The support programme aimed at strengthening Senegal's commercial capacities in the field of Trade Facilitation, Market Access and Trade Defence Measures.

Four-fold outputs: The Support Programme contributed to:

• The Trade Facilitation Agreement implemented;
• Assessment study on fishery subsides and WTO negotiation positions elaborated;
• A better understanding and use of the Trade defence instruments at the regional and multilateral levels and a strategy to better implement the trade defensive measures was elaborated;
• The offers notified to the WTO as part of the services waiver were studied and popularized with a view to optimal implementation by Senegal.

Intervention areas:

• Effective implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement;
• Action plan and training for key public actors on Trade Facilitation Agreement and Sanitary and Phytosanitary customs procedures;
• Comprehensive analysis of fisheries subsidies and recommendations for Senegal to adjust to WTO rules and policies;
• A benchmarking study on the use of trade defence instruments, recommendations for updating the regulatory framework, design of a warning system;
• Sensitization workshop on the Use of Trade Defence Instruments;
• A study and sensitization workshop to assist Senegal in making the best possible use of the WTO Services waiver for LDCs.

Purpose 1 –Implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement in Senegal

• Study on the implementation of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation - The Impact on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Control Procedures and Conformity Assessment of Senegal undertaken;
• Training modules on trade facilitation and its effective implementation prepared;
• Training Report Study on Trade Facilitation Agreement implementation in Senegal prepared;
• Training at a national level to share the study on TFA successfully undertaken;
• Action Plan on Barriers to Trade submitted and approved by the respective authorities.

Purpose 2 - Fishery Subsidies Analysis and Senegal's Adjustment to the Rules and Policies of the WTO

• Study on Fishery Subsidies in Senegal undertaken;
• Restitution Workshop on the study on fishery subsidies material Study on fishery subsidies in Senegal successfully held;
• Material of the restitution workshop prepared and circulated to the key stakeholders;
• Report of workshop on the harmonization of Senegal’s negotiations positions on grants for fisheries prepared.

Purpose 3 -Optimization of the use of trade defence instruments by Senegal

• Report: Mechanism of trade alert for Senegal prepared;
• Report: Training program to consolidate the capacity to manage Senegal’s business defence instruments procedures prepared;
• Workshop materials prepared and circulated to the key stakeholders;
• Study on anti-dumping legislation for Senegal undertaken;
• Draft anti-subsidy legislation for Senegal prepared and submitted to the respective authorities;
• Draft Safeguards legislation for Senegal prepared and submitted to the authorities;
• Terms of reference of the benchmarking mission on trade defence measures prepared;
• Report of the restitution workshop of the benchmarking study prepared.

Purpose 4 -Implementation of the Least Developed Countries services waiver in the WTO

• Analytical study on selected service sectors of Senegal undertaken;
• Analytical Report on tenders notified to the WTO under the services derogation prepared;
• Material of the restitution workshop on the subject prepared;
• Negotiations positions at WTO for Senegal prepared and submitted to the respective authorities.