trade agreement (FTA) or foreign investment promotion and protection agreement (FIPA) with Canada. Project activities include: (1) helping to address the development aspects of priority trade issues in the lead up to FTA/FIPA negotiations; (2) improving the ability of developing country Governments to take into account the perspectives of poor populations when negotiating a FTA/FIPA; (3) supporting trade associations in developing countries to identify the economic and poverty impacts of FTAs/FIPAs; and (4) helping local, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) increase their competitiveness in light of new trade and investment regimes, in order to expand employment opportunities for the poor. |
CAD 16310000 |
CAD 820000 |
Global | Cowater International Inc. | |
| 2020-2021 | Haiti Revenue Generation – Equipment: The Haiti Revenue Generation project supports the Haitian Government's ability to generate revenue. It provides technical assistance to improve customs and tax institutions in Haiti. The technical assistance and equipment provided by this project help to modernize the Customs Administration and the Tax Administration, enabling an increase in government revenues. |
CAD 11410000 |
CAD 290000 |
Haiti | C2D Services Inc. | |
| 2020-2021 | Canada-Indonesia Trade and Private Sector Assistance: The project aims to facilitate trade and investment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia, with a focus on those owned and operated by women. Recognizing that SMEs are the drivers for poverty reduction and economic growth in Indonesia, the project works with the Indonesian government, private sector organizations, and trade policy experts to address regulatory constraints related to Indonesian SME development and access to markets. The project also provides targeted advisory services to develop commercial opportunities for promising Indonesian SMEs. It promotes Canadian investment opportunities in Indonesia through market research and exchanges between the Canadian and Indonesian business communities. |
CAD 12130000 |
CAD 10000 |
Indonesia | Conference Board of Canada | |
| 2020-2021 | APEC-Canada Growing Business Partnership - Research and Training: This initiative seeks to reduce poverty in developing Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies by encouraging micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to expand into global and regional markets. The project consists of two main components, one of which provides training, research and mentoring to MSMEs in developing APEC economies and is implemented by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. For example, Canada's support helps fund research studies, surveys, conferences and training focused on business and entrepreneurship skills, access to markets for products and services, and technological innovation. The second component of the project is a sub-fund managed by the APEC Secretariat that supports small-scale projects helping MSMEs in developing APEC economies to innovate, grow, and gain better access to global and regional markets. The two components have a combined contribution amount of CAD 4.74 million. |
CAD 2790000 |
CAD 50000 |
Indonesia, Peru, Philippines, Viet Nam | Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada | |
| 2020-2021 | Support to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Women and the Economy Sub-Fund (WTE-SF) This project seeks to improve the enabling environment for inclusive trade and investment for developing Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies in the Asia-Pacific region. The APEC Women and the Economy Sub-Fund is managed by the APEC Secretariat's Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy. The project supports the sub-fund in carrying out its mandate. Project activities include providing capacity building initiatives such as training, workshops, symposiums, seminars and research to advance women's economic empowerment. These capacity building activities focus on one or more of the following pillars of women's economic participation: access to capital; access to markets; skills, capacity building and health; leadership, voice and agency; and innovation and technology. |
CAD 500000 |
CAD 50000 |
Global | ||
| 2020-2021 | Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation: The project aims to support sustainable economic growth and increase employment from the expedited movement, release and clearance of goods and the associated reduction in trade costs. The Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation is a public-private partnership devoted to the implementation of the World Trade Organization's agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA). The Alliance is designed to bring together leading donors, local and global businesses, and international institutions to support commercially-meaningful and development-focused trade facilitation reforms in developing countries. In order to deliver results quickly, the Alliance builds on existing networks and initiatives that support trade facilitation. Project activities include: (1) establishing sustainable multi-stakeholder dialogues on trade facilitation; (2) mobilizing public-private partnerships; and (3) providing technical assistance in support of capacity building. In addition to donors, private businesses from a range of sectors and geographies contribute to the Alliance's activities by providing technical expertise and resources that support targeted reform efforts. |
