

P115 - IVORY COAST
Trade and Post-EPA’s preparation support project
BENEFICIARIES
- National Export Council (CNE)
- Business community
PROJECT COVERAGE
The project was to support trade and post-EPA preparations in Côte d'Ivoire.
Two-fold purposes: Contribution to the quantitative analysis on Ivorian exports to the EU, and Strengthening of the capacities of the economic actors of the Ivory Coast.
Three-fold Project outputs:
- A document containing both quantitative and analytical information on Ivorian exports to the European Union is prepared;
- A medium-term strategy to guide the development of exports to the European Union (2020-2030) is developed and submitted to the competent authorities for approval and subsequent implementation; and
- The economic actors of the Ivory Coast are trained on negotiation processes and commercial techniques.
Intervention areas:
- EU market access;
- Data on exports to the EU;
- Value chain (market data and needs, opportunities, standards and other significant criteria for market access ECOWAS, BRICS, EU, etc.);
- Training and Capacity building
RESULTS ACHIEVED
Purpose 1: Contribution to the quantitative analysis on Ivorian exports.
- A document containing both quantitative and analytical information on Ivorian exports to the European Union is prepared;
- A medium-term strategy to guide the development of exports to the European Union (2020-2030) is developed and submitted to the competent authorities for approval and subsequent implementation;
Purpose 2: Strengthening of the capacities of the economic actors of the Ivory Coast.
- The economic actors of the Ivory Coast are trained on negotiation processes and commercial techniques
Programme funded by European Union at the request of the Organisation of African Caribbean and Pacific States - Implemented by AESA CONSORTIUM