new zealand assistance to the pacific trade policy making
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New Zealand Assistance to the Pacific
Trade Policy Making
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The Context
• NZ Aid budget: Approx US$350m
• Focus on the Pacific and ‘sustainable economic development’
• Greater economic integration in the region: PICTA, EPA negotiations, PACER Plus
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New Zealand Assistance
• Aid for Trade
• Trade capacity and market access– Increase market access and linking producers to markets– Improving trade facilitation– Improving understanding of trade policy issues
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Support for Trade Policy
• Funding of Office of the Chief Trade Adviser (OCTA)
• Bilateral support to Vanuatu Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment
• Other stakeholders– Customs, Fisheries & Agriculture (FAO annual roundtable
for PICs including private sector participation)– Programmes to enhance PIC national level dialogue
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Summary
• Importance of mainstreaming – to ensure informed policy development– to enable donors to better respond to Aid for Trade priorities– to ensure local ownership
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Thank you
Jan Bailey
New Zealand Permanent Mission, Geneva