CAD 10000000 |
CAD 2000000 |
Global | World Economic Forum |
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| 2020-2021 | Creating a Business Enabling Environment for Sustainable Economic Growth: This project aims to create an improved business environment for up to 23,000 firms in Tanzania by addressing the country's principle constraints to investment, productive growth and job creation. IFC will partner with Carleton University's Centre for Trade Policy and Law (CTPL) and International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET), Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) and Export Development Canada (EDC). By working with the Government of Tanzania, the private sector and Canadian experts, the project would reform national business, tax and trade regulations in order to improve market access, increase trade, investment and job creation and enhance private sector competitiveness. These interventions would in turn increase competitiveness and job creation in the agro processing, tourism and extractive sectors in Tanzania, and, therefore, promote sustainable, inclusive economic growth and reduce poverty. Project Activities include: (1) Streamlining government procedures related to business licencing and inspection reforms; (2) Training and working with at least 100 officials from the Tanzania Revenue Authority to simplify tax administration, including value-added tax refund management, revenue collection and regularizing tax incentives; (3) Designing and implementing procedures for the removal of up to 20% of non-tariff barriers to trade such as red tape and customs delays to increase trade volumes and investment in Tanzania; (4) Facilitating public-private dialogue with at least 50 institutions involved in the agro-processing, tourism and natural gas sectors to develop supportive policies and establish market links for businesses; (5) Supporting the Ministry of Energy and Minerals and the Office of the Prime Minister to draft regulations and policies to increase local content development in the natural gas sector; (6) Providing support to public and private sector stakeholders to address supply chain bottlenecks, including the introduction of standards, certification and skills; (7) Employing gender sensitive analysis and providing training to local partners to support enhanced market access, private sector investment mobilization and product diversification for female- and male-owned businesses in the agri-processing, extractives and tourism sectors; and (8) Training and mentoring local partners and Tanzanian officials to increase their capacity to plan for and manage results. |
CAD 9000000 |
CAD 400000 |
Tanzania | International Finance Corporation | |
| 2020-2021 | Support to Boosting Intra-African Trade Action Plan to Reduce Poverty: This project aims to promote trade among African countries to reduce poverty, generate economic growth, create jobs, and increase food security. The initiative, undertaken with the Africa Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) based at the UN Economic Commission for Africa, supports the African Union's Boosting Intra-African Trade Action Plan and the process of economic integration such as the Continental Free Trade Area. In the implementation of the project, the ATPC will partner with a consortium of Canadian centres of trade expertise, led by the Centre for Trade Policy and Law. Project activities include: (1) supporting national governments and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) to develop and implement their Boosting Intra-African Trade action plans; (2) establishing the African Agricultural Market Information Systems Network, that gathers, analyses and shares information about prices and other information relevant to farmers, animal rearers, traders, processors and others involved in handling agricultural products; (3) delivering training, workshops and technical assistance to national government and RECs; and (4) conducting assessment studies on a number of key issues, such as the state of intra-African trade, and disseminating results. |
CAD 13130000 |
CAD 130000 |
Africa | ECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa | |
| 2020-2021 | Improving Bean Markets in Africa: The project aims to improve food security, income and health in sub Saharan Africa by helping farmers and SMEs to take advantage of the regional commercial opportunities of the bean crop. The project addresses the root challenges farmers and SMEs face in accessing markets in targeted bean corridors, such as a lack of skills, finance, information, insurance, infrastructure and organizational capacity. Project activities include: (1) facilitating linkages and partnerships among value chain stakeholders through bean innovation platforms and enhancing business skills and collective marketing; (2) facilitating access to market services (information, finance, training, infrastructure, seeds, fertilizer) and advocating support from key actors (NGOs, Governments, etc.) for programmes benefitting farmers and SMEs in the bean industry; and (3) supporting bean producers to meet production volumes and quality standards. The project is expected to reach 3 million farmers linking them to profitable markets, 10 million households consuming marketable beans, and 10% of SME entrepreneurs trading value-added bean products, and the project targets 3 million tonnes of improved bean products to be traded in targeted corridors. 10 million households consuming marketable beans. |
