SupportingTrade Facilitation

WTO Symposium on Trade FacilitationNairobi, 13-15 November 2012

Giorgio CocchiEuropean CommissionDG Development and Cooperation

EU Development Cooperation• 1958

• All countries and regions

• 27 Member States, one EU Consensus on Development

• Wide policy coverage, trade a key component, 2-3 sectors per country

• EU ODA to Africa = € 25.3 billion in 2011

Cooperation at all levels :•Country (National Indicative Programmes)•Regional (North, East, Southern, West and Central Africa)•Continental•Intra-ACP•Dialogue with/within International Organisations (WTO, UN, IFI…)

Africa - EU• Development, cooperation and trade

agreements with almost all countries

• A Joint Strategy and Action Plan 2011-2013

Trade Facilitation Forum AUC-EU 11-13 December in Brussels

Main financial resources.

• 10th European Development Fund 2008 - 2013 (€ 22.7 Bn)

• Development Cooperation Instrument 2007 – 2013 (~€ 4 Bn for Northern and South Africa)

National, Regional and Intra-ACP allocations

2014 – 2020 proposals in discussion:

• 11th EDF, € 34 billion• Renewed financial instruments for

Mediterranean States and South Africa

• New Pan African Programme, € 1 billion

Infrastructure:• Regional and national

programmes;• Investment Facility managed by

the European Investment Bank € 4 billion in the first 3 years of

operationhttp://www.eib.org/projects/regions/acp/index.htm

Current TF projects :

• ~ 130 Programs including 26 in Africa• Circulated in WTO Negotiating Group

on Trade Facilitation of 1 June 2012, TN/TF/W/149/Rev.4

• In addition : Infrastructure Facility (private/public funds managed by the European Investment Bank

Main challenges:• Streamline trade policy into

development and cooperation strategies.

• Project preparation capacity => COMESA, SADC facilities.

Overall levels of EU AfT

11

AfT by major donor (€m)

Africa receives most of EU AfT

13

EU Trade Related AssistanceEU Trade Related Assistance

TRA by major donor (in EUR TRA by major donor (in EUR million)million)

What to do now :

• Programming 2014 – 2020 has just started and will be completed in 2013 =>

• => Countries need to include trade, regional integration or private sector development in their cooperation programmes.

• Regions have economic integration/trade in their agendas.

• New Africa – EU Action Plan to be prepared in 2013• Allocate resources to project preparation!

Where to find additional information:On the EU :http://europa.eu

On EU Development policy:

http://europa.eu/pol/dev/index_en.htm

The Aid for Trade EU Report 2012:http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/what/development-policies/financing_for_development/documents/swp-199-annexa4-aid-for-trade-report.pdf