Donors provide continuous efforts to support and implement trade facilitation across the region through a broad range of assistance programmes.
In this regard, participants will hear from donor organizations about the different types of assistance that are available and have the opportunity to discuss the challenges faced in identifying and sourcing necessary funding.
More specifically, this session will discuss:
The importance of donors' support for the implementation of C category commitments
The importance of coordinated efforts of the donor community
Insights on the trade facilitation areas donors are willing to support and outcomes donors would like to see from their interventions
Current developments and status of south-south cooperation
Moderated by Mr Rajesh Aggarwal, Chief Trade Facilitation and Policy for Business, ITC
Speakers:
Mr Philip Parham, Envoy for Commonwealth, UK
Name to be confirmed, Embassy of Denmark, Addis Ababa
Mr Eugene Torero, Director, Trade Policy and Facilitation, TradeMark East Africa
Mr Steven Smolders, EU Delegation to the African Union
Mr Paul Fekete, Senior International Trade Adviser, USAID