CAD 11000000 |
CAD 1690000 |
Africa Sub-Saharan | International Centre Tropical Agriculture | |
| 2020-2021 | Canadian Trade and Investment Facility for Development: The project aims to improve the contribution of trade and investment to inclusive economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region. This is done by providing technical assistance to regional institutions, local and national governments, civil society organisations and firms to support reforms to trade and investment policies and regulations. The project focuses on initiatives that improve stakeholders' skills, knowledge and tools to enable growth that works for everyone, with a particular attention to women's economic empowerment. |
CAD 12000000 |
CAD 670000 |
Asia | Cowater International Inc. | |
| 2017-2019 | Making Trade Work for Women in Eastern Africa: Aims to promote the economic empowerment of women traders in Eastern Africa and works to reduce sexual and gender-based violence towards them. The project is focused on addressing the constraints, which limit the participation of East African women traders in economic activities and cross-border trade. |
operational CAD 15000000 |
CAD 4500000 |
Eastern Africa | TradeMark East Africa | |
| 2017-2019 | ITC Institutional Support 2016-2019: This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the International Trade Centre, the technical co-operation agency of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The Centre provides assistance by making policy environments friendlier for export business, by strengthening the institutions that provide support to exporters, and by assisting small export enterprises and communities to reach global markets with products and services. Its activities take into account crosscutting development issues such as gender equality, sustainable development and poverty reduction. |
terminating CAD 2850000 |
CAD 1900000 |
Africa, Asia, Latin America | International Trade Centre |
International Trade Centre
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| 2017-2019 | Investment Climate Improvements Program: Aims to create a more transparent and business-friendly environment for both women and men entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. Activities include, inter alia, reviewing policies and regulations related to trade logistics, business regulation and tax administration and recommending improvements based on consultations with government and industry, as well as examples from other countries. |
closed CAD 5000000 |
CAD 900000 |
Ethiopia | International Finance Corporation | |
| 2017-2019 | Investment Climate Improvements Program: Aims to create a more transparent and business-friendly environment for both women and men entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. Activities include, inter alia, reviewing policies and regulations related to trade logistics, business regulation and tax administration and recommending improvements based on consultations with government and industry, as well as examples from other countries. |
closed CAD 19600000 |
CAD 1320000 |
Haiti | Canada Revenue Agency Canada Border Services Agency and C2D Services/Data Torque | |
| 2017-2019 | Support to Boosting Intra-African Trade Action Plan to Reduce Poverty (BIAT): Provides technical assistance to African trade policy makers/negotiators, including the AU Conference of Ministers, trade ministries, RECs, WTO chairs, and trade corridor management institutions on: African CFTA negotiations and BIAT implementation monitoring; trade policy analysis; and trade facilitation initiatives, including the Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation; and the development and implementation of single windows through the African Alliance for Electronic Commerce. Has supported African WTO negotiations and WTO TFA policy dialogue. ** Note that in preparation for the 2019 report, the Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade was renamed to the Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation. |
operational CAD 13100000 |
CAD 4900000 |
Africa | UN Economic Commission for Africa | |
| 2017-2019 | Trade Facilitation Support Program: Assist developing countries in reforming and aligning their trade facilitation laws, procedures, processes & systems to enable implementation of the WTO TFA |
operational CAD 2000000 |
Global | International Finance Corporation | ||
| 2017-2019 | Business Enabling Environment Support: The project supports the government reform efforts related to national business, tax and trade regulations in order to improve market access, increase trade, investment and job creation and enhance private sector competitiveness. Project activities include, inter alia: Streamlining government procedures related to business licencing and inspection reforms; Designing and implementing procedures for the removal of up to 20% of non-tariff barriers to trade such as red tape and customs delays to increase trade volumes and investment in Tanzania. |
operational CAD 9000000 |
CAD 4000000 |
Tanzania | International Finance Corporation | |
| 2017-2019 | Central America, Panama, Dominican Republic Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CAPTAC-DR): support facilitates economic growth in the Centre’s member countries by strengthening National and regional public institutions’ economic, financial, and statistical management capacities. CAPTAC-DR responds to requests from the governments of member countries for macroeconomic technical assistance and training in areas such as central banking, monetary and exchange rate policy, tax policy and administration, customs policy and administration, and financial statistics. |
