Cambodia

The Trade Development Support Program Project will contribute to increase the Royal Government of Cambodia's efficiency in formulating and implementing effective trade... Show More + policies. The closing date for the will be extended from March 31, 2012 to January 31, 2014. This is a 22 month extension and the first extension of the RETF co-financing the project since its inception in March, 2009. The extension is necessary to allow multiple projects across 14 implementing agencies (IAs) come to fruition. By doing so, the remaining resources to support trade development activities to achieve the project's stated objectives can be fully utilized, leading to an increase the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC's) efficiency in sustained progress in trade policy formulation and implementation in the areas of (i) sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS), technical barriers to trade (TBT), trade facilitation, legal reform and other World Trade Organization (WTO) obligations; (ii) increased transparency and user feedback mechanisms on trade-related processes; and (iii) strengthened institutional and human capacity in Ministry of Commerce (MoC), and other trade-related agencies. Show Less -

The development objective of the Trade Development Support Program (TDSP) will contribute to increase the Royal Government of Cambodia's efficiency in formulating and... Show More + implementing effective trade policies. There are four components to the project. The first component of the project is trade policy formulation and implementation. This component will support the Government's trade strategy, in particular: (i) technical barriers to trade and sanitary and photo-sanitary measures; (ii) trade facilitation; and (iii) other legal reforms and World Trade Organization obligations. The second component of the project is performance monitoring. This component will support to surveys and monitoring tools to assess progress in implementing the Government's trade strategy and provide evidenced-based feedback. The third component of the project is institutional and human capacity. This component will support to the development of strengthened institutions, stronger incentives, and improved technical ability to formulate and implement the Government's trade policy. The fourth component of the project is implementation support to TDSP. This component will support the development of the Ministry of Commerce's implementation capacity to act as a Secretariat for the trade sector wide approach (SWAp) and program manager for the TDSP. This will include support to assist it in meeting its fiduciary responsibilities. This will also support other departments' and agencies' capacity in implementing the TDSP. Show Less -