Capacity Building for Trade and Development
Project / Programme Summary

Sector(s):	South-South Cooperation / Trade / Capacity Building / Regional Cooperation
Title:	Capacity Building for Trade and Development
Donor country / organization:	UNDP Africa / Government of Singapore/ Islamic Dev. Bank
Other donors / organizations involved:	WIPO; ITC, UNCTAD; AERC; L'UEMOA; SADC; OAU; National Governments; NGOs
Beneficiary countries / regions:	Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions:	See above
Duration:	three years
Starting Date:	January 1998
Project / Program budget:	US$8,000,000
Finance / Type of cooperation:	Grant / Technical Cooperation / Loan

Objectives
To build capacity in SSA to enable the business sector to better exploit the regional and global markets and thereby to provide a basis for export-led, high-growth development.
Activities / contents
The training of trainers; preparation of training manuals; seminars and workshops; developing courses at existing educational and technical institutions; strengthening existing NGO networks; sector and regional studies; regional seminars and conferences.
Expected outcomes / impacts

to strengthen government capacities to identify policies and further integration at sub-regional and global levels
to establish a network of national and regional trainees in the area of trade
to strengthen institutions that support firms to expand markets overseas

Features in line with the Agenda for Action
To enhance the trading capacity of SSA by drawing on the approaches identified in the Agenda for Action that include Regional Cooperation and South-South Cooperation, and that focus on the ultimate beneficiary being the private sector.

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