closed CAD 10000000 |
CAD 6000000 |
Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | International Monetary Fund | |
| 2017-2019 | Canadian Market Access and Capacity Building Services: aims to develop the ability of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and related trade-support institutions in developing countries to pursue export opportunities in Canada, including the provision of information and specific export capacity building training. Components of the project specifically targets developing countries with which Canada has negotiated, or is negotiating, free trade agreements in order to help them to implement these new agreements. |
closed CAD 10000000 |
CAD 3450000 |
Global | Trade Facilitation Office (TFO) Canada | |
| 2017-2019 | Women in Trade: aims to increase the number of women from developing countries involved in international trade as exporters, and to increase the share of exports generated by women-led small and medium enterprises (SMEs), while seeks to address the main constraints faced by women exporters. |
operational CAD 11700000 |
CAD 900000 |
Africa, Middle East, Latin America & The Caribbean, Asia | Trade Facilitation Office (TFO) Canada | |
| 2017-2019 | Canadian Trade and Investment Facility for Development (CTIF): provides responsive technical assistance to support reforms to trade and investment policies and regulations. Technical assistance includes deployment of Canadian experts, training, study tours, advisory support, conference support, policy research, stakeholder engagement or institutional development. |
operational CAD 11600000 |
CAD 2790000 |
Afghanistan, Bhutan, Fiji, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Viet Nam, Papua New Guinea ASEAN Pacific | Cowater International and Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) | |
| 2017-2019 | Expert Deployment Mechanism for Trade and Development (EDM): By deploying Canadian and international technical experts, EDM assists developing countries negotiate, implement, adapt to and benefit from their trade and investment agreements with Canada, including facilitating trade and investment among traditionally excluded groups such as women-led small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and Indigenous businesses. |
operational CAD 16500000 |
CAD 1170000 |
Global | Cowater International and Institute of Public Administration Canada | |
| 2017-2019 | Improving Border Management to Reduce Trade Costs: Seeks to reduce trade costs by speeding up and modernizing border and customs management systems within the East African Community (EAC). The project provides expertise, training and funding to help the EAC member states streamline custom clearance and revenue sharing procedures within and between countries while integrating and improving the gender sensitivity of their border management systems. |
closed CAD 12000000 |
CAD 400000 |
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda Africa Sub-Saharan South Sudan | TradeMark East Africa | |
| 2017-2019 | Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation: A public-private platform established to accelerate and assist in implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement in developing countries through private sector driven projects that improve the time, cost, ease, and predictability of moving goods across borders – in view of growing and diversifying trade, strengthening competitiveness, and contributing to inclusive growth. |
operational CAD 10000000 |
Global | World Economic Forum | ||
| 2017-2019 | Canada-Indonesia Trade and Private Sector Assistance: Aims to facilitate trade and investment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia, with a focus on those owned and operated by women. Recognizing that SMEs are the drivers for poverty reduction and economic growth in Indonesia, the project works with the Indonesian government, private sector organizations, and trade policy experts to address regulatory constraints related to Indonesian SME development and access to markets. |
closed CAD 12500000 |
CAD 5100000 |
Indonesia | Conference Board of Canada | |
| 2016 | Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation: A public-private partnership devoted to assisting developing countries implement the WTO’s Agreement on Trade Facilitation. |
CAD 10000000 |
Global | World Economic Forum | ||
| 2016 | Canada-Indonesia Trade and Private Sector Assistance: The project works with the Indonesian government, private sector organizations, and trade policy experts to address regulatory constraints related to Indonesian SME development and access to markets, and facilitates trade and investment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia, with a focus on those owned and operated by women. |
CAD 12500000 |
CAD 2700000 |
Indonesia | Conference Board of Canada | |
| 2016 | Improving Border Management to Reduce Trade Costs: Seeks to reduce trade costs by speeding up and modernizing border and customs management systems within the East African Community (EAC). |
CAD 12000000 |
CAD 2000000 |
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda South Sudan | TradeMark East Africa | |
