european union support for trade facilitation
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European Union Supportfor Trade Facilitation
Presentation at WCO Knowledge AcademyBrussels, 8 July 2014
Giorgio CocchiEuropean CommissionDG Development and Cooperation (DEVCO)
Short reminder
Support for Trade Facilitation is part of the much wider
Aid for Trade :
€ 11.6 billion in 2012(EU and Member States)
Sources: OECD CRS, Monterrey Questionnaires, EU
Overall levels of EU AfT (€m)
AfT by major donor (€m)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 -
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
31% 30% 31% 34% 25% 35% 40% 34%
37% 36% 31% 32%
EU+EU MS Multilateral Japan United States Others CRS Countries
Sources: OECD CRS, Monterrey Questionnaires, EU
Africa receives most of EU AfT (€m)
Africa Asia America Europe Oceania Unspecified -
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
2011 2012Sources: OECD CRS, Monterrey Questionnaires, EU
1.Current EU support for Trade Facilitation
2.Programming 2014-20203.How to access funding
Current EU & MS support for TF
2010 – 2012 : about € 432 million in:AsiaEU Neighbourhood countriesLatin AmericaAfrica, Caribbean, Pacific
Current EU support for TF
• More than 130 Programs including 52 in Africa• Updated list periodically circulated in WTO
• Infrastructure Facility (private/public funds managed by the European Investment Bank)
Programming 2014 - 2020
• Regional Indicative Programs• National Indicative Programs• Pan-African Program• Africa, Caribbean, Pacific:
Intra-ACP Program• Thematic programs
I. EU Regional Indicative Programs 2014 - 2020- Regional Integration and Trade (incl. TF)
• Asia (North and South) : € 170 M• ASEAN : € 150 M
II. EU Regional Indicative Programs 2014 - 2020- Regional Integration and Trade (incl. TF)
• Central Africa € 60 M• West Africa € 145 M• Southern & Eastern Africa : € 500 M
III. EU Regional Indicative Programs 2014 - 2020- Regional Integration and Trade (incl. TF)
Pacific € 50 MCaribbean € 96 MCentral America € 45 MLatin America € 220 M (incl. TF € 20 M)
IV. EU Regional Indicative Programs2014 - 2020- Regional Integration and Trade (incl. TF)
South Neighborhood € 82 M(Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia)
East Neighborhood: still under discussionArmenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine
EU commitment on TF post-Bali
• Starting from the signature of the Trade Facilitation Agreement, aim at at least €400 million over five years, or over a third of developing countries’ estimated needs
• Including up to €30 million to a dedicated international trade facilitation facility for the most urgent actions.
Key contacts• National Authorising Officer (normally the Finance
Minister, Director General or Permanent Secretary
• Regional Authorising Officer (for Regional Economic Communities/Organisations)
• EU Delegation, Embassies, Offices of Multilateral Donors in the country/region.
Where to find additional information:On the EU :http://europa.eu
On EU Development policy:
http://europa.eu/pol/dev/index_en.htm
The Annual Aid for Trade EU Report 2014:Will be published in July at http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm
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