P082 - FIJI 4 EPA
FIJI+4 EPA STATES -- Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Tonga)-
BENEFICIARIES
- FIJI
- PAPUA NEW GUINEA
- SAMOA
- SOLOMON ISLANDS
- TONGA
- Ministries for fisheries
- Ministries and institutions in charge of trade
- Customs authorities
- Business communities
PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS
- Fiji: Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism of Fiji, Commerce and Employers Federation; Investment Fiji
- Papua New Guinea: Department of Commerce and Industry; Consultative Implementation & Monitoring Council
- Samoa: Ministry for Customs and Revenue; Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Women in Business Development Inc (WIBDI); Samoa Association of Manufacturers and Exporters (SAME); Samoa Chamber of Commerce
- Solomon Islands: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade
- Tonga: Ministry of Trade and Economic Development
- Sectoral private sector representatives (fisheries, coconut and coconut oil, garment industry)
- Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation
- Pacific Oxfam
- Business communities
- Academic community
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
- Delegation of the European Union to the Pacific
- DG Trade, European Commission, Brussels
- The University of the South Pacific’s School of Economics
- Civil Society and Private Sector
PROJECT COVERAGE
The overall objective of the support project was to capacitate the Pacific EPA States, including those whose accession was ongoing, to efficiently implement Protocol II on rules of origin of the Pacific-EU EPA; and to effectively participate in the 7th EU Pacific Trade Committee, the 1st Special Committee on Customs Cooperation and Rules of Origin (SCCCRO).
Three-fold purposes: To provide the training for customs officials and private sector executives on the Protocol II of the Rules of Origin of the Pacific-EU EPA; To support the officials of the five Pacific EPA States, participate in the 1st meeting of the EU-Pacific Special Committee on Customs Cooperation and Rules of Origin (SCCCRO), and the 7th meeting of the EU-Pacific Trade Committee; and to support the civil society and private sector of the five Pacific EPA States participate in the targeted meetings with the EU officials on EPA Implementation.
Five-fold Project outputs:
- Customs Officials are equipped with knowledge and information on Protocol II of the EPA;
- The legal obligations by the Pacific States under the Protocol II of the EPA are understood and correctly interpreted;
- Senior and technical Customs Officials of the five Pacific EPA States effectively participate in the 1st EU-Pacific Special Committee on Customs Cooperation and Rules of Origin;
- Senior Trade Officials of the five Pacific EPA States effectively participate in the 7th meeting of the EU-Pacific Trade Committee and;
- Representatives of the civil society active on trade matters and private sector from the five Pacific EPA States effectively participate in a targeted meeting with the EU.
Intervention areas:
- Legal Obligations under Protocol II of the EPA;
- EU-Pacific trade relations;
- Customs Cooperation;
- Rules of Origin;
- Civil society;
- Private sector.
RESULTS ACHIEVED
Purpose 1: To provide the training for customs officials and private sector executives on the Protocol II of the Rules of Origin of the Pacific-EU EPA.
- Customs Officials are equipped with knowledge and information on Protocol II of the EPA
Purpose 2: To support the officials of the five Pacific EPA States participate in the 1st meeting of the EU-Pacific Special Committee on Customs Cooperation and Rules of Origin (SCCCRO), and the 7th meeting of the EU-Pacific Trade Committee.
- The legal obligations by the Pacific States under Protocol II of the EPA Agreement are understood and correctly interpreted;
- Senior and technical Customs Officials of the five Pacific EPA States effectively participate in the 1st EU-Pacific Special Committee on Customs Cooperation and Rules of Origin.
Purpose 3: To support the civil society and private sector of the five Pacific EPA States participate in the targeted meetings with the EU officials on EPA Implementation.
Representatives of the civil society active on trade matters and private sector from the five Pacific EPA States effectively participate in a targeted meeting with the EU.
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