| 2016 | ITC Institutional Support 2016-2019: This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the International Trade Centre, the technical co-operation agency of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The Centre provides assistance by making policy environments friendlier for export business, by strengthening the institutions that provide support to exporters, and by assisting small export enterprises and communities to reach global markets with products and services. Its activities take into account crosscutting development issues such as gender equality, sustainable development and poverty reduction. |
CAD 2850000 |
CAD 950000 |
Africa, Latin America & The Caribbean, Asia | International Trade Centre | |
| 2016 | Investment Climate Improvements Program: Aims to create a more transparent and business-friendly environment for both women and men entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. Activities include, inter alia, reviewing policies and regulations related to trade logistics, business regulation and tax administration and recommending improvements based on consultations with government and industry, as well as examples from other countries. |
CAD 5000000 |
CAD 900000 |
Ethiopia | International Finance Corporation | |
| 2016 | Revenue Generation – Equipment & Technical Assistance: The Revenue Generation project supports the Haitian government's ability to generate revenue. It provides technical assistance to improve customs and tax institutions in Haiti. The technical assistance and equipment provided by this project help to modernize the Customs Administration and the Tax Administration, enabling an increase in government revenues. |
CAD 19600000 |
CAD 4700000 |
Haiti | Canada Revenue Agency; Canada Border Services Agency; C2D Services/Data Torque | |
| 2016 | Trade Facilitation Support Program: Assist developing countries in reforming and aligning their trade facilitation laws, procedures, processes & systems to enable implementation of the WTO TFA. |
CAD 2000000 |
Global | International Finance Corporation | ||
| 2016 | Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre - Phase IV: Technical assistance and training through the IMF. Activities include training for government officials in the area of customs policy and administration and improved customs administration units implementing post clearance audit and risk management programs. |
CAD 20000000 |
Caribbean | International Monetary Fund | ||
| 2016 | Business Enabling Environment Support: The project support the government reform efforts related to national business, tax and trade regulations in order to improve market access, increase trade, investment and job creation and enhance private sector competitiveness. Project activities include, inter alia: Streamlining government procedures related to business licencing and inspection reforms; Designing and implementing procedures for the removal of up to 20% of non-tariff barriers to trade such as red tape and customs delays to increase trade volumes and investment in Tanzania. |
CAD 9000000 |
CAD 3000000 |
Tanzania | International Finance Corporation | |
| 2016 | Support to the Regional Integration Fund: fund will support the following priority areas to facilitate both public and private infrastructure investments: (1) Strengthening best practices in regional regulatory frameworks by removing regulatory bottlenecks at border crossings; (2) Promoting investments that reduce the logistics costs of regional trade by investing in infrastructure corridors, ports and maritime services, and improving market structures for air cargo services; and, (3) Enhancing transnational regulatory frameworks for key regional markets, such as energy and telecommunications. |
CAD 10000000 |
Latin America & The Caribbean | Inter-American Development Bank | ||
| 2016 | Support to Boosting Intra-African Trade Action Plan to Reduce Poverty: Provides technical assistance to African trade policy makers/negotiators, including the AU Conference of Ministers, trade ministries, RECs, WTO chairs, and trade corridor management institutions on: African CFTA negotiations and BIAT implementation monitoring; trade policy analysis; and trade facilitation initiatives, including the Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation; and the development and implementation of single windows through the African Alliance for Electronic Commerce. Has supported African WTO negotiations and WTO TFA policy dialogue. |
CAD 13100000 |
CAD 2700000 |
Africa | UN Economic Commission for Africa | |
| 2016 | Central America, Panama, Dominican Republic Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CAPTAC-DR): support facilitates economic growth in the Centre’s member countries by strengthening National and regional public institutions’ economic, financial, and statistical management capacities. CAPTAC-DR responds to requests from the governments of member countries for macroeconomic technical assistance and training in areas such as central banking, monetary and exchange rate policy, tax policy and administration, customs policy and administration, and financial statistics. |
CAD 10000000 |
Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama | International Monetary Fund | ||
| 2015 | Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation: A public-private partnership devoted to assisting developing countries implement the WTO's Agreement on Trade Facilitation. |
CAD 10000000 |
CAD 1000000 |
Global | World Economic Forum | |
| 2015 | Improving Border Management to Reduce Trade Costs: Seeks to reduce trade costs by speeding up and modernizing border and customs management systems within the East African Community (EAC). |
CAD 12000000 |
CAD 3000000 |
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda South Sudan | TradeMark East Africa | |
| 2015 | ITC Institutional Support: This grant supports the ITC's operational plan for 2015. The Centre provides assistance by making policy environments friendlier for export business, by strengthening the institutions that provide support to exporters, and by assisting small export enterprises and communities to reach global markets with products and services. Its activities take into account crosscutting development issues such as gender equality, sustainable development and poverty reduction. |
CAD 950000 |
CAD 950000 |
Africa, Latin America & The Caribbean, Asia | International Trade Centre | |
| 2015 | Investment Climate Improvements Program: Aims to create a more transparent and business-friendly environment for both women and men entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. Activities include, inter alia, reviewing policies and regulations related to trade logistics, business regulation and tax administration and recommending improvements based on consultations with government and industry, as well as examples from other countries. |
CAD 5000000 |
CAD 1000000 |
Ethiopia | International Finance Corporation | |
| 2015 | Revenue Generation – Equipment & Technical Assistance: The Revenue Generation project supports the Haitian government's ability to generate revenue. It provides technical assistance to improve customs and tax institutions in Haiti. The technical assistance and equipment provided by this project help to modernize the Customs Administration and the Tax Administration, enabling an increase in government revenues. |
CAD 18600000 |
CAD 2400000 |
Haiti | Canada Revenue Agency; Canada Border Services Agency; C2D Services/Data Torque | |
| 2015 | Support to Boosting Intra-African Trade Action Plan to Reduce Poverty: Provides technical assistance to African trade policy makers/negotiators, including the AU Conference of Ministers, trade ministries, RECs, WTO chairs, and trade corridor management institutions on: African CFTA negotiations and BIAT implementation monitoring; trade policy analysis; and trade facilitation initiatives, including the Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation; and the development and implementation of single windows through the African Alliance for Electronic Commerce. |
CAD 13100000 |
CAD 5000000 |
Africa Sub-Saharan | UN Economic Commission for Africa | |
| 2015 | Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre - Phase IV: Technical assistance and training through the IMF. Activities include training for government officials in the area of customs policy and administration and improved customs administration units implementing post clearance audit and risk management programs. |
CAD 20000000 |
Caribbean | International Monetary Fund | ||
| 2015 | Creating a Business Enabling Environment for Sustainable Economic Growth: The project support the government reform efforts related to national business, tax and trade regulations in order to improve market access, increase trade, investment and job creation and enhance private sector competitiveness. Project activities include, inter alia: Streamlining government procedures related to business licencing and inspection reforms; Designing and implementing procedures for the removal of up to 20% of non-tariff barriers to trade such as red tape and customs delays to increase trade volumes and investment in Tanzania. |
CAD 9000000 |
Tanzania | International Finance Corporation | ||
| 2015 | Reducing Barriers to Regional Trade in Food in West Africa: Aims to make it easier and less costly to trade food within the ECOWAS sub region by influencing governments to eliminate practices (bureaucratic and informal) such as roadblocks and other controls that increase the cost of trade; and to harmonize trade policies. |
CAD 4800000 |
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo | Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel |
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| 2015 | Support to the Regional Infrastructure Integration Fund: Fund will support the following priority areas to facilitate both public and private infrastructure investments: (1) Strengthening best practices in regional regulatory frameworks by removing regulatory bottlenecks at border crossings; (2) Promoting investments that reduce the logistics costs of regional trade by investing in infrastructure corridors, ports and maritime services, and improving market structures for air cargo services; and (3) Enhancing transnational regulatory frameworks for key regional markets, such as energy and telecommunications. |
CAD 10000000 |
Latin America & The Caribbean | Inter-American Development Bank | ||
| 2015 | Canada-Indonesia Trade and Private Sector Assistance: The project works with the Indonesian government, private sector organizations, and trade policy experts to address regulatory constraints related to Indonesian SME development and access to markets. |
CAD 12500000 |
CAD 3500000 |
Indonesia | Conference Board of Canada | |
| 2014 | Trade Facilitation Support Program: Assist developing countries in reforming and aligning their trade facilitation laws, procedures, processes & systems to enable implementation of the WTO TFA. |
CAD 2000000 |
CAD 2000000 |
Global | International Finance Corporation |